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Dornier DO X new to MSFS

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Because other flying boast in MSFS don't have Victorian wallpaper... or 12 engines.

 

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This plane could carry up to 100 passengers.

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Funny how they still add flying boats to a sim with still no water physics... sometimes I do wonder about priorities over at Asobo...

Greetings, Chris

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1 hour ago, AnkH said:

Funny how they still add flying boats to a sim with still no water physics... sometimes I do wonder about priorities over at Asobo...

The priority is to make money and increase social numbers...

Really confusing. While the Tante Ju had plenty of charisma these Microsoft Planes are getting more and more boring.

Along with each new plane I would expect at least one unique new feature based on the SDK to showcase how 3rd Parties can implement.

1 hour ago, AnkH said:

Funny how they still add flying boats to a sim with still no water physics... sometimes I do wonder about priorities over at Asobo...

Yes I am struck by this too.There is a fluff dimension in the MSFS marketing strategy difficult to deny and my guess is that  Asobo has not much to do with it.  MS rules here.

Funny and sad as reasonably good water physics would be a great move to advance the sim.

 

 

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These are all good points - yes it's another flying boat, yes it has more engines than can actually be controlled in the sim and yes, the water physics make the whole affair only questionably plausible.  But I think the real underlying problem and cause of all this negativity is that subconsciously we are being affected by YET THE SAME OLD OVERLY DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PASSAGE used in the release video!  

ENOUGH, I SAY!

It seems to be a perfectly wunderbar aircraft when experienced in the proper musical context!   Fortunately that is easily corrected:

 

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1 hour ago, Stoopy said:

These are all good points - yes it's another flying boat, yes it has more engines than can actually be controlled in the sim...

How are they controlled?  Any idea?  They did say they had increased the engine count for the sim recently (it needed it for the Antonov and the Hughes Spruce Goose anyway).

I take it they all just move against one throttle lever at the moment, or maybe you can set it per side if you have two hardware throttles.

I understand what people are saying about this, but due to its size and amount of engines, it does intrigue me.
If anything, maybe we could have done without the previous Dornier flying boat.  But hey!  They are both only £8.36 in the marketplace for us Deluxe / Ultimate users. 
I paid more than that for a burger last weekend! :laugh:
 

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it does look nice in some screen shots

Matt

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1 hour ago, Stoopy said:

 

It seems to be a perfectly wunderbar aircraft when experienced in the proper musical contex  Fortunately that is easily corrected 

A polka 😅 ?  Why a polka ? 

Good thing is that it put back in my mind Garrison Keilllor’s old radio show….

Dominique

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I like the DO, very impressive airplane. Fortunately some well known cities after the last City Updates. Köln-Bonn - too late for such an important and popular airport. Why did nt they choose Stuttgardt?

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Well no one is forced to buy it.

Apart from not being able to assign a Throttle Axis to each engine above no. 4, I have no problem with Asobo releasing these kind of Aircraft.

Or do people rather want another Cessna or Piper GA ?

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22 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

A polka 😅 ?  Why a polka ? 

Good thing is that it put back in my mind Garrison Keilllor’s old radio show….

Think Oompah-pah.  Think Oktoberfest.  That's all.

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16 minutes ago, Wothan said:

Or do people rather want another Cessna or Piper GA ?

No, but rather than another Dornier flying boat (not sure if you are aware of the previous one they put in the marketplace), if it has to be German to tie-in to go with the regional updates, there are some far more interesting aircraft, such as the VFW-614, or the Dornier 228. 

It the end though, the main man decides!  For £8, I will probably give it a go anyway.

Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind).

I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio.

Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's.  Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.

2 hours ago, Wothan said:

Or do people rather want another Cessna or Piper GA ?

...then people will complain that they're stepping on the toes of 3rd party devs who release Cessas and Pipers 😄

As for water physics, it's looking like that will be in 2024, and all of these planes that are purchased via the marketplace will likely transfer over to the new sim automatically.

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