This FSX/P3D Skyhawk II from the GA experts at Carenado comes in two model types (with and without gear fairings) and four paint schemes. Stand-out features include the superb virtual cockpit, night lighting effects, faithful flight dynamics, numerous accurate animations, custom sound set and magnificent external textures.
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I just bought this pack early yesterday morning. Initially, I was disappointed because I couldn't see over the 2D panel, which is what I use 99.9% of the time. The rest of the aircraft looked very, very nice, so I kept tinkering with the eye points on the 2D panel without success. I, also, had to adjust the eye points in the 3D panel - I had great success there!
I don't know if something got corrupted err what, but, anyway.Now that I got the crummy stuff out of the way, I'll get to the great stuff. If you are a low and slow simmer like I am, you'll love the Cessna 152 II (FSX).
First, the quality of the aircraft's texture and overall design is sharp and crisp. It just looks great. Another point that I found neat, is that the panel is 'old school'. The most advanced piece of equipment is, the single radio, single VOR and ADF. Everything else is basic as it gets -no GPSs, multiple radios and nav epuipment or fancy gizmos. It's seat-of-the-pants, 'flying' in it's purest form.
The sound is extremly simular to the real aircraft, as are the controls. This aircraft is much like a sixties MGB, it's not big, it's not very powerful, but it's a load of fun to fly. And, by the way, I ended up loving the 3D/VC cockpit. I don't want to 'fly'this aircraft in 2D.Other than having to work with the eye points, I think this aircraft is well worth the $25 USD. Carenado did such a good job with the 152 II that I'm going to buy their Piper Cherokee 180 F next, if I can quit doing touch-n-goes at every landing strip that I see in the 152 IISemper Fi, DaveBrian W Keske. The frame rates are excellent.As far as a GPS.well, it is a 152, and I fly it like oneActually, I have installed a hand held Garmin 296, the freeware version thanks to SimFlyer. But I simply use it to check on my accuracy to the next VOR/NBD.
The defaut GPS is the FS Garmin 295. It does not hook up to an AP because the 152 does not have one.that doesn't mean you can't do that if you really desire to do so. But, the aircrfat is just made for hand flying and good ol VOR/NBD navigation along with a bit of dead reckoning. I'm in southeast Louisiana and we had 4' of snow yesterday! You guys probably got 10' up there!Ahhhh. I'll admit it, I 'cheat' when it comes to weather So far, I'm fortunate to be able figure out the auto-pilot, 530W and VOR Piper (Super) Cubs and Skyhawks have been my main planes for seven years now. I just read an article on how to properly 'fly' a constant speed prop this week, so now I'm enjoying my Real Air Bellanca Scout and Eaglesoft Cirrus SR 20 G 2 a lot more, but I'm still low & slow.
And more slow than lowYou might try cheating some time. It's not like the flight sim police are gonna getcha Blue sky wishes to ya up there.Semper Fi, DaveEG 7. Yea, I do cheat at times Dave.but I have this awful desire to fly as close to real life as possible, and to my understanding.including following all air class restrictions, misc. Procedures, TFR's etc. Once in a while I'll let myself travel through weather systems that I should not be flying VFR.but not very often. I remember a couple years back when all I was flying was the Scout exclusively, in Alaska, in real time/real weather during one of my 'trips'.flying nothing but VFR on purpose.just going up and deciding where I was going to land after getting in the air.
I didn't fly for 2-3 days because the conditions would not allow me to do so 'legally'. The first thing I would do when getting in front on my FS computer was to look-up the weather in the area of Alaska I was flying in to see if I could take-off and take a flight.yea, I'm nuttyI guess when you don't have the means to do it in real life, FS can be the next best thing.oh, and BTW, no real snow yet in Cleveland.just 'dustings' so far.but the cloud cover have been typical for this time of year. My ES 'Cirri' are getting a bunch of flight time right now.but soon, the Boeing 377 awaits (will be flying as if it's a C97). Yeah, I understand the desire to face the real-life circumstances head-on. That's an admirable amount of discipline to be that thorough and meticulous on a journey.Down here, on the gulf coast, we always have any combination of pop-up thunderstorms, downdrafts, updrafts, hazy/overcast skies, high temps, high humidity, and the winds from the south and east are usually a steady 15mph, even at 1000', so my little Cub and I usually end up hanging upside down in a tree like a kite, so cheating in my area is almost manditory.I'm a 100% disabled veteran (USMC, Desert Storm), so I'm medically disqualified from piloting for life, so FS is the best I can do also.
Funny thing is, that the FAA regs don't allow me to pilot an aircraft, but they do allow me skydive.and pilot a parachute! What a friggin' world!Semper Fi, DaveEG 7.
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