Microsoft Flight Simulator 11

[toprob]

QUOTE (SUBS17 @ Jan 20 2009, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They removed the crash detection for political correctness FSX has multicore support so its more than capable of featuring crashes.

I suspect it was less PC and more FC -- Financial Correctness:) As I said yesterday, no airline would allow their aircraft depicted in a realistic crash -- and once actual liveries started to appear in quantity, it was no doubt a better decision to remove crash detection than to open the door to niggly little lawsuits from jittery airlines.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (toprob @ Jan 20 2009, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I suspect it was less PC and more FC -- Financial Correctness:) As I said yesterday, no airline would allow their aircraft depicted in a realistic crash -- and once actual liveries started to appear in quantity, it was no doubt a better decision to remove crash detection than to open the door to niggly little lawsuits from jittery airlines.

Case in point , 1988 myself and my Brother built a 1/10 scale 747 for a birdman rally to push from a wharf in Lyttleton , We thought best to ask the airline if we could paint it in the Air New Zealand livery , that was a big NO! , fortunate we knew the QANTAS manager out at Christchurch at the time , he gave us the thumbs up , so painted in Aussie colours it was , a photo appeared in that flight magazine , ...... and Yes we won the catagery of most real .

[SUBS17]

I think you can add explosions and crashes as its been done for an addon for FS9 I know that the earlier versions featured it but its actually quite good in sims like FC where a bad landing can equal a flat tyre or damaged gear. There was a delay when FS2002 was made as they had to remove the twin towers but I think they removed the crashes before that. Its quite likely that the next gen sims will feature it though as other companies feature that sort of detail.

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 24 2009, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Case in point , 1988 myself and my Brother built a 1/10 scale 747 for a birdman rally to push from a wharf in Lyttleton , We thought best to ask the airline if we could paint it in the Air New Zealand livery , that was a big NO! , fortunate we knew the QANTAS manager out at Christchurch at the time , he gave us the thumbs up , so painted in Aussie colours it was , a photo appeared in that flight magazine , ...... and Yes we won the catagery of most real .

Even if you had never asked they could never have stopped you as theres nothing wrong with that especially not back in 1988 no one would have cared.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (SUBS17 @ Jan 20 2009, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Even if you had never asked they could never have stopped you as theres nothing wrong with that especially not back in 1988 no one would have cared.

In 88 , was still the period with the DC-10 incident , yes 79 the crash , reports were still only getting made public and many involved were dying due to the stress , but we had very good friends at ANZ and in respect to them QANTAS it was .