Simviation Forum - Nice and New (updated w/more pics)

Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 8:40am

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Reply #1 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 9:40am

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The bird looks pretty good!

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Reply #2 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 7:53pm

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That is one nice lookin' bird.

How do you like it so far, and do you think it's worth $70?

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Reply #3 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 9:12pm

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worth $70?

SURELY YOU GEST!!

THIS IS NOT A PANAM CLIPPER

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Reply #4 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 9:34pm

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olderndirt wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 9:12pm:

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worth $70?

SURELY YOU GEST!!

https://store2.esellerate.net/store/checkout/CustomLayout.aspx?s=STR6332530635&p
c=&page=SinglePageCatalog.htm

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Reply #5 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 9:50pm

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https://store2.esellerate.net/store/checkout/CustomLayout.aspx?s
=STR6332530635&pc=&page=SinglePageCatalog.htm

Yikes - I can buy five cases of beer for that

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Reply #6 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 1:15am

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I've replaced a previous post that was rather glowing and optimistic about this plane, with this short one here.

The plane is a mixed bag. In addition to having to completely disable several addons to stop this plane from having OOMs, ~~I am also starting to discover some major major bugs~~, which I won't go into here.

I am very pleased to report that the smoothness and frame rates on this plane are very good, say as good or better as the pmdg md-11. I think this plane is developed by a good development team and will become one of the best planes ever for FSX. It isn't there yet though.

I'm not sorry for buying it however. I'm really tired of all the glass panel planes, and have been looking forward to it. This plane is a thrill, even watching the visor go down. ~~But I have to report at this time that it is going back into the "hangar" until some things get fixed.~~ NOT!

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Reply #7 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 3:57am

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Looks like a nice bit of kit, care to share more shots of this bird? Cool

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Reply #8 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 11:58pm

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I have alternated between being WOWED, to running into some problems and being really pissed off, to finally understanding the nature of some of this bird's teething issues. I'm back to being wowed again.

My humble recommendation is that if you are considering a purchase, spend some time on the fslabs forums and understand some of the issues you might face on your machine.

I dare say that no plane has ever had such exstensive modelling...ever...bar none.

That Engineers panel there is about twice as big vertically than can be depicted in a 1024 x 535 (resized) screen capture. And yes, every switch works, although I haven't tried them all. The good news is that you can complete an entire flight without even having to look at it. All the important stuff can be automated.

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Reply #9 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 12:17am

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These are my raw screen captures, resized to be only 1024 across. I thought I would include them to give you a taste of what I'm actually seeing on my screens. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

The cockpit picture corresponds to the takeoff picture that is first in this thread. It is at about 14 degrees of rotation, not sitting on the ground. Even though the nose droops, you still land and takeoff at very high AOAs, so vertical screen space was a concern of mine. However, the visibility is very manageable, especially with a Track IR (you can just sit up higher to see over the nose).

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Reply #10 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 12:38pm

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snippyfsxer wrote on Mar 25^th, 2010 at 12:17am:

However, the visibility is very manageable, especially with a Track IR (you can just sit up higher to see over the nose).

Doing ads for TrackIR now? Roll Eyes

Just makes me want it more.

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

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