March 16, 20233 yr This seems to have generated a bit of heat elsewhere here, but I quite like it. It's a bit fussy to get off the water, and on my first attempt so far I had to "teleport" into the air in the end (in spite of actually reading the manual). I'll try again, more slowly, but if in the end I have to keep on doing that so be it. I'm simply not interested in f*rting around pretending to push buttons and set switches just to get my pretend aircraft off the ground (water). But I do like the aircraft, so I won't just park it in the hangar. It'll look good in all sorts of locations, and that's what I want out of this. (oh, and I just bought a couple more Captain Sim things in their weekend sale - guess I'm a reeeeaaaally bad person <grin>) Anyways, here's a couple of shots for anyone interested. Can't remember if these did the "Cape to Cairo" route or not. Got a couple of nice books on these things so I'll investigate. Even if they never did in RL, mine might! Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
March 16, 20233 yr Fine set Andy, the outside model looks fantastic ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
March 16, 20233 yr Nice shots. Glad you're also getting enjoyment out of Captain Sim...and not afraid to admit it. 🙂
March 18, 20233 yr This did indeed get flamed pretty badly, mostly comments over on YouTube where there were a few negative video reviews. But few of the complaints are truly justified. Certainly you have shown us how good the external visuals are, and the only thing I would nitpick on the internals is the undersized scale of the passenger cabin furniture - it makes the interior look too big. It was big, to be sure, particularly for that era, but just not quite that big. Pilots already seems to be moving ahead with updates, so all may yet be well! And the comparisons to Captain Sim are completely unjustified - not even in the same universe! I suppose it is, in some way, a perverse tribute to how good things have gotten in the hobby that some can whine mightily over small imperfections..... BTW, Captain Sim was actually pretty good back in the day. Their 707 for FS9 was fine for the time, with only a few shortcuts taken that were noticeable to someone like myself, who had actually flown those. Today, of course, is a different story, although nothing really bad can be said about their external modeling and texturing. They just seem to be without those special developers who do the cockpit interiors! True talent is, apparently, in short supply.... Edited March 18, 20233 yr by avallillo
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