I would love to see the Su-37 in the base release. However, it seems like it
still needs some work. What is your opinion?
-Ummon
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On 5 Oct 2008, at 09:13, Durk Talsma wrote:
> So, with these criteria in mind, what would be your current top 10 of
> aircraft?
Before the debate gets too details, there intention was (and still is,
I think) to have at least one aircraft from the following categories:
- the c172
- another light, GA single (eg, the cub, or maybe a more modern
single-engine, like the piper archer)
- a piston driven twin (senea, c310, etc)
- a turboprop (eg, the b1900d, or Dh-6)
- a WW2 era fighter (p51d, spitfire, one of the japanese fighters)
- a heli
- a transport class jet (737, A320, 777ER)
- a glider
- a modern fighter (f16, f14, SU-37)
That's eight straight away, which are basically fixed, to 'prove' to
new users that FG can handle all those classes of vehicle. Ten or
twelve seems like a good limit - eg add a biz-jet (One of the
citations being the obvious candidate) and then there's loads of
'cool' planes - the Osprey, Concorde, the WW1 era fighters, and so on.
I'll leave it to Durk to pick a base package size based on the current
aircraft selection, but people should be thinking along these lines
when picking aircraft. The decision isn't how good the F18 / F14 is,
it's whether it's better than then F16 / SU-37. Similarly, the 777ER
verses the A320 or 737. And so on for each class - though in some it's
easier, the Bo-105 is probably the clear winner for the heli, and the
b1900d in the turboprop segment.
There's also good arguments for including one 'show-off' aircraft in
the base package - the the SR-71, Concorde, the 747-400 or A380, so
people get some 'wow' factor without any install / download hassles.
Particularly if someone wants to script a demo mode with Concorde
taking off over the Golden Gate from KSFO or similar.
Regards,
James
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