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Post by theophile on Oct 31, 2006 17:31:17 GMT
For my part,Dreamfleet's 727 is a masterpiece,and so is the 747-200 second generation from RFP.For people who like to fly with FMC (I do not anymore),I really liked the level-D 767 as well as the PMDG 747-400 .All these do extremely well in the FS9 environment.I guess they will have a hard time in FSX.I decided to skip FSX and wait for FSXI.I went directly from FS98 to FS9 in the past because of inappropriate hardware.I tend to agree with the majority in this forum that FSX seems to be conceived more as a game then as a simulator.HJG's creations are magnificent,no one else has this far succeeded in making an INS that remembers its data between sessions.Thanks so much George!
Theophile
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Post by Tony Madge - HJG on Nov 1, 2006 8:28:04 GMT
I do agree there are some absolute stormers in the way of add-ons for FS9 payware and freeware. I was flying around Scotland using FS Global Mesh and Scottish scenery in a Vickers Viscount 700 yesterday and as I looked out of the cockpit at the clouds and wild weather I thought...how can FSX improve on this?? So like you I will skip this issue of FSX and wait till they get it right
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Post by ramrod on Dec 7, 2006 2:10:15 GMT
The range of freeware commercial and military aircraft available to flight simmers is extensive to say the least. It seems that almost every model and repaint is or has been available at least once. Unless I have missed it, and there is a site I have not found, there seems to have been a lack of Corporate Aircraft produced and repainted with the dedication that has been given to the "heavy iron" of the commercial and military aircraft.
As one who's aviation career took him from flying the heavies of the 60's and 70's for the USAF (KC-135, EC-135's) to flying corporates during the 80's and 90's (King Air, Falcon 20, and Gulfstream G-II, and G-IV) I know from experience that my corporate position was in many ways more demanding yet at the same time much more interesting than flying for Uncle Sam or even the major airlines might have been.
Where Military and Airline Pilots pretty much fly the same route (s) corporate aviation can be much more interesting and diverse. Although, the flight department I worked for, was not considered large as many, we had several aircraft over that 20 year period, and the schedule could be flying several local one day trips to the Midwest from New England and back, the next week could have been a week long trip scheduled to Europe or anywhere in the world, stopping at several of the major cities before returning to the U.S.
To get back to the point of the forum I have made a couple of payware purchases of Corporate Aircraft from the sites that offered them, but only to fill a void that didn't seem to be available anywhere else as freeware, with the quality that seemed to be available as payware.
PJohnson
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Post by jpvisser on Dec 7, 2006 3:00:21 GMT
for fear of it being unavailable when i can fly again, i just ordered the Dreamfleet 727. together with the DC8 that is my all time favourite. too bad the DC8 dreamfleet are doing now will be fsx as i presume. then again,i'll still have my own modified DC8 panels tucked away on a disc somewhere. as for quality,Dee's DC8's are hard to beat,they look spot on. i will most likely skip FSX as well, unless i'm forced to get it because nobody flies in- or designs for- fs9 anymore cheers
JP.
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Post by jimhalinda on Dec 7, 2006 5:17:17 GMT
Hey, if you look on flightsim and avsim, people are still creating addons for FS98, so I'm pretty sure there will be FS2004 addons for some time to come.
The only payware addon I ever bought was the PSS Concorde. What it had over the freeware versions out there was a very accurate rendition of Concorde's complex autopilot, plus a 'virtual flight engineer' that could take care of the CG etc. if you didn't want to. It's a great plane to fly, but it is complex given the extra takeoff maneuvering while using afterburner, and the additional autopilot functions.
Having studied the books "Flying Concorde" and "The Concorde Story", both from ex-Concorde pilots, I can say the PSS Concorde behaves very realistically if you follow the procedures that are explained in these books.
The one disappointment to me is that the download includes lots of data and tables, but there is no v-speed table; they only give a few examples for specific airports.
At the end of the day, the HJG DC-8s are still my favourite to fly (especially the -61).
Regards,
Jim
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Post by kov on Dec 7, 2006 13:29:47 GMT
For my part,Dreamfleet's 727 is a masterpiece,and so is the 747-200 second generation from RFP. Totaly agree with you. These two and the Coolsky/Flight 1 DC-9-81 are the only payware aircraft i still use. As far as i know the CIVA INS (version 1.4) should be able to do this too. Regards Kov
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Post by jpvisser on Dec 8, 2006 0:36:38 GMT
civa 1.40 cannot save it's data, it was said that would come in a next installment. i for one would be sorry to see the CIVA dissapear, it is the only piece of kit i used on every flight, and once you master it,it is a wonderful piece of software.
cheers
JP.
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