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What did you buy over the holidays and how do you like it?

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I'm sensing that this thread might be going downhill.  ^_^

Gregg Seipp

"A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane.  A great landing is when you can reuse it."
i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090

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Gregg, I'm afraid I've followed your model this season.  Haven't purchased a doggone thing after picking up the A2A 182 sometime back.  As happened about this time last year, my simming time has dropped close to zero, so that's part of the reason.  The other part is that most of the sale stuff has been on things I don't particularly crave, and I'm long past the stage where I buy things just because they're cheap and I might use them occasionally.  I have enough planes, for example, that I almost never fly without adding to the list.

 

Scott

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Caught the sales and treated myself to:

 

-A2A C182

-FlightBeam KPHX

-FSDT KIAH

 

Probably will wind up grabbing the Razbam Metroliner too, $10 is hard to beat.

Kyle Weber (Private Pilot, ASEL; Flight Test Engineer)
Check out my repaints and downloads, all right here on AVSIM

I got Steve's DX10 fixer and all I can say is a big WOWEEEE.    P3D is a waste of money when FSX can look this good. I used Steve's personal settings and I have shadows and fabulous graphics.

 

It was so cheap too!

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I can't complain - I done well this Xmas

 

Philips 40" 4K Monitor, CP Flight 737EL MCP and Philips Fidelio X1 headphones.

 

Just need my Iris Dynamics Yoke to hurry up, and a few more Goflight panels and setup will be complete!!

 

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MSFS & XP11 - Aviatek G1000 Complex Desktop Trainer - Fulcrum One Yoke - TPR Rudder Pedals - VF TQ6 Throttle - LG 55" OLED Display

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CP Flight 737EL MCP

 

That looks like a nice piece of equipment.

Gregg Seipp

"A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane.  A great landing is when you can reuse it."
i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090

That looks like a nice piece of equipment.

 

It's great - just need to convince the bank manager (wife) that the EFIS panel is an essential purchase too!  :lol:

MSFS & XP11 - Aviatek G1000 Complex Desktop Trainer - Fulcrum One Yoke - TPR Rudder Pedals - VF TQ6 Throttle - LG 55" OLED Display

This has been a rather expansive year sofar with various add-ons.

Recently bought the Twinn Otter to fly in Scotland and perhaps Kathmandu to Lukla.

 

2014 bought:

Active Sky Next

FTX Europe

FTX England

Twin Otter

FSIpanel

PMDG 737NG

Saitek Rudder pedals

saitek Radio panel

Airline2Sim Dash8 Q400 cadet training

 

And a new PC to support it.

 

Yesterday bought:

FTX Scotland

REX plus OD

REX soft clouds

Razbam Metroliner

MegasceneryEarth Netherlands

 

Whishlist for 2015:

 

Airline2Sim products

Saitek trim Wheel

Q400 Pro version with shared Cockpit

Maarten Otto

 

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Happy 2015 to everyone, its great to see all your purchases even if it leaves me a bit envious. As you can see by the few forums I have participated in that  due my disability I am forced to fly the PMDG T7 (fantastic aircraft), due to its high level of automation and which I love, but I do know that I would love to be able to fly a GA aircraft and enjoy the surrounding scenery and navigate yourself from VOR to VOR without the help of an FMC.

many thanks

 

Patrick Horan aka Patrico

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Hi Patrick,

 

I'm not sure what your needs are when it comes to automation due to your disability.  A good many GA aircraft are capable of flying fairly automated and complex routes with a GNS.  Nearly all of them will fly VOR to VOR but, also, some few that have a Nav1/Nav2 selector give you time to configure the next VOR and fly VOR to VOR in a more simple way (though, there are more buttons to push than when you're using a GNS.)  Unfortunately, it is extremely rare (if at all) to see a working VNAV at this point in GA and none of them are capable of CATIII ILS and autoland so when you get down to 200 ft. you have to take over manually.

 

Gregg

Gregg Seipp

"A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane.  A great landing is when you can reuse it."
i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090

That's a good one, Gregg.

 

I my opinion you shouldn't buy too much, but concentrate on a few, but quality - then you will not be disappointed.

 

Therefore my favorites come from A2A, RealAir and PMDG.

 

For cold and garden-free December I bought A2A C182 Skylane (wonderful) and yesterday RealAir Beech Turbine V2 (Is there any better and more beautiful twin-engined prop ?)

 

I wish you a very good 2015 !

 

Ben

Ben Rikken, The Netherlands

 VNAV at this point in GA and none of them are capable of CATIII ILS and autoland so when you get down to 200 ft. you have to take over manually.

 

Thanks Gregg and there lies my problem,  due to   my lack of co-ordination I need autoland capability.

many thanks

 

Patrick Horan aka Patrico

Just added the RealAir Turbine Duke V2...  fantastic airplane!

 

Configured it with a Flight1 GTN750 and 650.

 

Attention to detail is amazing, and flying characteristcs are wonderful.

 

If you are on the fence, get a copy of the Flying Guide off the RealAir web site..

 

90 pages of good material.   I got mine printed at a local Staples store for $15..  ^_^

and read it cover to cover, before taking off..

 

Prediction:  This plane is staying in my hangar.

Bert

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I also took advantage of the various Sales, and picked up:

 

(all for FS9)

- Carenado F33 Bonanza & C-210 Centurion

- Lionheart Epic LT

- An e-Book on the basics of Jet Simming

 

- Bottle of Tin Cup Colorado Whiskey

- Bottle of Kahlua White Russian Mix

 

Here's to a safe and prosperous 2015, to everyone here at AVSIM!

 

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FSX steam, tropico 1 and 5 love dictator simulators, skyrim 4.99 could not say no, no planes this year got all carenado and a2a ones I need. Steam games sometimes are cheaper than movie rentals

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