Simviation Forum - More FS weirdness...

Oct 31^st, 2009 at 1:42pm

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I just installed the Cricri in my duplicate install of FS9, the one with VOZ, and was trying it out. On maiden flights, I usually just use the default, SeaTac and don't bother with weather. It turned out to be a fun little aircraft so I just did some exploring. I made it all the way to Victoria Intl. and saw some flashing lights on the south side of the field that did not appear to be part of the airport system. The car standing on it's nose was spinning like a top. It's amazing what VOZ does.

This area is not even paved without VOZ running.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #1 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 2:57pm

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Nice!

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Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:43pm

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There is just one thing this plane lacks: A pilot. Roll Eyes

MY SPECS= 5' 11" Slightly less than healthy male, 160 lbs., Brown eyes........Oh...you were wondering about my computers specs.....

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Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:54pm

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Yup, empty cockpits always seem a bit "creepy" in an non-creepy sort of way.

But looking at that plane, I can only think, "Somewhere, two lawn mowers are missing their engines." Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 6:00pm

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The car standing on it's nose was spinning like a top.

I used to work on SIMNET* at Ft. Benning in the early '90's, which was a networked tank and AFV simulation system. Occasionally we had terrain glitches where the tanks would suddenly pitch nose down and start spinning like that. They looked like corks trying to go down a drain.

( * SIMulation NETwork)

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Reply #5 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 6:19pm

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Boikat wrote on Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:54pm:

Yup, empty cockpits always seem a bit "creepy" in an non-creepy sort of way. Cheesy

It's Halloween, what do you expect? Grin

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Reply #6 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 6:57pm

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BrandonF wrote on Oct 31^st, 2009 at 6:19pm:

Boikat wrote on Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:54pm:

Yup, empty cockpits always seem a bit "creepy" in an non-creepy sort of way. Cheesy

It's Halloween, what do you expect? Grin

Good point.

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Reply #7 - Oct 31^st, 2009 at 9:04pm

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Cute!

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Reply #8 - Nov 1^st, 2009 at 5:15am

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ApplePie wrote on Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:43pm:

There is just one thing this plane lacks: A pilot. Roll Eyes

Just think of it as a UAV. Roll Eyes

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #9 - Nov 1^st, 2009 at 5:16am

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Boikat wrote on Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:54pm:

Yup, empty cockpits always seem a bit "creepy" in an non-creepy sort of way.

But looking at that plane, I can only think, "Somewhere, two lawn mowers are missing their engines." Cheesy

My thoughts were more RC, biiiiiiiiigggg RC Cheesy

which is exactly what I thought the first time I saw a video of this thing.
But I also thought, "I gotta get me one of these," so when I saw it on a download page..... Wink

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What hurts, is I don't have sound right now. I picked up a bug the other day and ended up having to download the updates for AVG and Ad-Aware before I could get rid of it. It hijacked my Display Properties and sent me back to the stone age, resolution wise, plus put a desktop bkg up telling me my system had crashed due to a Critical Error. Of course there was a link to download the fix. If I were a hacker....
When all was said and done, I had no sound. I still haven't found the problem. Lemme tell you, FS is nowhere near as much fun without sound. Angry

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No, I did NOT click on that link. I may be dumb, but....not that dumb.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #10 - Nov 1^st, 2009 at 6:29am

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patchz wrote on Nov 1^st, 2009 at 5:16am:

Boikat wrote on Oct 31^st, 2009 at 5:54pm:

Yup, empty cockpits always seem a bit "creepy" in an non-creepy sort of way.

But looking at that plane, I can only think, "Somewhere, two lawn mowers are missing their engines." Cheesy

My thoughts were more RC, biiiiiiiiigggg RC Cheesy

which is exactly what I thought the first time I saw a video of this thing.
But I also thought, "I gotta get me one of these," so when I saw it on a download page..... Wink

Not surprising as it was designed by an aeromodeller. The first prototype was powered by two chainsaw engines.

Full-sized aeroplanes are just big models. Wink

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