July 3, 20214 yr This was my favorite GA in earlier versions of FS. Aeroplane Heaven's version for MSFS (Releases July 5). I liked the art deco exterior and interior. A handsome Cessna for sure. Early flyers had no ADF nor VOR and the Radar Range was only in a very very few airports. But by tuning the regular AM broadcast radio mounted in the dash, to a local station and pointing the whole plane towards where there was maximum volume, they now had a bearing (0) but also of course, say 135*. Tune another station and turn the plane and then draw two lines on a map, the intersection was where you were. Simple. Fool proof. The new AC/DC radios that America began purchasing about 1939 were very directional, and very small. 10 years earlier a radio to hear the ballgame or music in your house was large and weighed 20 pounds. Now they usually weighed 2 pounds and now they also had a directional loop antenna on the back of every set sold in stores (Sears, Woolworths, etc.). In 1930 there was only a screw plug to attach a wire to string out for an antenna: not directional. In 1939 almost every set had a loop on the back cardboard panel of the set. It was very directional and very powerful, bringing in more stations than an outside strung wire did 10 years ago. A housewife with a radio on the kitchen countertop would pick up the radio, rotate it for max volume, and set it back down (when she changed the station). In earlier versions of FS (flightsim.com library) there was a gold paneled Cessna 140 with an AM Broadcast radio on the dashboard. It played recordings of old time radio programs when you tuned the knob, changing stations. This new MSFS version has modern radios, or old looking ADF and VOR radios. The most handsome Cessna ever, imo. G1000 I saw another picture with no radios at all. https://www.facebook.com/Aeroplaneheaven/posts/2229233080548386 I wonder about the autopilot situation? 🤣 Edited July 3, 20214 yr by Fielder 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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July 3, 20214 yr IRL my 1946 C-140 came out of the factory ten months after the A-bomb on Hiroshima. Loved that plane. Flew it coast to coast.
July 3, 20214 yr i do hope they bring all their stuff in, they have a very interesting catalogue for me.
July 3, 20214 yr I have grown very suspicious of a developer that seemingly has its development all over the place. In the last couple of months they have announced the P-51, DC-3 (as their "next aircraft") and of course the infamous Spitfire, which they didn't release because of an "ingrateful user base", and now they come out of nowhere with that plane? Is it like "contrary world", where they DON'T release what they announced and DO relase what they didn't announce? For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
July 3, 20214 yr I think it was pretty obvious they were going to release the 140 eventually, they have had a pretty good one out for FSX and P3D for a while. https://aeroplaneheaven.com/product_cessna.php Naturally when they announced it on the MSFS forums they got a heap of troll posts complaining about how the poster would not buy it as high wing singles are boring and where is the touchscreen GPS and autopilot and they should be making a study level airbus instead 😄 Subject to getting good reviews I will probably get this one 😄 Edited July 3, 20214 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick
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July 3, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Beardyman said: classic bird with those ugly LCD's - noooo way huh? did you look at the pics, prob not, its all steam.
July 3, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Beardyman said: classic bird with those ugly LCD's - noooo way Not my preference either but nothing wrong with offering people the choice if that's their thing. Edited July 3, 20214 yr by Matchstick
July 3, 20214 yr Looks great, agree the tech seems too expensive for this bird - but I understand wanting to appeal to simmers who love glass. My name is Steve and I prefer hand flying. Co-Founder of Hype Performance Group, MFS 3rd Party Developers Released Projects: HPG H135, HPG H145, HPG Hot Air Balloon
July 4, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, Beardyman said: first photo it seems you can shut them off then, on their site no glass. i do agree, if it has a fixed glass, no buy. * indeed, the glass can be hidden, so thats good. Edited July 4, 20214 yr by wim123
July 4, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, wim123 said: it seems you can shut them off then, on their site no glass. i do agree, if it has a fixed glass, no buy. * indeed, the glass can be hidden, so thats good. From the sounds of it you turn the G1000s on and off in the cockpit so you don't even have to restart the flight to get rid of them.
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