Bass wrote on Mar 20^th, 2012 at 10:34am:


That simply shows that you have, in fact, low "expectations" for aircrafts. You just want a Hornet to fly around over the scenery, you don't care if it really flies like a Hornet, or how it looks inside, or if the avionics are from a Hornet, or if it sounds like a Hornet. You don't care about how the real aircraft works. You are more focused on the fun of the flight itself and the exploration of the sceneries. Which is fine, because it's one of the many possible things to do in a sim.

My expectations, just like a good part of the serious simmers, is to learn how a plane looks like both outside and inside, to learn how it works, how to start it, how to use its avionics, and how to fly this plane. I want to master it like if it were the real thing. The default Acceleration Hornet will only allow a very small part of these. The FS-KBT Super Hornet will allow even less ! The VRS howeve, offers a MUCH complete experience on all points.

That doesn't prevent me from enjoying freeware planes. But when I have the choice between a payware and freeware version of a single plane, I will choose the one that is the most realistic, because realism is what I'm looking for, contrary to you

Some years ago, I went for a glider maiden flight (in real life, I mean). It was a 20 minutes flight above a very nice area in southern France. Before the flight, the instructor pilot asked me if I ever piloted a plane before. When I told him that I never piloted a real plane, but that I had several hundreds of hours in simulators, including for gliders, he laughed at me, telling that simulators are ridiculous and have nothing in common with real life, making fun of me, kind of... 

Then we took off (towed by a plane), and during flight he proposed me to take controls... and I just flew the glider alonside the hill (ridge lift due to wind), going back and forth, gaining altitude, doing U turns etc... The glider was performing/reacting EXACTELY like the default FS9 glider  Needless to say, the instructor was not laughing at me anymore...  The very cool part of it was when we passed right next to an Eagle who was hovering, facing the wind. We passed something like 10 meters away from this bird, and he didn't move... he just turned his head to look at us, like a cow watching a train  Then I made a U turn and the Eagle was still there, but this time he got bothered and flew away.

In FSX I fly gliders a lot. CumulusX is my favorite addon. It doesn't tranform FSX into Condor, but it gives a much more complete experience than default... and it's free



Concerning the Wingsuit, I'm actually learning to fly with these, in real life. I'm not using the same wingsuit as Jeb though, because I'm a total beginner. I use a smaller suit with smaller wings that allow me to recover to a "normal free fall" position in case I loose control in flight. Also, I jump from an airplane at 4000 meters, not from a wall at 4000 millimeters

Did you know ? Jeb Corliss had a terrible accident recently: he hit the rocks while trying to touch a balloon... Fortunately he survived, only his legs touched the rocks, not his upper body. He just had some broken bones... lucky guy. He'll be jumping again in some weeks/month without a doubt.