TeiscoDelRay
Life Time CM
I was hoping for an Earhart E model with vintage cockpit.
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AH is showing off on FaceBook
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YoYo
SOH-CM-2023
DaveB
Charter Member
I'd kinda agree but you've gotta go with what you get. If they plan to do one in future.. all the better but I'll be happy with what's in the screenies. I'll just spend less time inside
ATB
DaveB
Paul Domingue
SOH-CM-2023
Stood in front of the Electra once owned by Jaun Trippe today at Gillespie airfield.
RyanJZ
Members +
Gillespie Air SHow!!!!! I was just there yesterday! Blazing hot but loads of fun! Seeing the P-38 fly was a real treat
bazzar
Charter Member 2018
Very difficult to please all the people all of the time. As usual, we have gone for a balanced mix of entertainment value, useability and variety. We have already been asked by many if it will have a GPS. Others have requested full navigation on NAV1 and 2 etc. We think and hope obviously, we have got the balance right in this cockpit but as with all our products, the Electra will have a patch and upgrade path and if necessary things can always change. But AH has its style and we are sticking with it.
RyanJZ
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I think a good compromise would be to have 2 models. One with an original vintage cockpit and the other with modern avionics... just a thoughtVery difficult to please all the people all of the time. As usual, we have gone for a balanced mix of entertainment value, useability and variety. We have already been asked by many if it will have a GPS. Others have requested full navigation on NAV1 and 2 etc. We think and hope obviously, we have got the balance right in this cockpit but as with all our products, the Electra will have a patch and upgrade path and if necessary things can always change. But AH has its style and we are sticking with it.
RyanJZ
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Ultimately its up to the developer. Its their "artwork", and in the end we're just lucky we'll be able to fly a quality simulation of this iconic planeThat would do two things. Delay the release and increase the price. Neither of which we want to do.
I don't understand why some simmers require that every addon have full IFR capability; particularly a vintage aircraft like this.
I have plenty of modern aircraft I can fly when I want all that.
When I want to fly a vintage type I do NOT care to see a big GPS staring at me from the panel.
As always YMMV.
I have plenty of modern aircraft I can fly when I want all that.
When I want to fly a vintage type I do NOT care to see a big GPS staring at me from the panel.
As always YMMV.
TeiscoDelRay
Life Time CM
I think they just want to make it easy for us to find Howard Island.
rdaniell
SOH-CM-2013
He, he, that's in real life airplanes as well. I saw a person some time back who had a full IFR panel in his Kit Fox LSA full scale airplane. IMHO, that's what I would call a complete waste of money. The panel most likely cost more than the airplane.
RD
William Njurmi
Members +
+1 for vintage gauges a la Uiver DC-2.
bazzar
Charter Member 2018
A pop-up GPS or at least a stock 2D autopilot is always a neat solution, not difficult for anybody to add to their panels and very handy if you are travelling far from home. It doesn't interfere with the look of the 3D model and you then have a choice. I too believe this one should remain faithful to the original factory aeroplane. Most classic cars are restored and run without modern equipment on the dashboard.
RyanJZ
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Most modern thing in that cockpit should be a VOR GaugeA pop-up GPS or at least a stock 2D autopilot is always a neat solution, not difficult for anybody to add to their panels and very handy if you are travelling far from home. It doesn't interfere with the look of the 3D model and you then have a choice. I too believe this one should remain faithful to the original factory aeroplane. Most classic cars are restored and run without modern equipment on the dashboard.
