So I have been considering purchasing some payware aircraft. I already have an FSD Seneca, Navajo and Panther as well as a Caranado 182RG. I wanted to ask those that purchased many many payware aircraft how much time do you spend flying the aircraft you purchase. It seems like some people purchase a lot of payware and I'm concerend if I spend a bunch of money and then don't fly them it will be a waste. Do those that have purchased many payware aircraft spend many hours flying them? or do you find they just sit around.Thanks

I've certainly bought quite a number, but I find I only really fly a few favorite airplanes.It depends on what kind of airplanes you like to fly and what kind of addons appeal toyou from a features, and from a visual point of view..Previous questions like yours have resulted in a flood of recommendations fromall sides, indicating that not every airplane is a fit for every "pilot".I happen to really like the Carenado Bonanza, the RealAir Scout, and the Baytower RV7.The FSD planes handle well, but are visually not up to current standards IMHO..

NGX

Yea the NGX looks good probably the best but geeze I would need 100 hours to learn the systems and fly it properly.

NGX and the A2A stuff..... Best stuff for FSX by miles. Nothing even comes close.

Yea the NGX looks good probably the best but geeze I would need 100 hours to learn the systems and fly it properly.

Probably more than that, but isn't that what it's all about and why FSX never gets tiresome. There is always more to learn, new places to explore, and new planes to fly and maybe even become proficient at.

So maybe I'm answering my own question here. Just buy 1 or 2 airplanes that I really like and just fly them. Which sounds stupid to even ask that question but I just wondered if people actually flew all the planes they purchased or just for a while then let them sit.

Get the Real Air Turbine Duke. Awesome! (There's a discount if you also get the Piston Duke.)Cheers,- jahman.

Edited January 26, 201214 yr by jahman

So maybe I'm answering my own question here. Just buy 1 or 2 airplanes that I really like and just fly them. Which sounds stupid to even ask that question but I just wondered if people actually flew all the planes they purchased or just for a while then let them sit.

Really depends on the quality of the aircraft and whether or not you actually like the aircraft. I bought the QW 757, but it was to light systems-wise for my taste, so i use the Captain Sim one. If your a general aviation guy, then I'd stick with Carenado, maybe stretch out to RealAir, even the A2A Cub. Again, depends wholly on your preferences

Get the Real Air Turbine Duke. Awesome! (There's a discount if you also get the Piston Duke.)Cheers,- jahman.

I've always thought RealAir was good. They have nice modelling but the systems are like FSX default and don't go deep like A2A or PMDG or levelD.

the systems are like FSX default and don't go deep

True, but that means they're easy on frame rates. And at least the Duke sports optional Reality XP GNS WAAS 530/430 VC panel integration.Cheers,- jahman.

I wanted to ask those that purchased many many payware aircraft how much time do you spend flying the aircraft you purchase. It seems like some people purchase a lot of payware and I'm concerend if I spend a bunch of money and then don't fly them it will be a waste.Do those that have purchased many payware aircraft spend many hours flying them? or do you find they just sit around.

Pretty much spot on statement and question.I admit to be a member of the large group of people which buy all sorts of planes, but don't find the time to actually fly them all or even on a partially regular basis. So it defaults down to the ones you really, really like or even to the ones which allow a quick flight instead of a lengthy preparation.The reading of the manuals of digging into systems isn't a big problem. I enjoy a nice read when work allows for some minutes to spare, but the flying time on my sim PC is very limited, so that's the weak spot.As you've correctly assumed, a lot of planes actually sit there and wait for their pilot. I e. g. recall the very nice A2A B377 to suffer from this disease or the great Concorde of mine, demanding way more preparation than any other plane if I don't want to run the boring London-New York routes.The problem perhaps is, how do you find out if a plane develops enough attraction in regard to your own preferences? You have to buy them and only the ones with money back guarantee would allow for a return if the result is negative.However, I only have very few purchases where I wasn't happy at all (having the mentioned attraction in mind). So I see the actual purchase as the right way to support the mostly small devs around, while the problem on spending enough time with their work is purely my fault.Sometimes a plane just grew old though. You've liked it once, now you suddenly stumble upon things which weren't a problem before, because you were in love. :( Oops, strange coincidence with other things in live.However, the exceptions from that rule are present and I still find myself in that old looking Maddog or Piper Cheyenne for example. Must be love, huh?

Agree with CoolP, just would like to add there is substantial variation in quality accross aircraft add-ons available at a given time (so a hit-or-miss approach means you need to buy more a/c to get to the good ones that you will like and stick with).Also aircraft improve over time as developpers increase the depth of systems modelling and texture resolutions that the newer CPUs allow, so even if you like a particular aircraft, if that aircraft doesn't get updated/relaunched ("the facelift"), you will end-up leaving her for some younger aircraft! :biggrin:Cheers,- jahman.

I have quite a few planes that I have deleted. Some have just been left behind by the inexorable march of progress. Others don't suit the kind of flying I enjoy. For example, tube liners I find boring compared with GA and military aircraft. Some are just too detailed for me to learn and operate with the few hours a week I can devote to Flight sim,. So my criteria are:VC graphics qualityFlight modelSpeedFrame ratesNo point flying anything outside this envelope. I keep coming back to:Anything RealAirAnything LotusA2A Spitfire (the Cub is painfully slow)My 2CCheers,Noel.

Anything from PMDG or RealAir, you can't go wrong with.Although not the newest product out there, I also still really enjoy the Level-D 767 as well.