My Flying has Changed.
Posted: 12 May 2021, 13:37
I have now got used to flying in VR and cannot imagine being without it now but this has led me to fly smaller aircraft.
When I had Track IR I never really looked at the Cessna 172 as found it to be, well...a bit of a boring aircraft TBH. Since VR this aircraft is being used daily flying at around 1,000 - 2,500ft to take in as much of the scenery.
Yesterday I did another flight that I made back in the early 70's for real, it took an hour but that hour was more enjoyable than when I actually flew the 172 for real on the flight from Wickenby Airfield, I found it handled like a wet sponge compared to the Auster that I flew regularly as P2 but in VR, it now ticks all the boxes. I do have a free-ware Tiger Moth that is excellent and of pay-ware standard that is used regularly.
I still fly passenger aircraft occasionally and even at 30,000ft and looking down at the clouds and scenery from inside the flight deck is brilliant in VR but now I have no plans in buying any more tube liners, even the VC10 that I was looking forward to when released for X-Plane 11 will go on the back burner, if and when any sale goes live it will be a single engine aircraft from now on.
Regards
Nigel.
When I had Track IR I never really looked at the Cessna 172 as found it to be, well...a bit of a boring aircraft TBH. Since VR this aircraft is being used daily flying at around 1,000 - 2,500ft to take in as much of the scenery.
Yesterday I did another flight that I made back in the early 70's for real, it took an hour but that hour was more enjoyable than when I actually flew the 172 for real on the flight from Wickenby Airfield, I found it handled like a wet sponge compared to the Auster that I flew regularly as P2 but in VR, it now ticks all the boxes. I do have a free-ware Tiger Moth that is excellent and of pay-ware standard that is used regularly.
I still fly passenger aircraft occasionally and even at 30,000ft and looking down at the clouds and scenery from inside the flight deck is brilliant in VR but now I have no plans in buying any more tube liners, even the VC10 that I was looking forward to when released for X-Plane 11 will go on the back burner, if and when any sale goes live it will be a single engine aircraft from now on.
Regards
Nigel.
I agree with that.