Classic British Flight Sim

PeteP wrote:LOL, how to hijack a thread in one easy lesson. I would still be interested in any information about Lightnings for Flight Sim if anyone can help, though. Please.
PP

Pete...I'm really sorry to hijack your thread...I really don't have an FS Lightning but I'm sure that some people here do have one to report on.

I join with you in appealing for info on which is the best FS version

Hi Peter McL

It was me as yours was on topic :roll:

Sorry Pete

Regards
Rick

Peter/Rick,
Please, there's nothing to apologise for - I'm sure it was quite inadvertent and I was genuinely amused by how quickly it had happened.
All the best
Pete

we have one

out of the Box, FSX is a better sim enviroment
using the same computer , graphics card ect. FSX is running smoover than FS9
however FS9 has much more in the way of scenery for the older airports and scenery
another advantage for FS9 , Peter M's scenery and , a lot of other good stuff.
But I cannot turn back now, which isn't to say I'll never use FS9
I still have it all, so maybe someday I'll revisit the old world, as it were.... is :think:

atb , that looks like one cool project. I love building , fixing .. hammer everything out
.....a tap at a time

The problem is that any FSX Lighting will be a 'port-over' and may not run as a true native aircraft. I would imagine that the Alphasim FS9 Lightning could be used (if a plug is given on the sim itself).

I love the looks on the faces of Peter and his colleagues! It really looks like here is the latest 'hot rod' fighter and we (all fighter jocks) are stuck on a bloody ground tour watching lights flah and a pen move.

calypsos wrote:The problem is that any FSX Lighting will be a 'port-over' and may not run as a true native aircraft. I would imagine that the Alphasim FS9 Lightning could be used (if a plug is given on the sim itself).

I love the looks on the faces of Peter and his colleagues! It really looks like here is the latest 'hot rod' fighter and we (all fighter jocks) are stuck on a bloody ground tour watching lights flah and a pen move.

i refer you to my earlier post, we have one, true FSX

calypsos wrote:The problem is that any FSX Lighting will be a 'port-over' and may not run as a true native aircraft. I would imagine that the Alphasim FS9 Lightning could be used (if a plug is given on the sim itself).

It's been a while now, but I'm nearly sure that the Alphasim Lightning uses some FS98 gauges which are not supported by FSX. I wasn't impressed! Unfortunately, the otherwise reasonable Alphasim TSR2 is the same... :-(

James

I would agree that the UKMIL Lightning in FSX is probably your best bet.

I would also look into only having a single display for the visuals and working to have the real gauges work. There are several ways to do it and as the gauges are already properly rigged for such imputs, all you have to do is wire up the boards. This would save you a lot of time and probably some money as you won't have to make any changes to the panel itself.

A couple of commercial companies that make the boards -

SimKits - very good stuff
http://www.simkits.com/index.php

Flight Illusion - heard good things
http://www.flightillusion.com/