any flightsimmers in here (or real pilots) [Archive]

bugjuice

3rd May 2005, 16:29

I've logged hundreds of hours in X-Plane (http://x-plane.com/), and flown several light aircraft (including a stunt plane!). Don't have my lisence yet, been planning for that for a while, but then I bought a bike.. Now I have to decided what next year will be - racing or flying... where's that lotto ticket gone......??

Biff

3rd May 2005, 16:53

Yes to both questions. Although I'm a pro at neither and haven't flown 'proper' since early last year - so I'd need to build up my hours again before I could fly solo again - I think.

I'm a big FS fan and own all of them (geek!), and various mesh terrain CD's for the UK, oh and Voice Buddy, a motion Tracker, Saitek joystick etc.

Dangerous has the mesh terrain for NZ I believe. He's been promising me a copy for ages. Where is it D?

James Deuce

3rd May 2005, 17:23

Years of Air Warrior and Aces High here.

MMOG WWII combat games. Mahvelous stuff, old bean.

Blakamin

3rd May 2005, 17:27

got flight gear and a few others.... I'm a chopper freak tho... also have gunship, apache/havoc, all the commanches and fa-18 operation desert storm for the carrier landings... gunna get fs2004 as soon as I have space in my cap! :msn-wink:

never had money to be real pilot but have been in alsorts from a TA4K skyhawk to cessnas and a jota (sp?) and a couple of hand built things...

Hitcher

3rd May 2005, 17:35

FROSTY

3rd May 2005, 17:43

bugger all ot that --sittin in a room pretending to fly.
Do the real thing---Ohhh yea---real men dont need engines

Biff

3rd May 2005, 18:03

I'm still madly in love with the F4U Corsair...

They had Corsairs (or was it one?) at the recent Blenheim Air Show - mmmmmmmm. I have video footage of their low flying runs over the field too. Bootiful.

bugjuice

3rd May 2005, 18:08

hitcher - some simulators have amazingly real scenery (have a look at the Xplane link), plus there's 'missions' to complete, and you have a huge range of aircraft to do all sorts of stuff..

And Frosty, I'd be happy to get out and do it for real - wanna pay for me to do it? I'll fly you around for free if ya did! I'd also fly gliders too..

SPman

3rd May 2005, 18:23

Now combat flight simulator games, particularly those involving WWII fighters: Different story altogether. God knows how many hundred hours I have on different fighters. I'm still madly in love with the F4U Corsair...

The F4U1A - my very favouritist aeroplane - fascinating cockpits - no floor so you can stand up in the cockpit with the canopy closed (well, I could).
The one at Blenheim is the only surviving fully intact, airworthy ex RNZAF Corsair, (an FG1-D) from the 380 odd the RNZAF used to have.

I like CFS2 best - got heaps of extra planes, scenery, missions etc.
Il2 is good. I only enjoy the flight sims, with Lockheed Constellations and things , or trying to aerobat 767's

Coyote

3rd May 2005, 18:25

Flight Simulator sucks hugely. Take off, fly around, land, yawn. No amount of "realistic scenery" and cockpit effects help. Yawn.
For an example of this, go to Wellington Airport. It's a tarmac strip on grass, with one or two trees scattered about, thats pretty much it

Blakamin

3rd May 2005, 18:27

For an example of this, go to Wellington Airport. It's a tarmac strip on grass, with one or two trees scattered about, thats pretty much it
there are people out there that have made photo-realistic scenery for the whole of nz....

Biff

3rd May 2005, 18:34

there are people out there that have made photo-realistic scenery for the whole of nz....

Really? Where can I get a copy? I've searched the usual we sites.

bugjuice

3rd May 2005, 19:43

this isn't too bad on scenery:
http://x-plane.com/v8shots.html

and buy the whole game (can download the 280mb demo) and there's NZ maps, Austrailia, etc etc.. in similar detail...

N4CR

3rd May 2005, 19:49

FS2001 edit(2000 >_<)... many hours and a gazzillion plane packs to go with it... Favourite plane is the SU37 berkut and P51D.. good fun.

I have flown: takeoff and landing a cessna 172RS on my one and only flight about 2 months ago. I'm also hoping to get my pilots liscence in the semester breaks for uni and go on to be proffessional :niceone: Hard work and a big hole in the pocket/bank though. :whocares:

James Deuce

3rd May 2005, 19:52

Really? Where can I get a copy? I've searched the usual we sites.
Go here: http://www.kiwisim.net.nz/index.php?topic=flight

Sign up for the site, and you will be inundated with links and friendly help.

Check out the Massive links entry in the forum

http://www.kiwisim.net.nz/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14

Lots of FS2004 there

Biff

3rd May 2005, 20:05

Go here: http://www.kiwisim.net.nz/index.php?topic=flight

Sign up for the site, and you will be inundated with links and friendly help.

Check out the Massive links entry in the forum

http://www.kiwisim.net.nz/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14

Lots of FS2004 there

:niceone: ..............................

R6_kid

3rd May 2005, 20:24

lol so i am one among many. The realism thing is what the vRNZAF is about. Real people flying with real Air traffic control. Not doing 'missions' as such but there is new software for online flying - google SB3 or FSInn with FS2004 and you will see what im talking about. Makes it all worth while, in fact thats why simmers stay in it.

With the vRNZAF its jus NZ people flying RNZAF aircraft. Formation flying, mock air to air combat etc.

oh well check out those sites mentioned. Also www.flightsim.co.nz

A man by the name of Robin Corn was making A+++ grade photorealistic scenery for NZ (including wellington) but i think he has chucked in the towel. What he did was take high res satelite images (looking at 30-50mb jpegs) turn them from black/white into colour, sets FS to notice the difference between water and land. He would then go through and manually place all the trees/buildings/power poles etc to recreate the scenery to a high level of accuracy giving a great increase over the default setup. Also Christian Stock makes geographic mesh maps for NZ and released a 40m mesh scenery, thats like a 40m topo map turned into 3D.

now if you couple the two together it starts getting pretty realisitic!!!

oh and by the way the corsair is my fav navy fighter
but for the airforce it has to be the P-40 :Punk: :Punk:

ZorsT

3rd May 2005, 20:38

real men dont need engines

Damn right. Gliding is way better ! :niceone:

R6_kid

3rd May 2005, 21:28

i agree, hang gliding is the coolest thing i've done next to riding and sky diving :niceone:

but i think skydiving takes the cake for the best brown pants moment :laugh:

Indiana_Jones

3rd May 2005, 21:34

Flight sims are ok, I plan to try the real deal sometime :)
But I like "Silent hunter 2" and "distroyer command"....mmm naval combat :D

-Indy

R6_kid

3rd May 2005, 21:43

Flight sims are ok, I plan to try the real deal sometime :)
But I like "Silent hunter 2" and "distroyer command"....mmm naval combat :D

-Indy

lol good old silent hunter. I had that back in the day. In gaming i lack one thing that real naval commanders have .. pacience

i always used to put it on accelerated time, then i'd run into a hostime ship and before i knew it i didnt have time to line up the torpedos... i seemed to resort to the topside gun, oh and i hated it when the aircraft showed up, that really made my day - and the game very un-enjoyable

Indiana_Jones

3rd May 2005, 21:53

lol good old silent hunter. I had that back in the day. In gaming i lack one thing that real naval commanders have .. pacience

i always used to put it on accelerated time, then i'd run into a hostime ship and before i knew it i didnt have time to line up the torpedos... i seemed to resort to the topside gun, oh and i hated it when the aircraft showed up, that really made my day - and the game very un-enjoyable

lol I love it :D
love the stealth in SH2 (with my hunt for red october cd on) and the AA action in carrier battles in destroyer command :Punk:
Patience is something you do need though, but I make models, so it's cool :D

-Indy

SPman

3rd May 2005, 21:54

Ahh...naval combat! Currently playing Silent Hunter 3 - finally, a worthy replacement for Aces of the Deep!

Biff

4th May 2005, 13:42

A few years ago a private company chartered some light aircraft and took photos of every square foot of the UK from around 2000 feet (above terrain level and except restricted airspace).

The primary purpose of this was, of course, to sell on these images to house/land owners, corporations and such like, including FS software company. This company then released a brilliant terrain mesh series of the entire UK.

I can even fly over my old house and landed on my front lawn once. Thank fork the neighbours weren’t in.

http://www3.getmapping.com/home.asp

Daisy Duke

4th May 2005, 14:15

I can even fly over my old house and landed on my front lawn once. Thank fork the neighbours weren’t in.

How big was your front lawn!!

Edited:
He's just shown me a photo of his front lawn back in the Uk and refuses to post it here because he says he wants to keep his lifestyle etc private.

I think he's just being gay. :yes:

James Deuce

4th May 2005, 14:30

How big was your front lawn!!
Well, if it was used as a launching pad for his ego..........

(PT)

Biff

4th May 2005, 14:33

Re' your question in an adjoining thread Daisy - I vote you leave now and burn your passport. Jim said he'd carry your bags and go shopping with you, providing he can have a new Prada handbag.

While you're at it buy me a new hat please, my head appears to have grown again.

Bitches.

Ramius

4th May 2005, 17:21

lol I love it :D
love the stealth in SH2 (with my hunt for red october cd on) and the AA action in carrier battles in destroyer command :Punk:
Patience is something you do need though, but I make models, so it's cool :D

-Indy

You have the hunt for red october soundtrack? Now where did you manage to get one of those from?

Ixion

4th May 2005, 17:28

Ahh...naval combat! Currently playing Silent Hunter 3 - finally, a worthy replacement for Aces of the Deep!

Fighting Steel

Indiana_Jones

4th May 2005, 17:47

You have the hunt for red october soundtrack? Now where did you manage to get one of those from?

I grabbed that cd from borders $20 or $25

Fighting Steel

Own that too :D

Stick on the master and commander soundtrack for that :)

-Indy

Ramius

4th May 2005, 18:25

I grabbed that cd from borders $20 or $25

Can I say Jealous!

Fancy burning a copy of the cd, and I will give you happy smiles...

Master & Commander...Hmmm...You sound like you have a plethora of wonderful soundtracks, did I mention Top Gun rocks, fantastic movie. What happens in it again?

dveus

4th May 2005, 18:36

Flight Simulator sucks hugely. Take off, fly around, land, yawn. No amount of "realistic scenery" and cockpit effects help. Yawn.

Now combat flight simulator games, particularly those involving WWII fighters: Different story altogether. God knows how many hundred hours I have on different fighters. I'm still madly in love with the F4U Corsair...

I agree, not the same if your not chasing after enemy aircraft or strafing a train. Look at me i've made 10 perfect landings in these 50 knot crosswinds, but how many japanese zeros have you shot down while flying upside down with a broken rudder.

R6_kid

4th May 2005, 18:55

ahem!!! how did this flightsim/flying thread become a navy/submariners thread?

http://flightinfo.ens.ne.jp/FS_KBT/d_y_a.htm

^^^^^^^^^^ This i like the look of, just to show you where FS is going

Indiana_Jones

5th May 2005, 13:52

Can I say Jealous!

Fancy burning a copy of the cd, and I will give you happy smiles...

Master & Commander...Hmmm...You sound like you have a plethora of wonderful soundtracks, did I mention Top Gun rocks, fantastic movie. What happens in it again?

I have my little collection of soundtracks (about 26 now) :D

Well there's two versions of the Red October soundtrack, I think I have the one with less music on it, but still have the main theme :niceone:
Give us your details, and I'll see what I can do (cd-writer has been acting up somewhat)

Shhhhhhh Gareth, It's a sim thread now :D not just flight sims. I have train sim too :whocares: (listen to music with pace for that :))

-Indy

RiderInBlack

5th May 2005, 21:25

For a bit of entertainment today, I tried the IL*2 Sturmovik PC WWII Combat Flight Sim, and I sucked. So far the only "kill" I've got is the conning tower is I was trying to take off:killingme Then I found the "Easy" setting. Well at least I didn't have to worry about take-off anymore:whistle: too bad my landings are even worse:whistle:if I can find the airport again :killingme So off I got to do some "Dog-Fighting". Hey, with my landings and take-offs being sooo good, I don't have to worry about getting shot down. They would be doing me a faviour as it would save me from crashing the plane myself:niceone: and I get to "die" a hero:killingme

RiderInBlack

6th May 2005, 08:37

For a bit of entertainment today, I tried the IL*2 Sturmovik PC WWII Combat Flight Sim, and I sucked. So far the only "kill" I've got is the conning tower is I was trying to take off:killingmeWell got a "kill" this morning:niceone: then crash landed the plane:doh: Hey it's the only way to land dudes. My plane will end-up having more planes I've crashed marked on it than enemy planes killed:killingmeToo many buttons to push. Hard to workout which is the right one:confused: Just as well I'm flying for the Nazis:whistle:When I get good, I fly for the Rushkeys, then if I can work this game out I'll find the Allies:wait: