This is one I’ve certainly been looking forward to. Real Air have released their Scout package, comprising of the Scout, Decathlon and Citabria for Flight Simulator X. I have this for Flight Simulator 9 and it’s terrific fun. It’s also one of the best GA aircraft for site-seeing all that VFR scenery. They’re terrifically aerobatic (hence the image I selected!) and you can have some fantastic fun throwing them around the sky.
Real Air are offering this package to existing FS9 version owners for a very reasonable 14 Euros, or to new customers for 29 Euros.
Check out this for a feature list and if you’ve never tried any Real Air add-ons before, I strongly recommend them:
Five aircraft variants: Included in this package are three aircraft — the Citabria, Decathlon, and Scout. The Scout comes with three different undercarriage configurations — amphibian, taildragger with tundra tyres and taildragger with standard tyres. Each aircraft variant has its own distinctive flight model. Each aircraft variant also has from 8-11 liveries (there is a total of 28 unique liveries, and 50 unique variations included in this package)!
Virtual Cockpit: The aircraft in this package feature silky smooth 3D virtual cockpit gauges — this makes the gauges visually clearer and smoother in movement than even the best FSX 2D gauges. Almost all gauges and levers are controllable with the mouse. All 28 liveries included in this package have their own individually textured VCs and for the first time there are three cockpit trim colour schemes.
Configurable VC panels: For the first time in an FSX aircraft package, each aircraft’s VC panel can have its instrument layout altered to suit the user’s preference. This is done simply and easily using the Config Panel included in this package.
Sounds: The aircraft in this package include high-quality custom stereo sounds delivering a dynamic acoustic experience. In addition to vibrant engine, startup and shutdown sounds there are other sound effects including stall buffet, dynamic wind noise and canopy sounds.
Config Panel: A stand-alone application for setting various RealAir Citabria, Decathlon and Scout 2006 preferences, for example you can also use the Config Panel to set whether you want the aircraft in this package to load ‘ready for take off’ (engine running, all switches on), or ‘cold and dark’ (engine off and all switches turned off).
Flight modeling: All the usual RealAir capabilities are featured in these flight models including spinning and side slipping, realistic aerobatics capablity plus stable cruising for touring or IFR flight. The flight models in this package have been refined over previous releases, and each aircraft type has distinctly different flying characteristics.
Stall Buffet Effect: A feature that simulates the buffet experienced by a pilot during a stall. It works by causing the cockpit to visually shudder when a stall is reached. You can set the strength (or turn off) this feature using the Config Panel.
Documents: Included is a a detailed ‘Flying Guide’ that includes flying and setup help, and three ‘Pilot’s Handbooks’ featuring operating procedures for each aircraft type.
Bear Gulch scenery: Bear Gulch Aviation scenery, created for us by Bill Womack of Antelope Simworks. More information on this custom scenery is available on our Bear Gulch Scenery page.
Upgrade price available: This package is available at a reduced price for owners of any or our FS2004 Decathlon or Scout products.
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PieEater 06.30.07 at 9:45 pm
Looks like another excellent add-on. At this moment in time I do prefer spending time learning the ropes with GA aircraft and this looks like a good model to learn in especially if you are or have intentions of learning to fly real world aircraft, primarily because of the great unobstructed views which will help you focus on the horizon rather than the instruments.
mark.avey 06.30.07 at 11:18 pm
I can’t recommend any of Real Air’s products highly enough. They are all outstanding. Now, all we need is the Spitfire update and I’ll be happy
Mark - FlightSimX