TopFlightSimulations Ryan STM-S2

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Morning all, any idea where I can find the TopFlightSimulations Ryan STM-S2?
It looks quite nice.
 
To be honest, I haven't heard anything from Chris Herring for a very long time as well. Last thing I remember he sold his payware models via Razbam.

It's early Sunday morning here, my brains are not fully operational yet....

Huub
 
Chris Herring's Ryan ST-M-S2 is payware; only what is listed in the freeware section of Herring's site - topflightsimulation is freeware: https://topflightsimulation.yolasite.com/freeware.php

All of Chris Herring's releases were previously available at his now defunct TopFlightSimulation FS Models Store; many [but not all] are still available to purchase from the Razbam Simulations store: https://www.razbamsimulationsllc.com/aircrafts

Ryan ST-M-S2 is unfortunately one that is not available from Razbam

Edit: if it's any consolation, swingman created a wonderful Ryan ST-A for FS2004 https://www.avsimsu.com/f/fs2004-originalnie-samoleti-40/1936-ryan-sta-sta-special-46579.html and there is a ST-M conversion for CFS2 by @beepee , available here in the SOH library: https://sim-outhouse.org/sohforums/resources/cfs2-st-a-ryan-zip.2706/

cheers!
 
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huub vink said:
To be honest, I haven't heard anything from Chris Herring for a very long time as well. Last thing I remember he sold his payware models via Razbam.

It's early Sunday morning here, my brains are not fully operational yet....

Huub
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The last I hard from Chris he'd posted here after an absence when he'd been fighting cancer. At the time he was working on one of the post-WW1 Army Air Corps bombers (Martin? Keystone? Can't recall.) Then we didn't hear from him after that. That was at least a few years ago. Maybe longer - I'm at an age where the years go by like months.
 
Mick said:
The last I hard from Chris he'd posted here after an absence when he'd been fighting cancer. At the time he was working on one of the post-WW1 Army Air Corps bombers (Martin? Keystone? Can't recall.) Then we didn't hear from him after that. That was at least a few years ago. Maybe longer - I'm at an age where the years go by like months.
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the Martin Bomber MB-2 to be exact, and per his PMs, it was almost done, with the exception of "compile issues", and Chris planned to release it as soon as he had it all sorted, of course as payware; per his last PM to me, in Dec 2021, he planned on updating the Topflightsimulation website with several additions. Anyhow, I did not hear back from him after that, and his website is still much the same...

cheers!
 
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Thanks, I do have Swingman's Ryan.
I was just getting excited when i noticed that OBIO had posted 2x skin packs for the TopFlightSimulations Ryan STM-S2 in July 2024
 
wolfebee89 said:
the Martin Bomber MB-2 to be exact, and per his PMs, it was almost done, with the exception of "compile issues", and Chris planned to release it as soon as he had it all sorted, of course as payware; per his last PM to me, in Dec 2021, he planned on updating the Topflightsimulation website with several additions. Anyhow, I did not hear back from him after that, and his website is still much the same...

cheers!
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This seems like good news. If he had gone west he wouldn't be paying his hosting service and his site would be gone. Or so it would seem.
 
stoney said:
I just D/L the A1E Strike Fighters vol.1. and found it was for FSX and not FS9.
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that sounds like it is developed by Razbam Simulations and not by Chris Herring; Razbam storefront not only sells their own releases, but also serve as a sales platform for Chris Herring's releases, which are sold alongside that by Razbam

As a tip while navigating the Razbam storefront, anything with the added label 'FS2004 - FSX compatible', is by Chris Herring, with exception of the Henschel HS-123, which has no added compatibility label and the Peashooter, with the additional label 'FS2004 and FSX', are also both by Herring

Razbam, for their own releases likewise, clearly label the compatibility of their releases once you click on the relevant item for additional information. For instance, Skyraiders Vol. 1 https://www.razbamsimulationsllc.com/product-page/skyraiders-volume-1 features, amongst several variants, the A-1E for both FS2004 and CFS2. However, the less expensive Skyraiders Vol. 1 Strike Fighters https://www.razbamsimulationsllc.com/product-page/skyraiders-vol1-strike-fighters-standalone is for Thirdwire's https://www.thirdwire.com/index2.htm Strike Fighters https://www.mobygames.com/game/30734/strike-fighters-project-1/ and Wings over Vietnam https://www.mobygames.com/game/33355/wings-over-vietnam/

Anyhow, you can get the Razbam Simulations' Skyraiders Vol. 1 Package compatible with FS2004/CFS2 at a significantly discounted price from PCAviator: https://www.pcaviator.com/store/product.php?productid=18145 with an additional 10% store discount

Hope the above helps!

cheers!
 
stoney said:
Well, that figures! Wish I knew that before I blew $8.00. Wife had a dim view of it also.
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pity really...all sales are final, per their store policy :(

as a next, always remember to be absolutely sure about compatibility, prior to making a purchase, and if uncertain, certainly does not hurt to ask
 
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