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  1. Posted

    On 7/19/2019 at 3:31 PM, odourboy said:

    You just had to post that didn't you!?

     

    14 hours ago, HiFlyer said:

    This was cool, his reactions were priceless, and he called out every single thing that made me blink, watching the preview. 😺

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    Now that was a great video to watch! Thanks for posting it here!

     

    On 7/19/2019 at 3:31 PM, odourboy said:

    You just had to post that didn't you!?

    I don't understand it either why posting this image while adding some "funny" comments to it was necessary. I mean come on chaps – making fun about some people's looks here on Avsim now?

    Regarding the movie itself – not sure, if TG 2 will be on my "must see list", but who knows, maybe for the sake of it.

  2. Posted · Edited by wolke85

    7 hours ago, FDEdev said:

    I'm talking of the little know fact about the environmental problems when producing large batteries for cars etc.  That's a drama that just starts to unfold since the production rates are still very low.

    Concerning disposal; A few month ago the first Tesla crash happened in Austria with a totally destroyed Tesla and it took the owner of the car seven weeks to find a company which can handle/dispose the battery correctly. In the meantime the car had to be placed in a special container because no one knows if or when the battery ignites.

    As Murmur mentioned, the co2 problem is way bigger than many of us dare to assume.

    Btw, powered flight started with Gustave Whitehead, not the Wright brothers 😉

    Regarding the Tesla which burnt in Austria, it was due to cable fire, if i recall the news correctly and the batteries were not damaged At all. Other than that i think that Tesla was either very cautious about letting anyone get to close to their batteries for whatever reasons of product piracy or so, or it simply was some bad kind of technical support and customer service... i guess though that this kind of behaviour will happen less in the future, once there are more battery driven cars around, but sure it was a bit of a strange behaviour by Tesla.

    Now regarding the co2 levels and climate change being a big problem, well: lets face the challenges ahead! And we have to start somewhere to move on and get forward. And as this Beaver on top here clearly demonstrates - although, no doubt, being early stages and still lots of work ahead - scientific and technological progress already has to offer a lot ... so lets make use of it🙂

  3. Posted · Edited by wolke85

    20 minutes ago, FDEdev said:

    And an environmental disaster. There are already a few documentaries about the still little known large impact on nature, animals etc. 

    True. But in all fairness: literally all fossile fuels are an environmental desaster too. In the end the source with the lesser impact on the environment should be preferred i think. And the development of batteries is still early stages here so i remain confident that there is lots of potential for optimising still to be discovered. But sure, also lots of lessons yet need to be learned before a real sustainable and convincing solution will be on the table. But at least it seems to be heading in a good direction.

  4. Posted · Edited by wolke85

    Now that's cool! I agree: the old engines and all that will be missed, but seeing the de Havilland Beaver and eventually other aircraft, which were originally designed almost ages ago, to continue flying in the future with state of the art engines by then, is something that makes me a very happy camper too!

     

     

  5. Posted

    7 hours ago, leon310 said:

    If you believe in Global Warming, then you will believe anything your government tells you. Global Warming is a joke.

    My government did not tell me anything regarding this matter. Not sure what "your government" or your president or whoever may have told you. I really don't care. I am just living here on earth with my family and friends - as all the others of us and i am not willing to leave a devasted environment to my following generations. The earth's climate is changing whith temperatures rising much faster than ever before in all of earth's history due to the release of large scales of greenhouse gases into earth's atmosphere since the beginning of humankind's industrial age. That's a scientific fact. There are proper ways to react to this - let's simply call it progress. Obviously though, trying to defend some kind of life-style which dates back to the 19th/20th century or whatever it is while using statements such as "your government telling you..." and "globale warming is a joke" seems tempting for some... as a matter of fact though, this attitude really offers very little to nothing for adressing problems on earth here and now - and in the future ...sometimes i wonder how we managed to get aircraft into the air, or rockets into space if it is all "a joke" and if science is all so wrong... By the way, wasn't this thread supposed to be about X-Plane, until you obviously had the urgent need to share your political views? This is avsim, i have better things to do too, so i am out here now as well.

  9. Posted

    23 minutes ago, tooting said:

    Don't worry, come work for an airline every time you get a simple medical divert for someone with a bad tummy the press will put this down as 'breaking news' or 'mid air drama/ crisis' 

     

    21 minutes ago, tooting said:

    And you too Anders, please come visit my OCC when we have a divert you'll see how the press works 

    And yet it is one thing to critise a news article for instance by telling what there may be wrong or incorrect or whatsoever in a constructive manner, or by simply blaming an entire news channel by simply calling it all to be "fake...", a phrase that is very much poltically associated these days. Nithing wrong to undertake constructive criticism on media coverage, but it is something very different to just consider it all "fake". My two cents here. Otherwise a very constructive thread really.

  10. Posted

    16 hours ago, Wink207 said:

    Well, CNN is known for their "Fake News".

    ... seriously now?

    15 hours ago, AviatorMan said:

    The fact that Boeing knew there were issues well in advance and [...] suggesting CNN makes up "fake news" has no place in a forum that claims to not allow political comments.

    Boeing has been an icon of aviation, and I have been a big admirer of the company for nearly 60 years [...]

    Indeed, can we please leave that "fake... blablabla" remarks as used by wink207 aside and rather continue keeping this discussion reasonable as it used to be. That would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

  11. Posted · Edited by wolke85

    4 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

    Interesting comments here.  Was there any information given about the hours (total time) of the pilots?

    According to wikipedia the pilot of Ethiopian flight 302 was flying with the airline for ten years and had logged a total of 8,231 flight hours. The first officer was a recent graduate with 200 flight hours logged.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_302#cite_note-re20190310-25

  12. Posted

    6 hours ago, Paraffin said:

    I took another close look at the promo video. The ortho resolution on the ground is very blurry when you get down low enough (and I know this isn't important to some folks).

    Here's that view of the seaside cliffs with the photo texture stretched on the vertical face of the cliffs, I don't see that with default XP11 (especially with HD or UHD terrain mesh):

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    And here's how blurry the ground looks flying low over farmland. It's not just that the ground is blurry, it's the contrast in sharpness with the power line and trees:

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    Finally, here's an urban scene with a blurry, flattened car parking lot. Again, it's the contrast with the sharp objects and the blurry ground that's jarring:

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    I'm sure this package will sell well for Orbx because there are people who don't care about this. For me, it's immersion-breaking. But I may buy it anyway for the landmarks. What I'd really like -- and would pay good money for -- is this amount of customized 3D landmarks and autogen using the default (and HD/UHD) terrain mesh and landclass textures.

     

    1 hour ago, Colonel X said:

    Yep, just what I pointed out. Look at that blurry, unrefined pixel pulp. It's nothing short of ridiculous to come up with this in 2018, actually asking people to pay for this.

    Understandable, however:

    Although the resolution of orthos is important, i honestly think that the resolution here ain't that bad. It is sufficient and offers a well balanced compromise in regards to price and file size. I for sure will continue using great tools such as Ortho4XPlane or so butas  my spare time is limited, i honestly rather enjoy flying around in the sim than fiddling around with any of these (great) tools longer than necessary ...  therefore i very much welcome developers offering overall(!) convincing scenery packages for X-Plane, no matter if they are based on photoreal layers or landclass based. If based on photoreal layers though, i also expect colourcorrection to be done accordingly, roads and autogen to appear in a convincing manner and 3D-objects to be modelled carefully. Now all of this is the case here and will be available for an overall reasonable price. No more - but - no less either in my opinion.

    Cheers

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  13. Posted

    5 hours ago, Colonel X said:

     

    It's not just the ortho resolution that's dreadful (come on people, it's 2018, give me a break), it's also that X-Plane's high-def autogen gets replaced by their subpar models straight outta 2005. All in all, pretty much exactly as expected (warmed up old-sim add-ons, so lazy) and a perfect case of why X-Plane doesn't need ORBX.

    ... the autogen looks alright here in this video i think, and even more convincing at the preview-screenshots shown at the ORBX forums. Sure there is always more that could be (and/or should be) done, but so far this scenery looks very good.

    I honestly do not care whether X-Plane needs or does not need ORBX as i welcome every developer providing scenery (and/or any other add-on/s) for X-Plane.

    And, back on topic: In my opinion, so far this scenery package here appears to become one of the most consistent ones available for X-Plane regarding price, size and quality. Only my two cents here though.

    Cheers 

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  18. Posted

    On 20.4.2018 at 3:30 AM, bills511 said:

    I didn't realize illegal fishing was that serious of a problem.
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    It is (as many other issues related to environment) - maybe not that much of a problem in the US and its shores, but in many other areas worldwide it really has a noticeably negative impact - economically and ecologically: 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal,_unreported_and_unregulated_fishing

    And that "new" tech here - well, although it was forseeable that one day something like this would evolve, it certainly looks and sounds somehow scary indeed.

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