Aerosoft Discus X Released

This is something I never quite caught the bug for, as a matter of fact I deleted the default gliders almost immediately once I had FSX running the way I wanted. Can't tell ya why, just never was very excited about gliders.
 
just the VC of the BT model has 146384 polygons, more than double of what FS2004 could compile
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It's almost like turning your sim into a slide-show is a supposed to be a selling point.

In the proud tradition of the developer which brought you the A-10 and it's "Bulletins every three seconds" guages! :applause:
 
Slug Flyer said:
It's almost like turning your sim into a slide-show is a supposed to be a selling point.
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That poly count is nothing compared to their F-16 though. I get generally good FPS with it too, so I'm not expecting any performance problems with these gliders.
 
Slug Flyer said:
It's almost like turning your sim into a slide-show is a supposed to be a selling point.

In the proud tradition of the developer which brought you the A-10 and it's "Bulletins every three seconds" guages! :applause:
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Honestly, I can't remember checking the frame rates during development. It just wasn't an issue for me.
 
No FPS problems here either - and My PC is a tad older, but still capable of delivering "good enough" FPS with scenery sliders at max.

And even though I have been flying the Discus for several months now, it is going to stay well in use for a long time to come. A hard birth, but if you have any tendency to like gliding, you ought to like this.
 
Oh oh, expensive weekend ahead. Just bought it and it looks like a great package. I hope to learn with it more about soaring and it's a nice way to enjoy nice sceneries.
 
I have never noticed any problems with FPS in this package, in fact during the time I've had it installed on my PC, which is quite some time now, I have never even thought to look at the FPS.
 
I don't know a thing about real gliders, so I have to ask- Is the HUGE tendency to yaw (a lot in this case) when rolling realistic? I'm finding it nearly impossible to turn with my twist joystick... I wish my rudder pedals weren't broken.

Also, I'm getting countless CTD's...

EDIT: Removing Winch X fixed my CTD's... EDIT: EDIT: No it didn't :(
 
Kiwikat said:
I don't know a thing about real gliders, so I have to ask- Is the HUGE tendency to yaw (a lot in this case) when rolling realistic? I'm finding it nearly impossible to turn with my twist joystick... I wish my rudder pedals weren't broken.
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The adverse yaw is intentional, and accurate according to the Discus pilots we have (The lead developer is one). There's just not much vertical stab to dampen out the drag differential between the ailerons. But yes, it is a tricky endeavor at first.
 
My CTD was fixed by using the repair feature on the latest C++ distribution. I'm not sure what caused mine to go haywire, but it seems to be stable again.
 
coordination between the rudder and aileron inputs is much more important in a glider than a powered aircraft, the power mostly drags an aircraft through the additional drag present on lowered aileron (if I remember correctly) whereas in a glider that differential drag causes the nose to swing up and away from the direction of the turn unless countered by the rudder.


See here on page 3-12 about TURN COORDINATION for a better explanation http://books.google.ca/books?id=y1C...num=1#v=onepage&q=glider aileron drag&f=false

http://books.google.ca/books?id=y1C...er&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false
 
Dang. We were just talking about this yesterday and they go and release it!

Very nice!


On the props, some gliders do indeed have this feature in real world gliders. The prop has to be able to fold or with a two blader, it has to be inline for it to retract back into the fuselage.


Thanks for the heads up.


Bill
 
Great fun and very good performance :applause: I only can't retract the engine and i'm thankful for any hints.
 
Yes one package i will be getting, but can someone explainn to me how to correctly launch from winh. I never seem to get enough altitde evem though i extended cable to 3000 meters. Ie flap settings, climb rate.

Thanks
 
Gahhhh

Is anyone else getting CTD's? The Aerosoft team is working on figuring out what is causing my CTD's. I thought maybe it was TIR or ASX, but it still happens. Even with the C4 computer off it happens. I'm totally stumped. I don't see anyone else reporting it so it must just be my machine?
 
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