Nicola_M

Otherwise known as "summer" here in the UK....

xpfw 727-200 for v9 @egkk I was trying to post up an inverted over-the-runway shot, but all the heavies I have (Q, 727, 737, AN-148) all engines lose thrust & height when inverted. The 727 was the last I tried with, so just decided to land it normally instead.

Done.

That's entirely normal. It's called addiction.

Glad to, but I think the image was a blooper thanks to google. The image it was meant to show has tires no larger than yours, but I took a screenshot before it reverted to normal. Let me kno.

One of these? Or preferably one made entirely out of rubber, so he can bounce off those mountains.

I didn't realise someone flew Erik somewhere today. That's the only possible reason I can think of why you'd be discussing him here instead of posting pics of what you flew.

"Couldn't find anything bigger, huh?"

I use imageshack. Upload your picture, copy Direct Link, then use the "image" button in the Reply to topic box and that inserts ya image.

Hahaha! Someone who lands like I do!

No flying for me Rediscovering the joys of the Q, and a few changes to get it how I like it. Throttle quadrant now lit up, and throttle handles and condition handles lit. We had the panel lighting, but not the lights that gave us the light. We do now Not a bad looking deck, and definitely my favourite plane in xp. Now I've just gotta learn to fly the damn thing......

I've been flying helis in xp for 4 years and rc helis for over 5 but none of it prepares you for the R22 If you've got the Dreamfoil B206 (not the default xplane 206) then the R22 is the next difficulty level up. I would also suggest the BK117 if you like the joy of flying helicopters. (You can switch off all the "help" in it, and it's still a whole heap of fun to fly).

I only have the R22, so can't comment on the others on your list. What I will say about the R22 is that it's a basic helicopter, very basic - no frills, no auto-stabilisation or yaw damping - so it's quite a handful to fly. Even a seasoned xplane heli pilot will find the R22 very twitchy (apparently realistically so) and almost unpleasant to fly. If the real thing is such a nightmare, it explains why just about every helicopter pilot out there can't get off R22's fast enough. Dreamfoil's R22 is accurately-modelled inside and out, with circuit-breakers modelled and useable, rotor brake useable, access panels operable. As said, if you're already experienced flying helicopters in xplane....... it won't help you with the R22 - you'll be learning from scratch all over with this one. If you're looking for something to get in and fly, the R22 isn't for you. The first few weeks you'll do nothing but crash. It is hard work, but so rewarding once you get the hang of it.

Forget helicopters, you're either into them or you're not, and not everyone is. On top of that, you didn't list any so it's pointless to suggest it. I would second the DC3. I have the T28 and just as has been already said, I found it's a constant gauge-watching exercise rather than enjoying flight, which means I usually avoid it for that reason alone.

Very odd. The ground is at night, but your sky looks like daytime.....

Hmm, I have a funny feeling my starting the engines to the time I start taxiing is gonna cross several time zones.

This is what I use, might be worth looking into if you want to utilise helis - $20. http://www.toysonics.com/esky-usb-2.0-4ch-flight-simulator-rc-helicopter-airplane-ek2-0905a.html Left stick up/down = throttle/collective Left stick left/right= yaw left/yaw right Right stick = cyclics rotor disk Comes with subtrims - great for helis not equipped.

That would probably account for 99.999% of the reason your heli flying isn't going as well as you'd like.

Your controller can make all the difference too. When I first had twist-grip joystick I found it a nightmare trying to control yaw on a heli. You end up with your hand/wrist at very unnatural angles and it hurts. God knows what it's like for non twist-grip joysticks. Ergo, for the first 6 years (out of my 10 on xplane) I only flew planes and couldn't fly helis at all. As a basic minimum you really need something dedicated to the task, like a Warthog, or you can use something like a cheap $25 rc-controller which you will be familiar with if you fly rc planes or rc helicopters. Those two options make flying helis much much more of a pleasure and less of an ordeal. And forget trying to fly a heli just with a mouse......

I wish screenshots would give us more rotor blur. To take a similar shot with a camera you'd use something like 1/250s to 1/500s to freeze the rotors. I'd use a slower speed to get the disk in blur, but it's a pity xplane's screenies don't do that.

Wow, that's a paintjob and a half. Looks like someone had their work cut out to make that one. I like....

What's going on with the doors at the very back? Looks like there's a second door behind them which is badly aligned.

Cool, but you're not missing much. I found RoF very, very slow, very, very, very hard to hit anything. It's sodding annoying when the enemy climbs like monkeys and stay at 10,000 ft meaning you spend half your life trying to climb up to get at them. I used to play Solitaire while I waited..... I've loved WW1 for years and back in 03 I had a fantastic WW1 addon for a WW2 sim that I lost in a pc crash and (can't remember what the sim or that addon was), but it was much more entertaining. RoF doesn't come close. It's mind-numbingly boring and frustrating. If watching paint dry is too much of an adrenaline rush, then RoF is a great alternative. Damage simulation is great. You really need a top of the line pc to run it though. What you can get away with to run xplane won't cut it with RoF.