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Did you buy it HighBypass? Thought you had a type in lears? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else


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Looking at the web site, I had decided to pass on this because the images didn't make it look all that great, but now after seeing your pics I have changed my mind, and will be picking it up tonight.I worked the 20 Series Lears when I worked for Clay Lacy at HWD (Hayward Ca) back in the mid to late 80's, and really enjoyed them.

 

Now, ya'll do know the connection to that 8-Track tape player and the Lear don't you????


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Stereo 8 (8-Track tape player) was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation along with many others companies, so Bill wanted to make sure all his Lear Jets had 8-track players in them.

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Wow, very impressed with the VC texturing, and modelling of the gauges. Nice job Ryan.

 

And I absolutely love the (few) aircraft add-ons that let you listen to your WAV files, in flight!  You can do it with the Flight 1 Citation Mustang, the vFlyteair Cherokees in X-Plane, and a couple of others.   I might seriously pick this one up, knowing that you can play files in that way.   Breaks the monotony of the cruise, and as I fly in full screen mode, I prefer to play music in this way, rather than using Media Player / VLC, etc in the background.

 

I owned the V1 of this aircraft back in the day - wow what a step up.


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Excellent pics! Very tempting.  :smile:


A pilot is always learning and I LOVE to learn.

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Looks like it is a little rough on performance (not sure why it's all analogue!)  But you only notice when you're near bad weather and high end addon scenery.

 

edit:  Ok yeah when I said a little rough I meant really rough.  And I notice all the time because I fly my payware planes with my payware scenery.

 

Quick number compare (same scenery, same weather, reboots in between, avionics on)

 

Default F22: 75 fps

Carenado C550 (typical fps hog): 45 fps

XP Lear 25: 40 fps

 

yikes!


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Thought you had a type in lears? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else

 

 

Sadly, someone else Ryan. No type rating in any aircraft, although I'm a recent member of the local gliding club and carried out a couple of landings so far in K13 gliders. Bonus is they can re-use the aeroplane AND the instructor!  :dance:  :P


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Hi: I purchased this plane last night but there is a problem that prevents me from using it.  In virtual cockpit mode, I get a lot of flashing, jagged artifacts that blot out the instrument panel.  It is the exact same problem I had with the A2A Texan when it was first released.  There were others who experienced the same with the Texan, and A2A fixed this issue somehow in the "mdl" file.  I use P3D Ver. 3.3 and Windows 10.  I sent a support ticket to Xtreme Prototypes, but if anyone has contact with the publishers, you might let them know that A2A may be able to offer advice on this problem. I hope they fix this soon as I can't use the plane at all.  Mike Gutierrez, North Hollywood, California.


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In virtual cockpit mode, I get a lot of flashing, jagged artifacts that blot out the instrument panel

 

Did you change the config file as per the manual? It's a known issue in P3D.


Ryan

 

 

 

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Ryan...thanks for the heads up on this one, it looks great and I'm really enjoying it. The texturing is top notch and the systems are good too.


Ryan

 

 

 

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The only thing that needs work is the floor and seat textures.


ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI.

 

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Is this a new release?

 

I don't recall seeing it mentioned anywhere else, given the interest in Lears these days.

 

Cheers,

Mark

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Yes it's new

 

Just a lesser known company without any fanfare


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