Lars Albrechtsen

I have just been reading through all of this thread and i have some general comments. Firstly, MS abandonning MSFS, I am sure was not just because of the financial chrises back then. They want to distance themselves from the veeeeeery difficult ( and expensive to please) simming community and start afresh with something that is labeled as simmulation but in essence is a game, because this is where the money is. Think back 10 years and all the simmulations made by enthusiastic individuals and small companies... they are all gone and replaced with an endless line of games both for PC and consols. Flight, in my oppinion will be a game with high qualithy graphics, a fluid appealing ( to the public at large) flightmodel, and most importantly MS controlling the addons. Flight addons can only be purchased from MS Flight apps store. ( they have learned from Apple).3rd party developers can create new products but they can only be sold through MS (who makes a profit ofcause on this). Now to Microsoft Flight Simulator; FSX in its latest incarnation. When MSFS was stopped I compleately dropped out of the hobby also because i was so angry with MS for terminating this unique franchise, as far as I know the longest running PC program series ever. I have come back within the last couple of months and I am amazed at what i have found. Because there have not been a new version (FS11?!) it seems like developers, hardware, simming comunity had the time to keep up with FSX and turn it into something wonderfull. Orbx scenary, REX cloud and water, PMDG planes, Realair planes, VRS superbug just to name a few are transforming flightsimmulator in so many ways. Had there been another FS11 just around the corner or allready here then the focus would have been on if the PMDG 737 would function in FS11 together with all the other addons we have just invested in. FSX might not be the perfect sim, but as someone wrote it is here and it is what ties the whole simming comunity together. Alternatives, forget that, just look at Xplane that have not had a great following despite all its qualities. In my oppinion FS11 or FS12 is allready here (Orbx+REX+new planes as above) and the good news is that this can mature further as no new version is being forced upon us. This is just my 2 cents worth....... Lars

Hi Guys, In my humble oppinion the difference between the VC of Carenado and Realair is (for me) the sense of being in a real airplane. The Carenado VC s are doing this for me, and the Realair not. I think that this is very subjective, though. I dont have re Realair Duke, but have seen all the videos and their gallery, and they confirm this "plastic look" that i rember from the SIAI-Marchetti SF260 that I had back in fs2004. Just my moneys worth Lars

Hi Bazthehat, I had just the same experience with the 152. However i found out, sort of by chance, that it has to do with which model you use. The variant with fairings on the wheels actually flyes about 10 knots faster...and it makes sence. However Carenado forgot to mention this in the variant comments in fsx. I share your views on the 152, and excellent plane and a VC that are very lifelike. Lars

Hi everyone, Recent and content owner of a brand new c340.A shortcomming of Carenado is the limited documentation that they supply with their planes. I own several other excellent of their planes and have managed to find further background docs regarding them, like POH, owners manual etc. However for the c340 i have come up emptyhanded! Does anyone have some substantial documentation. From the Carenado documentation it is easy to see that they must have had a poh as the text is cut and paste. Any info. regarding the use of the plane is very welcome. Lars