X-Plane 12 Around 'Frisco in the S-76

[andy1252]

A quick tour round one of my favourite places (sim and real life) in the default S-76. Have just found that there's a free XP12 upgrade version of one of my other helis so I'll try that later. Meanwhile - enjoy!

Waiting to lift, at the cargo terminal area

Actually a payware KSFO, but I'll come back and do a tour of that later

Off to the city

As you know, I'm a big fan of IFR flying in XPlane <grin>

The roads and particularly the traffic are streets ahead (can I say that?) of MSFS

Yeah, yeah, I know it's a flight sim, but c'mon!

I assume that's TrueEarth's SF city stuff down there.

Thought tthat must be dodgy modelling in the sim at first, but I guess it's actuall dodgy architecture instead.

Coit Tower - one of my favourite places in the city

It's a cliche, view wise, but there's a reason for that!

I've always been taken with this little patch of Earth, it looks pretty much perfect to me. Plonk me down on a few acres of land there and then b*gger off and leave me alone and I'd be a happy boy. But then, where I do live is very much like this, but on a much smaller scale, so I guess all is well with my world

I mean, what's not to like?

Heading back now

I probably took four times as many pictures as I've shown on this trip. A lovely place and extremely well done in True Earth. Such a shame Orbx lost the plot with its sceneries, they really were the absolute cream in their heyday.

Edited July 16, 2023 by andy1252
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[bernd1151]

Magnificient stuff Andy. Thanks for taking us along

4 hours ago, andy1252 said:

Such a shame Orbx lost the plot with its sceneries, they really were the absolute cream in their heyday.

When you had the chance to see the interview at the recent Flightsim Expo in Houston with ORBX's present CEO, they sure have lost it. I don't even think that she has a clue what ORBX in the FS world is (or better: was) all about. Having lost most of their talented modelers, she now wants to venture into other games outside the FS world. 

[John F]

Wonderful tour. You're really at the top of your form with the low-level stuff. And your musings alone are worth the price of admission.

[Alaska738]

Splendid shots Andy! 😉 

[andy1252]

On 7/16/2023 at 4:07 PM, John F said:

Wonderful tour. You're really at the top of your form with the low-level stuff. And your musings alone are worth the price of admission.

Thanks John, appreciate it!

On 7/16/2023 at 5:40 PM, Alaska738 said:

Splendid shots Andy! 😉 

Cheers Will, and another area where it's hard to take a bad shot

[VH-KDK]

A great tour of SF Andy.

I haven't tried to fly a chopper for ages, i used to enjoy it in P3D not that I could ever land them!

[andy1252]

7 hours ago, VH-KDK said:

A great tour of SF Andy.

I haven't tried to fly a chopper for ages, i used to enjoy it in P3D not that I could ever land them!

Cheers Martyn, and re the choppers, as long as I end up with the twirly bit still uppermost I'm happy enough. I don't even bother to try and land on a helipad anymore, just ground somewhere is ok!

[VH-KDK]

16 hours ago, andy1252 said:

Cheers Martyn, and re the choppers, as long as I end up with the twirly bit still uppermost I'm happy enough. I don't even bother to try and land on a helipad anymore, just ground somewhere is ok!

I did most of my chopper flying in the US and Canada.

I was happy if I landed in the same state!😲

Guess what? The first time I did a reasonable landing close to the intended spot, I forgot to put the landing gear down.🤬