A new classic Brit from Alphasim?

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Re: A new classic Brit from Alphasim?

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Motormouse wrote: I remember being at the factory (my father used to work there) one Saturday morning @ 1981,watching company
test pilot John Elsdon-Davies, do a single engine, STOL, take-off in the first 'Turbine Islander' as it was known then
!!! One engine STOL takeoff... That is remarkable :prayer:

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I can remember being at airshows and watching Islanders and Trislanders doing loops and rolls on one engine.
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I just hope they get the sound right, I flew on a few when I was in Saint Martin. Really is a unique sound :)
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Well she certainly looks the part!

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What ever happened to it? Anyone know?

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Dunno John.. I popped over to Alpha only a couple of days ago and it was still WIP as far as I could tell :dunno:

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DaveB wrote:Dunno John.. I popped over to Alpha only a couple of days ago and it was still WIP as far as I could tell :dunno:

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It's such a change from the 'old days' when I was buying Alphasim stuff what seemed almost monthly, with their appropriately priced and specified product. Nowadays with the low frequency releases and the total lack of community spirit (no forum) I struggle to keep them front of min. Ho hum

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Re: A new classic Brit from Alphasim?

Post by Vulcan_to_the_Sky! »

This looks very nice, as far as Im aware there hasn't been a decent Islander for flightsim for a while.

Depending on price I may well buy this, I quite like this little plane.
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Vulcan_to_the_sky! wrote:as far as Im aware there hasn't been a decent Islander for flightsim for a while.
The last decent one was Marcel Kuhnt's I guess, not at all a bad model + fully functional VC, the only thing that irritated me was the complex installation prodecure.

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I dunno about the last decent one Ben.. I think Marcel's was the last one full stop and certainly the only one for FS9. He didn't do too well with the texture map and the FSAviator FD leaves more than a lot to be desired :roll: Still.. if you want one, it doesn't leave you much choice :)

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