Starting my one-aircraft-per-day updates is this beautiful glider. David Rowberry isplainly very talented and this model is perfectly crafted inside and outside. Even if you’re not into gliders the view and maneuverability is excellent and it’s good fun to fly… or just look at. The file is available for FSX and FS9 and can be downloaded from Avsim.
This plugin was originally developed as DX10 for Il-2 Sturmovik, but a clever Russian has converted it to DX9 and it somehow works perfectly in FS2004! This isn’t for novices but the effect is highly customisable, can be switched on or off in flight and doesn’t have much of a performance it. You can add subtle light glows or brash motion blur. It’s a great way of making FS look a lot better with little effort. You can download and see the file in action in this Avsim forum thread.
If you don’t know how to tweak your fs9.cfg or optimise your system (or even if you do) FlightSim Manager is for you. Rana Hossain has made a very tidy bit of software that lets you manage your aircraft, scenery and provide powerful tweaks, however the most impressive feature is the ‘launch FS’ button that optimises your system before loading FS9 up. Need an extra 10FPS? Here’s your solution, available free. You’ll need the patch (fsmgr.zip) from Flightsim.com to make it run.
Ever wanted lots of traffic around your local airfield but have no idea how to set up a flight plan and no money to purchase software that might not even cover your area? No problem with GA traffic! Choose planes from your hangar and generate those flight plans. There are many options to tweak but the instant satisfaction of lots of general aviation buzzing around pleased me a lot.
The program is available at avsim.
Today I have finally uploaded my gallery featuring the very nice Douglas DC2 available from Flight1. You can see my shots and read my small review in the pictures section.
Small business jets have been fairly few on the ground but now many come at once. Pick of these is Lars Roennig’s fantastic first package. It’s very smoothly modeled with plenty of details and it’s covered in high resolution textures. There is also a small panel included. It’s a lovely piece of work available from the Avsim library.
