However I am not adverse to trying Pro-ACT/X again when it gets its annual update in the next few months. I find PF3 to be much more reliable and I prefer its features such as RemoteText and also TGS Display to assist with taxiing.īecause of the issues above, PF3 is my primary ATC. I frequently get told by the ATC to turn towards the airport I had taken off from and sometimes the Direct To feature doesn't work (plus why should I have to use it every time if it is the ATC's job?). Unfortunately when I actually fly with Pro-ATC/X it is very unreliable in actually taking me from takeoff to landing. Finally, Pro-ATC/X has STARs and SIDs integrated, while you need to manually edit your flight plan in PF3 for the same result. It is also designed for IFR flights only, which is right up your alley, forshaw. Pro-ATC/X has a great flight planner and it can use Navigraph updates. So my question is, given what I would like to do, would I be making a mistake going with Pro-ATC/X? Is there any big ticket items that I am missing or I should know about before I purchase? So out of Pro-ATC/X and PF3 I am leaning towards Pro-ATC/X. I have done quite a lot of research on the Net by reading reviews, including this site and visiting the product sites. But from what I read the products have those features added sometime after the initial launch. I only use Add-on Airports.įlt Planning: I prefer to have the tool generate the flight plan (SIDs/STARs for me and victor me into the appropriate for landing based on the weather at time of landing. For weather I use Active Sky '16 FSX. I don't have any AI Traffic software installed however, I may get one sometime in the near future.Īssistance: Definitely a Co-Pilot is required for setting the Comm Radio , not too much for setting the Heading / Speed, I do that myself with the default FSX. Where I fly: 95% of my flights are in the USA, East Coast to Midwest to West Coast. The remaining 5% is split between Europe and Hong Kong. So hence the reason I am ready for a change.Īircraft: I fly the heavies all of the time (iFLY V2 747 -8 PMDG 777 and just purchased today the PMDG 747-400 and will add the -8 next week). I also think some things may be outdated. For the most part it does the job the issue is when it comes time to set me up for approach it seems to go back and forth before I am finally set up for the heading to intercept the ILS. I don't have any traffic add-on and my FSX standard traffic is set pretty low so I know it's not avoiding traffic. Also it gets my clearance to land on the shorter of the 2 runways that are side by side (8,000 vs 12,000 KFK 22/L vs 22R) and a few others airports as well. I current use FlightSim Commander to plan my flights which I then load into FSX and my Aircraft FMC. The current default ATC is not too bad given it's age. I have done a lot of home work and I am down to 2 Pro ATC/X and PF3. I really don't want to start a thread on this since I know it was discussed at length around mid 2017 and however, since it has been awhile ago I am sure some of the concerns listed then are no longer issues. So, I am trying to determine what is the best all round ATC for FSX since I am now finally ready to replace the standard FSX ATC which I have been using since it was introduced.
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