Flight Deck III

[Felix/FFDS]

man why does everyone enjoy old stuff! I love jets and modern things! Guess it's my generation. I grew up with the F14 Tomcat so I guess It doesn't matter what they come out with in the future, I will always have a soft spot for the cat.

I guess that is why older Simmers have that love for old war props. It is the plane of thier time! Well no gripe here! But we are all SimV so we have hundred of choices on what to use to bust a Tower!

Given my choice of aircraft to complete a strike mission, I much prefer the hi-tech weapons systems (can you really call them  "fighters?")of today.  As simulation, I prefer the "old" planes.

Unless it's a short run, I prefer a comfortable airliner - first class when and if..  For a short run, I'll settle for a 19-passenger turboprop  - since it's so hard to get a DH Heron.  :)

[Prowler1111]

Here are my five cents:
I always remember those crowded decks of aircraft carrier of mid 80

[SabreHawk]

Yup, I heard that Prowler.  Sigh..........me, well.........I love'em all, fromt the oldest, to the newest.
Jeez, I took a count of the aircraft I have in FS2k2, and there are over 150! From the Wright flyer, to the Space Shuttle, and every thing in between.
Heh, heh, I even have that silly "Yellow Submarine"!

I just love anything that flies, and now im getting into "Orbiter" a free sim that I've had on my system for a year and just never got around to. And boy is it a trip, man what a rush!! Check this;

[A/SGT.Mav316]

That looks hot. Must be an exciting download!

[SideWinder9]

OOOHHH! Thats cool!!
Im off to buy it!

[SabreHawk]

Heh, dont have to buy it Frontier, check my thread on this sim in the freeware section;
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1072000353

[A/SGT.Mav316]

You know it is only now that Abacus has confirmed my original order that I placed on Dec.8 and is now processing my order for FLIGHT DECK 3 UPGRADE as of Dec. 28. Dude this is bad business  :-/ I am not satisfied.

Makes you feel like you don't want to do business with these people anymore.

[SabreHawk]

Yeah, know what ya mean Sam, I dont think I'll be getting anymore myself.
Im perfectly happy with Flight Deck3, but I have to admit though that the only planes that are wirth a crap are the F-18, F-14, and the S-3. The rest aint no better than some freeware ones I have, or have had.

Jeez, the Chinook seems like cardboard from the inside. .  The Harrier's VC the canopy frame dissapears when panning.

However, the Arrcab works well, and the carrier itself is quite good, and well detailed.
But I think that overall the quality from Abacus varies so much from one product to the other, I have their Military aircraft collection on CD, and well as I said, I've seen free stuff that is as good or better(Dan Reimer's F-18).

And dude, I just got two other planes, one from Flight1(Cessna 310 Twin) & one from Captain sim ( F-104), and the quality is 100 times what Abacus's is...........BIG TIME!! Man the F-104 will knock you socks, shoes & pants off!  Take a look at awash's thread on it.

[SaVas]

wow  :o

[A/SGT.Mav316]

FInally they abacus has delivered the FD3 upgrade! Man it was a pain in the butt waiting for with all the mishaps in shipping. But well worth the wait! I am happy now!  ;D



This is my pass by the tower station on my first landing in FS2004!



This is a pic of me on standby at the catapult for my 2nd carrier take off! Man I really love the new tomcat! It is so much more better then the one that came with FD3.

Well I think it is time for maverick to do his infamous flyby the tower at over 500 knots!  :o Hold your coffe tight guys!

[SabreHawk]

I geuss this means you got that lovin feelin back, eh?

Yep.........Maverick is back in style now! yer lookin good there Sam, Im so glad you got it after all that hassle, but it's time now to kick in those afterburners and........ KICK SOME MAJOR BUTT !!!!

We'll have to some online flyin with our carriers sometime Sam, Im in a VAC now, I'll ask them if we can do that. But we can also do it at the Zone too if ya want, would be just as cool!!

[A/SGT.Mav316]

Dude I think my video card has an issue with MSN Gaming Zone. I tried it once and it caused my computer to crash! When i recovered the system, it was saying something about a video card error and incompatiblity with a newly installed hardware or software.

So sadly enough I don't think this video card is going to allow me to have any fun with freinds. I am looking into replacing it with a NVidia 256mb video card. I am currently using a 256mb Radeon ATI card.

But it feels good indeed man!

[SabreHawk]

Man that is strange, I never heard of a video card having any trouble with an online server software, but then everytime I here something about those radeon cards,......it's bad. It's why I've stayed away from ATI period.  Nivivdia is the best as far as im concerned.

I been thinkin of upgrading mine tho too, but im going with Nividia whatever I do.  I got this new MOBO, to install, an ABIT KD7A, but im trying to get some enjoyment in for awhile before I try installing it again, and I got to get something to back up all my data on this drive, too cause it may require me to do a format & re-partition of my drive to get windows to load with that new Mobo. heh, and even then I still will have to re-activate windows by phone...............what a pain!!! :-/

[A/SGT.Mav316]

gotta question there for ya Sabrehawk,

how did ya get the aircraft into the belly of the hanger?

I tried using the slew mode but all it did was manuever forward, backwards, right and left.

Is there any particular place on the carrier you have to go to get refueled! (just wondering if the station is in the belly of this carrier)

[SabreHawk]

Hey Mav, the slew command for up & down movement is "Q" for up, and "A" for down. Just position the plane directly over the elevator that is in the lowered position( the one in the rear to starboard) and then use "A" to slew down to the platform. Then it's just a matter of slewing laterally to get inside.
Hmmm, as far as fueling, I dont know if it has that function, but you can always refuel by means of the menu function of FS.

Cheers Sam......................Chuck.