7 hours ago, jcomm said:

I believe Emmanuel tries to be as impartial as he can.

I'm not so sure about that. Mind you, I'm not impartial about him either because I can't stand him!😀 He's posted on the MSFS forum and his arrogance is shocking, He's a pilot and not a developer.

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by jarmstro

36 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

I'm not so sure about that. Mind you, I'm not impartial about him either because I can't stand him!😀 He's posted on the MSFS forum and his arrogance is shocking, He's a pilot and not a developer.

Its not arrogance, he just wants things done correctly.  

2 hours ago, LRBS said:

It's even more concerning when someone spends over an hour criticizing a free product, especially in comparison to paid products that are in a worse condition.

 

2 hours ago, LRBS said:

And yes, I agree that he's not 100% positive about PMDG, but regarding others is way overboard and unfair. 

And again I have ask: did we watch the same video? “Way overboard and unfair”? I saw and heard nothing of the sort. 

He is a highly experienced 737 pilot. He is like a check airman who takes an aircraft aloft after heavy maintenance to see if everything is working, properly and to write up any issues. I work in r/w aircraft maintenance, and the last thing I would want is for one of our check pilots to not mention something that is broken out of not wanting to “offend” someone in the maintenance department.

If the check pilot finds something not working right, saying so is not being “unfair” - it is being honest.

You make it sound like his video was an hour-long slag fest / condemnation against Zibo, and it was nothing of the sort. Overall, his impressions of the Zibo were quite positive, and he said that for “freeware” in particular, it was excellent.

Some main issues were the cockpit sound level - and he admitted there may be sound settings he has not yet discovered because he is relatively new to XP and the Zibo EFB. I believe he plans to spend some time learning all of the EFB functions for a future video.

He critiqued the constant jerking and twitching of the yoke when the autopilot was engaged. He simply said “it shouldn’t do that”, and he was right - it shouldn’t do that. The aircraft itself was not “jerking and twitching” in pitch or roll. It seemed to be mainly an issue with the yoke animation. 

He lost the TOD marker during descent after doing a couple of DIRECTS to shorten the path. Whether that was a bug or not I do not know.

BTW, he mentioned specifically that the Zibo incudes some FMS functions/options that are not found in the current PMDG offering.

He was rather surprised at the way the “bottom dropped out” during the flare, and the aircraft touched down rather hard. It was if the ground effect suddenly quit. I fly XP12 myself and have seen the same thing in other aircraft in the latest XP12 builds (and it has been mentioned in the XP forums) so that may be an XP problem, not the Zibo in particular.

Someone else mentioned that he thinks the Fenix Airbus is “s__t”,

No he does not.  Apparently he was quite disappointed in the initial Fenix release, but I spent almost three hours last night watching a video he did a few months ago after the latest (current) update of the Fenix was released and he said that the product was “much much improved”. His overall impression of the Fenix is now generally positive.

He also mentioned in that video that he is a technical consultant for other developers besides PMDG.

He no longer flies the r/w 737NG for Ryanair. He now flies the Airbus A330 (I assume as a F/O).

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by JRBarrett

1 hour ago, JRBarrett said:

 

And again I have ask: did we watch the same video? “Way overboard and unfair”? I saw and heard nothing of the sort. 

He is a highly experienced 737 pilot. He is like a check airman who takes an aircraft aloft after heavy maintenance to see if everything is working, properly and to write up any issues. I work in r/w aircraft maintenance, and the last thing I would want is for one of our check pilots to not mention something that is broken out of not wanting to “offend” someone in the maintenance department.

If the check pilot finds something not working right, saying so is not being “unfair” - it is being honest.

You make it sound like his video was an hour-long slag fest / condemnation against Zibo, and it was nothing of the sort. Overall, his impressions of the Zibo were quite positive, and he said that for “freeware” in particular, it was excellent.

Some main issues were the cockpit sound level - and he admitted there may be sound settings he has not yet discovered because he is relatively new to XP and the Zibo EFB. I believe he plans to spend some time learning all of the EFB functions for a future video.

He critiqued the constant jerking and twitching of the yoke when the autopilot was engaged. He simply said “it shouldn’t do that”, and he was right - it shouldn’t do that. The aircraft itself was not “jerking and twitching” in pitch or roll. It seemed to be mainly an issue with the yoke animation. 

He lost the TOD marker during descent after doing a couple of DIRECTS to shorten the path. Whether that was a bug or not I do not know.

BTW, he mentioned specifically that the Zibo incudes some FMS functions/options that are not found in the current PMDG offering.

He was rather surprised at the way the “bottom dropped out” during the flare, and the aircraft touched down rather hard. It was if the ground effect suddenly quit. I fly XP12 myself and have seen the same thing in other aircraft in the latest XP12 builds (and it has been mentioned in the XP forums) so that may be an XP problem, not the Zibo in particular.

Someone else mentioned that he thinks the Fenix Airbus is “s__t”,

No he does not.  Apparently he was quite disappointed in the initial Fenix release, but I spent almost three hours last night watching a video he did a few months ago after the latest (current) update of the Fenix was released and he said that the product was “much much improved”. His overall impression of the Fenix is now generally positive.

He also mentioned in that video that he is a technical consultant for other developers besides PMDG.

He no longer flies the r/w 737NG for Ryanair. He now flies the Airbus A330 (I assume as a F/O).

Yes, I did watch a few of his videos, and unfortunately, I can't arrive at the same conclusion. I guess different opinions.

Referring to your statement and what you think qualifies as a highly experienced pilot, I would refer you in this particular case at time 37:00, "flight controls check". In this type of equipment, in real-line operations, we performed the checks specifically with the synoptic page displayed to verify each control surface's correct movement and deployment. This is not the first occurrence where he's not on top.

Having in view that you work in r/w maintenance, maybe you would reconsider the idea of that only check pilots will mention something. We the pilots, actually don't mention anything; we write up an item in the MX log to be taken care of. 

That "interesting behavior" on landing is complaining about resulting in that harsh landing (bottom dropped out) is because of him jerking the controls like that, and especially at 10RA, he abruptly pushed the nose over, and it was no time to recover from that. Also, I mentioned that the number of bugs mentioned for a FREE product are negligible compared to a paid product.

 

It all comes down to your perspective and what you believe to know.

 

One more thing please, to conclude this, STOP MENTIONING AIRLINES NAMES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT BELIEVE! 

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by LRBS

1 hour ago, JRBarrett said:

Someone else mentioned that he thinks the Fenix Airbus is “s__t”,

That was me. He did say that. The problem I have here is the sneering, monotone and condescending delivery. His voice grates on me. Is there no joy in his life other than grinding out hours of miserable videos each day? So, well, I don't watch any more of his s..t. 

1 hour ago, LRBS said:

Referring to your statement and what you think qualifies as a highly experienced pilot, I would refer you in this particular case at time 37:00, "flight controls check". In this type of equipment, in real-line operations, we performed the checks specifically with the synoptic page displayed to verify each control surface's correct movement and deployment. This is not the first occurrence where he's not on top.

The flight control synoptic is a customer option. Not every 737NG has it. I know for a fact that most Southwest Airlines NGs don’t have the synoptic. (A friend and former coworker is now a captain for Southwest).

Since he recently revealed that he flew for Ryanair, it’s quite possible their fleet does not include that option either, and he is used to simply doing a physical “freedom of movement” control check.

Yes, our pilots write up squawks, but as a corporate (not airline) operator, we also have a verbal post-flight debriefing between pilots and the aircraft maintenance crew chief to discuss each and every squawk that may have been encountered. If there were no issues they just say “good airplane” and we skip the debriefing. Obviously that sort of thing is not possible in typical airline operations. 

My point is that we watched the same video. You apparently saw relentless and “unfair” criticism. I saw and heard nothing of the sort.

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by JRBarrett

12 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

That was me. He did say that. The problem I have here is the sneering, monotone and condescending delivery. His voice grates on me. Is there no joy in his life other than grinding out hours of miserable videos each day? So, well, I don't watch any more of his s..t. 

I don’t perceive anything “sneering or condescending” in his delivery. The man’s voice is his voice. He is a native German speaker (although his English is excellent), and the matter-of-fact way he expresses himself is very typical of Germans in general, and of many bilingual German/English speakers I have known.  

Especially those who work in technical/engineering fields.

Complaining about his “monotone” seems rather petty. Would you prefer he adopt the dulcet RP of a BBC announcer?

He enjoys sharing his knowledge. He produced many, many hours of tutorials for the PMDG 737 which I am sure were of help to many viewers new to complex airliners and their operational procedures.

“Grinding out” videos is what he likes to do in his spare time. Other than built-in YouTube monetization, he is not charging anyone for his time and efforts. If you don’t like the guy then don’t watch

 

17 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

Would you prefer he adopt the dulcet RP of a BBC announcer?

Absolutely yes. At least, some inflection would be nice. Or, no no it'll never happen, humour. Each to their own.

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by jarmstro

2 hours ago, JRBarrett said:

He critiqued the constant jerking and twitching of the yoke when the autopilot was engaged. He simply said “it shouldn’t do that”, and he was right - it shouldn’t do that. The aircraft itself was not “jerking and twitching” in pitch or roll. It seemed to be mainly an issue with the yoke animation.

Lots of pontential reasons for this one, but my money is on a simple XP limitation with a direct, undampened relationship between the control column and control surfaces.

2 hours ago, JRBarrett said:

He lost the TOD marker during descent after doing a couple of DIRECTS to shorten the path. Whether that was a bug or not I do not know.

Yes, sounds like a bug.

2 hours ago, JRBarrett said:

He was rather surprised at the way the “bottom dropped out” during the flare, and the aircraft touched down rather hard. It was if the ground effect suddenly quit. I fly XP12 myself and have seen the same thing in other aircraft in the latest XP12 builds (and it has been mentioned in the XP forums) so that may be an XP problem, not the Zibo in particular.

Sounds like a typical RYR landing to me, so I'm not sure there is something amiss in the first place. 😛

Keeping the power on until very late works for me in the 737.

 

737NGDriver should get in touch with Zibo. One more advisor with real world 737 experience can't hurt.

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by Bjoern

He sounds very fair to me and i was surprised how balanced his feedbacks were. But he certainly must be at least a little bit biased because of PMDG. But in overall i would be happy if all "big" streamers would be as fair.

Leave the guy alone. You don't have to like or agree with him, but maybe stop personally attacking the man yet again, who isn't even here to defend himself, based on his voice, the number of videos he uploads, because he's a volunteer tech advisor for PMDG, because you have a different opinion than him on a flight sim plane while conveniently ignoring every time he praised the plane, and even insisting on denouncing his skills as a professional pilot based on ridiculous reasons like he didn't open the flight controls synoptic page when doing a flight control check on his home PC sim, which, incidentally, is a feature the operator he used to fly for doesn't even have (neither do 9 out of 10 737 operators in general). This community can be so obnoxious.

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by threegreen

Heh, my early prediction of ad hominem attacks against the man appear to have been spot-on.

7 hours ago, Franz007 said:

If i understand you right, i actually cannot help but have to react when he attacks me on such a way. Ok, didn't react to his last few comments but it does anyway hurt me a bit and i don't think the community has to be so toxic. And if there is a way to silent such guys, we should try them.

Vicky Pollard said:

yeah but no but yeah like pmdg yeah with the msfs down behind the bikesheds. and xplane has bad graphics anyway and nobody likes them. 

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If anything I feel a little sorry for them, Its not so much that they are toxic, its just that a flood of random words following exactly the same pattern fully represents the extent of their thought process everytime the get triggered by having to take their mind of stuffing more cake in their face.

The only reason for their existence is the lolz (and whatever microsoft is paying them to astroturf, new MS sim, new astroturf budget. )

17 hours ago, jarmstro said:

I wouldn't let him rankle you. He's on the PMDG team so I take anything he says with a pinch of salt. A couple of weeks ago he was in hot water when he said that the Fenix was s...t. To him, everything is s..t compared to the PMDG.😃 For what it's worth, the plane I miss most is the Zibo which at least has an EFB!

Also a PMDG forum rule do not bash over developers does just that about FSS

9 hours ago, Pilot53 said:

Its not arrogance, he just wants things done correctly.  

He is arrogant someone pointing out about the single engine failure in the PMDG 737. Comment from Emi are you type rated on the 737. Why would you even ask unless you have a big ego. Some replies to him on the PMDG forum confirm his attitude is some what questioning and people are really seeing it now. Since you see quite a few comments from people in various discords. Even some developers are getting hacked off with him because he just argues with what people say. E.G A320 Captain or FO know the aircraft more than him but apparently thinks it does not fly as it should. Comparing the 330 to a 320 for instance.

I say it respect works both ways and you need to earn it.

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by carlanthony24