At Last!

[Z750Jay]

Not long been into flight sims. I have been spending equal time on FSX and X Plane 10 so I can see which one I prefer - definitely going the X Plane route.

X Plane has been a pain so far to set up and as a flightsim newbie I have had a hard time learning to fly but today it finally clicked.

I have been hopping between FSX and X Plane taking in the Alaskan strips in the Cessna 172 to see the differences between the two sim's and while in X plane I finally got my approach and landing spot on. I normally have been coming too fast and high or too slow and low but today it finally clicked using visual clues for my approach. Pure joy, it is all starting to come together - even getting the hang of trimming.

I can also see why people believe X plane feels more 'real' compared to FSX, just need to sort out my ground textures as they are just colour at the moment and I can not tell the difference between 50' and 5' - makes landing fun.

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[Orcair]

Glad to have you aboard! I remember my first "ok" landing - it was the Piaggio Avanti at CYVR . Good times...

[Mario Donick]

Not long been into flight sims. I have been spending equal time on FSX and X Plane 10 so I can see which one I prefer - definitely going the X Plane route. X Plane has been a pain so far to set up and as a flightsim newbie I have had a hard time learning to fly but today it finally clicked. I have been hopping between FSX and X Plane taking in the Alaskan strips in the Cessna 172 to see the differences between the two sim's and while in X plane I finally got my approach and landing spot on. I normally have been coming too fast and high or too slow and low but today it finally clicked using visual clues for my approach. Pure joy, it is all starting to come together - even getting the hang of trimming. I can also see why people believe X plane feels more 'real' compared to FSX, just need to sort out my ground textures as they are just colour at the moment and I can not tell the difference between 50' and 5' - makes landing fun. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

 

Congratulations to your first landing My first successful one was Pitt Meadows, near Vancouver, but in FS9, in a Carenado C172. The availability of both exactly this airplane, and good scenery for Canada and Alaska (mainly by Tom Curtis) made my switch to X-Plane final.

 

(Although one has to admit that the visual quality one gets in FSX with OrbX addons for these regions is currently not achieved by XP. Maybe some day ...)