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Dang! I gotta get me one of those!

Thanks guys !! Today, the Chimney got some more stuff, those tubes are really a pain to do, it takes time as I don't know yet every tips that Blender can offer so, I did all " by hand "..

I bought it myself for christmas, and I find it quite enjoyable. I would call it an "ONLY" simulator: It is day-only, VFR-only, switzerland only. The photo scenery for switzerland is *&!"HOLY CR*P THIS IS AWESOME£~+!@ impressive. The dynamic shadows are as good as X-Plane(10)'s. The fps are incredible: Everthing set to "Ultra"+HDR+8xAA=170fps on my machine. The aerial photos are good. The colors look credible (i have seen a lot awful blue-greeny photo sceneries, this is not one of them). The resolution is okay, but it could use either autogen buildings or an even higher resolution because most houses are simply brown blobs if you look very close. However, the scenery is ideal for VFR flying. I flew around areas I know from winter holidays and immediately recognized the skiing areas I'm familiar with. Also the highways I know were easily recognized and some adjacent villages also. The autogen scenery lacks houses (there are some, but too few). The trees are gorgeous however. The flightmodel physics feel plausible as in "it feels very similar to X-Plane". I would say X-Plane and Aerofly FS feel roughly the same, whereas FSX feels quite different. The weather options are barebone: Two cloud layers and one global wind setting. Thats all. However, it has thermal generation for soaring: dark patches of landscape in the sun generate thermals you can easily find when flying over them and hear the Variometer go "boouuuueeeiiiiii! beep! beep! beep! beep! beep!" The aircrafts are barebone: Only the "holy six" instruments are working. No radio navigation is implemented. No Autopilot. No electrics. No working switches, no electrics. Engines are always running and cannot be shut down or started. The piston engine model is nonsense: it has no idea of density altitude, so you can climb the C172 to FL200 with 1000fpm. Mixture control is not implemented. Also the manifold pressure is nonsense, as are the temperatures (neither fuel flow nor EGT gauges work). For me, Aerofly FS makes for a very good soaring simulator, and awesome VFR flying with simple aircraft. However, I would love the density altitude effect as it would make mountain flying really interesting, when you really have to plan ahead because your performance is limited. Philipp

Near Jarny (Doncourt-lès-Conflants, LFGR)