Vox76

Hi all, I've had this product in the past (version 2) with a huge disappointment and I checked the differences with the latest release on the website in order to see if there were improvements. Here's what I think: 1) AFS-Design Eurofighter can be hardly considered a plane. The fact that it has all the features that you like doesn't mean that it's the perfect rendition of the EFA. All the contrary, considering what a real EFA pilot that I know said about it. They have at least improved the cockpit art (finally!) and the avionics but the rest is still the same old toy. 2) The HUD is totally unreal as much as the rest. Dino Cattaneo's F-35 HUD and HMDS renditions are probably the closest to reality at the moment. The actual layout of course is almost completely classified but...not completely! And AFS-Design didn't have a clue of it. I'd rather use the Sludge Hornet's one. 3) The wingman and the tractor features are simply ridiculous. No one would be able to do formation flight like that (get a real wingman and fly in multiplayer!) and I'd like to meet someone interested in driving a tractor in FSX/FS9! 4) Tailhook is used for emergency landing on military bases equipped with barriers that work exactly like a carrier trap but the aircraft structure is not built for that. 5) If you really want to stress this fake carrier capability and you like catapult launches you just have to add to the aircraft.cfg the [launch_assistance] section (taken from the default f-18 for example or customizing it to suit the actual EFA size and position of the front gear). 6) I may look outdated but I still prefer the Alphasim Typhoon that, with some due modifications, in my opinion is still better than this in the model, in the cockpit art and in the behaviour. At least until some real data will be published and we'll be able to make an honest comparison. Until then, I believe that AFS produces only (beautiful?) toys. Sorry Satchmo, no offense.