A few Questions from a FS2004 noob

[308th_stinky]

I may get this baby next month for my b-day but i want to know som questions about it. These should be simple.

Can you shoot things from the military planes, i heard not.

Is there the Airforce one.

Can yo play online with others.

All for now thx guys.

[BiggBaddWolf]

1. No you cant shoot things up with military planes  ::)
2. Technically, anything the President sets foot in is considered Air Force One, even if it is a Piper Cub
3. Yes you can play online with others  ;D

[beefhole]

Let's not be sarcastic with the noobs wolf, we all know they are fragile beings

[legoalex2000]

Let's not be sarcastic with the noobs wolf, we all know they are fragile beings  

Airforce one doesn't come with the game, but you can download it as freeware of the internet.

he is right tho... even the wright bro's plane would be Air Force one if he's on it

[WebbPA]

1. No, but you can get some nice effects with a Google search for "Chris Trotter".
2. Yes, you can download an Air Force One texture for the 747.
3. Yes.

[krylite]

Air Force One could also be designated a chopper. But if you want one like the Harrison Ford movie, no it's not included in FS2004 except maybe in 3rd party.

The last jet game I played with a scenario where you could defend AF1 with fighter jets was Jane's USAF. Very arcade and 1999 graphics quality and I don't know what the current crop of military jet sims are now..

[stevewilson]

Air Force One could also be designated a chopper. But if you want one like the Harrison Ford movie, no it's not included in FS2004 except maybe in 3rd party.

Depending on the branch of service dictates the callsign for the presidents aircraft. The chopper he flys on from the white house uses the callsign Marine one. Now can anyone tell me what the callsigh is for the First Lady?

[gregbrown]

gday! if you want to play multiplayer be sure to get teamspeak 'a multiple channel communication program'
for realtime comms to fellow pilots !! goto http://www.goteamspeak.org
cheers! and enjoy simming when you get it visit teamspeak ip number 61.9.196.112 when installed server is usually up!!

[308th_stinky]

THX guys. Ok i have one more question, what are some good airlines?

And what planes come with the game?

Yes i have teamspeak, its required for my squad, ill check out the server when i get home, now i gotta go to school.

Oh and another i just thought of, With the slury bombers, you couldnt drop slury from them could you, i though about it last night and i though id ask a painter to make one in honor of some gguys killed fighting a fire saving my house. Big fire that was. I looked at all the planes and there are ALOT. I have a plane collection and im trying to get them all onto that game.

[legoalex2000]

what planes, omg let me look, this is all of them

Beechcraft:
Baron 58
King 350

Bell:
206B

Boeing:
737-400
747-400
777-300

Bombardier
Learjet 45

Cessna:
172SP
182S
C208 Caravan
C208B Caravan Amphibian

Curtiss
JN-4D Jenny

Douglas:
DC-3

Extra:
300S

Ford:
Tri-motor

Lockheed:
Vega 5B
Vega 5C

Mooney:
Bravo

Robinson:
R-22 Beta II

Ryan:
NYP (Lindbergh's plane)

Schweizer:
SGS 2-32

Vickers:
F.B.27A Vimy

Wright
Wright Borthers Flyer

[MattNW]

THX guys. Ok i have one more question, what are some good airlines?

And what planes come with the game?

Yes i have teamspeak, its required for my squad, ill check out the server when i get home, now i gotta go to school.

Oh and another i just thought of, With the slury bombers, you couldnt drop slury from them could you, i though about it last night and i though id ask a painter to make one in honor of some gguys killed fighting a fire saving my house. Big fire that was. I looked at all the planes and there are ALOT. I have a plane collection and im trying to get them all onto that game.

You can't actually drop much of anything. What you do drop is an effect but it looks quite realistic and you can even see a rainbow in some of the water drop effects. You also can't put out a fire actually in the sim but if you time the effects correctly you can make it look like the fire is being extinguished.

For a great firefighting aircraft check out the Erickson_S64E. It comes in several configurations with one for firefighting. It allows you to drop water with the effects and when your tank is empty you have to fly to a lake or river and reload using a pump panel built into the helo and lowering the snorkle while refilling. Even the weight changes with a full tank.

One of the screen shots that comes with the skycrane showing water tank installed.

[308th_stinky]

AH thats cool. Im getting one of those. ThX. Alot of planes, i want some more helis so ill have to get some military ones.

[legoalex2000]

hey, where'd you get that heli?

[MattNW]

AH thats cool. Im getting one of those. ThX. Alot of planes, i want some more helis so ill have to get some military ones.

There's some helos available here at SimV and plenty more over on Hovercontrol. http://www.hovercontrol.com/ They do take some dedication to learn to fly. Helos are the hardes thing there is to fly in this sim and in real life also. Both Hovercontrol and Hoversafe provide helo instruction if you want to learn to fly helos the correct way.

Hovesafe:

http://members.shaw.ca/hoversafe/Hoversafe.htm

[MattNW]

hey, where'd you get that heli?

Base package can be found here at SimV and Hovercontrol has the 2004 update along with a couple others to fix minor problems.