Saturday, 2 March 2013

Orbx - FTX: EU Wales | The FlightSim Store: Download Software - Prepar3D Add-Ons - Scenery - Europe

Includes BONUS EGFF Cardiff International Airport

Cymru am byth.

The next in our expansion into the UK and Europe. Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. Bordered by England to the east and the Irish Sea to the west, much of Wales' diverse landscape is mountainous. The Capital of Wales is a de facto designation usually applied to Cardiff since 1955. Although it shares a close political and social history with the rest of Great Britain, the country has retained a distinct cultural identity and is officially bilingual. Over 580,000 Welsh language speakers live in Wales, where it is spoken by a majority of the population in the north and west. FTX EU WLS includes a range of custom-built landscapes including farmland, plains and highland to recreate the luscious valleys that Wales is renowned for. When flying down low and slow, you’ll see a world full of Welsh buildings and trees. Taking the lead again in pushing the boundaries of what FSX can offer, we’ve developed new technology making custom autogen tree models and textures. It keeps getting better. Wales for ever.
  • Over 20.780 sq km of FTX scenery!
  • Brand new beautiful ground textures
  • New features made from local photographs
  • Roads, rivers, coastlines, lakes, railways
  • Payware quality EGFF Cardiff included FREE!
  • 10m custom mesh for crisp definition
  • All major and many minor airports upgraded
  • Custom Welsh objects and vegetation
  • Numerous polygon landclass areas
  • Hand-crafted landclass for entire region
  • Developed by the SIM720 group
Get it here: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2349

The FlightSim Store e-Newsletter 2nd March 2013


Another 25% Discount Intro Offer On New Video From TopSkills
Using GPS for Instrument Approaches An Instructional Video Just for Flight Simming
  • Select, load, and activate published instrument approaches
  • Choose transition points
  • See your approaches in the GPS screen
  • Follow your approaches by GPS
  • Use autopilot to guide through the approaches
  • And much more
  • Instructional video
  • Separate screen for each step
  • Clear audio narration
  • Uses common video players
  • Instructions included
  • Duration 17:45 minutes
  • File size 183 MB
  • For home flight simulation only
For more information and to purchase click here.

FSPilot Magazine - Volume 1 Issue 6 Now Available

FSPilot Magazine Issue 6 is now available with 152 pages packed full of reviews, previews, wip, etc.

Issue 6 Content:

Review of the Lionheart : Pacer
Review of the Aerosoft : Düsseldorf Scenery
Heads Up of the Milviz : F86 Sabre Texture Pack
Review of the GKS : F111E Aardvark
Heads Up of the Virtavia : B-45 Tornado WIP
Review of the SkyHighSim : Belgrade Scenery
Heads Up of the Justflight : Bae 146 Expansion Packs
Preview of the Orbx : ftxGLOBAL Scenery
Review of the Razbam : Boeing AV-8B Harrier II Plus
Review of the Orbx : Cjichester/Goodwood UK Scenery
Heads Up of the Aerosoft : DR400 Robin
Review of the Razbam : Bae Harrier II GR.7 / GR.9
Heads Up of the Orbx : Wales UK Scenery
Review of the Alabeo : Waco YMF5
Review of the Justflight : Hawker 800XP
Heads Up of the Virtavia : Mi-24 Hind D Helicopter
Review of the Flying Stations : Sea Fury
Review of the Carenado : Cirrus SR22 GTSx
Review of the Aerosoft : Airbus X Extended
Also 10 Competitions for your chance to win some of the very latest FS add-ons.



Introducing FS Instant Approach PRO: FSX Runway Approach Maker
FS Instant Approach PRO works with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. It has several useful, fun features - the most powerful is the ability to put you on approach at any runway in the world in a matter of seconds. You decide on the runway, select your options and press the 'connect' button in FS Instant Approach PRO, at which point Flight Simulator will place you on approach to that runway! Take a look at the features... Click Here

Special Introductory Offer On Lionheart - Robin DR400 / 180
Available now (and until 11:59pm AEST Monday 4th March) at 30% off regular retail price is this classic, famed General Aviation plane of most of Europe, the Robin DR400, designed by Pierre Robin. This particular model is the DR400 / 180, featuring a higher performance 180 HP engine. The DR400 is a wood based aircraft with wood ribbing wing structures covered with aircraft fabric. The fuselage is mostly skinned, high grade woods as well. The interior seats 4 people neatly and usually sports a very nice Avionics stack. This aircraft is said to be in higher numbers then Cessna at most all air clubs and flying schools and small air strips and airports. It is probably one of 'the' most famous GA planes in most of Europe. Click Here

Pre-Order Orbx FTX: EU Wales DVD At 15% Off
The next in Orbx's expansion into the UK and Europe. Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. Bordered by England to the east and the Irish Sea to the west, much of Wales' diverse landscape is mountainous. The Capital of Wales is a de facto designation usually applied to Cardiff since 1955. Although it shares a close political and social history with the rest of Great Britain, the country has retained a distinct cultural identity and is officially bilingual. Over 580,000 Welsh language speakers live in Wales, where it is spoken by a majority of the population in the north and west. FTX EU WLS includes a range of custom-built landscapes including farmland, plains and highland to recreate the luscious valleys that Wales is renowned for. When flying down low and slow, you’ll see a world full of Welsh buildings and trees. Taking the lead again in pushing the boundaries of what FSX can offer, we’ve developed new technology making custom autogen tree models and textures. More Details Here

Orbx - FTX: EU Wales DVD (Pre-Order) | The FlightSim Store: Boxed Software - Prepar3D Add-Ons - Scenery - Europe

Cymru am byth.

The next in our expansion into the UK and Europe. Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. Bordered by England to the east and the Irish Sea to the west, much of Wales' diverse landscape is mountainous. The Capital of Wales is a de facto designation usually applied to Cardiff since 1955. Although it shares a close political and social history with the rest of Great Britain, the country has retained a distinct cultural identity and is officially bilingual. Over 580,000 Welsh language speakers live in Wales, where it is spoken by a majority of the population in the north and west. FTX EU WLS includes a range of custom-built landscapes including farmland, plains and highland to recreate the luscious valleys that Wales is renowned for. When flying down low and slow, you’ll see a world full of Welsh buildings and trees. Taking the lead again in pushing the boundaries of what FSX can offer, we’ve developed new technology making custom autogen tree models and textures. It keeps getting better. Wales for ever.
  • Over 20.780 sq km of FTX scenery!
  • Brand new beautiful ground textures
  • New features made from local photographs
  • Roads, rivers, coastlines, lakes, railways
  • Payware quality EGFF Cardiff included FREE!
  • 10m custom mesh for crisp definition
  • All major and many minor airports upgraded
  • Custom Welsh objects and vegetation
  • Numerous polygon landclass areas
  • Hand-crafted landclass for entire region
  • Developed by the SIM720 group
Get it here: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2359

Friday, 1 March 2013

Lionheart - Robin DR400 / 180 | The FlightSim Store: Download Software - Prepar3D Add-Ons - Aircraft - Light Aircraft

This is the classic, famed General Aviation plane of most of Europe, the Robin DR400, designed by Pierre Robin. This particular model is the DR400 / 180, featuring a higher performance 180 HP engine. The DR400 is a wood based aircraft with wood ribbing wing structures covered with aircraft fabric. The fuselage is mostly skinned, high grade woods as well. The interior seats 4 people neatly and usually sports a very nice Avionics stack. This aircraft is said to be in higher numbers then Cessna at most all air clubs and flying schools and small air strips and airports. It is probably one of 'the' most famous GA planes in most of Europe.

This package features;
  • 5 Aircraft liverie paint schemes
  • Detailed instrument panel with all 3D switches and knobs, animated as well
  • Sophisticated Garmin GNS-430 GPS nav system
  • Authentic Robin fuel, tachometer, and air speed instruments including popup window modes
  • High detail interior
  • Authentic starter button at fuel selector
  • Animated pilot that scans instruments and the horizon
This package addon is for Prepar3D Flight Training Simulator, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X, FSX with the SP1 Service Pack.

Exterior

There are presently 7 different exterior paint schemes that the Robin DR400 comes with. These are the classic paint schemes given them by the factory. The 'Gray and Yellow' version, gray on top with yellow stripes, is a weathered, aged version.

Panel

This is the panel of the Robin DR400. We sought to make the panel as realistic as possible. This panel features sunken instruments with glass surfaces revealing reflections as like real glass instruments. The Avionics stack is modeled in high 3D, mapped directly to gauge data.

Mini gauge popup windows are featured on the Robins elaborate, realistic panel. Clicking on certain click zones causes most gauges to popup, such as the gauges mentioned above as well as the radio stack.

In this package, we feature the Garmin GNS-430, a GPS system which serves on this plane as COM2/NAV2, and has 2 popup modes; radio stack mode, and larger GPS map mode size for easier reading of the small map window.

This Robin DR400 is fitted with a basic yet very functional S-Tec 55 auto pilot. It will set (lock) your altitude or climb rate, and also lock your heading setting, and will fly a GPS preset route.

Special Features

Special Features are the 'extra's that the package features.
  • Sound Effects System that features click sounds and sound effects
  • Popup Mini Windows of gauges that are specific to the DR400
    1. Speed gauge with flaps and stall and cruise 'speed registry' dots
    2. Tachmeter with red line for the 180 HP engine
    3. Robin fuel gauges that are in Liters, but have mouse overs in Gallons, and feature the graphics that show how many Liters are in each quarter of the fuel cell; left, center, right.
    4. S-Tec 55 Auto Pilot with Nav GPS navigation basic capacity
    5. Garmin high detail GNS-430 GPS system
    6. Weathered, well used Bendix King COM1/NAV1 radios and Bendix King Transponder
    7. Dual VOR1 and VOR2 gauges for VOR navigational flights and triangulations of waypoints
Instrumentation features include;
  • Glass Faces with reflections
  • 3D Bazels and sunken faces
  • Complete 3D modeled radio stack including the small rubber buttons on the GPS and auto pilot, fully modelled and not flat polygon plates.
  • Soft glow instrumentation system that features internal illumination, sporting a very realistic appearance for night flights where one does not need to use the dome light to see instruments at night.
Get it here: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2358

Virtavia - Mil Mi-24D 'Hind' | The FlightSim Store: Download Software - FSX Add-Ons - Aircraft - Helicopters

The Mil Mi-24 "Hind" is a large helicopter gunship produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. It has been in operation since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations.

** for FSX only **

Features
  • very high quality native FSX model.
  • very high quality 3D cockpit.
  • 3 texture sets and weapons loadouts.
  • sharp, 2048-pixel bump- and spec-mapped textures.
  • super-smooth 'RealGauge' 3D instruments.
  • working windscreen wipers and ventilation fans.
  • 4 x opening hatches.
  • custom startup smoke effect.
  • togglable, animated pilot figures.
  • realistic undercarriage and retraction sequence.
  • illustrated user manual in PDF format.
  • high quality soundset.
  • PhotoShop paintkit files provided (4096 pixel resolution).
  • Note - NO 2D panel is provided.
  • Note - Not all switches/knobs in cockpit are mousable. 
Get it here: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2357

Flysimware - 1918 Thomas Morse Scout X | The FlightSim Store: Download Software - FSX Add-Ons - Aircraft - Historic

The Thomas-Morse S-4 Scout was an American biplane advanced trainer, operated by the Army and Navy. Dubbed the "Tommy" by pilots who flew it, the aircraft became the favorite single-seat training airplane produced in the U.S. during World War I, having a long and varied career beginning with the S4B, which first appeared in the summer of 1917.

The S-4B, with a 110 hp Gnome, span of 27’, and length 20’3” proved more successful, with three prototypes followed by an order of 97 for the Army and 10 for the Navy, while six more were completed with two main and one tail floats as the Navy S-5.The S4B was used by practically every pursuit flying school in the U.S. during 1918.

It was supplemented in 1918 by the S-4C, at a cost of US$5400 each. Six prototypes were built, and the 80 hp (60 kW) Gnome B-9 was replaced by the "more reliable" 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône C-9 with the fifty-second aircraft. Four S-4Cs with floats went to the Navy, and 461 for the Army.

2 high quality models (S-4B, S-4C) powered by a 160 hp Gnome engine. These models have no throttle, that's right no throttle, because there is no carburetor. The Gnome power and rpm are based off of the 2 magneto positions. The left magneto has 2 positions, full power and idle. The right magneto has 5 positions. Full power, which fires the spark plugs each revolution, half power 4 revolutions, quarter power, 8 revolutions and eighth power, 12 revolutions to fire 9 times. This makes it sound like a 2 stroke engine. Our custom sound set will change the sound based off of the magneto position. We included a machine gun that includes smoke effects, tracer effects and functions like the real gun.

3 paint themes with 3 bonus HD textures that you can choose from the aircraft list. Includes over 6 bump textures and realistic paint themes. The control panel gives you quick access to maps, atc, aircraft procedures, repair and refuel options.

You can change model features from your control panel and they include: Wheel chocks, service mode, parked mode and engine housing cover.

With only a few gauges these models run faster than the default C172. You you can expect amazing frames and even fly formation with superior graphics!

FEATURES:
  • Real world HD quality 3D gauges
  • HD & High quality textures (Bump / World Reflections / Skin Mesh)
  • Bones animation
  • Custom sound set
  • Flysimware's virtual cockpit sound module adds over 10 bonus sounds
  • Over 50 custom xml gauges
  • Over stress sounds
  • High quality pilot with animated head movements
  • Over 50 high quality cable tentioners
  • Change exterior model parts from control panel
  • Engine timed working maching gun
  • Bonus service mode with many interior parts
  • Wheel chock that will activate ground retraints
  • High quality Gnome rotary engine and prop
ANIMATIONs:

Yoke & Linkage ...................... VC - Exterior
Pedals & Linkage .................... VC - Exterior
Pilots............................... NO - Exterior
Doors ............................... VC - Exterior
Switches, Levers and Gauges ......... VC - Exterior
Bonus Animation...................... VC - Exterior

SOUNDS:
  • Custom Sound Set
  • Bonus custom sound module includes over 15 bonus sounds
VARIATIONS:
  • THOMAS MORSE SCOUT S-4B
  • THOMAS MORSE SCOUT S-4C
PAINT THEMES :
  • S-4B Air Force Museum Dayton, OH
  • S-4C 'Owned By' PAUL KOTZE
  • S-4C 'Movie' DAWN PATROL
  • HD S-4B Air Force Museum Dayton, OH
  • HD S-4C 'Owned By' PAUL KOTZE
  • HD S-4C 'Movie' DAWN PATROL
Get it here: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2356

Flysimware - Super Huey X | The FlightSim Store: Download Software - FSX Add-Ons - Aircraft - Helicopters

Bell 205A-1....Civil or military utility transport helicopter version, initial version based on the UH-1H. Powered by one T53-13A, max weight 9,500 pounds (10,500 for external loads), max passengers, 14.
Super Huey UH-1D Iroquois....The new Huey was designated UH-1D by the US Army and as the Model 205 by Bell. The enlarged cabin could also accommodate six stretchers, double that of the earlier models, making the "Delta" a good MEDEVAC aircraft. In place of the earlier model's sliding side doors with a single window, larger doors were fitted which had two windows.
Super Huey HH-1D....Army crash rescue variant of UH-1D.
The Super Huey was designed for prepar 3D and FSX, but sold separately. If you like lot's of realism, this is your new baby! With 3 generators and a fire suppression system, you can recover from many failure types or extinguish that engine fire ASAP. The payload manager can hold up to 10 passengers, cargo and 1 injured passenger. Cabin interior lights really brighten up the whole rear cabin. The HSI allows you to switch from slaved or un slaved from the magnetic compass. The HSI can mimic your ADF needle and still show your navigation heading. Your control panel keeps you updated and controls all your odds and ends. We even added a siren to annoy the neighborhood. These models were tested by a real helicopter pilot.

We hope you enjoy this product for many years!

Features:
  • Real world high quality 3D gauges
  • 2 Generators / 1 Ground Power Unit
  • 9 system cautions / 20 system warnings
  • Fire suppression
  • 3 custom control panels
  • Free flight hoist system
  • 1 basket hoist / 1 cargo hoist / 1 water tank / 1 water bucket
  • High quality photo real textures (Bump / World Reflections / Skin Mesh)
  • Over 100 custom xml gauges
  • Flysimware's virtual cockpit sound module adds 44 bonus sounds
  • Speed controlled sounds for windows, doors and heater vents
  • 11 paint themes and 7 high quality models
  • Dual analog clock (Tracks flight time)
  • Droop animation and auto-rotation ability
  • Over 60 toggle switches sunk into the housing for back lighting
  • Transponder sends squawk codes to Vatsim and Gamespy
  • Custom proximity warning system / 25 sec mute button
  • Magnetic compass synchronization / HSI slave and unslave
  • Separate gyro power switch for co pilot
  • Back lighting green for all panels and NVG lights above
  • ADF with signal strength needle
  • DME digital display: time, distance, freq and ete
  • 2D GPS
  • Complex electrical system / Fuel system
  • VM selector displays 5 modes for the DC voltmeter
  • Siren
  • 3 speed wipers with sound / L or R control
  • Movable spot light 4 directions 360 LR
  • Retractable landing light
  • Bones animation
  • Cable cutter switch
  • Over stress sounds
  • Amazing 3D attitude gauge
  • Animated gauge flags off
ANIMATION: Part(s) .......................... Visible in model(s)

Collective & Linkage .......................VC - Exterior
Cyclic & Linkage ............................VC - Exterior
Pedals & Linkage ...........................VC - Exterior
Pilots.............................................NO - Exterior
Injured..........................................VC - Exterior
Doors ...........................................VC - Exteriorv All Switches, Levers and Gauges .....VC
Hydraulic Stabilizer & Linkage ..........Exterior
Hydraulic Rotor & Linkage ................Exterior
Hydraulic Tail Rotor & Linkage ..........Exterior
Animation is available in all views, including the tower. We have included 3 custom VC views: Co-Pilot, Pedestal, over head panel.

There are 6 custom exterior views giving you high quality replays.

SOUNDS:
  • Default Bell 206 Sounds
  • Bonus custom sound module include over 44 bonus sounds
VARIATIONS: 7 Models
  • Bell 205A-1 Civilian
  • Bell 205A-1 CDF Tanks
  • Bell 205A-1 CDF Bucket
  • Super Huey UH-1D Iroquois (Guns)
  • Super Huey UH-1D Iroquois (No Guns)
  • Super Huey UH-1D Iroquois (Guns) (No Doors)
  • Super Huey HH-1D Iroquois (Rescue Basket)
PAINT THEMES: 11 Themes

Civilian ..........................Custom Paint
Civilian 2 .......................Custom Paint
Transport ......................Guns + medical gear
Transport ......................No Guns + medical gear
Medical..........................Guns + medical gear
Medical..........................No Guns + medical gear
Transport (NO DOORS)...Guns + medical gear
Rescue .........................Rescue Basket + medical gear
Sky News .....................Custom Paint
CDF .............................Bucket + medical gear
CDF .............................Tank + medical gear

Get it here: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2355