After a long time I was flying a longer flight today, from Tel Aviv (LLBG) to Innsbruck (LOWI) in the SSG 747-800 (X-Plane). It was a very relaxed, mostly unspectecular flight, but shortly before the STAR, the aircraft's FMC became crazy, so I decided to fly the rest of the flight manually. Basically I did some night VFR, which was VERY exciting. But in the end, the landing was good :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big bird looks great....very nice lighting on those!

 

HLJAMES

Fantastic!!

I have and enjoy XPX very much.

 

But I have a serious question. Is it just me or do the XPX cockpit textures look much darker, less vibrant and sharp, than those in FSX DX10?

I have and enjoy XPX very much.

But I have a serious question. Is it just me or do the XPX cockpit textures look much darker, less vibrant and sharp, than those in FSX DX10?

This particular aircraft's cockpit has a very... "simple" cockpit modelling. Look at the IXEG 737, the FF 767,the LES Saab 340, the JAR A330 or the PMDG DC-6 for how visually great cockpits do look like.

This is one of my preferred X-Plane airliners, and indeed hand flying it is, I believe, very believable.

 

It is different ( because of the SAS and Boeing FBW characteristics shared with the 777 ) from a classic 744, but they share much in common as some rw pilots have commented at some of the forums I visit.

This is one of my preferred X-Plane airliners, and indeed hand flying it is, I believe, very believable.

 

It is different ( because of the SAS and Boeing FBW characteristics shared with the 777 ) from a classic 744, but they share much in common as some rw pilots have commented at some of the forums I visit.

 

Thanks for the comment -- I don't know if it's realistic (how should I know? ), but hand-flying this model gives a confident feeling -- that you can trust this aircraft.