From Scrapyard to Simulator

It's time to move, though fortunately that's only my decision to move from a blog to a website, to allow more flexibility in what I can do. I've transferred much of this blog, and will add new posts on the website only - so please check out www.g-bvob.net.

This html lark's still new to me, so apologies if things stay basic for a while, hopefully I won't be too slow a learner!

Two years ago I bought FSX, tried it, hated the results with slideshow framerates and consigned it to a shelf gathering dust. A few weeks ago I read some online posts about cfg file tweeks and thought I'd give it a try. Result! Frame rates up in the 70's with the basic default programme and without spending money on new hardware; I can't believe what a difference it's made.

So I bought a couple of the Australian sceneries from Orbx, and wow, their stuff just puts FS9 in the shade! I think BVOB's going to be spending a bit of time down under, running along the Queensland and NSW coast.

I've now got the Simkits instruments working now with FSX, and cobbled together a combination of Fokker 50 external model (the only F27 ever done is a really dated FS2002 version), HS748 flight model (2 Dart engines and very similar weights and performance and a cracking smooth flight model by Rick Piper), and F27 panel which gives us the basic systems. Here's a test flight over Rockhampton, Qld, can't wait to try it out on 3 projectors!