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enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:41 pm
by chris49
on another topic people were talking about enjoying free flight.
and it made me think.
i loved free flight in fs9.
but why was that,
then i realised pretty much every free flight mission involved me flying a high performance jet around england.
i found that really enjoyable.
but with fsx, there has't been any GOOD high performance jets ready for download.
and until there is, i don't think i would be enjoying myself as much in free flight than if i did.
my alltime favourite free flight was with the dsb hawk taking off from valley. then either flying round the welsh mountains, or flying to some city like manchester or london
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:51 pm
by Mobius
You can use the DSB Hawk in FSX.

Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:37 pm
by chris49
i've already tried.
none of the gauges worked
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:48 pm
by Hagar
You obviously didn't try the one I showed you. Downoad
THIS one.

It's a complete package consisting of several repaints of 3 different versions of the Hawk. Paste the included gauges into the Panel folders of each version. About 3 gauges still don't work so remove them to avoid repeated warning messages.
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:55 pm
by loomex
remember, if all fails, you can use another fighter panel, or a default one until a prper one is made
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:01 pm
by shams04
I 'm new at this but I 'm trying to get the best of it....do you think I can perform will on a laptop...currently I don't have a computer and I 'm buying one ...sort a like a laptop idea...please advise and what would be a decent one
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:40 pm
by chris49
i've tried downloading it twice, and i am trying again.
but everytime it completes downloading it comes up with a message saying that it is not valid.
then when it opens it in winzip, there is nothing there
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:43 pm
by Hagar
i've tried downloading it twice, and i am trying again.
but everytime it completes downloading it comes up with a message saying that it is not valid.
then when it opens it in winzip, there is nothing there
It's a big file on a slow server so would easily get corrupted. Try again. Good luck.
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:44 pm
by chris49
i've tried downloading it twice, and i am trying again.
but everytime it completes downloading it comes up with a message saying that it is not valid.
then when it opens it in winzip, there is nothing there
It's a big file on a slow server so would easily get corrupted. Try again. Good luck.
thanks, i will.
i love a good hawk so nothing is going to stop me :D
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:03 am
by chris49
aarrgghhhh >:(
after the fifth time of trying to download it is still says the same thing.
not a valid file archive.
well, looks like its not going to work.
damn, i was looking forward to it as well
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:03 am
by Mobius
You could try to download the FS9 version from here, and see if it works in FSX...
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military120.htm
Re: enjoying free flight

Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:56 pm
by kilotango
Get Firefox or go back to IE6. IE7 is giving problems.