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VFR Reviews- what do you want from us!?!?!

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Hello everyone :ernae:

Anyway, in light of the recent closure of Project Airbus, as well as the close of other freeware development studios, VFR Reviews is hoping that we can give freeware developers some support.

Generally, we spend most of our time working with freeware aircraft. These days, there seems to be something new and exciting being released every week, and when you consider the amount of time we spend on just one thing alone to review it satisfactorily, I think it's understandable that we often don't get around to freeware very much.

So, I've made a new rule for all of the VFR Reviews staff- for every five reviews, there must be at least one review of a freeware product. Doubtless, my staff and I will do more than this, but this will serve as a satisfactory minumum. I for one have several gigabytes worth of, frankly, quite incredible freeware on my hard drive which I look forward to covering as I get extra time. Plus, with the whole VFR Reviews staff working on this, we'll be able to cover A LOT of freeware over the coming months. Plus, FlightSim.com publishes lots of our reviews, so that can add several thousand reads onto these freeware reviews.

So, what we want from you is a good list of freeware. Think of the freeware that you've used over the last few months that really stuck out to you, and tell us about it! We'll work through the list, which we hope will continue to be added to, and in the meantime we'll give the freeware devs some reciprocation for their hard work!

We want to hear from you :D


All the best,

Kevin Glover
 
Piglet: Meyers 200D; Mooney M-18C
Thomas Ruth: A330/A340
Dave Garwood: Hawker Hunter series
Rich Schwerdtfeger & Bill Leaming: North American Navion
Project Opensky: Boeing 737 series FSX conversions
Project Airbus: Airbus 31x/320 series FSX conversions
Brett Henderson: Cessna 310Q ; Saab 340B

Flightport: Michelstadt EDFO
Frank Sörensen: Aalborg EKYT


At least that's what I have installed for a while now. And that's usually a good sign. :)
 
Anything from Long Island Classics and Milton Shupe...:ernae:
 
jankees said:
I agree with the others
..and how about the flying banana? Great model!
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I agree, Mick's Piasecki H-21 over at Hovercontrol is my favorite FSX helicopter, payware or freeware. I'm looking forward to reading more freeware reviews, great idea. :applause:
 
This is a cool idea. I do ask that you only review FSX aircraft if they are actually for FSX. If they are a FS9 portover, review them in FS9.

No other reviewers seem to care about it. It'd be cool if you could get the ball rolling. Who knows, maybe you will start a trend? :kilroy:

Also, if it is indeed going to be a review, you will be obligated to point out the weaknesses, even though it is free. It IS ok to find faults in freeware...
 
I'd be curious to know what you think of my Pete...one of the earlier true FSX freeware releases :kilroy:
It's here as 'pete.zip' :)
 
OzX-- Aussie scenery and world
Piglet-- A-29B Tucano
John Scuffyduck-- ADE Airport Design Editor
Jdhaenens scenery
Larry Green's paints and VC paints
MoCats Scenery series Snowdogs, Caribbean Seaplanes, Lands End Seaplanes
 
I don't know about you guys, but personally I'd rather see reviews of commercial stuff I do NOT know.

The freeware products I can try and keep or discard at will. Payware needs dollars and since there is more and more out there..... and NOT everything is worth my dollars, I'd appreciate more sources of information before making buying decisions.

Seems to me a more efficient way of spending your (and our) time. Of course that is if you are aiming to be efficient. If you just do it for the heck of writing and flying freeware planes, then have fun !! :applause:

YMMV.
 
Kiwikat said:
This is a cool idea. I do ask that you only review FSX aircraft if they are actually for FSX. If they are a FS9 portover, review them in FS9.

No other reviewers seem to care about it. It'd be cool if you could get the ball rolling. Who knows, maybe you will start a trend? :kilroy:

Also, if it is indeed going to be a review, you will be obligated to point out the weaknesses, even though it is free. It IS ok to find faults in freeware...
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Agree 100% especially with the last point!
 
For a review source to be considered reliable, they must be honest, right? I want the bad as much as I want the good. To that end, I don't want to hear about freeware getting bad reviews. It doesn't matter if freeware sucks. These guys are closing because they are sick of people's crap, not because they wish someone would review their products. I'm sure rave reviews and 100,000 downloads are a badge of honor, but noone stops making freeware because they don't get enough 'business'.
 
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