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P-12C Pilot

The Flight Simulator experience and other tangential thoughts

February 2006 - Posts

FS 2004 Aircraft
We constantly see posts on various forums about how poorly we model aircraft, how we should have chosen this aircraft instead of the one we did, etc. We see this so much we've developed pretty thick skins, and frankly some of the criticism is well deserved. Read More...
Playtesting
Last week we held another play test of missions, so I thought I would share some thoughts about play testing. As team members we try to squeeze time into our day to play with Flight Simulator X, especially areas that we don't directly work on. This way Read More...
Rocket Racing League
Cait whom has a blog called suborbitalblog asked me for more thoughts on my reservations about the Rocket Racing League , so here goes. I understand that the organizers want to create an event that is very exclusive and seem to be modeling their business Read More...
Things to do in Flight Simulator X
Missions in Flight Simulator X are somewhat of a mystery right now, and I'm not going to spill the beans before details of our plans are officially announced. But I can say they provide "new things to do." Advanced users and Flight Simulator enthusiasts Read More...
No Jet Class at Reno in 2006
Well I must say I'm disappointed... There won't be jet class racing at Reno in 2006. Here is the article where I learned about it. The L-39 is such a pretty aircraft and fast too. However they are awefully quiet going around the course. If you ever get Read More...
THE Flight Simulator Experience
Something that makes Flight Simulator different from nearly all other games is the fact that every user gets a different experience out of it. I think this is partly because we provide an open “sandbox” to explore and because we have such an active community Read More...
What's a P-12C?
If you aren’t really into aircraft, especially aircraft from all eras of aviation, you probably don’t know that a P-12C is a Boeing biplane fighter which took flight in 1931. It’s not necessarily my favorite airplane of all time, but it is one of my father’s Read More...
Howdy!
I’ve been thinking about doing this for several months and always had some excuse to postpone doing so, but I finally set aside a few hours to make it happen. Hopefully those that peruse my blog will find something of value and worthy of your time. Let Read More...
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