Aircraft the make you feel "there"

[warchild]

meh.. for me in part its anything powered by my teams work of course ( JFTC/JadeIsland) but beyond that, theres David Maltby's DH-106 Comet, Arianes BBJ for fs9 and their 737-800 for fsx,

 

[Snuffy]

Gotta go with A2A ...

 

[Dain Arns]

Dodosim 206, but I see that helicopters were ignored, as usual.

 

[huub vink]

Perhaps because the cockpit is so familiar to me after all the beta flying I did in it, but I really feel "there" when I step inside the cockpit from my Classics Hangar FW190-A. Without thinking I know which switches I need to trow, gentle with the throttle, a bit rudder to stay in the middle of the runway and once airborne I retract the gear and flaps, at exactly the right moment, without even thinking.

Although there are many models is love to fly, this one is "really" my home.

Cheers,
Huub

 

[Naki]

All my payware aircraft do to a certain extent but the Lotus Aero L-39 tops the others, followed closely by the Sibwings Bird Dog (V1.2), Realair Spitfire, the Carenado Beechcraft Bonanza & 185 and one freeware aircraft - Ant's Tiger Moth.

Also love watching my Realair Spitfire from spot view ...makes you "feel" there from an air show spectator point of view.

 

[Dexdoggy]

Very hard to only tick one of those boxes!
For me (in no particular order):

• Lotus L-39
• Carenado Cessna 152
• Ant's Tigermoth
• Wozza's Texan

But - this is only a partial list!

 

[tracyq144]

Interesting answers.

For me, it is, hands down, the A2A Cub.

I like (a lot) the RA stuff, but they just seem too "rail like" to me. Same with Carenado.

Of course, I realize this is a simulation/game, and that if all the aircraft were unflyable, that would kind of defeat the purpose, but still...

 

[robert41]

For me it is the B17-Accusim in FSX. I like vintage aircraft and this fits perfectly. I also have the J3-Accusim and find it hard to choose between Bill Lyon's J3 in FS9. But there is more to the immersion of flight. Need good scenery and weather, and most important, a realistic flight control stick/yoke and rudder pedals.

 

[Bjoern]

There's way more to "being there" than just the airplane.

As long as the VC is halfway easy on the eyes it'll do.

I was "there".


I was "there".


I was "there".

 

[Javis]

That first shot is amazing, mate !

I would've returned to the ramp... eat a broodje croquet..

Does RC still sound so computer'esque ??...

cheers,
jan

 

[clmooring]

Realair Duke - outside textures, cockpit everything works and love turning the knobs, rain, sound

L-39 - flight dynamics and fluidity on my pc, ice and rain, lights, vc looks great, sound

flight1 - cessna mustang, vc all those working glass panels, outside views, everything is there, ice, sound

lionheart - epic and victory, both all round great, fun and beautiful

fsd commander (fsx) - love the realworld plane, flight dynamics - it works great on my pc, wish there was a commander of the same quality as the first 3 I listed.

 

[Bone]

There's way more to "being there" than just the airplane.

As long as the VC is halfway easy on the eyes it'll do.

I was "there".


I was "there".


I was "there".

Some of my shots look like yours...

...or, do some of your shots look like mine???

How about San Francisco, hmm no...

Ah yes, Turks & Caicos. That's really being there.

...and the side window view:

You're right Bjoern, the cockpit is just something that you sit in. It's all about looking out the window.

Someone's going to PM me for being an @ss, again, I just know it.

 

[idancesafetydance]

You just wait till I get some shots of my glider flights this weekend, Central Wisconsin, cliff's and Buttes everywhere.

 

[Bone]

You just wait till I get some shots of my glider flights this weekend, Central Wisconsin, cliff's and Buttes everywhere.

I hope Central Wisky is more exciting than Milwaukee:

Sorry SADT. I took your realism thread a little too far over the top. My bad.

 

[Bjoern]

That first shot is amazing, mate !

I would've returned to the ramp... eat a broodje croquet..

I doubt they serve that in Oslo.
Anyways, it looked more dramatic than it actually was.

Does RC still sound so computer'esque ??...

Yeah, sadly.
But then again, it's mostly way better than default, so why not...

Someone's going to PM me for being an @ss, again, I just know it.

PM? Ha, I'll do it here!

You, sir...are an arse.

 

[anatolpopov]

Well, while waiting RV-8 it's Samdim Cap-10B
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[Paul K]

Aircraft I'm 'there' in..

In FSX...Iris Vulcan, Dave Garwood's Auster, Ant's Tiger Moth, Milton's Spartan Executive

In FS9...Plane Design's Lancastrian, Cal-Classic's Curtiss Commando (great model, great alliteration )

 

[Scratch]

A2A AccuSim a/c, anything by Vertigo Studios and RealAir.

Aerosoft Catalina also.

 

[Major_Spittle]

Ant's Tiger Moth tops the list of my airplanes. Reasons: Sound, Flight dynamics, graphics! It beats out all the payware I own when it comes to immersion, but, with that being said my payware is modeling more complex flight systems typically.

PMDG 747 is tops for more complex aircraft, but doen't make me "feel there" like Ant's Tiger Moth.

OT Ant's Tiger Moth=Free (thanks), PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies = $55 unless you buy it in the store where it is $30 and then you get a disk with the latest version of said plane! wtf is up with that? I have wanted the PMDG 747 for awhile now but wouldn't spend the $55, they almost lost out on a sale because they are overcharging everyone online.

Ran into the same thing with the Shockwave (A2A) ww2 fighters. Bought the P40 power pack in a store for ~$25 as I recall and online it would've probably cost >60$ for all of the fighters that were included on that disk.

 

[Bushpounder]

The most realistic feeling I have ever had was flying Milton's Aero Commander 500 model. That VC is PERFECT. I flew the 500 in r/l, and it has been the only sim model that has made me feel like I was actually there.

Don