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spitfire advice?

navin johnson

navin johnson

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so i want a spitfire for fsx. i was hoping to hear opinions on what's good out there? i'm not really one of those "by the book" flyers, but if i buy one, i'd like a nice model. anyone care to gove their opinions?
 
There are a number available..

A2A Spitfire with Accusim (if you want those bells and whistles) or without Accusim if you don't.

RealAir Spitfire

JF Spitfire.

My personal fave is the RealAir model and if you buy it from them.. the price is nice and low;) I don't know anyone who doesn't like the RealAir Spitfire.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
RealAir is my favourite, as I prefer the Mk IX, but you can't go wrong with either the ReaAir or A2A models.
 
There are quite a few of them that are freeware at simviation.com built by a fellow named A.F. Scrub. Here's
a link:

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Spitfire&x=14&y=21

Look through them and download what you want. Install into the appropriate sim and try them. If you don't like them, you can always go payware.
 
Well.. what do you think Navin??

I've just had a look at the RealAir site and their Spitfire is currently selling for 14.95 Euros.. the basic 'non accusim' A2A Spitfire Mk1/2 is $29.99USD or.. are you trying out the freeware models?

BTW DL.. the MkIX is a Merlin mate;)

ATB
DaveB:)
 
A2A Spitfire sir, cant go wrong with it :). And thanks to RealAir for the revolutionary aerodynamic cockpit movement following their Spitfire release for FS9, which Microsoft subsequently adopted the feature to FSX
 
A2A provides models that represent/cover the Spitfire Mk.Ia and Mk.II in one FSX-native product.

Just Flight provides models that represent/cover the Spitfire prototype/Spitfire I/Mk.Ia, the Mk.IV (a one-off prototype), and the Mk.V, through three separate FSX-native products.

Realair provides models that represent/cover the Spitfire Mk.IX and Mk.XIV in one FSX-native product (with one paint scheme representing a high-back Mk.XVI (same model/flight model as the Mk.IX)).
 
oh man! what a buncha guys you are! i went to those links and was confronted with TONS of cool stuff!! my credit card will be sore in no time at all! hahahaha
i went with the real air, downloading it now. i'll let you guys know how it turns out thanks everyone
:wavey:
 
Thats help'd me out too, ive got the old FS9 WOP WW11 Fighters Spit port-over, but that Realair model looks very attractive, and for around 12 UK pounds, a lot of Spit for your money, comes with good looking scenery too, i think my credit card getting abit itchy :biggrin-new:

cheers ian
 
ian elliot said:
Thats help'd me out too, ive got the old FS9 WOP WW11 Fighters Spit port-over, but that Realair model looks very attractive, and for around 12 UK pounds, a lot of Spit for your money, comes with good looking scenery too, i think my credit card getting abit itchy :biggrin-new:

cheers ian
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Ian,

When you have the FS9 version, you can get a free update for your WOP Spitfire which will make it FSX native. Its available at the A2A site.

You should update to the 1.2 version first: http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6280

And you can find the FSX fix here: http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=10680

Cheers,
huub
 
It does put the A2A/Shockwave Spit into a sort of no-mans land though regarding repaints. The model above is the WWII Fighters version with the FSX native update. It's still a nice model and if Ian has the older version.. it's worth the effort to use the updates;)

The RealAir Spit is simply gorgeous though and worth £12 of anyones money despite it's age. Pity the West Malling scenery isn't GenX compatible. I'm sure it could be fixed by someone clever with flattens/excludes.
ATB
DaveB:)
 
Thanks guys, i already found those updates a while back, but im sure the links will be useful to other's, there's versions for the other WOP models aswell like the Zero, P47 and 109, but as Dave mention's, getting repaints to work can be tricky.

cheers ian
 
Not wanting to drag this off into the mist.. I don't think the Zero was ever made FSX native Ian. It was patched for sure but not remodelled as were the other 4.. Spit, Mustang, P47 and Me109.. unless I missed that somewhere down the line. I always wondered why the Zero wasn't done and never found out why. Anyway.. with the miracle of MCX.. anything is possible these days;)

ATB
DaveB:)
 
ian elliot said:
Thanks guys, i already found those updates a while back, but im sure the links will be useful to other's, there's versions for the other WOP models aswell like the Zero, P47 and 109, but as Dave mention's, getting repaints to work can be tricky.

cheers ian
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Not at all! Just convert the bmp's to dss's (and mirror these vertically) and rename these with _t added.


Cees
 
ww2 fighters a6m5

Cees Donker said:
Not at all! Just convert the bmp's to dss's (and mirror these vertically) and rename these with _t added.


Cees
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I wonder...is it so easy? Can we do it for This poor zéro because a2a have do patch for all aircraft of WW2 fighters except the zéro...actually i don't know if there's any zéro for fsx accélération with dx10...
 
It's been a while since I've used the WW2 Fighters in FS9 (or FS9 for that matter) but if he says it's that easy.. it probably is. I don't recall the Mustang being so easy but it may have been.. had I known what to do at the time. The maps certainly changed names after the FSX update and they changed again with the later, single releases. Just looking at the maps on the current Mustang.. they're not the same as either the FSX update or FS9 model.

There IS an FSX native Zero done by Aeroplane Heaven under the Just Flight banner. It NEVER appears in a sale though.. no idea why??

ATB
DaveB:)
 
DaveB said:
It's been a while since I've used the WW2 Fighters in FS9 (or FS9 for that matter) but if he says it's that easy.. it probably is. I don't recall the Mustang being so easy but it may have been.. had I known what to do at the time. The maps certainly changed names after the FSX update and they changed again with the later, single releases. Just looking at the maps on the current Mustang.. they're not the same as either the FSX update or FS9 model.

There IS an FSX native Zero done by Aeroplane Heaven under the Just Flight banner. It NEVER appears in a sale though.. no idea why??

ATB
DaveB:)
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Thank, i now for the zéro of AH perhaps one Day...in fact ww2 fighters with the patch 1.2 work well in fsx for all aircraft in dx9c. I think That i'll try to see to change the data's texture of the zéro...
Good flight to all of us
 
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