The Carenado one is a lovely model, on par with all of their recent work. I’d love to see them depart a little from spam cans though, isn’t it about time we had a decent T6 for FS ?

Bruce

Just set the airport you want to start at then from the menu save the flight but make sure you tick the box that says ‘Set As Default Flight’ (or similar)

HTH,

Bruce

Terry,

Glad to have been of help. The forums over there are also a great resource if you particularly like classic british aircraft.

I think this site was down over the weekend, I was getting the same error message.

Regards,

Bruce

You mention your speed being too high despite having thrust at idle – Try controlling your rate of descent with thrust and your airspeed by adjusting pitch input/angle of attack.

It should be easy.

Set the location (airport and stand) you want. Swap to a simple aircraft such as the default Cessna 172 and shut everything down (Battery, Alt, all light switches etc) then swap back to the aircraft you want to start in. Save the flight and make sure you check the box marked ‘set as default flight’

Hope This Helps,

Bruce

Albert – this thread would be a good place for Syerston JP3s, around 1961, or should I stop asking ?

I wondered how long that would take… 🙂

Tell ’em about the dayglo knights and pawns ?

Bruce

Whilst ‘sweeping and ill informed’ might sound harsh I feel that without considering the ‘payware’ add ons you are not seeing the full potential of FS2004.

If you’re basing your opinion of FS2004 on freeware models and the default aircraft then I would be inclined to agree with you. Whilst there are some superb freeware models for FS2004, I’ve yet to come across a really good PA28. The commercial models I mentioned above are significantly better than any of the freeware PA28s, both in terms of visual modelling and flight dynamics.

RealAir (http://www.realairsimulations.com) don’t do a PA28 but all the models have exceptional flight models, with specific emphasis on the stall/spin, which is why I mentioned them here.

Unfortunately none of the commercial models mentioned offer a ‘demo’ version and there is no way I would wish to get involved in providing you with a copy for ‘evalutaion’ purposes. If you’re serious about that however you could always ask one or more of the companies listed above for a ‘review’ copy ?

Cheers,

Bruce

Hi,

There are several PA28s for FS2004, first try the usual freeware file libraries such as AVSIM.COM and FLIGHTSIM.COM.

Better quality but ‘payware’ models are available from :

Carenado (Cherokee 180, Archer II & Dakota)

Dreamfleet (Archer II)

AusSim (Warrior II/II)

Just Flight (‘Flying Club’ package includes a Warrior which can be purchased seperately online)

I’ve tried all but the ‘Just Flight’ model and particularly like the Dreamfleet Archer – although it’s an older model (updated from FS2002) it is still excellent. I’d look forward to hearing your opinion !

Bruce