[Guns N R0se]

Who else loves flying? I'm not sure why but I love flying and airports.

[fatal1ty619]

QUOTE (Lurch @ Sunday, Mar 11 2012, 05:49)

Link? I love playing flight sims when I'm at the hobby stores. Doubt my computer would handle it though.

Microsoft Flight

And I play it on my laptop with low settings, and it is still pretty fun.
It is integrated with Games for Windows, so there are achievements for it as well.
And to update, my record height is now 40,4xxft. Can't remember last two digits.
Haven't found anyone else who got over 40k

Heres some pics I took with low settings:







This post has been edited by fatal1ty619 on Monday, Mar 12 2012, 03:50

[SmC12]

This is about a game, but more relevant for me to state my opinon here.

Firstly, is it supposed to be a demo? I hope it is, cause that's all it looks like to me.

I must say I'm a huge fan of the MS Flight Sim series, but MS Flight seems to be a huge disappointment. Okay, it's free to start with, great. But they're charging for everything else. For new planes, new areas, new airports, new missions. With FSX, straight out of the box you had the entire world, over 50,000 airports and around 30 quality aircraft, and you had AI, both aircraft, cars, ships, heck even wildlife. You also had a full weather system, and different scenry according to region, and of course fully functional (but quite unrealistic) ATC. Now I haven't checked the weather and scenery, but from what I've heard the autogen is still as bad as in previous games, except now ground objects have their own shadow and lighting etc. But really with MS Flight you have a few planes, one area, and absolutely nothing else - there isn't even any AI! No doubt they'll charge for that too.

It's graphically better and apparently much smoother in gameplay, and flight dynamics more accurate, but in comparison to previous games it's ridiculous. I know it's a different development team, but according to their FAQ it's a game for both beginners and experts alike - and is just the same as the previous simulator games. I think they've really dummed down the whole thing to appeal more to n00bs. The simulator aspect is gone in my opinion. If they release the full product with everything instead of just an empty world and a few aircraft, and charge for everything else, I may consider changing my view on it. They have mentioned nothing of this being a trial or demo, so that's what worries me. They really expect everyone to have to pay to unlock the full experience?

This post has been edited by SmC12 on Monday, Mar 12 2012, 17:14

[AlexGTAGamer]

QUOTE (Guns N R0se @ Sunday, Mar 11 2012, 07:35)

Who else loves flying? I'm not sure why but I love flying and airports.

Airports not so much. Flying I do enjoy.

At one point I used to have a fear of flying, but now I enjoy it. The only thing I don't enjoy about flying is when the air pressure causes your ears to pop.

[Outcast]

@SmC12
What aircraft are available in MS Flight? On the website they only have like 2 or 3 available for download and they're nothing i'm interested in. I see no 777s or A340s

[fatal1ty619]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Wednesday, Mar 14 2012, 13:03)

@SmC12 What aircraft are available in MS Flight? On the website they only have like 2 or 3 available for download and they're nothing i'm interested in. I see no 777s or A340s

Unfortunately, there's only a few small general aviation planes, but it does have a P-51D (not the regular P-51, sadly)

It will likely have a few larger planes when Alaska is released. None of the planes can currently fly that far...

[Outcast]

that's a shame, i don't think i'll be playing MS Flight until more commercial aircraft are available. at least a super king air or something.

[fatal1ty619]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Friday, Mar 23 2012, 01:44)

that's a shame, i don't think i'll be playing MS Flight until more commercial aircraft are available. at least a super king air or something.

Well,i don't think we'll get anything over 10-15 tons anytime soon, so no airliners...

[Outcast]

that's such a shame, X-Plane 10 it is then.

[Outcast]

I apologise for the double post but I just really want to share this video. What an amazing landing!



absolutely flawless transition from sky to ground

[sivispacem]

I've got rather a soft spot for the SEPECAT Jaguar, and seen as it's the anniversary week for the Falklands conflict I thought it would be worthwhile mentioning it. For one, any aircraft that requires reheat to take off is okay in my book, and secondly it's worth remembering these aircraft were almost used in lieu of the Vulcan on the Black Buck missions to strike the Argentinian mainland from the UK



Plus overwing-mounted AAMs are damn awesome.

[Outcast]

Its sad that the UK has lost its lead in the aviation industry, if only the first viable commercial jet aircraft was not the De Havilland Comet maybe the British aviation industry would still be at the top.

Looking at planes like the Vulcan and even the Nimrod gives you an idea of what sort of planes could've been if the Comet was a success.

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Thursday, Apr 5 2012, 23:14)

Its sad that the UK has lost its lead in the aviation industry

We still have BAE Systems, and they're doing some damn interesting things with stealth UACVs. Like the Taranis and Corax.





That said, the debacle with the Nimrod is embarrassing.

[Outcast]

It is a shame that the defence review scrapped the upcoming Nimrod, I absolutely hate the proposed alternatives none of which look half as good. Something about the Nimrod gives it a certain air of "British-ness" to it that I love.

I agree that BAE Systems are working on some pretty interesting stuff but I was thinking more about Avro Aircraft, Hawker Siddeley, De Havilland, BAC etc. All the big aircraft manufacturers have just been merged and acquired and merged into hell and back again leaving only a handful of corporate entities which have done little to raise Britain's profile in the aviation industry. The closest thing we have is Airbus and tbh I don't like how it's with the French. I've always had something against the French after they pushed for retiring the Concorde fleet. Bastards.

[Lurch]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Thursday, Apr 5 2012, 18:03)

I've always had something against the French after they pushed for retiring the Concorde fleet. Bastards.

f*ckin frenchies. Sure would be neet to see another Mach 2 capable commercial jet in the near future, but much more mass-produced than the Concord ever was. Concord was such a technical marvel of its time.

[AlexGTAGamer]

Ah Concorde, you were taken away before your time. I still remember Concord's last flight in 2003, it gives me goose bumps to remember that plane flying over my school, and the picture taken of it flying high above the Suspension Bridge. *Sigh*

[Outcast]

The pride of a nation.

I doubt that we'd see another supersonic commercial aircraft in our time, it just isnt economically viable, especially in the times of austerity we are in now.

As a species, we have taken a step back.

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (Outcast @ Friday, Apr 6 2012, 00:03)

It is a shame that the defence review scrapped the upcoming Nimrod, I absolutely hate the proposed alternatives none of which look half as good. Something about the Nimrod gives it a certain air of "British-ness" to it that I love. I agree that BAE Systems are working on some pretty interesting stuff but I was thinking more about Avro Aircraft, Hawker Siddeley, De Havilland, BAC etc. All the big aircraft manufacturers have just been merged and acquired and merged into hell and back again leaving only a handful of corporate entities which have done little to raise Britain's profile in the aviation industry. The closest thing we have is Airbus and tbh I don't like how it's with the French. I've always had something against the French after they pushed for retiring the Concorde fleet. Bastards.

Well BAE Systems are either the largest or second largest aerospace and defence corporation in the world, depending on how you classify it (if you look solely at military sales, then BAE systems are far and away the largest, but Lockheed Martin are larger in revenue terms across the board). BAE is largely made up of all the older British corporations. As for the scrapping of the Nimrod, the whole program was catastrophically mismanaged and changes that had to be made in the designs of the aircraft wing tanks in the wake of a mid-air explosion a few years back reduced the fuel capacity quite significantly. We do still have some aircraft performing a roughly similar role, though- the Sentinel- but they were due to be retired at the end of the Afghan conflict, leaving us with no airborne electronic reconnaissance and command and control capability at all. Thankfully, the government saw sense after they played a pivotal role in Libya and we're keeping them now.

[Pico]

Feel this would be the best place to get some ideas here.
I'm considering working on a customer RC plane. I want to do a jet based plane, so it'll be using an EDF motor (jet style fan configuration with an electric motor). If you could have an remote controlled plane, which one would you go with?

[Sup3rman]

I'm quite fascinated with this flying wing concept by nazi germany. The Horton Ho 229.


This is whats left of it right now, i think Smithsonian has got the wings too somewhere.