NZFF

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:54 pm**

Is it just me ? or are we in a bit of a flat place as far as new sim product is concerned.
Im looking forward to the Milviz F-4 , but other than that , not much coming down the pipe .... so , for me , a nice Jag would be good , an F-27 , and behaps a re-vamp of some of the Brit classic's ... Trident , VC-10 ... maybe.
At the moment Im looking at the Bear studios SU-30 .... but not sure , and Im looking at the virtavia stuff as well .

Oh .... a nice detailed Wessex would be good .... and a wasp .... and ............

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:28 pm**

You could always wait for the more Stately DC-3 rebuild now Jan Visser is in on the deal

..... maybe time to pick up your paint kit and start applying it to this wicked rebuild , yud love the challenge and so many NZ paints

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:47 pm**

Been a pretty exciting year for commercial stuff though, and lots on the horizon.
I'm waiting patiently and looking FWD this year to the QWings 787, the PMDG 747v2 (never did quite get around to buying v1), the Enigma/Razbam 737 and ATR.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:16 pm**

deeknow wrote:
QUOTE (deeknow @ Mar 26 2014,7:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Been a pretty exciting year for commercial stuff though, and lots on the horizon.
I'm waiting patiently and looking FWD this year to the QWings 787, the PMDG 747v2 (never did quite get around to buying v1), the Enigma/Razbam 737 and ATR.

deeknow ..... 787 yes , ATR indeed .... but another 737 !!

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Mar 26 2014,7:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You could always wait for the more Stately DC-3 rebuild now Jan Visser is in on the deal ..... maybe time to pick up your paint kit and start applying it to this wicked rebuild , yud love the challenge and so many NZ paints

Nah ... a Dak is a Dak .... lets go DC-6 ...7

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:36 pm**

It gets a little sparse with new stuff, especially in FS9 land!
I get FSD junkmail and they offered a Navajo for a few dollars.
I bit, and now I swear I have every GA twin ever made...

Mind you, I have so much stuff, if I started from the top and worked my way through all 2,617 planes in the hangar, it could see me through to the end of my flighsim days...

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:49 pm**

"2,617 " !! you will have to live for another 100 years Charl .

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:16 pm**

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Mar 26 2014,8:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I get FSD junkmail and they offered a Navajo for a few dollars. I bit, and now I swear I have every GA twin ever made...

Hehe, yeah I've been a sucker for the FSD stuff, I actually think its ok for the price, considering a number of their machines arent available elsewhere, I've got pretty much all of their stuff too.
The Navajo aint bad either aye. We need to do some kiwi repaints for it some time

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:04 pm**

Oh man, I've wanted a good FSX F4 for aaaaages.

Bear Studios do good work, Split, if you're undecided. I have their J11, J10 and MiG17 and they're all pretty good. I had the old J7 for FS9 but lost all my keys and that was great fun too.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:08 am**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Mar 26 2014,8:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nah ... a Dak is a Dak .... lets go DC-6 ...7

you have the JF DC-6 , the DC-7 is very much the same just the fact this incoming C-47 is already been adjusted to such a stage and incoming with a Jan Visser photo-real cockpit.

I do wonder why PMDG even released mention of there DC-6 , no word for over that for 30 months course the other, a Dash8 300 but that's how model build go.

J7G wrote:
QUOTE (J7G @ Mar 26 2014,10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh man, I've wanted a good FSX F4 for aaaaages.

Mes to ... This one is going to make Cloud9s look so outdated

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:21 am**

Aerosft F14 with carrier. Deanos Hoover. F4, have to many planes, PMDG DC6 hope it happens soon.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:24 am**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Mar 26 2014,8:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
"2,617 " !! you will have to live for another 100 years Charl .

Seriously...

OK these were garnered over 10 years or so...
No wonder every day feels like Christmas, around here

deeknow wrote:
QUOTE (deeknow @ Mar 26 2014,9:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hehe, yeah I've been a sucker for the FSD stuff, I actually think its ok for the price, considering a number of their machines arent available elsewhere, I've got pretty much all of their stuff too.
The Navajo aint bad either aye. We need to do some kiwi repaints for it some time

Couldn't resist, it was 12 bucks or so...
Yes a paint or 2 wouldn't hurt!
(8!) years ago I did NSN for AI, I wonder if it's still alive?

You start...

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:29 am**

And even a Segway two wheeler scooter

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:52 pm**

Charl .... that is ... amazing

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:40 pm**

Not sure if Charl's file count includes all the textures for each plane...I am planning a major cull of my SimObjects\Airplanes, to strip it down the the models and textures I actually use, thereby reducing FSX loading time.
But then again, I have been there before, and all it really did was make room for more new planes

Posted: **Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:58 am**

I went and had a look.
Marty, you are right it is amazing.
Probably time to stuff and mount the whole thing, and donate it to a museum...

28,599 folders, this would cover a fair number of variation on the 2,617 base planes.
Mike, like you I "grow" a sim and then flush it when it gets too weighty.
But I don't throw anything away, it goes in the storage hangar "just in case"

One of the reasons I love FS9 is because you can run multiple sim installs.
The "Main" sim is always a juggernaut, containing all the heavy scenery, hundreds of planes, and a load time sufficient to allowing brewing and consuming a leisurely cuppa!
But there's also a "No AI" sim for quickly looking at a new model, say.
And a military sim (you don't need pesky Cessnas when you are strapped into a Mach 2 device)
It all started when I grew the WWII sim and I decided to keep the whole thing.

John Young's Duxford scenery makes it into every install...

Oops there it happened again: sale at Area51 Simulations Super Huey, wonder what it can do?

Posted: **Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:31 am**

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Mar 30 2014,10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oops there it happened again: sale at Area51 Simulations Super Huey, wonder what it can do?

Trouble with you Charl, Your just to damn impulsive, not like me so disciplined

.......

Posted: **Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:46 pm**

Charl .... its a bit hard to see but , reading through your list (all those alpha classics) makes we want to go back , and you know what ... i can

I can remember waiting for Phil and his team to release the next model , like a kid at xmas time ... the haydays .
Great post ... you got me all misty looking at those files .... cheers .

Posted: **Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:59 am**

So far, I'm looking forward to the following. Not sure if I'll truly end up getting them all, but they'll be nice to see:

1. Milviz F-4 Phantom.
2. Cera Sim AS365 Dauphin (they're doing the long-nose currently, but I hope they do the short nose too).
3. Majestic Sims Dash-8-Q300.
4. Carenado Hawker 850XP.

As for a wishlist of planes that probably won't happen:

Mi-8/17
Tu-95/142
An-24
Dash-8-100
Dassault Falcon 50
Cessna 207
Beech Queen Air

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:08 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Mar 27 2014,8:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I do wonder why PMDG even released mention of there DC-6 , no word for over that for 30 months

Actually there has been, in *this post* from Nov 2013 RSR said

QUOTE

It is EXTREMELY rare that we put out an open casting call for new testers- but we have a couple of unique opportunities available that we would like to see if you can fill:

We are inching closer to the testing process for the first of our upcoming PMDG Classics series of products. The first product in this line will be the Douglas DC-6.

Unlike the modern airliners that comprise our primary product line- there aren't many DC-6s left in the world, so it isn't a simple thing to collect a bunch of experts from various airlines and seek their input to enhance the quality of the finished product.

So- we are putting out a general call for anyone who can answer yes to any of the qualities listed below:

1) You have in your logbook PIC, SIC or FE flight time in the DC-2, DC-3, DC-4, DC-6 or DC-7 type airplanes.

2) You have experience maintaining a DC-2, DC-3, DC-4, DC-6 or DC-7.

3) You have experience flying or maintaining some other type of aeroplane that is powered by 1820, 1830, R2000, R2800, 3360 engines or similar.

If you can answer yes to any of the qualities listed above, then we would like to seek your interest in helping us to test the DC-6 and subsequent products coming on the PMDG Classics production line.[/quote]

Didn't bother with the 777, looking forward to this one and the 747v2 a lot ! Also remember that RSR bought himself a DC-3 a year or so back, so no doubt in due course ..........

NZFF

Wish listing .... again.