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January 19, 2011 at 12:40 am in reply to: Baginton 1960s #1151534

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Fascinating, thanks for sharing these.

Bruce

December 18, 2010 at 3:23 am in reply to: Saitek X52 Problem #219927

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My guess would be the cable too, try the cable both ways around and check for bent pins. A replacement should be easy enough to try, I think it’s a standard PS2 lead.

Good luck,

Bruce

September 22, 2010 at 8:37 pm in reply to: Combat Flight Sim #220043

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You’re welcome and yeah, track IR is a fantastic bit of kit MM (it works in Aces High too)

September 22, 2010 at 7:12 am in reply to: Combat Flight Sim #220082

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IL2 seems to be the retail game of choice, you can pick up the latest version IL2:1946 pretty cheaply and I think it includes all the earlier versions. You’ll need to download the hyperlobby software to play it online and it will also require patching to the latest version.

I’ve recently started playing Aces High (http://www.hitechcreations.com) again after a break of several years. It’s an online sim with limited offline game play, the game is a free download with two weeks free access to the online play, after which there is a subscription fee. The learning curve is very steep but I’m enjoying playing again.

Hope This Helps!

Bruce

September 17, 2010 at 11:40 am in reply to: Dornier 17 – RAF Museum Recovery From Goodwin Sands #1143963

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@RAFMUSEUM just ‘tweeted’ a link to some video footage of a dive survey on this wreck, interesting stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlBKYXHSuhc

March 4, 2010 at 8:50 pm in reply to: F-101A/C Voodoo #1159197

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MAM’s Voodoo

A couple of photos of MAM’s F101 from my Flickr account, clearly an ex BDR airframe!

November 26, 2009 at 4:02 am in reply to: Derek Robinson, Hullo Russia, Goodbye England #1128511

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It does inded.

I enjoyed it, a good read but don’t expect anything to come close to ‘Piece Of Cake’

I got a copy from the local library, £15 for any paperback, let alone one with such bloody awful cover art and badly presented blurb on the back cover is a lot of money indeed.

November 5, 2009 at 9:59 am in reply to: Hardware advice with Apple Imac #220627

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Glad to help Reggie,

Let me know how you get on.

Bruce

November 4, 2009 at 10:51 am in reply to: Hardware advice with Apple Imac #220659

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Sorry Moggy, I have to disagree. X Plane was designed on the mac platform and a mac of the correct spec is a very capable machine.

As far as hardware is concerned I assume the original poster is refering to flight controls. Most USB hardware (Joysticks, Yokes, Throttle quadrants etc) will be compatible, the only equipment I have lost the use of since moving to OSX is my Track IR head tracker. I currently use a Saitek X52 stick and throttle, it has enough axis controls to allocate sliders or dials to prop RPM and Mixture for your complex props but a more realistic option may be a seperate quadrant from CH products or Saitek. I have also used CH Products yoke and pedals with X plane on both the Mac and Windows versions. You may also prefer the feel of a yoke, it’s a little more like the real Beaver.

I’ve found X-plane.org is the best place to get support and advice.

Good luck!

Bruce

October 20, 2009 at 12:56 pm in reply to: help me!!! fsx with a pc or x-plane with mac #220741

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Hi,

The current Macbook and Macbook Pro will run both sims pretty well. I’m a recent Mac convert and a big fan of X-Plane. To run FS-X on a Mac you would need to use the bootcamp software (which comes as part of OSX) to install Windows on a seperate partition. If you don’t want to install another operating system then X-Plane is your only option to sim on a Mac.

Both sims have pros and cons, FS-X is graphically superior, X-Plane has (in my opinion) a nicer feel to the flight model and smoother guages but doesn’t look as pretty. The only thing I miss on my mac is native support for my Track IR head tracker.

Have fun!

Bruce

June 3, 2009 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Westland Whirlwind 3D Build update… #1225207

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pfP7063

At risk of taking this slightly off topic (should probably be the flight sim forum?) If you have a recent (intel CPU) Mac running OSX you can install Windows on a second partition using ‘bootcamp’ which will allow you to run the IL2 series of sims in their native environment. I suspect this would be a better solution than running games using Parallels or similar.

HTH!

Bruce

P.S. Great work on the 3d model!

May 22, 2009 at 3:18 am in reply to: Free flight sim download #220916

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http://x-plane.com/

Free demo

May 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm in reply to: Delta Jets goes all Top Gun #1171074

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo3Mhy6zuW0

reminds me of the buccaneers from thunder city in the film Lord Of War

…sorry there were AEROPLANES in that video? :diablo:

February 9, 2009 at 11:25 pm in reply to: Job cuts ground Flight Simulator #221125

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Thats a shame, I’m sure MS FS will continue eventually but lets face it, we don’t really need a new version as most folk still find FS-X is resource hungry.

In the meantime I’ll stick with X-Plane.

Bruce

October 21, 2008 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Any Atlantic Airlines employees on the forum ? #1167674

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