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The Staff of SOH
Ever get the feeling we simmers have had it too good?
So you understood what he was asking? lol
Took me a minute.
oooops, lol. . .my bad!
There is a try-before-you-buy demo available, limited to 5000ft around the RAF Cranwell area.
Good enough to see what it's like.
Both crew wear bonedomes in the civilian versions tooI'd lile to know are only military pilots here (with helmets) or civil as option too?
By the same token.. I'm not sure the Accusim crowd will be as easily impressed.
I bought this yesterday after seeing YoYo's HU. Didn't realise there was a try before you buy version though I'd probably have bought it anyway as so few releases come out with so many 'G' plate registrations included.. even though they all look very similar!
I didn't know what to expect from an Iris 'Pro' Training model.. fear was it'd be similar to A2A's Accusim models and I didn't want that. I noted there was a 'Quick Start' so dived in. In fact.. it defaults with engines running and you're ready to go.. suits me. There's a 'Flight Assistance' page (shift+1) which allows you to have a Master On/Off, Alt Hold, Hdg Hold and Navaid Hold.. that's your lot.
As has been noted.. the placard instrument is no more than a glorified repeater. If you load a plan, it will show that plan and very little else from what I can see.
Not had a lot of time in it but a couple of things have stuck out. The instrument dimmer control doesn't dim the instruments.. not in FSX anyway though it may do in P3D. It's worth adding that this model was designed from the ground up to work with P3D not FSX. Also.. the parking brake set slider control has no click point although it does animate when you apply/remove the parking brakes. On the other hand.. the cockpit heater and fan controls do have clickable sliders which in the grand scale of things, is a waste of time in my eyes. This said.. it's not an issue for me.
There appears to be some differences between the RAF/RN and civilian models as loading the Tayside paint for the first time prompted another 'trusted gauge' window. I've yet to see what the differences actually are though.
The lights are a bit bright for my taste.. not as bad as some I've seen but darned bright all the same.
The sounds are nice.. very 'Grob'.
I also like the flight model. It's very light on the controls as you'd expect and can be flown with a great degree of precision.
The paint maps are mega 4096 jobbies and while my i5 doesn't care for these much (monitor isn't up to it).. I don't see any frame hit from them at all.
After a few hours with it.. I like it. It's as close to GA that I want to get and I'm a sucker for anything with an RN logo on the side
Nice one Iris
ATB
DaveB
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