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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby JDH » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:04 pm

V12 wrote in Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:26 pm:DHC6 is in the default FG hangar. I recommend this default version.


I found the FG FTP page and tried a few planes. I am beginning to feel like Goldilocks..... some planes are too small, cold, etc. -- IOW, just not right for me. Others are way too large -- more like too complex. And many seem to be buggy -- bad graphics implementation (as far as I can tell). Anyway, to use another analogy..... there are so many planes on the FTP site it makes you feel like a kid in a candy store! So now the fun begins.....
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby JDH » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:08 pm

wkitty42 wrote in Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:05 pm:
JDH wrote in Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:06 pm:I found a photo of the Beech 1900D and it looks impressive. I'll look for the ZIP file and see if I can find it.

you don't need a zip... use the launcher and install the ones in the FG hanger... i know the b1900d is in there because i've flown it quite a bit...

so in the launcher, click on the aircraft tab on the left... then you can scroll the list using the default filters or you can change the filters and look again... i generally turn off the filters so i can see all the craft... i have 531 individual directories in my FGAddon's Aircraft directory... many craft have several variants so the count of directories is mainly a base count... there's a LOT of craft available...

anyway, once you find a craft you are interested in, click the [Install] button and it'll be downloaded and installed so you can go fly it...


I see what you mean. And it's very nice that they let you set your filter criteria so the searches will match the users' preferences. Well done. This ought to keep me off the streets at night for awhile <g>.
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby JDH » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:10 pm

Clive2670 wrote in Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:29 pm:I'll put my ten penth in here I like the 777 It is very well developed compared to some aircraft, There is the default on theFG hangar but also there is a slightly better version on the github platform for download


Thanks for the tip. When my sim skills improve, maybe I try something big like the 777 you suggested
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby dilbert » Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:24 pm

Like the DHC-2 DeHavland "Beaver".
Well developed. Very nice cockpit and panel. Nearly all switches, levers, and buttons mouse
operable, except mixture and prop which require keyboard m/M and n/N. Realistic
R985 sound. Use float version for VOR and ADF. Enter beaver in search to locate.
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby dilbert » Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:04 am

Like the DHC-2 DeHavland "Beaver".
Well developed. Very nice cockpit and panel. Nearly all switches, levers, and buttons mouse
operable, except mixture and prop which require keyboard m/M and n/N. Realistic
R985 sound. Use float version for VOR and ADF.
Enter beaver in hangar search to locate.
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby FirstOfficerJadenAR » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:56 pm

@V12, I I kinda disagree about 737-800YV. That aircraft is too sensitive, the FMC is too bad, and less functionality on important thing. Unfortunately, that is the only 737 available. The other one is a complete joke.
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby V12 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:35 pm

I have lesson on EASA training device (fix base simulator) and can compare, FGFS 737-800YV has very reasonable FDM close to that EASA training device. 737-800YV is very sensitive only on rudder. Roll and pitch rates are very similar, but without any lag and You can't feel mass of the plane. In the EASA device I really felt the weight of the plane. I have very similar feeling with PMDG NGXu.
You are 100% right about all other facts and functions - 737-800YV lacks fully working MCDU, VNAV, other systems etc.
Fly high, fly fast - fly Concorde !
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Re: Recommended Aircraft

Postby elangelitobz » Tue May 31, 2022 9:00 pm

Just surfing through the forums to kill time. I'm super new to flightgear. After learning to fly the default Cessna, I must say I've enjoyed flying the 707, and 737-300. I still have so much to learn.
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