I had started this thread in hopes we would have a democracy type
decision, and vote for the aircraft we think would be a best
replacement. I rarely fly large jets, and usually fly helicopters, but
I do think that the default jumbo jet should either have a few more
restrictions so you can't take off at 70 kts. I do know an airline
pilot that has flown the 777 before, maybe I'll ask him to come over
and try our 777.
On the subject of other aircraft than the 777;
I think the BO-105 could be replaced with either the EC-135 or AH-1.
The state of the BO-105 cockpit is not very good at the moment, and a
great visual model along with a good FDM is what we want.
I think I may set up a poll for informational proposes to help see
what the majority really wants, as with some of the replies in this
thread I cannot tell what some people believe should be done about
these aircraft.
Another developer did a lot of work on the BO-105 cockpit semi-
recently, but his work was prevented from being committed to GIT by
the BO-105's original author. (His motives for denying the work from
GIT were a load of horse manure if you ask me.)
As for the Dragonfly, the performance just seems unreal, thought I've
never flown on myself. I think we could replace it with the Dromader,
a much higher detail aircraft with a pretty extensively detailed FDM.
I would also like to suggest that the MiG-15 be added as a default
aircraft, since it's extreme detail and realism is far beyond that of
any other aircraft we have. Literally every switch, knob and button
works and has an effect, and every airframe limit is in the FDM.
I do have one question, though. Every flightgear installation includes
an aircraft called "FG Video Assistant". It wont even start up. If I
select and launch it, flightgear simply crashes at loading aircraft.
What is the (intended) purpose of this aircraft? I think it should
either be removed or repaired, as any aircraft that causes flightgear
to crash may decrease a users opinion of the simulator.
I'll see if I can think of any more aircraft we can replace/add.
Check Six,
Jack
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