Currently on a small shopping spree of FS9 planes and spotted the FSD C-17. It looks wicked and Id really like it!http://www.fsd-international.com/images/C17/FS9_C17_7.jpgBut being a WV-junkie I have to know: does it have wing & engine views?Thanx :)PS: Heres the link if anyone else is interested http://www.fsd-international.com/projects/C17.htm

Just curious. Where would you watch them from? No windows. :-lol

There is a window on the front doors:http://tinyurl.com/7flynAnd there is another one on the rear door by the ramp:http://tinyurl.com/9mj89You can see it just behind the wing in this shot:http://tinyurl.com/b32ro:)

I have the FSD C-17 and I like it. The C-17 from FSD does not have wing or engine views. Both the 2D and the VC use the VC side views. I prefer that.Here are my thoughts from an old thread:"My impressions of the C-17:1. VC is OK. At 50% zoom, the view is great outside but the gauges are just readable.2. The model definitely handles like a heavy aircraft but is not unmanageable.3. Framerates are good with most medium settings (on a P4/1.2Ghz/512MB/64MBNvidia) in and out of the cockpit/aircraft.4. The HUD is good in 2D but a bit dark in the VC. I am not sure if there is a way to lighten it.5. The Taxi & Landing lights are too bright, they obscure the view.6. The ground handling is good.I have no real life C-17 experience so take this for it's face value. Definitely install the freeware 2D panel suggested. Not knowing the real layout, I'd like to see a better 2D panel (no disrespect to the creator)."Happy New Year!Jim Donlin

Thanks for the input jpdonlin, most appreciate it. I know its wierd to most simmers but Im one of those oddballs who cant feel 100% immersion in an FS9 airplane unless I can see dynamic views of the aircraft structure (flexing wings, flaps, slats, turning engine blades etc.). The FSD C17 seems the best C17 out there and perhaps they will update it to make it have wingviews!On a sidenote: I thought all planes created in GMAX would "naturally" have wingviews? I guess they can enable/disable it within the model itself though!

>On a sidenote: I thought all planes created in GMAX would>"naturally" have wingviews? I guess they can enable/disable it>within the model itself though!That's a common misconception. All models in FS, regardless of the program used to create them, actually consist of TWO models: the "exterior" (what you see in Spot View) model, and the "interior" (what you see in VC View) model. Currently in FS, both models are compiled into a single .mdl file, yet internally they remain separate entities, which of course explains why you can't "add the VC" to a model that doesn't have one... ;)What you "see" in VC View is nothing more nor less than what the 3d modeler put into the "interior model."

Thanks n4gix :) Thats interesting and I did not know that and so fell for the misconception! Always getting educated on here :)