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[Andrew Nolan]

hi,haven,t logged on 4 awhile(working away from home).has anyone used or owned a flight sim if so could you please tell me how useful it was ,we don,t get many flying days on the north norfolk coast & indoor flying is not an option in our little village

[Tom Sharp]

Brilliant tool to practice thumb co-ordination etc, but you can end up never bothering going to the field at all.

[Andrew Nolan]

Thanks Tom I was hoping to get some comments on best value for money .There are so many sims to choose from

[Alan B]

Hi Andrew

As you say there are plenty of Sims on the market. Basically it depends on budget. You havnt mentioned if you have your own Transmitter. As some Sims come with their own controllers and others dont and you use your own transmitter with the appropriare Interface and leads. Which I find Preferable

The general rule of thumb is you get what you pay for. They can range From approx £20 to £200+ My personal favourite is the Reflex XTR for about £120 for the software, Interface and lead for the transmitter. I have seen it advertised for about £95 However you have to be careful of the type of graphics/video card you have in your comp This program dosnt like shared graphics memory you should be looking at a minium of 64 meg dedicated graphics or above to get the most benefit from the program.

Have a look on the Reflex site you can look at the demo. There are also free site downloads from other sites aswell to add more sceneries and models.

good luck

Al

[Andrew Nolan]

Thanks Alan I shall certainly look at the Reflex site I do have my own transmitter so as long as the interface accepts it I should be o.k thanks again

[Tim Mackey]

I like the aeroflyprodeluxe. Not cheap, but excellent graphics, and very flexible as to being able to select different aircraft AND their flight parameters etc. Mrs Timbo has found it a boon to keep her training skill level up whilst convalescing. It does come with a USB interface "dongle" for use with your own tr, but interestingly, IF the dongle goes duff,( and I know of at least 2 people who have suffered this ) they will NOT supply the dongle on its own, which is a bit of a bummer, but understandable for other reasons. I have bought, and several friends have also, a basic replacement dongle which works fine - albeit on the 4 primary flight controls only, from a Hong Kong based seller on Ebay.
I have actually had 2 of these dongles now, and the last one was ordered Friday afternoon, through fleabay, paid with PayPal, and was unbelievably deliverd to my door on the Monday ! Outstanding !!
Total cost ? £9 including delivery.

[Tom Sharp]

Thanks Tom I was hoping to get some comments on best value for money. There are so many sims to choose from

Hi Andrew,
In your first post you do not mention value for money.

If its value for money you want go for the "Great Planes Real Flight Generation 3.5" simulator. It's not the cheapest but it is by far the best. It does everything you could ever want.

[Tim Mackey]

Or if you are really broke and dont mind poor graphics, ...try FMS its a free download off the web, or, if you buy the dongle off Ebay I mentioned above, a free copy of FMS comes with it on a mini CD.

[Andrew Nolan]

thanks 4 all the advice guys I,ve ordered a Reflex XRT from SimplyT-Rex will report after I.ve tried it

[Fingerless]

Can anyone one with Reflex Flight Sim get it too work with Vista Ive tried everything, there Home Page is not much help.


CT

[Lee Morgan]

Timbo
If you want all your controls back for afpd giz a shout mate. I have afpd and after my dongle broke I found a tx patch.

Best Regards

Lee