Capt Sim 707-300 V1.2 Released

Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 0:37
Capt Sim is pleased to announce the release of their 707-300 version 1.2 available exclusively in their online store. For details and screenshots please visit their website.

ImagineSim Releases WSSS Singapore For FSX

Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 0:32
Following on from their FS2004 release, Imaginesim has released Singapore International for FSX. WSSS Singapore Changi is an essential transport hub, lying at the very heart of the Far East with an unmatched network of true global reach. The city of Singapore is the economic powerhouse of the South China Sea and is the world's foremost logistical centre. It's likely that the very computer you are using at one time passed through the city's port.

This scenery features custom made ground textures and runways, terminal, cargo and hangar buildings rendered to 5cm per pixel scale, an interactive docking system to park you right on your mark, taxiways with highly realistic concrete textures, full airport taxiway and runway signage, custom 3D approach lighting and full ILS navigation. Also included are hundreds of airport vehicles and ground personnel, aircraft can be found parked at custom textured parking positions, all hangars, cargo and airport auxiliary buildings are modeled, there is even a perimeter fence under the steady gaze of security cameras.

aeroSystems737 Avionics Package

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 17:08
Aerosoft Australia has created an easy to use suite of avionics software based on the 737, if you've ever wanted to fly the 737 using realistic graphics or expand your home cockpit this software is designed for you.
The software interfaces with Microsoft FSXT but is separate so you can run it on one PC or up to two PCs across a network. There's no complicated setup. Just two pieces of software, ready to go. Out of the box the software interfaces with the GoFlight MCPPRO and EFIS panels and more hardware interfaces are coming.
The goal is to remove the huge learning curve associated with aircraft systems while maintaining accurate and complete displays.

Flying should be fun, so the more intricate parts of the system have been removed. However, there are still a lot of systems to learn but they're more intuitive instead of frustrating. Videos are part of the learning philosophy and each part of the system will be covered in detail as the video library grows. The software suite includes: - Primary Flight Display - Navigation Display - Both Engine Screens - Mode Control Panel - Flight Management Computer. An introductory video is available at the website with the 30-day demo .

C208B Super Cargomaster Expansion Pack from Carenado

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 14:47
Carenado has released the C208B Super Cargo Master Expansion Pack HD Series for FSX. This is an Expansion pack includes Hi Definition quality textures, One paint scheme plus a blank texture, customizable panel for controlling load configuration, windows transparency, 3D Knobs, cargo pod, doors opening and many new features such as wheel chokes, pitot cover, tail stand and sights prop. Also, includes original HQ digital stereo sounds recorded directly from a real PT6A and many more features.

SpaceShipTwo Released

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 0:37
PRE-Flight RC Simulator is pleased to announce the release of the PRE-Flight SpaceShipTwo by Scaled Composites for free download. SpaceShipTwo, christened by Governor Schwarzenegger as the VSS Enterprise, was designed by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites to carry commercial passengers on sub-orbital flights. It recently completed a milestone glide test and after completing a powered test, will soon be flying $200,000-per-seat flights into space. This PRE-Flight model of the VSS Enterprise (named after the fictional starship in TV's StarTrek) rides under WhiteKnightTwo to the proper altitude, then separates from the mothership to glide to a safe landing, or optionally, unleashes its rocket engine, boosting to high altitude before landing.

RailWorks 2 Train Simulator Available

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 0:35
Railsimulator.com Ltd., the leading innovator of rail simulation and modeling tools, announced today that RailWorks 2 Train Simulator is available to download on Steam. The most realistic rail simulator on the market, RailWorks 2 enables enthusiasts to expand their virtual railroads in any way they wish. Current owners of the previous RailWorks product will be able to upgrade to RailWorks 2 for absolutely no additional charge.

RailWorks allows players to take to the controls of 13 stunningly accurate historic and contemporary locomotives along 8 different lines in the UK, North America and Europe. Download new tracks, engines and rolling stock or easily create your own designs and share them with friends. Its platform status means that the software will be regularly updated and have new features added as time goes on.

Avanti II from Wilco Publishing

Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 1:18
Staff reviewer Allen Lavigne takes a look at a differntly looking twin-engine turbo-prop, Wilco Publishing's Avanti II. "The use of composite materials and aluminum alloys makes it both lightweight and strong. Improvements found with the Avanti II include two Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6 series turboprop engines mounted in all-composite nacelles delivering its maximum speed of 0.7 Mach."

"There is only one cockpit related pop-up from the four icons at the bottom of the 2D cockpit, it is for the throttle quadrant. There are two clickable pop-ups, the PFD and the MFD glass display reproductions. The fidelity of reproduction and for the relative placement of all relevant gauges of the Avanti II in VC view is quite well done."

"The Avanti's Flight Management System's display, the CDU, has 6 pages. The MFD is a dual purpose display; Engines and Navigation, with the latter having 3 separate pages available. These are rose, TCAS, and Arc modes. NAV data from VOR's are displayed on the PFD whereas "next waypoint" data is on the MFD."

"I found the Avanti's response fairly good, except for the difficulty in taxiing. From the performance document supplied, rate of climb should max out at 2950 ft/min. One engine rate of climb is reported to be 950 ft/min to a ceiling of 25000 feet."

"The overall outside appearances of Wilco's Avanti II reproductions are quite good. There is obviously a lot more work done here than what you would get from any freeware aircraft, but the level of sim-pilot ease of involvement and cabin texture quality is somewhat below the level found with the more expensive add-on payware products. For the low price they ask for this, it certainly is a fun aircraft to have in your hangar."

VRinsight Flight Master Yoke

Posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 0:28
The Flight Master Yoke by VRinsight is the very first product of the Flight Master series. It enhances your flying experience making it more comfortable, accurate and smooth.

Built with high-end stainless steel shaft, solid cast aluminium, powder coated yoke and pitch/trim wheel gives pilots a real-world feeling. It features accurate yoke movement control with a smooth feeling, it has a pitch trim wheel with Green/Red LED indicator. It is fully compatible with all simulators and games.

MD81/82 SP1 Released

Posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 0:21
CLS is pleased to announce the release of Service Pack 1 for their MD81/82 JetLiner product. The service pack is now available from their website. For Just Flight customers, please keep an eye on their website for this service pack. This service pack includes the addition of the Cone Tail model, with several liveries for it.

Terrance B. Lettsome Intl' Airport from TropicalSim

Posted: Monday, October 18, 2010 - 4:37
Tropicalsim has announced the release of Terrance B. Lettsome Intl' Airport/TUPJ, on Beef Island, British Virgin Islands, for both FS9 & FSX.

Cessna Caravan C208B from Carenado

Posted: Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 19:59
Staff reviewer Aidan Sandri looks at Carenado's Cessna Caravan C208B for FSX. "The Cessna Grand Caravan 208B is a single engine turboprop with fixed gear for short regional flights. The aircraft can seat nine passengers with a single person crew. It can also be used as a cargo liner."

"Carenado are very good at designing the exterior of their aircraft and the C208B is no exception as it is the start of the "HD" series from Carenado which features textures of 2048x2048 resolution. Carenado have included 5 paint schemes and a white scheme for repainters to make various different paints with. The Cargo Pod under the belly of the aircraft has the option of being able to be on the aircraft, or removed from it."

"This is probably one of the best virtual cockpits, if not the best Carenado have released for FSX. The night lighting that Carenado have incorporated into this aircraft is terrific. Carenado have included a Weather Radar which is helpful in heavy weather to locate where the storms are and to how avoid them."

"I can say this Caravan demonstrates a true feel to what the actual Caravan would fly like and with the additional SP1 released from Carenado, it improved the performance of the flying dynamics."

"This is probably one of, if not the best aircraft I have flown from Carenado. The Cessna Caravan C208B will bring hours of fun to a simmer who loves to do some island hopping, bush flying or even tackling those IFR conditions."

On The Horizon - A New Combat Sim

Posted: Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 18:22
Aerosoft and Thunderworks Ltd. have created a partnership for the development and publication of a totally new combat flight simulator for the PC Windows platform. Under the title "Jet Thunder" it will allow the virtual combat pilot to fight for air supremacy over the South Atlantic during the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982.

In the first release the user will be flying an RAF Harrier from the detailed HMS Hermes and battle the Argentinean fighters in support of the Fleet Air Arm Sea Harriers, defend the British ships from attack, prepare the landing operations and provide close air support for the Royal Marines and Paratroopers. The Harrier is expertly modeled and fully operational. From a 'cold and dark' start, all the way to shut down the systems are as they are in the real aircraft. In 2011 there will be additions that expand the project to Argentinean aircraft, more British aircraft and more game play.

CaptureFS Updated to V:1.1.0

Posted: Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 14:42
CaptureFS Version 1.1.0 has been released, it allows for capturing/uploading ScreenShots from FS9/FSX and any other running program on your machine. CaptureFS is a freeware utility that lets you capture at regular intervals Screenshots of FS9/FSx or any other application that is running and upload them at any site you like. Also the shots can be saved at full resolution in a directory of your choice , visit the CaptureFS homepage for a look at all their utilities and below in FSX Miscellaneous Files - General Utilities for direct download.

It's Your Plane Adds More Aircraft

Posted: Friday, October 15, 2010 - 12:25
Pacific Feelings Media, developers of It's Your Plane (IYP), announces the release of its latest version supporting the RealAir Duke B60, Citabria, Decathlon and Scout aircraft for FSX.

Like all of the other 100+ fully supported IYP aircraft in the hanger, Co-Pilots Michelle and/or Mike can help you fly by-the-book by running through all of the necessary checklists from Pre-Flight to Shutdown. You can ask your Co-Pilot to flip any switch, set any gauge, and even control the airspeed of these beautiful G/A aircraft. Your Co-Pilot will even "Auto-Land" these planes.

For more information, visit the IYP hanger to see all the currently supported aircraft.

Aerosoft's Airport Enhancement Serves V2.08 Released

Posted: Friday, October 15, 2010 - 2:16
New scenery products means a new release of AES. This new release doesn't have any new features but it does cover many new airports. Of course those Aerosoft published (Mega Airport Paris Orly, Kos X, Faro X, Antalya X, Gibraltar X) and also those of some of their friends. For example UJ2000 Heathrow Xtreme Version 2, FSDreamteam Dallas Ft-Worth Intl and Flytampa Buffalo Niagara Intl. That last one works brilliantly with their US Cities that covers the same area.

Terrain Mesh By FSGenesis

Posted: Friday, October 15, 2010 - 2:06
Staff reviewer Harold Zimmer flies across various locales in the United States and looks at how FS Genesis alters the Terrain Mesh. "Terrain Mesh enhancement is right up there in the “must have” category. The folks over at FSGenesis have been “meshing” around in the flight sim world for quite a while now! Terrain Mesh is a compilation of digital information that is used to describe the contours, hills, valleys, and mountains that are found in the simulated world."

"Even with “high and fast” flying, it is still easy to see the appreciable difference the mesh files make. Flying at certain times, such as morning or late afternoon, you can almost feel the terrain jumping out at you. Frame rates are not impacted by the use of this product (on my system). The mesh is compatible with other scenery or mesh add-on products (just make the FSGenesis Mesh a higher priority in your Scenery Library)."

"FSGenesis' Terrain Mesh is one of those products that make it relatively easy to build up your virtual world a little bit at a time, starting with the areas that you fly in the most. How it looks, how it works, compatibility, support, and cost of course, are all top considerations. The team at FSGenesis has met each of these points admirably! That’s probably why they have been around for so long!"

Calling All Air Hauler Pilots

Posted: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 15:00
Air Hauler addicts are renowned for their very large and very active community, which isn't surprising, seeing as they're up most of the night trying to outdo each other with ever more ambitious cargo carrying projects.

Just Flight's Air Hauler developer, Duncan 'Slopey' Murray, has arranged plans for as many Air Hauler pilots as possible to get online on the evening of the 16th October, and there will be some great prizes on offer as well.

See Duncan's forum posting in the Just Flight forum for all the details, and do your best to join up with your fellow cargo carriers. The previous best for an online Air Hauler gathering was 82 pilots back in January - Just Flight is sure that number can be exceeded this time round.

FScene Releases 3rd Nightlights Patch

Posted: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 14:54
Ruud Faber developer of the FScene replacement ground textures for the MSFS is working on fine-tuning the Night Textures as used in FScene for FSX. The patches for FScene4X USA&Canada and South America have been obtainable for a few weeks already.

To-day he released the third patch covering Africa with 146 revised textures, again as a free download. More patches will follow as soon as ready. Because FScene4X simply replaces the default textures in your Flight Simulator with a different set, it is fully compatible with updated mesh terrain and photoreal scenery. If you are a user of TotalPack (covering all 6 continents) and you can't wait, you can safely install these patches now, although a bundled patch for the TotalPack will be available as soon as all continents have been covered. Get the revised night textures for free at the FScene website.

SimWare Simulations Launches New Website

Posted: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 14:47
SimWare Simulations, a long time associate of AVSIM, has launched their new website. SimWare is known for carrying a large selection of flight sim hardware as well as an assortment of add-on aircraft.

PRE-Flight Kyushu J7W1 Shinden Released

Posted: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 8:03
PRE-Flight RC Simulator has announced the release of the PRE-Flight Kyushu J7W1 Shinden for free download. This PRE-Flight model of the Shinden includes moving control surfaces, super-detail, operating landing gear and new animated model views.

The Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (or "Magnificent Lightning") was a fighter concieved by Captain Masaoki Tsuruno with the idea that the plane can be retro-fitted with a turbojet engine. Even with the original 2100hp, 18-cylinder radial engine, the Shinden had very impressive performance, with the swept-back wings and canard design. The Shinden never entered service, entering too late in the war and producing no more than 2 examples. Nevertheless, the menacing, streamlined design combined with the possibility of being powered by the advanced Ne-130 axial-flow turbojet, would have posed a real threat to the Allied war effort.