Will defo get this, thanks Jeremy for the feedback 
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Here my review in German Language.
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Bought it last night, and I have to agree with Jeremy that this is one of the best planes in FS2020 (this one and the Blackbox Islander). Flying with the doors off is so much fun.
This my first MilViz plane but now Iām really looking forward to the Beaver and the ATR. 
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Hello, I have just recently purchased the Porter Pc-6. I saw a review on it and figured I go and spoil myself on this aircraft. Everything went fine until it came to the sim. I could flip on the battery and turn the engine over for about 2 seconds before it āauto-shuts off ā the engine and the battery. It also forcefully disconnects my yoke which I have never encountered before. It wonāt even let me turn on the battery, and if I hit āControl Eā or start on the runway the same thing happens. Iāve tried repairing it and redownloading it to no success, just the same result. If anyone has any tips or tricks that would be greatly appreciated!
@BuyingSquid1187 Go to your task manager and click on the services tab. Look for āMilviz WASM Helperā. Make sure itās running. I had similar issues and it was because the DRM service was stopped. Hopefully this helps
Ah cool, didnāt know this, sorry!
Hi, have the same problem, but under services I cannot find the DRM Service, neither under running nor ended, its simply not in the list. Where can I find it ? Thks for the help.
Just to confirm - of course bought it - flew it for two days now - absolutely phantastic plane.
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No worries! I havenāt seen any formal announcement or anything. This response to a comment on Facebook is the first Iād heard about it.
On my PC, the application is under Local Disk (C:) > ProgramData > Milviz > Service. Iām not sure if you can launch it that way. Iāve only been able to get it to run by using the services tab in task manager, but thatās likely because I had suspended that way while trying to write a script to auto start and stop it.
As a skydiver whoās done lots of leaps out of Porters (and Turbo Beaver) I give this one top marks 
Bonus points for being able to open the door at height on one of my favorite jumpships! Extra bonus points for putting the work into Beta, so we can beat the jumpers to the ground. Nice to see the check trim on takeoff warning too. Almost came a cropper once because the pilot didnāt check that, but fortunately one of the team was a Porter owner/pilot and clocked him before we rolled.
@Krazycolin ps: Suggest the windblast sound needs to be a lot louder though, and maybe a camera position or two so we can simulate spotting the plane manually, always fun!
Like this: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jlyNKQ91jgY
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I just wish they had a steam gauge version istead of only the glass cockpit one.
For some reason Milviz single engine turbines are really good! I bought the turbo otter for xp11 and loved it. Hope we can see more of these in MSFS soon!
Theyāve already announced this is coming in V2.
I donāt understand all the hate on glass cockpits tbh. Instruments die in analog just like they do in digital, plus they have the backup steam gauges anyway. Just squint, ignore the big glass square things!
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I dont have hate towards glass cockpits and did my PPL through CPL in them, but some aircraft just have a better appeal with steam gauges, its just a preference. An airplane like this seems to belong in rough jungle airstrips and having LNAV and VNAV just seems a little overkill. But hey, will be great to swap between them in V2, did they say when thats coming?
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About glass vs steam, here is the opinion of Matt Dearden who was, for a few years, a pilot for Susi Air on the Porter in indonesia
It does seem rather odd to have such a high tech setup in what is quintessentially a bush plane but itās amazing how the Garmin G950 glass cockpit has made flying easier and safer. The Traffic Avoidance System (TAS) and GPS terrain database are fantastic additions to the older setup providing another level of situational awareness to the pilot. Iām not 100% convinced on the Primary Flight Display (PFD ā screen on the left in-front of the pilot), as I still prefer the instant familiarity of the traditional āsix packā instrument setup but itās a small price to pay for the many additional features the whole setup offers.
10 things you didnāt know about the Pilatus Porter - Matt Deardenās Flying Diaries
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Will the developer release the PC 6 with classic measuring instruments?
Yes. Stage 2 will include tundra tires, straight floats and an analog cockpit with all available mods for GTN/GPS units.
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Thanks for the help - it seems that Avira Antivirus does not like the WASM Helper and moved it to Quarantine - testing now, with all due understanding for the developers wish and rights to protect their work, quite bothering approachā¦
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Glass vs steam gauges come down to presentation, a lot of information can be incorporated in an integrated glass display which is both good and bad. A zillion steam gauges in a complex IFR cockpit isnāt so great to use, but looks right in a period aircraft whereas a glass unit can be lost in an otherwise blank panel but be more functional if well designed to show whatās needed rather than everything available. A lot of the issues are down to the type of display for a given parameter exacibated by viewing a flight sim on a monitor which adds a further level of visual loss compared to real life, for example a tape style velocity requires you read a number which can be difficult on low rez or with tired eyes compared to reading a needle relative position on a steam gauge, although of course a needle could be used on a digital display too if the design required that. These days, GPS. Is pretty much mandatory with so many ground based nav stations being decommissioned, so a means to incorporate that nav source is needed and although GPS can be coupled to electromechanical instruments, many approaches require higher fidelity than those instruments can properly support, so given that and cost of support, glass rules the skies; however, where an old steam gauge would be current for decades, glass like any computer is pretty much obsolete the day you install it.
People like steam gauges more for the immersion than practical reason (i do too)