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A few questions about Flight Sims and equipment
* R David Steele :
What programs are good if you just want to game, that is fly combat missions what engage an enemy (something that X-Plane does not do)? I can't speak for X-Plane, never having looked at it. MSFS doesn't allow you to fly combat missions either. If you want to fly the odd combat mission you need to be looking at the likes of Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (either versions 2 or 3, some people would warn you away from the latter) or IL-2 (probably the "Forgotten Battles" release these days). Out of the box those combat sims are WWII era so if you want something a little more up-to-date then there's "Strike Fighters" (although that seems to get many bad reviews) and plenty of people seem to be waiting on LO:MAC. Personally, when I feel the urge to shoot things, I find that CFS2 and IL2 work well for me. And what programs are the best for flight training? Here at least X-Plane seems to do better. Hmm, "best" is kind of hard to define, isn't it? There are so many variables involved that what's "best" for one person isn't "best" for another. As far as controllers go, CH (http://www.chproducts.com) is good. I found http://www.avshop.com/ibm-simulator-...-controls.html as a source not only for them but for the more commercial products (Cirrus). And PFC is interesting (http://www.flypfc.com/). One question, I have the X45 from Saitek (http://www.saitek.com) Is it possible to use CH's foot pedals with another manufacturer's product? And I gather that each line has some form of control software? For MSFS I'm using the CH USB yoke and pedals. Although both products came with control software I don't use it on Windows XP because the act of just plugging them into the machine enabled them. I've got no real complaints about the yoke or pedals. Also is there any FS that works on Linux? Have a look at URL:http://www.flightgear.org/. -- Dave Pearson http://www.davep.org/ |
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