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by **Naki** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:48 pm

What do you do after the air show?. You go fly all the aircraft you saw there (some of them anyway)...same colours too. I should of pulled the DC-3 and Mustang out of the hangar as well

by **Naki** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:36 pm

..and the real thing

by **zkcav** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:12 pm

Hey Paul - which devolper is your Pitts and how do you rate it??

Cheers Paul

P.S. Thanks for the shots very cool to look at RL vs sim side by side

by **Naki** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:36 pm

Its the Sibwings Pitts...it includes both the S1 & S2 models unlike the other two payware Pitts out there which include either the S1 or S2. Very nicely modelled..not sure whether the flight dynamics are quite there (not sure whether true Pitts dynamics are possible in FSX anyway) but pretty good anyway. Some very nice touchs such as engine exhaust vibrations, pitot covers etc. Bonus is that it includes two NZ schemes. I would rate it 7 or 8 out of 10

by **zkcav** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:54 pm

Thanks for that Paul, On my way to Sibwings site now

, after A2A of course...

by **Naki** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:08 pm

I think the true test of good model is if you keep coming back to it for a few flights...I defnitely do with the Sibwings Pitts with the limited amount of FS flying I do nowadays

by **Splitpin** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:42 pm

More great shots Naki man (2 & 3 are real nice)....and by the way....nice pitts

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:52 pm

After the Many airshow i've been ... I just scream Farrrrr out , running around with my in my little concrete area with space shuttle in hand dreaming to be an astronaut .... but then i fall over ,

only to find the space shuttle on top of me and the reason i fell over was due to the heat exhaustion from the previous airshow day DOH!!!

KIDDIES ..DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AT AIRSHOWS !

by **zkcav** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:05 am

Wow that Pitts is one fun model!

Thanks for HU Paul

About 20 years ago had the privilege of a half hour aerobatic flight in at Pitts S-2A as a passenger in what was then ZK-FXT (now registered as JAG) at Rotorua Aero Club on my honeymoon - so here are a few test shots at NZRO and over the lake.

And one of a S2 to put it in context

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:52 am

Paul , Now that's the PITTS

by **Charl** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:53 am

zkcav wrote:
QUOTE (zkcav @ Feb 26 2012,9:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
About 20 years ago had the privilege of a half hour aerobatic flight in at Pitts S-2A as a passenger in what was then ZK-FXT (now registered as JAG) at Rotorua Aero Club...

Welcome to the club... mine was in JAG at Queenstown, and convinced me that flight simulation is perhaps a little easier to do on a regular basis!
To be frank, there are not many good aerobatic FS models, the Christen Eagle is one of the few (both FS9 and FSX ones are good.)
The test is to see if they can fly a knife-edge.

Now you mention it, Paul, I can't believe I haven't dug out a Hunter for that low level blat and zoom into the Tauranga sky!
Wonder if there's a nice repaint I can cannibalise...

by **Naki** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:29 pm

Good one ZXCAV...hopefully one day I will get nice ride in a Pitts

Agree re Hunter...must dig that out too

by **zkcav** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:44 pm

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hopefully one day I will get nice ride in a Pitts[/quote]

Mate I can honestly say that was one of the highlights of my life (okay I've had a sheltered life), the pilot once he worked out I wasn't going to mess up the cockpit by vomitting everwhere started doing some hard out aeros up to 4 g and let me fly a roll and a loop as well!

Don't die wondering as the Nike logo goes "Just Do It". You'll never regret it.

Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.

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