Alphasim Islander preview

As a sign of good faith I have agreed to see the C-17 through to release, being as I've been sheparding it in recent times. I am also working on an unannounced project, similarly in good faith.
 
On to pastures new eh Dan, does that mean that one will be returning to the land of wind rain and 2 week summers? :welcome:

:focus: C-17 and Islander look superb, I hope you continue modeling?
 
Ah I'm sure you'll see me and my work around often enough ;)

As part of my visa requirements, I have to return to the UK. It's been a fun 2 years here.
 
michael davies said:
Funding is never really an issue, most modellers build for pleasure or subject matter that interests them, its detailed interior information thats always an issue, doesnt matter if its a C-17, B-52 or B737, VCs these days require an awful lot more detail, its not acceptable any more to pan around a VC and see generic formica walls and cardboard seats, people want details and details require information.

I was fortunate to get inside a T-43 and allowed to take photos, the crew were most amazed when I was taking pictures of the roof and rear bulkhead :), as well as all the normal controls and gauges LOL.

You just cannot even contemplate building a model without several hundred detailed shots these days.

UKMIL, yes they were doing a C-17, I think there was a preview here somewhere, maybe in the Chinook thread ?, it was around that time when we were all helping the author sort FSx shine and materials out in the Chinook. Over at the AS unofficial forum I see the Chinook is now also canceled ?.

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Michael
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It can't be too hard. I get C-17 rides from time to time, and I always take video and pics. I've even got all the right aural tones and pics of the gauges working and their various functions. I offered them to alphasim, but I guess they already had that stuff. If anyone around here wants pics of US military aircraft (provided it's not sensitive material) I'll get 'em.
 
michael davies said:
You know, now that UKMIL is closed to further aircraft production and there appears to be no other C-17 in production, the AS one is the last hope, be assured I more than most want to see it finished, having invested a significant amount of time in the early days. Twice I've considered doing my own as a backup contingency, along with maybe a couple of other transports, not necessarily as commercial concerns either.

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Michael
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The Budha!....awesome dev(AS also) but i´m more a Fred´s fan (when freddy works, it kicks budha´s a** anytime.)
Prowler
 
Freds give me a h&*$ on, sorry....it is after the water shed though LOL, I've still yet to capture one on approach to Mildenhall, maybe this year, that is one cockpit I am looking for rear facing views of, the rest of the technology is solveable, kneeling, ramps, steering rear gear and crab function, just need more VC data.

Anyway, back to C-17s, they tend to look awfully small, until you get close to them, thats quite a cargo hold they have in their, nothing like a Fred but big none the less.

Kindest

Michael

Prowler1111 said:
The Budha!....awesome dev(AS also) but i´m more a Fred´s fan (when freddy works, it kicks budha´s a** anytime.)
Prowler
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question with the VC, how quick does it load up, some of AS' releases have had really long load times in the past. Looks great, i usually dont fly this type but that might change
 
Pretty quickly- it's being optimised for FSX.

The problem with previous releases is that consumer demands have meant they've had to be for both sims, meaning I couldn't take advantage of any FSX tricks.

C-17- well, it isn't that easy for a British national living in NZ to get access to a C17 ;) That said, there are specialists on the team that work wiht the C17 so pretty much every aural tone and feature has been programmed.
 
TBH Dan I'm not too surprised by your announcement. I once said to my son "in the first years of your working life move on after two years because if you are too good at your job promotion will only come by moving up elsewhere".
He took that advice and is now settled and heading a team working for a prominent UK aerospace company.
Look forward to meeting up at Elvy again.

Wishing you the best.
 
deimos256 said:
question with the VC, how quick does it load up, some of AS' releases have had really long load times in the past. Looks great, i usually dont fly this type but that might change
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:whistle::whistle: Roughly it takes about few years to load a Alpahsim VC after you saw the first shot of a almost complet project on their website.
Ex. BN2 , Jaguar , C-17.
 
It only takes me like one second tops to load the Blackhawk and T-34 which are both using the 3D gauge tech. It'll suck seeing you go Dano because you were a huge addition to Alphasim but I hope you move on to bigger and better things.
 
michael davies said:
Freds give me a h&*$ on, sorry....it is after the water shed though LOL, I've still yet to capture one on approach to Mildenhall, maybe this year, that is one cockpit I am looking for rear facing views of, the rest of the technology is solveable, kneeling, ramps, steering rear gear and crab function, just need more VC data.

Anyway, back to C-17s, they tend to look awfully small, until you get close to them, thats quite a cargo hold they have in their, nothing like a Fred but big none the less.

Kindest

Michael
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I you release a C-5 I'll freak out and give you a ton of money. I've made five different C-5 sound packs, one for every version of MSFS since FS98. I like to think I've got it pretty good now. The alphasim C-5 is good, but the flight dynamics annoy me to where I can't use it.
 
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