FlightLevel180

Some controllers seem to hear me okay, but several have commented in how static/broken my comms sound when flying online. Any suggestions on a really god headset/mic? I prefer 1 ear or at the least 1/8" mini jack. Thoughts?

Huge thanks to both Geoff (whose opinion I've watched and appreciated for years) and to Mountain man. I agree fully with all that was said except I need to download and try the demo for night time since that's when I fly most.

I personnaly feel that if he said one right thing, it was the way the aircraft behave. I think they're inferior to FS9 (vs FSX). The default LJ45 is definitely different from the FS9 version. Everything else; taken with a grain of salt.

All of this situation is so silly (not pointing to this particular post/thread but the situation as a whole). We've known a hard release date for so many other titles for months and months now. MS have offered so little real hard info on this title and that along with being quiet on everything going on over the past several months make it very suspect and fuels the contention and rumors.

Thanks a million John- $9 is more than generous.

Praying for a Learjet 45 (as a ful scale LJ45 simbuilder/supplier) and just hoping for a C172/182, a Connie or Dc3, a 737 for all the pit builders, a jet fighter-trainer, glider, and a nice helicopter.Eric T.FlightLevel180.net

No, it's been *proven* that the whole blade element theory is bunk, and that it's really no better than the look up tables that FS uses. I can prove it to you any day of the week on any pc that runs plane. If the 747 that ships with XP is modeled like a 747 then according to BET, then it will. But alas, it flies about like the supplied C172.

Once you get this done, I'd be very interested in seeing it!

Hi! Well, I would prefer to say it's "not cheap". However, you must take into account that it's comparable to all the other packages for avionics that are used nearly exclusively for full size home flight decks. As such, its a niche market with fewer sales compared to desktop-only packages that require some way to justify the hundreds of ours of R&D that we do througout the development and support cycle for these types of products. Not to mention, when you spend upwards of $10k-$20k on a full size, fully interfaced flight deck, the asking price for these avionics packages are not a very large part of the total costs, especially considering that without acurately working avionics software, the entire project becomes a very elaborat museum piece :-)

Was just going to add that JET45 now is available in parts, so you dont have to buy the entire suite at once. See www.flightdecksoft.com .

Ive actually got a GF TQ module handling the interface for my real set of LJ45 throttles. Very nice unit that works well each and every time.

AWESOME shot!

Im a 34.5 Year old from South Georgia, USA and have been into proper simming since 1998, and using FS98 although I was introduced to FS in 1992/FS3 I believe. Loved it so much I changed my major from Audio Engineering (yes, another guitar player here among all the others) over to Aviation Operations and Admin, going to FCCJ in Jacksonville, FL. I followed with great interest all the full size home built sims and finally with great determination I was able to begin working on my project on 7-8-7, the day the B787 was rolled out at Boeing. Except, my project is a full size Learjet 45 sim. I am the admin for Hangar45, a site dedicated to building LJ45 sims and basically the internet "mecca" on the subject of home built LJ45 sims. I have recently gotten back into playing guitar again and enjoy mostly contemporary Christian praise and worship plus traditional Irish music (and actually play those tunes on guitar, wooden flute, whistle, mandolin, low whistle). Ive been able to do a little real world flying with friends, but my real interest lie in simulation and sim building/flying for so many reasons. I also like MilSimming (airsoft) and was Sr. Team Ldr for our group here that hosts no less than 1-2 medium sized MilSim events a year.

...another interesting point is that I remember aircraft in FS98 could do a powerback, but then it was as if it had been disabled in FS2000+.

This was a great question. As a LJ45 sim builder, I try to keep my flights into airports that would recieve business jets, and as Geoff said GA aircraft typically will avoid the major airports if at all possible. This is why I love the two series produced by Flight Scenery so much- they offer a truly spectacular product in their smaller airports. Too bad they never stayed around. Back to the question and answer though- I try to fly into the satelite/reliever airports for my flights. Example, Midway for Chicago, Peachtree or Charlie Brown for Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale vs. Miami, etc.