A place to converse about the general aspects of flight simulation in New Zealand
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- NZWR VOR
by Petercove » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:41 pm
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Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:43 am
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Yes, only a DME there.
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- What add on to get first for MSFS?
by zkcav » Sat Jul 15, 2023 6:41 am
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Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:50 am
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Much content available here, search on NZ But if you intend to properly categorise and keep track of all those addons, Addon Linker comes highly recommended, especially if you are clever enough to use it from the get-go! My first stop for payware is the MSFS Marketplace, it is the most painless way I know of, to part with cash. Maybe decide which PW sceneries you want, before flooding the sim with freeware as there will of course be conflicts. Enjoy... this is the best sim you have ever seen.
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- Possible WIP ZK-APK
by zkcav » Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:10 pm
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Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:50 pm
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So I've got the sim up and working. First flight was this morning at about 0200 real time so had to advance for a dawn take off for a early morning flight NZPM - NZPP in a 172 to test everything Honeycomb yoke and throttle are working fine, but the old Saitek panels don't want to interface. A lot has changed since FSX just setting up the screens was painful. And where have the folders gone for add ons!!! Time to update FB and then do a flight Cheers Paul
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- Why I buy Lotto tickets
by toprob » Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:38 pm
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Sat Jul 15, 2023 6:22 am
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Umm Lotto would help... but working on getting it to a good home. Oddly enough banks don't look at this as a good investment and will not lend me the money to buy this, so trying other approaches - lotto isn't one of them :-) When you say to live close Robin how close is that? I'm looking a moving it 12km up the road from where it is now if I get it so you could still sit in the back :cheers:
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- bush pilots
by Sonnyj » Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:13 pm
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Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:13 pm
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- Your next new sim?
by cowpatz » Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:51 am
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Wed Jul 05, 2023 2:28 pm
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I'd be tempted to go half-share, were it running FS9 (no VC required y'see). I'll even throw in a few bottle jacks for motion control of the shed :D
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- Last-minute Godzone sale
by toprob » Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:12 am
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Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:48 pm
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NZDN and NZNS are both too old really to update, they have needed an overhaul for a while now. I forgot to mention that I may potter away on the odd freeware release, though, for MSFS and maybe a port to P3D. However they won't be based on any existing payware, as these files are just too big for Avsim, and there's really no easy way to distribute them. So any freeware releases will be smaller in scope. EDIT: one of the reasons why I'm shutting down the store and eventually stopping Simmarket sales is to have zero income from the business, so I can revert to the minimum tax rate on my...
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- MS2024 Helicopter error?
by cowpatz » Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:48 pm
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Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:37 pm
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Flightsim community: HOW DARE THEY !!! (as they pony up the meagre $20 to buy their next incredibly good value add-on)
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- MSFS 2024 at FlightSimExpo
by toprob » Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:43 pm
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Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:30 pm
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Flight Sim Expo 2023 FSElite Interview with Microsoft and Asobo Studio
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- P3DV6
by cowpatz » Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:30 am
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Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:28 pm
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My bandwidth allowance is 430 GB/month. In my old Classic FS9.1, I could fly a Connie from Dublin to Darwin (and beyond) in VFR Pilotage, because all the mesh and scenery was stored in my computer. I was very reluctant to go with Steam, but there was no other way to get AFS4. So far, bandwidth usage has been reasonable. I don't think AFS4 makes me 'play in the cloud' i.e. download the scenery every time I fly. MSFS is brilliant, no question, but I want it all in my machine, updated under my control. not automatically by MS.
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- New Blender Earth modeler - wow
by cowpatz » Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:27 am
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Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:11 am
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I'm really impressed by Blender's performance, it really punches above its weight, and it's free. I should really learn how to use it, but I'm getting too old for something new. On the other hand, from now on I'll have to pay for 3DS Max out of my pension, so Blender might be the answer... As always, Google Earth is a visualization platform, though, so there's not as much benefit as you'd think for folk like us simmers. You could probably drop something into the sim as a 3D model, not too big otherwise you'll overload it, but really we already have the ability to use photogrammetry in MSFS,...
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- Got a spare 8 minutes
by Sonnyj » Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:47 am
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Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:21 am
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Thinking this through... those machines were designed for an average lifespan measured in weeks. How did they manage to get that lot to start and fly at the same time, on the day? I am very suspicious, having seen the recent artificial constructs of (present company excluded!) deranged minds. :D
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- Missing Metars
by Sonnyj » Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:29 pm
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Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:29 pm
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- Microsoft Flight Simulator: State of the Art
by Charl » Mon May 22, 2023 5:23 pm
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Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:10 am
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:thumbup:
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- Which hold entry type should I use?
by Irfan Ahmed » Sun May 21, 2023 12:24 pm
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Wed May 24, 2023 11:14 am
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@cowpatz Yes, that is a lot of information but very interesting. Thank you!
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- MSFS add ons
by cowpatz » Sun May 07, 2023 2:15 pm
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Mon May 08, 2023 9:15 am
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Also: Because MSFS does not yet have a Replay function (!) there's a free recording addon which does the job, apparently. Can't do that greaser landing without having a second look, eh?
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- Texel airlines
by tanken2 » Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:29 pm
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Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:43 pm
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Was there a week ago dropping my daughter off for a domestic flight, spotted the Texel machine sitting just behind ParcelAir ZK-PAQ about a wings width away with the same orientation, seems to be in the ANZ hard stand area as of that time. Pink-X marks the spot :wub: Can't see it in this shot, only other view was blocked, but it's directly behind, can just see ground shadows beneath ZK-PAQ which is kinda at Stand 51?
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- Back to a simpler time....
by toprob » Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:57 am
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Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:29 pm
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Just personalise and scale the display! I have had the odd yen to do this with FS9, but I threw it all away and the memories (Fond) are sufficient.
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- MSFS World Update NZ
by toprob » Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:09 am
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Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:06 am
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It would be nice to see an accurate tree and vegetation mod for NZ. Something that we still lack after the update. Wellington still has patches of lime green hills and trees which still look unrealistic
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- Last 747 Delivery
by ZK-DWF » Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:58 am
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Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:08 am
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Probably stating the obvious, but I didn't realise till now that the last Boeing 747 was painted differently on each side. I thought parts of Sam Chui's video was stock footage.
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