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'AlphaSim's Next Release'

Ah yes....

....from mostly obscure British military aircraft to mostly obscure British civilian aircraft-- let's hope NOT.

Actually, the BN will be a good "pseudo" military release as well...given the number of repaints that can be done.

If AS is o hot on doing civvies...I wish they'd do a Fokker F-27 (and an F-27 Maritime to boot).

Kent
 
Personally,
I think this will be a hit...Especially amongst the "Twotter" fans....Lots of good possibilities...:mixedsmi:
 
Bring out a Turbine Islander with proper Allison turbine/propellor sounds and that'll make me happy. A Trislander will do nicely as well.
 
jmig said:
I have to agree. If you don't like Alphasim and this airplane fine, but do we really need all these yawns. At least wait until it comes out and give them and it a chance.
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No bashing intended jmig. I know they'll do a good job on this model and there is probably a market for it. Those of us who have been used to what Alphasim has done for so long see the civi trend as rather boring despite the excellent quality found in these new models. Yawn simply meaning low interest by some of us. Hey, I hope it does well. More power to them!
 
SkippyBing said:
Seriously is that right?

The RAF have a few Islanders, and I think the Army do as well. Unless they gave them to the RAF. I think they were used in Northern Ireland for surveillance work fora bit.
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Very much so.
Islanders and Trilanders are about a basic an aircarft as can be built.
They even remain flying in the most unlikely locations.
Ugly as a hat full of arseholes but almost bulletproof whan it comes to servicability.
:kilroy:
 
I used to love jumping out of the BNI - it was a good drop plane. This family of planes is still being built after 43 years. That is really obscure...
 
A few months a go, when they said they were making something with a Lycoming engine. I took a guess at the Islander.

Great to see it being done. And a rather smart way to make money too. When they say they are going civilian, I doubt they will try and compete with PMDG and the like. Its like, they are filling the holes in the civilian market - before Alphasim, were there any Gee Bees or Long EZs? This is the type of civilian airplane that will capture people attention, and it will sell very well.
 
I like the idea :wavey: I need a workhorse like that and if it will offer features like the Mentor, i'm more than happy.
My only disappointment is that i had hoped that the C-17 would be the next release :crybaby:


BTW, any news about the update for the Mentor?
 
Yeah....

...the Islander is a welcome surprise-- compared to a light plane. I think that there probably is a market for certain civilian commercial types that have not been done recently (F-27, FH-227, perhaps a remake of an updated FSX DC-9 series, and the 727-200 series, etc.)-- provided they aren't currently represented in recent payware.

But I think there is a lot of military hardware still out there that could be done for FSX (an updated B-57!!!!), and with the advances that AS has shown over the past few years, well-received (and purchased) by the community.

Kent
 
I'll be looking forward to this release. I've flown several times in one IRL and was hoping that someone would build an fsx version some day. Yep...they are used by many armed forces around the world too. :ernae:
 
deathfromafar said:
No bashing intended jmig. I know they'll do a good job on this model and there is probably a market for it. Those of us who have been used to what Alphasim has done for so long see the civi trend as rather boring despite the excellent quality found in these new models. Yawn simply meaning low interest by some of us. Hey, I hope it does well. More power to them!
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My concern with the yawns is the lack of class it shows. I consider us to be a group of individuals who are highly knowledgeable in aviation and flight simming. Many developers read these forums.

It would be my hope that we have some influence with developers. Complaining about a product that is not up to current standards or lacks functionality is constructive criticism. It my not be appreciated by the developer but it is recorded for future products. Provided, the criticism is founded on facts and not just childish ranting.

The multiple yawns struck me as childish behavior, totally without substance and beneath the character of this forum, which I am a member. This is the kind of behavior I see at other forums, populated by teenagers who think a $50 program should fly like the Navy's multi-million dollar F-18 simulators.

We are better than that. My original post was to make that statement. This post is to explain my reasoning. I am not trying to demean any member and, I appreciate you explaining your reasoning. We just disagree.
 
Personally, the last release from AlphaSim that I was interested in and purchased was the Long-EZ. Since that time, for me, it has been a long list of yawners. I'm not a great fan of Helicopters. . .I love flying them, but I don't need one of every military type ever built. I was looking forward to another civilian type airplane after the Long-EZ, but the Gee Bee and the Cessna 170 weren't it. With that and now the announcement of this "Islander", for me, it's simply another in a long line of uninteresting airplanes. I don't really think the yawns show any lack of class, but rather just another way of saying "sorry, not interested". Now if we got into name calling or other rudeness that would be considered true bashing, that would show a lack of class.

The Islander may do very well, those who yawned simply find it uninteresting and not worth waiting for.
 
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