Hey guy's,
Have never been a huge fan of desktop flight simulators, worked as a remote private contractor for a few years on a A320 study sim that was being built, whilst system wise it was great, I never felt like I was flying a real aircraft, same deal with any GA sims I have tried. Combat sims like DCS seems great. Have spent many years working on professional CAE sims (A320) and spent many hours jump seating on the real A320.
A friend of mine mentioned Aerofly a few months back, I had a look at the website, the sim looked basic but I thought what the heck it supports VR give it a try.... My mind was blown, I can say hands down that this feels like being on the flight deck of an A320, what is more mind blowing is that it feels like I have my own CAE simulator in my spare room. visually it is stunning in VR, and to my surprise the main guy behind coding it is a bit of a genius, his knowledge of the aircraft is at a very high level, he has coded real aircraft systems logic that the majority of the customer base wouldn't even know was there - G/S mini, Flare law, SRS Mode, all FCU modes, C* Law
By all means it is not a study sim, the FMGS doesn't even work, but for the feeling of doing curcuits, or just hand flying using FPA in the real thing, it is stunning beyond belief. Definitely give it a try if you want to get a feeling of being on a real flight deck.
Video below obviously does not do it justice, I uploaded for testing a sound pack I am working on.
[video=youtube;3XGZSOmN4EE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGZSOmN4EE&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Have never been a huge fan of desktop flight simulators, worked as a remote private contractor for a few years on a A320 study sim that was being built, whilst system wise it was great, I never felt like I was flying a real aircraft, same deal with any GA sims I have tried. Combat sims like DCS seems great. Have spent many years working on professional CAE sims (A320) and spent many hours jump seating on the real A320.
A friend of mine mentioned Aerofly a few months back, I had a look at the website, the sim looked basic but I thought what the heck it supports VR give it a try.... My mind was blown, I can say hands down that this feels like being on the flight deck of an A320, what is more mind blowing is that it feels like I have my own CAE simulator in my spare room. visually it is stunning in VR, and to my surprise the main guy behind coding it is a bit of a genius, his knowledge of the aircraft is at a very high level, he has coded real aircraft systems logic that the majority of the customer base wouldn't even know was there - G/S mini, Flare law, SRS Mode, all FCU modes, C* Law
By all means it is not a study sim, the FMGS doesn't even work, but for the feeling of doing curcuits, or just hand flying using FPA in the real thing, it is stunning beyond belief. Definitely give it a try if you want to get a feeling of being on a real flight deck.
Video below obviously does not do it justice, I uploaded for testing a sound pack I am working on.
[video=youtube;3XGZSOmN4EE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGZSOmN4EE&feature=youtu.be[/video]
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