Flight Simulator
05-09-2009, 05:21 AM
#23
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: C172 Left
Posts: 642
Bumping to ask if X-Plane really takes 60 gigabytes of hard drive space. I saw it at the store and I was going to buy it, but 60 gigabytes of storage was listed under system requirements. Does it really need that much room or is that just for terrain files?
05-16-2009, 08:33 PM
#25
Big Poppa
Joined APC: Apr 2006
Posts: 613
X-Plane is too fussy for casual use. MSFS is watered down to make it more approachable. We have an X-Plane sim set up where I teach and I see the same thing going on- people do not have the knowledge to adjust it for best results nor the ability to handle rapid response control inputs. It's like a Frasca on steriods, too fidgety.
Also, an inherent problem with X-Plane is it encourages hobbyists to make airplanes which get posted to the net. Most of them are horrible and you have to be careful which one you download. Only use those made by the author or one of the better model making companies. The Cirrus should be pretty good if it is made by Austin Myers.
The one on the sim you dislike, is it an SR-22?
Also, an inherent problem with X-Plane is it encourages hobbyists to make airplanes which get posted to the net. Most of them are horrible and you have to be careful which one you download. Only use those made by the author or one of the better model making companies. The Cirrus should be pretty good if it is made by Austin Myers.
The one on the sim you dislike, is it an SR-22?
05-19-2009, 12:06 PM
#28
Moderator
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: ATP, CFI etc.
Posts: 6,056
How is X-plane on instruments? That is the main reason I use MSFS. I usually just set it on 300' ceilings and practice nothing but IMC flying with failed systems, I like to practice holds, and x-wind landings (even though it doesn't feel real, it helps with technique). Since I am flying in clouds most of the time my graphics don't matter as much.
05-20-2009, 07:47 PM
#29
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Position: Dream within a dream
Posts: 1,306
Some (read: most) of the airplane models are completely unrealistic, but I still bum around in a Lear every now and then for fun . . . the C172 and Baron are great for instrument practice, though.
05-21-2009, 10:44 PM
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Student Pilot
Posts: 2,277
Yepper!!! I just did a four day'er in the Baron; IFR and always at 12K ft.
Ft. Myers to Valdosta, GA
Valdosta to Shreveport
Shreveport to Kansas City (downtown)
KC (downtown) to Dupage
Dupage to Dayton, OH
Dayton, OH to Bowie, MD
Bowie to Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City to Augusta
Augusta to Crystal River
Crystal River to Ft Myers
FWIW, my skills have improved.
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