The CRJ 700 came out pretty soon after I bought MSFS, and I had already spent a fair amount on add-ons (namely the JustFlight Arrow III and the Zenith CH701) and I didn’t feel it was right to buy a jet yet when I still had plenty of “low and slow” exploration to do, plus the CRJ (especially the longer newer versions) wasn’t one of my favorites anyway.
However, a couple months later I was graduating to faster, more complex aircraft and getting up the courage to learn the WT CJ4 and FBW A320 mods, becoming more and more comfortable with their navigation and autopilot systems. I had some more money burning a hole in my pocket, and it was getting clearer that there wouldn’t be any other payware jets of similar quality to the CRJ coming for a while yet, so I finally pulled the trigger, and I’m glad I did.
I have to say this plane is the jet equivalent of JustFlight’s Arrow III, it has a similar beautiful weighty and satisfying feel to the controls. And learning the Collins ProLine FMS on the WT CJ4 helped prepare me a lot because it’s more or less the same. It feels like a refined, less twitchy (but still plenty responsive) version of the CJ4, plus it has the fun visual features such as opening doors that I’m used to from other payware planes.
So for anyone who’s still on the fence about buying it, I recommend going ahead and getting it. It will definitely be in my top 5 for quite a while.
