I bought the Reflex simulator and like it. I almost had to bribe a youngster to let me try it while at the WRAM show. I was told I could scan in my airplane . Is it easily done?? jim
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I bought the Reflex simulator and like it. I almost had to bribe a youngster to let me try it while at the WRAM show. I was told I could scan in my airplane . Is it easily done?? jim
Anyone with a personality has opinions. Anyone with an opinion is called a troll. Get used to it. I did.
Ed Cregger
M-M, You sound like a troll, post like a troll, and feel like a troll '-)) I'll go along with Ed and give you the benefit of the doubt. You are not a troll and you are certainly entitled to your opinion. As I said, I have all three sims loaded and I cycle between them many times a day, or at least I did before I really got hung up on AFPD. Now the only reason I don't sell G3 is so I can allow others to drop by and compare all three for themselves. Please believe me when I say I was rooting for Real Flight since I have about $900 invested in their sims ( Real Flight, Real Flight Deluxe, G2, G3, and all five add-ons). In addition I have friends who are expert pilots who have evaluated all three and arrive at the same conclusion - AFPD is the best and G3 is not ready. To support these observations I have compiled a list of some of the G3 problems. Those that are not mine I have annotated with the contributor's display name (from the Real Flight G3 forum). Check this out:
Peefiftyone fan:
YBLee:
Rewithey:
Progneto:
Maverick0408:
Huey:
Tally Ho! Ed
Hi Jim, Did you try any of the other sims at the show? Which ones? I'm particularly interested in how the Reflex compared with the AFPD??
AND the others are any different? I also have G2.
I happen to like AFPD...you like realflight...
both of us know the only thing of real practical value is actually flying RC itself....
just my opinion....
cheers Papa Sharptooth
Bouncing about the living room, my then three year old grandson declared himself "a kangaroo". "If you're a Kangaroo, what is Grampie", I ask. His reply: "you a dinosaur"
Thanks for this contribution, Ed.
I'm thinking about buying something newer in sims than the G2 that I presently have and this information is most useful.
Ed Cregger
I like the Dave Brown Flight Sim. It was the first such of these creatures that I ever owned. I bought mine in early 93, IIRC. Unfortunately, my program disk got mangled somehow, but I still have the controller.
Ed Cregger TAS
If you find out how to do it, please tell me too. I'm just getting into some of this stuff. At the Reflex XTR website I tried downloading about four or five of the free shareware models, but got as far as the part where you pay $0.00 for them, and the thing just seem to do nothing, althought it said it was ready to download. Ever have any luck with this? Paul
Spending time on stupid toys is a life.
You're welcome Ed. Stick with the G2, it's pretty good and If you can find access to the AFPD give it a whirl you may like it :)
That IS their life. Maybe the bad health fairy will visit you some day. We'll see what you do when it happens.
Ed Cregger TAS
"Redhart" wrote
I think that that is exactly what I am going to do. I'm in no hurry anyway. G2 has been lots of fun.
Ed Cregger TAS
That's what I came away with after trying out the different sims all day at the WRAM show- none of them are that much better than my G2 to warrant another purchase.
I'm a die-hard Mac user who only got a PC for the Realflight, and that's all I use the PC for.
m-m
Hi Ed,
I've got the Dave Brown simulator V4.x (files dated 1995) that I am never going to use. If you send me your address I'll send you the disk. My email is ahorne1atcomcastdotnet. The controller I use on G2.
Regards,
Art
Thanks much, Art. Check your email.
Ed Cregger TAS
Ed, many of the complaints you listed have either already been fixed, or never existed in the first place.
If you want to appear fair, you should have corrected that list.
For instance (with .377 update) - The "invisible obstructions" are all but gone. Screen resolution is now persistent. Anisotropic Filtering fixed (now uses card settings). Selected aircraft only slow FIRST time it is ever selected (builds data) P-51 flies perfect inverted - always did. You can now touch down on any object.
Other complaints are duplicated, unique to that user, or are questionable to begin with (others are quite fair).
RF G3 was released too early and they deserve a lot of criticism for that. However, to be fair, they should be given proper credit for the progress and improvements that have come since. With the latest update, I am having a ball with G3. A bunch of incredible repaints have come along (thanks peef), and some have been coupled with some tuning of the aircraft (45% Ultimate is a BLAST to fly).
There is one other thing you failed to mention, G3 is the only one that offers MultiPlay, which adds a LOT to my enjoyment of the sim.
"Ed Forsythe" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
Hi,
An impressive video of Aerofly Pro (that does indeed not say how realistic it flies), nice to look at after these harsh discussions here :
Thank you one and all for your input about RC Flight Sims.
So long for now.
Swede
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