On 16 Oct 2004 at 14:05, Andreas wrote: > > I'm not claiming to be a real pilot: I'm not. I can accept this kind of > behaviour for the c172 since I've never even been in one. If pilots say > this is the way it behaves, I accept it.
Neither am I. I don't have probs with a/c simulating torque effects or don't fly perfectly straight when you don't coounteract. I do have probs with relatively simple a/c which require you to frantically operate your stick, pedals or whatever you try to control it with and dive nose down after a few secs. Even a sim should be some fun. As for now, the 172 1981 model is the only 1 I can enjoy, good enough coz it's mainly the scenery I keep FG for (yes folks, a free sim beats Fly and a lot of others just on scenery). > > What I don't want to keep doing is asking myself this question: "wow, is > this really so? Or is this one of those planes whose model is still > being worked on?". Same here. > I agree about the panels. I don't mind having 3D cockpits, just give me > working instruments. Exactly.... > Now, I'm perfectly happy with the c172. It's great flying and learning. > I just whish there were more good aircrafts like this one. But this is a > free project, and people have a life. You know, Fly was a commercial project. Lotsa people been spending lotsa time to develop improved versions of existing a/c in Fly or add completely new ones: the J3, Texan, C130, several versions of the 747 and many more have been made available for Fly for free, including completely new designed panels (some of em were based on FlightSimulator ones tho') and except for a MD82 beta I tried, none of em had real probs when they were released. The big problem is that FG now is one of the few choices one has when trying flightsimming, with Fly and Propilot being discontinued. In order to keep new users (who might be taking their very first steps into flightsimming) I think it would be very wise to limit the base package to the a/c which are "foolproof" and work more or less the way they should, including NAV's and AP, and make the 'beta and alpha planes" available to them who are willing to crash every 5 mins. That's my 5 cents on it. Louis _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
