You could work it off in the salt mines. But they are closed. Enough harvested from this thread. Just cough up the cash. It’s not even a million. Stop being poor. 
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oh, and remember everyone: Digitally delivered products are not refundable. it’s not steam !
this will stay funny for the next couple of days and weeks.
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I hope this plane flies better than their website…! 
There’s also the rather weird ‘PMDG for FSX’ on top…
Clearly they’re not done setting this up. I hope the site doesn’t collapse when the orders start pouring in… might never have been stress tested like this before… after lowering the price of course… this way they’re only gonna sell to Bill Gates.
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Well - does anyone have $999,999,928.01 I could borrow? 
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Prepare the downloads, prepare e-commerce, you‘ll find that the whole purchase and download process will require you to READ. It‘s not just clickiclicki fast fast ^^ all that needs to be activated step by step, checked a last time before it can be opened up for the insane public 
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So release time is 10 hours from now?
ty !!! thats handy
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So thoughts? I have zero interest buying this one as it’s just too classic/old for my airliner tastes… but curious what you guys think?
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well, they’re obviously prepping everything for release, so soon, i guess rob wrote this
stays a matter of taste i guess… jet-liners, prop-liners - i somehow like the “complexity” of trying to operate this thing and i’m not sure if i’m gonna like it in the end - but i will try for sure.
Are you buying it for the entire forum? That gets you a thousand copies, even at this price 
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The full list is a 3 pages, but cannot share a pdf or txt doc here… but here in txt. Apologies for the long post 
And this is without flying it myself, so there might be errors!
DC6 quick flight steps
Preparing the aircraft
- Set aircraft in desired state
- EFB: Adjust cargo weight to 2328 / passengers 34 pax → 86400 lbs gross weight
- EFB: AFE → Before Start
Starting engines
- Check engine 3 selected
- Check/set engine 3 mixture auto lean
- Check/set engine 3 selected
- Check/set engine 3 ignition on
- Turn fuel boost pump 3 on (low)
- Check nr 3 fuel pressure
- Hit starter button
- At 12 → ignition booster switch, then primer switch
- Check oil pressure
- Set throttle at << 1000 RPM (700 is fine)
- Repeat for engine 4, 2 and 1
- Check all instruments, if they all line up for all engines
- EFB: AFE → After Start
Taxiing - driving backwards
- Turn beacon on
- Release parking brake
- Throttle idle, reverse bar down, add little bit of power
- DO NOT USE brakes
- At end: set throttle to idle (reverse bar will come back)
- To stop aircraft use little bit of thrust
- Set parking brake
Taxiing - forward
- Throttle slightly forward
- Oil pressure light might come on, that is OK
- Check cowl flaps wide open
- Check cylinder head temps
At runway hold
- Check V speeds for take off weight
- EFB: AFE → Before Takeoff
Take off (wet vs dry take off → above 87.600 lbs wet take off)
- Line up
- Check all engine indicators (set throttle at 1000 RPM)
- Check flaps 20
- EFB: AFE → Takeoff dry
- Above 40 MP, release parking brake
- At Vr, pitch slightly (5 deg)
- Speed should increase, VS should get to 500 fpm
- At 165 kts, pitch up, keep speed at 165 kts
Climb
- Engines at 40 MP, 2400 RPM, 165 kts up to 16,000 ft (AFE will manage throttle)
Cruise
- EFB: AFE → Cruise
- At 16,000 ft. Set EFB: AFE off
- Remember: MPT control order (Mixture, RPM, Throttle)
- Set mixture to auto rich
- Set prop rpm to 2400 RPM with prop master control
- Set throttle to 40 MP
- Increase throttles from time to time to 40 MP
- When full throttle reaches (critical altitude) - use supercharges:
- Throttles back slowly to 28 MP
- Set supercharges switch 1 and 4 to high
- Check engine instruments 1 and 4 (40 MP, 190 BMEP)
- Set supercharges switch 2 and 3 to high
- Check engine instruments 2 and 3 (40 MP, 190 BMEP)
- Adjust throttles to keep 40 MP
- At cruise altitude, level off, keep engine settings same.
- EFB: AFE→ Cruise
Fuel management
NB: Take off using main fuel tanks, then alternate tanks, then main fuel tanks.
Switch engine fuel tanks to alternate:
- Main fuel pump, alt fuel pump on
- Check fuel pressure and fuel flow
- Move fuel selector from main to aux
- Turn fuel boost pumps off
- Check fuel pressure and fuel flow
To set to alternate 2 and 3 (when alt 1 and 4 are near empty):
- Left side both to alternate 2, right side both to alternate 3
- Alt 1 high, alt 2 low
- Left crossfeed, 1 notch back (ENG 1 and 2 crossfeed)
- Engine 1 fuel selector to off
- Alt 1 and 2 off
- Same for other side (alt 4 high, alt 3 low)
Set back to main tanks (when alt 2 and 3 are also near empty):
- Main fuel boost 1 and 2 low, alt 2 high
- Check fuel pressure and fuel flow
- Fuel selector 1 & 2 main
- Cross feed left tup
- Check fuel pressure and fuel flow
- Fuel pumps off
- Check fuel pressure and fuel flow
- Repeat for 3 and 4
Descent
Descent planning:
Descent altitude e.g. 19.000 ft; target altitude 3.000 ft. So 16.000 ft to loose.
Descent rate: 1000 ft/min @ 300kts ground speed (=5 nm/min).
Distance to start descent: 16.000 ft @ 1000 ft/min = 16 min. 16 min x 5 nm = 80 nm.
- Alt hold off
- Pitch trim down (target VS -1000 fpm)
- EFB: AFE → Descent
- Near target altitude: slowly descent VS
- Alt hold on at target altitude
Slowing for approach (take appr. 20 nm)
- EFB: AFE → In range
- EFB: AFE → Off
- Set BMEP to 90
- At 174 kts: Flaps 10
- At 165 kts: Flaps 15
- At 155 kts: Flaps 20
- Target speed: 140 kts
Landing
- Start of descent: glidepath 300 ft/nm
- EFB: AFE → Before landing
- Set throttle to 100 BMEP
- Start glidepath: gear down, flaps 30
- Above glidepath: flaps 50, under glidepath: flaps 30, on glidepath: flaps 40.
- Do not flare, throttle idle at 10 ft
- Reverse props (pull lever, set power to 25-30 MP)
- After speed reduced, throttle to idle, slightly forward
Have a nice flight!
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See, THIS here is the reason I love PMDG aircraft. The fact that you CAN and SHOULD do this. And the aircraft responds to all this. This is a new day for MSFS - everything changes now, yet again. There are some things that were milestones in the lifetime of MSFS - the release of Aerosoft CRJ was one of them. This is the next.
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Someone has made a similar list and posted a pdf on the pdmg forums
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Flying this in X-Plane over the years has tought me so much about this magnificent bird. It’s gunna be exciting to fly this in MSFS!!
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Yes, I know. Took bits and pieces from that one as well, but also watch the video’s myself to familiarize myself with it and typing along
Well, that’s ONE way to weed 'em out. Bill Gates would GEEK OUT over this from everything I know about his personality.
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uh uh getting a 404 now
Suspect that means it’s coming soon with the real price. Probably just testing to see how much traffic they can generate
ya, me too