Plane X

[Alejandro Rhodes]

I just got a gift from a guy who lives in north Carolina ,but he's a Venezuelan, I been receiving emails from this guy ,I didn't pay too much attentionto him ,I though was one the jokers in the email.
well turns out he came to visit his family here for Vacation and some how Found my cellphone number (I have it posted in facebook ) he contact me , and we meet he's seems to be a nice person ,older than me , we he claims he did want to meet me from a long time , the he admires my works and Bla bla bla ,well I went to his house he gave me among other original copies Like Counter strike the old one and F-16 agressor (I don't even have Idea what it is yet)a logitech joystick , and This is my point Plane X 8
I comes in a DVD and It takes a long time to install , and I can't believe it ,No VC , and I think FS98 is better than this version..
I'm aware that there is a new version 9 , But To be honest I download the freeware Flightgear and It looks much better than this Plane x version ,what Is all talking about Plane x ? Ive seen the videos and I think FS2002 have a better graphics than plane x

[ShaneG_old]

That is the Exact same joystick I have!

I love it, but I'm looking forward to some Saitek controls.

[Rich H]

That is the Exact same joystick I have!

I love it, but I'm looking forward to some Saitek controls.

And me too  :) It's simple, cheap, and just what I need.

[Alejandro Rhodes]

Oh Yeah? [smiley=happy.gif]
Nothing can compare my super Superjunk2005
Made In Venezuela

[Rich H]

Now that looks cool  8-) Did you make it yourself?

[Alejandro Rhodes]

[quote]Now that looks cool

[Rich H]

[quote][quote]Now that looks cool

[Alejandro Rhodes]

I have an electronic workshop and is not expencive at all ,those are mosly leds , cables ,micro switches , potentiometers, I made it from used parts as old VHS , Old TV you know garbage stuff
,Its not big deal ,Its like a joystick with a keyboard interface ,the rest its just paint and wood  :)

[ShaneG_old]

That is a great home cockpit Alex!  :o 8-)

Way better than mine is.

I like how you do what is needed to simulate the real thing. Very creative and original. [smiley=clapping.gif]

[Wii]

That is the Exact same joystick I have!

I love it, but I'm looking forward to some Saitek controls.

And me too

[Alejandro Rhodes]

[quote]
And me too

[SubZer0]

I never knew you had a homebuilt cockpit Alex. Looks nice actually... Much better than my single joystick (I have the wireless version of that joystick)

[flaminghotsauce]

That is pretty cool that he looked you up to bring you presents!

I never tried XPlane 8 but I bought XPlane 9 and have recently upgraded the version.

It's pretty nice if you have enough computer to run up the graphics. One can download the sim and get a few minutes of trial flight for free.

Things I don't like about XPlane are:
* having to manually set every slider, button, knob, hatswitch, etc.
*It's dark, even in severe clear weather,
*The weather interface is complete, thorough, and clunky,
*default settings are silly i.e. too much turbulence, 3 foot waves on water which are invisible of course.
*minimal airport scenery outside of LOWI minimal landmarks

Things I like:

The Cirrus Jet

Mars simulation complete with an aircraft or two designed for that atmosphere.

The land looks pretty good.
The people falling out of the balloons.

[EJW]

Damn. I wish my stalker gave me free stuff.

[aerickett]

Hi, I've got x-plane 9 and have yet to get it to load on any computer. I get error messages about earth nav data not knowing where to load to. Any ideas???