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Released: Aerosoft F-16

Broke down after monitoring this thread and bought the F-16. So for right now the jury is out for me.
 
LOL!!:costumes: Good Lord I'm a prop guy, what the hell is an ejection seat?!:costumes: I did forget to lock the canopy, oh well I was in a hurry.
 
Hehehe! No worries Mud. I'm just jiving ya. Glad to see you are enjoying the Falcon. I worked on these puppies in the USAF.
 
deimos256 said:
if you go to the aerosoft forum i think they address this, basically this aircraft is limited by how pi$$ poor certain aspects of FSX are, IE lights etc
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There is a way to create a transparent texture section for "cleaning up" the modeled in AB effect so a custom effect can be made. A couple of people I know have done it. It was done for Captain Sim's old Mig-21 and a friend of mine is chipping away at the effect for the Iris F-20 and Acceleration F/A-18. I did a beta run on his system recently and what I saw was impressive. He gave me the screens(shown below) of his work with the X-Load Hornet. After seeing this, I am going to have to buy this now! Maybe at some point someone can do the same for the F-16.

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I cant believe that they have not bothered to make the Pilot Fault Display operational. Im downloading the product (taking 2 hrs!) but reading the manual and am a bit disappointed about a lot of the missing bits they admit to!


Suggest everyone downloads the free manual first before purchasing.
 
Hi all

Now I've had the chance to fly this i have to say im a bit disappointed in that so many functions/switches are not operational and there is no flexibility with the visual loads, no chute and other external goodies. The whole experience is a bit lacking.

Was I expecting to much? Am I the only one to think this? It just seems OK rather than WOW after waiting for hours for the massive file to download.
 
I've had plenty of fun with the old Fs9 F-16, so this one goes to the top of my 'to-get' list!

Looking forward to a plethora of special paints to add to it; there should be enough to keep the painters busy for a long time!

:applause:
 
I'll agree with Gadjit...

...in particular, the lack of variety of external loads limits it's appeal to me. But it seems to follow the typical approach I've seen on other Aerosoft releases (i.e. the Twotter with no airstairs): They work on a product for two years, get it 90% of the way where it needs to be....and then they release it. Their products are spectacular-- but from what I've seen, usually only 90% complete. In this case a variety of additional external loads (particularly the centerline droptank and wing drop tanks on a single model-- a very common config.) would not have required new development-- just the application of some systematic reasearch. Tanks and ECM pods would have likewise yielded a dedicated Wild Wesel/SEAD version (for you Spang guys). The question is, will Aerosoft make it right with the inevitable F-16 service pack release-- let's hope so.

Note to any Aerosoft spooks reading this: Also....PLEASE do a two seat F-16B/D version as a companion (with droptanks and travel pods). If you add more external configurations in a Service Pack, and THEN you give us a seperate two seater (and I'm advocating it as another add-on for purchase-- not a freebie), we'll all have the F-16 metal we require to properly simulate F-16 ops. Cloud9 similarly screwed up when they released their beautiful F-104G....with no TF- version. So let's please get it right this time...how about it?

Let's hope the Bronco has a full variety of different external loads available when it is released (if it is ever released).

K. :banghead:
 
gajit said:
Hi all

Now I've had the chance to fly this i have to say im a bit disappointed in that so many functions/switches are not operational and there is no flexibility with the visual loads, no chute and other external goodies. The whole experience is a bit lacking.

Was I expecting to much? Am I the only one to think this? It just seems OK rather than WOW after waiting for hours for the massive file to download.
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honestly the only gripe i have is that you cant make ordinance disappear, but a lot of the systems either cant be modeled or are just pointless to be modeled, no your not expecting too much, head over to their forum some guy was clearly asking for simulation of tacan which we have all known for years isnt in MSFS
 
deimos256 said:
honestly the only gripe i have is that you cant make ordinance disappear,
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In comparison,
I must admit it is nice how you can actively change the ordnance/loads on the X-Load F-18. :kilroy:

That being said,
This F-16 still looks like it has some outstanding merits on its own....:jump:
 
Panther...

...I absolutely agree-- I LOVE the flight qualities and look of this machine....I just want additional external loads, and eventually a two seater-- and ALL of our F-16 needs will be met!

Let's hope we get them-- oh yes....and a PAINT KIT (I don't see one in the download).

K.
 
Hey but here's one thing...

....that irritated me about the F/A-18-- it has the opposite problem: The CS two seater is modelled to perfection, but the single seater in FSX Acceleration has no stores available to it. DUMB, DUMB, DUMB. Can these guys think beyond "arcade game"?

Jeez!

Kent
 
Aerosoft spooks are reading this forum as well ;)
The reason why we kept is to "just" 24 different models / external loads for now is that compiling (making a FSX model from a 3d file) all models almost took us two days. Also when making new external loads you need to make a new internal (VC) model from where you can see the external load. So making a new load isn't as simple as just slap on some external tanks :icon_lol:
But we are planning to do more models, and if it is reasonable to develop there will also be BM/D models. There is a section on the Aerosoft F-16 forum where you can request/suggest any model config for the next update(s): http://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?showtopic=20549 We will then see if it is reasonable to do. But twinseaters and a model with wing and centerline tank certainly are high on my wishlist as well and I'm going to use all my power to get the modelers to do so :icon_lol:
 
ColoKent said:
Let's hope we get them-- oh yes....and a PAINT KIT (I don't see one in the download).
K.
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For the paintkit:

1) Go to the Aerosoft website
2) On the left menu click "FAQ's / Updates"
3) login with your username/password
4) select the product (F-16)
5) and there's the paintkit.

I agree it would be easier to have the paintkit already installed with the product itself but this is how Aerosoft decided to do it.
 
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