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Question.


Flight sim could be a place to test ideas.

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VERY well said sir.

If I see another 777 or cessna released, I'm gonna puke.

One of my favorite sections at the SimV download site is the concepts.

All kinds of wild stuff for all manner of flying, from your excellent swift to the flying lazyboy recliner, and even a cargo plane that makes the An-225 look like an ultra light.

I wish more developers took this stance towards design. There's only so many ways to make the same plane over and over, but it takes some real imagination and creativity to come up with a completely fresh and new design that no one has ever seen, and then have it fly successfully and  gracefully.

I'm a dreamer, but I lack the current knowledge to put my ideas into the sim. I'm trying to devote an hour or two each day to learning GMAX, but the curve is steep, and the going slow. :-/ But, I'll get there someday.

A concept airplane (my own, pictured below ) got me started on using FSDS designing objects for flight simulation. After a couple of reworkings, and with a lot of help from the FS design community, the aircraft can be flown complete with "authentic" Air Force repaints. Funny thing is, although I have a fair number of real-life favourites at hand (incl. A343 & DHC-4 Caribou) this one remains my favourite and is flown almost exclusively. You never know what sort of interest your idea may hold for others, but it's satisfying to see it take flight even if only in a virtual sense. Harold's Swift looks quite interesting, going to have to check it out as well.