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Offline Halo

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« on: July 23, 2004, 10:30:24 PM »
Gotta hand it to MS Flight Sim 2004 -- maybe no bullets flying around, but it has enough to do to make it a career.

E.g., loaded add-on Waco biplane with floats, landed it on a narrow river and ran aground in mud at edge.  Left pontoon was stuck about halfway in the mud (with water washing in around it).

Full power just made things worse.  So moved throttle up and down to gently rock it, used opposite rudder, went around in circles until got to enough water to straighten out, and voila!  Water spray and Waco is floating its boat again.

That's way more cool than I expected.  As is exploring various scenarios like landing in bowls like some of the Aces High fields.  

MSFS 2004 is nice complement to Aces High.
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2004, 04:28:13 PM »
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Offline BUG_EAF322

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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2004, 04:32:39 PM »
It's like a stripbar without naked women.
:)
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2004, 05:10:44 PM »
'screenshots' of couple flights around Florida - Caribia - South America
http://koti.mbnet.fi/fishu/fs/dcm/

Flown in the VATSIM multiplayer netwok.
It does have some interesting aspects.. like actual ATC, flight planning, flying the thing along the flightpland with ATC..
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2004, 11:57:56 PM »
please explain to me the fun in flying a bus from point a to b in the vr world?

If you are getting paid, hoorah, otherwise, I do not get it...
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2004, 12:46:37 AM »
for the same reason you in aces high takeoff, shoot em up, get shot / land... rinse & repeat.
I got bored of that! :D

It's more interesting with live ATC on a multiplayer network.
Before that its good to make a flightplan and then follow all the procedures along the way..
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2004, 01:25:10 AM »
Fishu where do you fly on vatsim?  also i lost both my id and password.  and isp doesn't provide me with email:(
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« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2004, 01:46:35 AM »
where? around finland and nearby areas and all around US
(if you dont have email, how did you get to activate the account in first place?-) )
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2004, 01:53:20 AM »
back when i had earthlink as isp:).  Yea i worked at ZL ARTCC alot.  finally gave up on CTR when i was get overloaded at tracon.  Move to the Kont Tracon Sector of ZLA.
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« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2004, 03:13:20 PM »
Plus there's native support for TrackIR in FS2004 :D
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« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2004, 04:26:25 PM »
They should put some Hispano's on the LearJets.  That  would be a game!
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2004, 04:47:18 PM »
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Originally posted by hawker238
They should put some Hispano's on the LearJets.  That  would be a game!
NAH.  put em on extra's;) .  Now you've got real UFO's:D
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« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2004, 04:58:49 PM »
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NAH.  put em on extra's;) .  Now you've got real UFO's:D


What is a plane and flies backwards?
The extra flying in headwind.
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