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Best vehicle for sight seeing?

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  • The Toprudder 103 by Microsoft is excellent for low slow sightseeing.    

  • Bert Pieke
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    Yup, or lifting their feet off the pedals... 🙂 It is fun to fly.. but frankly, I prefer the RV14A for any of my sightseeing trips..

  • For Helis, the default Cabri is pretty good and not difficult to fly if you are fairly new to rotary winged flight..  If you feel like buying something, the Gotfriends Mini 500 is inexpensive, has a f

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Thank you all for your wonderul suggestions! There's so many ways to explore and navigate the world in MSFS, that it isn't just a Flight simulator anymore! The possibilities are growing and I really love exploring the vast landscape by boat as well!

Also forgot the Hype Hot Air Balloon as well!

Will be definitely checking out those boats and canoe/kayak I think it is!

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The Icon A5 is also great for low-level sightseeing. It's slow as Christmas, and the windshield is huge.

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If you want to cover a big area in short time, and love zooming up and down at will, try a military jet like F18 in VR. Superior view, and the freedom of flying god but still more or less realistic at climbing at 30000fpm is awesome. 

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Its hard to beat a Ultralight for low and slow fying. I flew the Ant's drifter back in FSX may pick it up for MSFS.

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A sim is the only place I would strap myself into one of those motorized kites. 😉

When wing structures that look like that are hanging in the Smithsonian's Early Flight gallery...

 

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Got friends Wilga.

Otherwise Heli's or any high winged aircraft

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On 10/2/2023 at 3:27 PM, eslader said:

A sim is the only place I would strap myself into one of those motorized kites. 😉

When wing structures that look like that are hanging in the Smithsonian's Early Flight gallery...

 

For you, the Toprudder 103 Solo might be a slightly less scary proposition (from the Marketplace).

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Bert

10 hours ago, Wothan said:

Got friends Wilga.

Otherwise Heli's or any high winged aircraft

The Wilga with doors removed (one click to get the doors off) has great visibility.

Yo can also paddle the float version about on the water after you land  😄

Sometimes I will do pattern work in a 739 and enjoy some scenery. Completely unrealistic but kind of funny. Lots of site seeing.

But seriously any STOL or stol-inspired plane can do the job. Never really cared for helicopters in simulators though. That might be your best bet.

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5 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

For you, the Toprudder 103 Solo might be a slightly less scary proposition (from the Marketplace).

 

 

So I take it the air brakes are just the pilot sticking their arms out to the sides? 😉

 

 

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22 minutes ago, eslader said:

So I take it the air brakes are just the pilot sticking their arms out to the sides? 😉

 

 

Yup, or lifting their feet off the pedals... 🙂

It is fun to fly.. but frankly, I prefer the RV14A for any of my sightseeing trips..

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Bert

Considering that I managed to virtually kill myself in the Top Rudder I find it quite reckless that one can fly this thing in the real world without a license or training. 

Not requiring medical and registration I can get behind, but the most basic training on flight maneuvering should be mandatory.

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