July 8, 20214 yr The handcrafted default airports are often quite good. I am a bit of a sucker for buying addons with a gimmick though ... For a default ... the Outer Skerries is a favourite and pretty spectacular, well worth a visit if anyone has not been there yet ... short clip of a j160 circuit with slightly above max demonstrated crosswind ... However with paid addons I am a real sucker for gimmicky stuff such as the hang gliders at SBGV Governador Valdares, the beach party near TNCM Juliana St Maarten or the dairy cows and hot air balloons at LFKL Brindas below ... Edited July 8, 20214 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick
July 8, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: For a default ... the Outer Skerries is a favourite and pretty spectacular, well worth a visit if anyone has not been there yet ... short clip of a j160 circuit with slightly above max demonstrated crosswind ... Thanks, and you enjoy your scenery both handcrafted, payware, or freeware 🙂 No boat was harmed in this photo, too funny! Amazing place and EG78 in MSFS! Edited July 8, 20214 yr by in2tech "Coffee, if your not shaking, you need another cup" Flight Sim Break Discord Channel: https://discord.com/invite/fCV62Ka2QZ
July 8, 20214 yr I think people are forgetting what the really small airports looked like in past versions of FS. Some would just be a runway with nothing else. Others might give you a concrete parking area, and maybe (sometimes), some grey rectangles that were supposed to be buildings. Most of the small airports in MSFS at least have something that looks believable, even if it isn't accurate. MSFS can still be hit or miss for sure, but I find the really small GA airports around me are really well done. I use FSEconomy a lot and anytime in old sims if you got an assignment to a really small airport, you'd have to set up a flight there and make sure something is there first. You usually at least had to search for an afcad file to make sure that there's an actual taxiway. ------------------------- Craig from KBUF
July 8, 20214 yr Author 14 minutes ago, kerosene31 said: I think people are forgetting what the really small airports looked like in past versions of FS. Some would just be a runway with nothing else. Others might give you a concrete parking area, and maybe (sometimes), some grey rectangles that were supposed to be buildings. Most of the small airports in MSFS at least have something that looks believable, even if it isn't accurate. MSFS can still be hit or miss for sure, but I find the really small GA airports around me are really well done. I use FSEconomy a lot and anytime in old sims if you got an assignment to a really small airport, you'd have to set up a flight there and make sure something is there first. You usually at least had to search for an afcad file to make sure that there's an actual taxiway. Yeah, a runway with a brown rectangular block around it, beyond ugly.
July 8, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: The handcrafted default airports are often quite good. I am a bit of a sucker for buying addons with a gimmick though ... For a default ... the Outer Skerries is a favourite and pretty spectacular, well worth a visit if anyone has not been there yet ... short clip of a j160 circuit with slightly above max demonstrated crosswind ... That's default??? 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
July 8, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, fppilot said: Have you acquired and visited the addon KESN for MSFS? He did a very nice job. I am inquiring of another scenery author to see if he would handcraft the distinctive primary ops facility and provide it to the KESN addon author, who by skillset was limited to use of stock MSFS scenery objects. That author/developer just made available an incredibly great Hilton Head, SC, airport (KHXD) that includes a great deal of great handcrafted objects!. Just downloaded it...I did not even know about it. Looking forward to trying it out! Is SugarBuns the same place that was there in the 90's or is that a newer place? Eric i9-12900k, RTX 5070ti OC, 32GB ddr5 5600 RAM, 2TB 980 Pro SSD, Titan 240RX AIO, Samsung CRG90 49", Win 11
July 8, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Krakin said: That's default??? The scenery is, the Outer Skerries came free with the UK world update. ( the Jabiru J160 of course is payware from the marketplace or Orbx )
July 8, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: The scenery is, the Outer Skerries came free with the UK world update. That's awesome! I really need to explore more of the world lol. I insist on flying in the Caribbean too much. I did go looking for the Outer Skerries last night but there was so much fog I could barely see a thing Edited July 8, 20214 yr by Krakin 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
July 8, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Flic1 said: Just downloaded it...I did not even know about it. Looking forward to trying it out! Is SugarBuns the same place that was there in the 90's or is that a newer place? Not sure. I moved to this area in 2010. It has been there most if not all of that time. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
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