Depends whether developers can develop the required technology.

 

Coding outside of the sim seems to be the thing now, thus bypassing some of the limitations of FSX.

 

I suspect that Majestic have taken that concept even further with the new Dash. How far it's possible to go is open for debate though. Far enough to simulate super advanced avionics, with good frame rate... who knows. time will tell.

I was wondering if anyone tried the FS11 demo yet. I was pretty amazed. Make sure to update to DX12 first.

 

Still there? Ok, I would really like some G1000 with more details than the F1 and Mindstar. But I think FSX isn't too happy with all the glass and I also think that not all folks would appreciate the extra detail. I know, we are praising correct EGT values and a realistic fuel flow because we are all retired rw Captains. Well, then we get thrown around by some weather injection or just lose the sim because it went out of memory. ^_^ FSX development isn't over, right?

 

So, yes, try FS11. Here's the link.

FLIR? Are we talking about Forward Looking Inferred Radar. DCS have modelled it very realistically in their A-10 Warthog along with radar and weapons systems, all this and an amazing self shadowing cockpit.

Doesn't the VRS Tacpack add a bit like that? Well, I wouldn't complain if somebody made a cutting edge bizjet with some FBW setup and fancy HUD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_7X I don't need it to receive a type rating but some detailed fun in the sim, why not?

FLIR? Are we talking about Forward Looking Inferred Radar. DCS have modelled it very realistically in their A-10 Warthog along with radar and weapons systems, all this and an amazing self shadowing cockpit.

FLIR = Forward Looking InfraRed, there's no radar involved, it receives infrared light (or electromagnetic radiation to be precise) and displays this in a way your eyes can process.

So, yes, try FS11. Here's the link.

:LMAO: :LMAO:

Will we ever see cutting-edge avionics in FSX?

 

Yes, provided that developers believe they'll recover the development costs involved from sales to their customers. At the end of the day market forces will rule in the payware market

I think we'll see it on Tablets. WingX already has X-Plane functionality and is due to release an update (I think today) for FSX. I can't wait to see WingX's synthetic vision and track-up for charts. I believe Laminar Research has a synthetic vision app as well. Subscription prices are not cheap as they are geared for real-world pilots.

 

This company has the software that provides the interface between WingX and Foreflight: http://fsxflight.com/

 

Frank

Seems to me that it's more a matter of a business model change for aircraft builders. Rather than them all trying to make advanced avionics, licensing them from a company that specializes...like RealityXP. And the same unit in one airplane has differences in another so it would be quite complex. I could easily imagine these aircraft costing double what we currently see and I think it would be dependent on either 1) faster CPUs and/or 2) better core usage made available in P3D (64-bit or not)...dedicated threads for avionics, graphics rendering, flight model. I have no idea if that's the road that P3D is going down but one can hope.

 

Gregg

I believe FSL are about to make a strong headway with technological advances (a lot of their systems are simulated outside of FSX) so it could be a catalyst for other developers.

 

With regards to a previous point about real weather radar in the Majestic Q400. It isn't real. It is a best-interpretation. FSX does not having the underlying data to support a true WX.

 

 

I firmly believe the biggest leap will be on a different platform, be that X-Plane, P3D or some, as yet, unknown entity. FSX is too crippling as a platform, and whilst PMDG, Majestic and FSL can make some amazing planes, I'd love to see what could be done in future for those of us unfortunate enough to be unable to fly these magnificent machines for real.

I was wondering if anyone tried the FS11 demo yet. I was pretty amazed. Make sure to update to DX12 first.

 

Still there? Ok, I would really like some G1000 with more details than the F1 and Mindstar. But I think FSX isn't too happy with all the glass and I also think that not all folks would appreciate the extra detail. I know, we are praising correct EGT values and a realistic fuel flow because we are all retired rw Captains. Well, then we get thrown around by some weather injection or just lose the sim because it went out of memory. ^_^ FSX development isn't over, right?

 

So, yes, try FS11. Here's the link.

 

:smile: Nice one.

This is only from what I read, but the Majestic Q400's Wx radar is not a wannabee wx radar like CS or RXP where is just reads clouds. There's is processed outside of FSX and is accurate (so they claim).

 

And I forgot about the VRS FLIR. I never bought the tacpack (all I want is a fixed autopilot! so maybe I will).... but yeah I suppose EVS could be done.

This must be sarcasm.

I honestly believe I heard someone reputable mention it either in an interview or review, but I do not have the time or willingness to go through many minutes of listening and/or pages of writing. Nor had I been personally exposed to or involved with flight simulation ten years ago, so I am not going to fact-check and/or pursue my previous statement vigorously.

This is only from what I read, but the Majestic Q400's Wx radar is not a wannabee wx radar like CS or RXP where is just reads clouds. There's is processed outside of FSX and is accurate (so they claim).

Sounds like the concept from project magenta where you connect to a weather server and that one then drives the display. Well, if I got that right. Or like the gauges from Active Sky and the REX weather display, showing what they read externally.

 

Leaves the question if this then correlates with the weather FSX sets up for you. If it's an external weather source, it may only work on real-time flights while the weather tools and gauges may allow historical weather too.

 

Well, we'll see when she's out.

That could be very interesting....

 

 

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