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Toeholder 11-09-2009 03:16 PM
Flight Simulator RV-7..?
 
I have heard of but can not find a simulator add on for the RV 7. Can anyone give me advice of where to find one?
Toeholder

xavierm 11-09-2009 04:17 PM
Flight Factory Simulations
 
There was one made by Flight Factory Simulations, long out of business now.
The RV-7 can be found online if you look hard enough.

bruceh 11-09-2009 04:48 PM
x-plane
 
I have X Plane version 9 on my mac. It comes with all of the Van's aircraft and you can customize the heck out of it.

L.Adamson 11-09-2009 06:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bruceh (Post 375518)
I have X Plane version 9 on my mac. It comes with all of the Van's aircraft and you can customize the heck out of it.
The RV's that come with X-Plane are not very good. Lousy in fact. They pitch up with flap deployment and don't seem much faster than Cessna 172's. Not a very good representation of an RV. The Flight Factory model for MSFS was better, but is a simplistic model compared to what's available these days.

However, after some moaning on an X-Plane forum.........the designer who has done a nice MU2 for X-Plane, decided to take the basic RV in X-Plane and give the grey skin a re-do. He also worked on the flight dynamics. Actually several versions were made, but everything has not been totally perfected yet. A flight instructor also made some modifications to the flight dynamics, but I have not tried them.

This plane looks suspiciously like mine. :) The first version even had the tail number.





L.Adamson --- RV6A

Jim P 11-09-2009 07:05 PM
This guy has been working on a very detailed -7/-7A, designed for FSX, for some time but it's not out yet in Beta. http://www.baytower.ca/

Impressive details though!

fatherson 11-09-2009 08:44 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by L.Adamson (Post 375541)
the designer who has done a nice MU2 for X-Plane, decided to take the basic RV in X-Plane and give the grey skin a re-do. He also worked on the flight dynamics. Actually several versions were made, but everything has not been totally perfected yet. A flight instructor also made some modifications to the flight dynamics, but I have not tried them.

This plane looks suspiciously like mine. :) The first version even had the tail number.
Larry:

Wow! Great choice in models!

So who is the designer, and is his airplane available? Where? Cost?

I'll buy a copy of X-plane if your, errr, his plane is available.

Stephen

L.Adamson 11-09-2009 08:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fatherson (Post 375606)
Larry:

Wow! Great choice in models!

So who is the designer, and is his airplane available? Where? Cost?

I'll buy a copy of X-plane if your, errr, his plane is available.
This is the designer...

http://www.x-scenery.com/index.php?o...&id=1&Itemid=6

But the RV6A plane evolved from a few postings at Avsim (X-Plane fourm). I don't believe it's in any library, and not sure the links (Avsim) would still work. As it evolved over a few weeks, some changes would effect others for good or bad. And as mentioned, a flight instructor made a few mods too. They were in the same thread.

BTW-- My preference for "desktop" flight simulation is the RealAir Marchetti SF260 for FSX. Somewhat similar to an RV in regards to side by side & sliding canopy. It has some of the best simulated flight dynamics ever.

L.Adamson --- RV6A


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