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What is close to it's release date?

Aerosoft Catalina...

...we'll see if it happens before May. Hope I'm wrong, but I'd be surprised. This stuff (add-on aircraft, scenery, whatever) follows the typical software pattern that happens in industry-- every delivery projection is just a guess...plus they have to test it (to avoid being like MS-- who releases sh&t, then expects us all to live with it). So they never know when it's going to be released.

The additional variable in FS that torques me is that apparently, designers are constantly "redirected" in the middle of one project to go off and work something else. That costs delays for the airplanes the mainstream wants.

All we can do is wait breathlessly for the airplanes we want to finally pop out the hangar door-- hopefully the wait builds character!

K.
 
I'm finally going to climb off the fence on this, I have severe personal doubts the C-17 will ever see the light of day, no doubt this statement will illicit caustic rhetorics, but I'll take them on the chin and stand by my word.

More annoying is that the persistent delays are making the model older day by day, soon, and that means 'soon' in the real context not the FS context, it'll be too old and need reworking to bring it up to what people expect and wish to pay for. Due to its complexity a simple smooth and up poly grade wont do, it'll need to be new from the ground up with todays technology. Many AS models stand the test of time very well once released, sadly the C-17 appears to be eroding on the shelf.

I appreciate Dan fighting a rear guard action but stoic as his actions are its becoming clear that they are proving futile, on Tuesday he retires and the realist in me figures that in a short while his new ventures will take more and more of his time, rightly so.

Dan is also an 'employee' something none of us others are, and as such has to read from the script, so don't be too hard on the guy, he's only doing what I'd been tasked with doing for years until he took over and its an ugly job.

To be fair, its one thing to cut your losses, and move on from personal ventures where you have full control and zero impact on others, but to have commissioned work stalled or cancelled after a lot of input takes some stomach. That being said I'm beyond caring who's at fault on the C-17, that chapter is closed, time to move on.

Kindest

Michael




tigisfat said:
The Alphasim C-17 was 'close to release' over a year ago. They say they are still doing it, but new products get announced and then released from them all the time. I got sternly scolded for suggesting it was on the backburner a while back, but now it appears that I was right. There's been like 5 releases since it was supposed to be next in line, and several key C-17 people left. It looks like it's on the backburner, and has been for quite some time. Don't be surprised if it never makes it out, or takes another year.
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Wow!! Michael,that's a huge bummer,I'm sure the talented people who worked on it are disheartened by these delays,I would think this aircraft would be a big money maker for AS just judging by it's popularity,I would think it would be a main priority for them.
 
Well...

...there's no arguing that there certainly is an undercurrent of feeling on this topic, and I agree that guys like Dan are stuck in the middle. Thanks Dan for giving us some visibility into what would I believe would otherwise be invisible until the day of release.

Kent
 
You'd think so, but I haven't seen anything yet to prove otherwise, as has been already noted, the C-17 has been by passed by other projects.

I'd like also to re-iterate, its just my view, nothing official or leaked, just my gut view sat watching from the side lines, I'd love to be proved wrong and I'm sure there wil be comments to keep the fires alight.

Sadly I'm not buying into them any more, the issue is totally beyond my and many others control. To be fair many projects stall and never get over the line, people leave, ideas change, it wouldn't be the first time it's happened, at least three others got the axe recently I hear.

Kindest

Michael



BOOM said:
Wow!! Michael,that's a huge bummer,I'm sure the talented people who worked on it are disheartened by these delays,I would think this aircraft would be a big money maker for AS just judging by it's popularity,I would think it would be a main priority for them.
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Sadly, Alphasim does bring that ability to the fore in many people :).

Best

Michael

ColoKent said:
...there's no arguing that there certainly is an undercurrent of feeling on this topic, and I agree that guys like Dan are stuck in the middle. Thanks Dan for giving us some visibility into what would I believe would otherwise be invisible until the day of release.

Kent
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ColoKent said:
...there's no arguing that there certainly is an undercurrent of feeling on this topic, and I agree that guys like Dan are stuck in the middle. Thanks Dan for giving us some visibility into what would I believe would otherwise be invisible until the day of release.

Kent
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Well said :applause::applause::applause:

and lets all hope that Dan's talents find a new home fast so that we can look forward to some top quality products. :jump:
 
i suppose the dodosim huey is not close to being done? i couldn't find anything on their site to indicate otherwise. does anyone know?
after visiting the site i am getting the impression it won't be for fsx anyhow, but fs9. is that right?
 
cheezyflier said:
i suppose the dodosim huey is not close to being done? i couldn't find anything on their site to indicate otherwise. does anyone know?
after visiting the site i am getting the impression it won't be for fsx anyhow, but fs9. is that right?
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Dodosim Huey is still being worked and will be released after they release the FSX Advanced 206 JetRanger. I'm not an offical spokesperson nor endorsed by them, I just read what is posted on the forums:wiggle:
 
i did some looking around, and i don't see a mooney acclaim anywhere other than the hot rodded default bravo.
anyone know of one? i would have thought with all the hoopla there would be one of these by now
 
cheezyflier said:
i did some looking around, and i don't see a mooney acclaim anywhere other than the hot rodded default bravo.
anyone know of one? i would have thought with all the hoopla there would be one of these by now
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I agree, a newer mooney would be really cool. Carenado's 201 is an old version. We need an Ovation 3 with a glass cockpit :)
 
euroastar350 said:
Dodosim Huey is still being worked and will be released after they release the FSX Advanced 206 JetRanger. I'm not an offical spokesperson nor endorsed by them, I just read what is posted on the forums:wiggle:
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Aerosoft is also making a huey, but that's long way away
 
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