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what do you guys think of this simulation software ?

It's pretty good - the maths behind it are far more rigourous than MSFS - it uses blade element theory to calculate the dynamics of the aircraft and the visuals are all done in OpenGL, which is the way forward as far a graphics are concerned. The nice thing is that you can design your own planes in Planemaker, customise the terrain (the default is a bit boring) in Worldmaker or you can do what I do and download what other people have done and just play with it. The scenery for Schipol and Holland is particularly good as is the scenery for Rennes - which incidently was my first stop on my solo qualifier cross country!

All in all, a nice little sim - very powerful and looks great. Check out the websites

http://www.x-plane.com

http://www.x-plane.org - this site has many different planes, sceneries, textures, objects and the like to download.

Hope this all helps...

VTOL :)
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Thanks for the reply VTOL, I have the software as well, I think its great. Do you / anyone you know where I can get the scenary for the entire UK, or even part of it ? Thanks.

Dotun

Just ordered a copy the other day, so I haven't tried it yet, but it seems to have a pretty good reputation. Doesn't require such a ninja PC as FS2000, which is why I ordered it...

If you have any luck finding UK scenery could you let me know?

Cheers,

Evo

To answer my own question, there seems to be some SE UK scenery at

http://www.x-plane.org/Scenery/Scenery_Packages/

Wrong Forum, guys. Off to Computer/Internet Issues with you. And try www.avsim.com for chat on this subject...

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