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Im learning to fly and already have 10 hrs, Im enjoying a lot.
But the more I fly  real planes the more I feel FSX is unrealistic flight model wise, the graphics are great and sceneries too but flights models miss something.
Landings aproaches turns ect

Has anyone tried Xplane? Any real pilots can compare them?

My friends dad has his own C-172 and he has both FSX and Xplane 9. He thinks they're both great, but he prefers FSX as he finds the C-172 payware for FSX to be very accurate and as close as it gets to real life.

As far as  better or worse overall... there are bigger differences between two, real C172s of the same make/model, than there are between FSX and X-Plane, as far as what a user can experience realism-wise, from desktop simulators.

yea.. Austin is a real loudmouth when it comes to his sim.. he thinks its the best flightsim on the market and athough there are SMALL additions to the Xplane flight model coding that barely skim by FSX for realisim, FSX is still FAR MORE advanced than his coding and will present a much more realistic flight experience over Xplane


dont fall for his hype.. its not true

and I am a retired Boeing engineer

If the aircraft developer uses the FSX code correctly they can make an aircraft fly much more realistically to the real world counterpart in FSX, far better overall than Xplane and you get the better environment the same time

The bottom line is the aircraft maker..

Take Brett for instance.. he was sober when he made his freeware planes....   








(just kidding my friend)

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Take Brett for instance.. he was sober when he made his freeware planes....

Not to dispute what Nick or Brett have said, as I both trust and value your opinions in your respective fields of knowledge,

but do either of you have, or have used Xplane9 in a side by side comparison with FSX?

Nick, Hearing this stuff from you, is almost like hearing it from the ACES team themselves, and thus is sure to include some unintentional bias towards the MSFS series. The pic of Austin Powers as a derogatory slap towards XPlane9 proves this.

I didn't want to start an FS9/X-Plane war (so I was polite).

"My"

Brett your work on dynamics is second to none, and your modeling skills are level with this hobbies finest.

I wasn't trying to start a debate either, just pointing out that they each have their differences, some that are painfully obvious, and others you will never notice.

I don't really think that one is better than the other, I find them to be on an equal ground because of their differences, that's why I have them both.

I will say, EVERY MSFS sim I've used, I can load in and take off without ever even getting in the cockpit.

It took me a week with Xplane to get off the ground!

I still stand by this statement thought:

Best advice for the original poster, download the Xplane9 demo and compare for yourself. Asking about Xplane on a MSFS forum is like asking about purchasing Macs on a PC forum.  All answers will more than likely be biased. If you went to Xplane's forum and asked this question, you'll get exact opposite answers.  Only you will be able to answer this question.  Having flown in a real plane, you'll be able to tell which is more real to you.

As for the side-by-side..  I've not only done it on my computer..  there is a high-end simulator at a competing flight club, at my "home" airport. It's set up to run,  On Top, FSX, and XP9.

The best way I can word it, is how some people evaluate flight-dynamics...  Easier does not = better.

Bottom line though (like I posted originally), within the limitations on realism that one can experience from a desktop; you'll find larger discrepancies between two real airplanes, than you will between FSX/XP9.

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The best way I can word it, is how some people evaluate flight-dynamics...

I chuckled at the Austin Powers

Maybe this will help in some way:

http://www.simpilotnet.com/index.php?op ... 0&Itemid=9

Comparision test of FSX/FS9/Xplane9, Brett's statements are pretty much backed up in this article. 

[quote]I chuckled at the Austin Powers

The number of FSX forums compared to XPlane forums might be some indication?   ;)

[quote]The number of FSX forums compared to XPlane forums might be some indication?