Not surprisingly I guess 4 years after purchasing FSTramp, waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for the promised "Flight Planning Module" to be implemented my copy has expired due to the "Time sensitive Registration" decided on by the developer. I do not agree with his assessment of the final cost to produce the program based on hypothetical figures of what it would have cost him to pay individuals to produce such a program. If he actually paid that price, then he was a fool. . .and I will state here plainly. . .Helge Schroeder is no fool. He has produced two programs (FSNav/FSTramp) which I feel are the best Nav Programs out there and well worth the initial price of admission. . .they are not worth paying for every year. . .not when there are other programs available, some as freeware that will do much of the same.
I will revisit PlanG which I have used, but dropped because it was extremely slow. . .I can handle "slow" as an option, lol.
Purchases for this hobby can be baffling at times, as we will turn away from one product because it's "way too expensive" and turn right around and purchase something else of equal or greater cost because we "need it", lol. I am guilty of that many times over and have done just that a few days ago when I purchased (against my better judgement) the F-100 Super Saber. More expensive than FSTramp, yet as much as I tried to stay away, the history I have with the F-100 was too great, lol. It was my introduction to every future Jet I would work on (F-100, T-33, T-37, F-102, F-4, T-38 and F-16), a future that spanned 26 years. In my aging mind, that alone was justification enough to make the purchase.
. . .and so it goes. PlanG will become the flight planner for me from now on and I don't do this without reservation, however in this instance I do not agree with the new payment policy. FSTramp is well worth having, but not at "any price" and that is what it has become. I wish Helge much success. . .but I will no longer use FSTramp.
I will revisit PlanG which I have used, but dropped because it was extremely slow. . .I can handle "slow" as an option, lol.
Purchases for this hobby can be baffling at times, as we will turn away from one product because it's "way too expensive" and turn right around and purchase something else of equal or greater cost because we "need it", lol. I am guilty of that many times over and have done just that a few days ago when I purchased (against my better judgement) the F-100 Super Saber. More expensive than FSTramp, yet as much as I tried to stay away, the history I have with the F-100 was too great, lol. It was my introduction to every future Jet I would work on (F-100, T-33, T-37, F-102, F-4, T-38 and F-16), a future that spanned 26 years. In my aging mind, that alone was justification enough to make the purchase.
. . .and so it goes. PlanG will become the flight planner for me from now on and I don't do this without reservation, however in this instance I do not agree with the new payment policy. FSTramp is well worth having, but not at "any price" and that is what it has become. I wish Helge much success. . .but I will no longer use FSTramp.
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