Is it just me or soemthing is wrong....

Standard Edition: 18 Aircraft
Deluxe Edition: 24 Aircraft

However, On the flash FSX page showcasing the fleet,

it says "21 new and legacy aircraft to carry your flight of fancy"
but
The scrolling list of aicraft only presents 20.


I am beginning to wonder if the contents are finalised or not.

You really wonder about the defaults?

Really now, it'd be better if you wondered about the portability of old GOOD add-on from FS9 than the poor made defaults.

Remember that the defaults have to function as AI as well, what kind of detail can they ever reach with this handicap.

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No they don't!  The AI versions are very much different than the "flyable" versions.  For one thing, the "interior" (VC) parts of the model are left out, and more LODs (Level of Detail) options are included in the "exterior" model.

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I wish all the available freeware addon aircrafts for FS9 were as "bad" as the FS9 default aircrafts 
In reality, the fact is that compared to the default aircrafts, 99.99 % of the freeware aircrafts SUCK ! Only some rare exceptions do offer a nice model with nice textures, nice VC and clickable instruments.

Of course, there's still the payware addons...

But personnaly, I DO CARE about default aircrafts.

*sigh*  Still no default fighters...  Oh for a Spitfire or a Mustang or a Corsair...   

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Quite the nice compliment to those people that spend their time giving the community FREE planes. Really, what a nice person you are, thanking them in such a polite way.

You are free to kiss the tarmac where the default planes you so love pass, but have no right whatsoever to insult the work of others, if for said work you pay nothing.

And before you start, I said that the defaults were "poorly done". Didn't go around saying "this sucks" or "that sucks".

Mine was a point of view, yours was a slander.

May I remember you then that for the defaults planes you pay? Are they payware material, by your reckoning?

Yes, you pay for the defaults. The price paid is part of the price of the simulator itself. Or do you think M€$ puts them there as a gift?

Let me stress that I'm not trying to slander the defaults. I only say, and stay my ground, that they're poorly done. At the lower end of the freeware you so despise, quality-wise.

Mine remains a personal point of view, and doesn't mean one shouldn't use them. I myself use the defaults sometimes, sure I'm not allergic to them. They remain not great planes, though.

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I think that it went the way of "political correctness" along with damage effects.

"Combat" possibilities in a civilian sim seems to really polarize people.....and decisions are about marketing to the largest possible audience.

best,

......john

Talking of the Default fleet, what is it? I don't think I've seen a list anywhere.

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You are right, I should not have used such a bad expression, and used "poorly done" instead.
Appologies for that.

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It's not me you should apologize to, but all the free working people you could have offended with your remark.

No one is going to force you to use a free plane. It's free. Free for you not to use too.

The virtual worlds inside our simulators is the last land where we're free to do what we want, let's leave it like that.


PS
Sarcasm is an art.
A poorly done attempt, yours.

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If there wasn't any, then I apologize to you.

The planes that come with fsX are amazing! Even payware quality. I get smoother VC experiance in the default aircraft when compared to PMDG 737 while still looking better.