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Hi everyone,
I sent a ticket to justflight asking some pre-purchase questions 5 days ago but never got an answer.
Did anyone have the same experience? The 146 looks promising, but without support I'm definitely not going to buy it.
Maybe someone can help me in here if support doens't answer tickets. Here's what I wrote them:
Dear sir or madam,
I'm considering purchasing the 146 Professional for P3Dv5. I did have a chance to try it on a friends computer where I flew 4 sectors and while it was a visually impressive model which flew pretty nice as well there were a couple points that concerned me which I'd like to hear about from you before I decide whether to purchase or not.
Anytime I activated MACH hold the aircraft just dived towards the ground, going up to 35° nose down.
The HSI did not work correctly in RNAV mode. It should match the course with the flightplan course and the deviation indicator should show the lateral deviation. However it did not do that.
It only pointed towards the next waypoint while LNAV mode was engaged in the AFDS.
That does not match the working principle of an RNAV equiped HSI.
The FMC does not computer any T/D. I entered the angle and rate but it does not come up with a T/D indication.
Sometimes the 146 crashed to desktop which I clicked the PERF button after a flightplan was entered. It never did that before a flightplan was entered.
I was never able to select any transition in the FMS. Only SID and STAR. On the arrival page I entered the runway, then the STAR but then no transition is shown. Or sometimes (eg. EDDF) it showed the same runway over and over again but not any transition.
Once the engines start all other flightdeck sounds, like the ambient noise of the panels, stopped. After flight when the engines were shut down it went completly silent and not even the ambient sounds played until I clicked the reload sounds button. Surely that can't be intended?
The TCAS often showed phantom targets and overreacted to any traffic.
Often I saw other traffic which simply did not exist in the sim (no AI traffic turned on!)
When we did a flight on VATSIM it gaves resolution advisories when other aircraft passed several thousand feet above or below, without any actual danger of a collision.
In the meantime I could fly a couple more sectors over at my friends place (thanks Corona) and those items appeared over again. Didn't seem to be one offs only.
I'd apprechiate any feedback before I descide whether to buy or not.
