> Most of the F/A-18 jocks I know say that the Hornet 3.0 sim flight model
> is pretty near exactly how the the real jet flies...with the exception
> of the engine model. The sim is severely under thrusted when reduced to
> a single engine.
Wow, do you bring back memories here. I still have that loaded on a 486
DX/2 66 I did like the Hornet a lot6, but the MiG 29 was my favorite
back then I also have Tornado loaded on this machine
I play Falcon 4.0 now and it still is one of the best flight sim's ever.
I'm just hooked on F 16's...
Online I'm on hyperlobby with IL 2 1946, if any of ya all play this let
me know. My favorite A/C to fly is the I 153. That or a Zero is second,
and a Yak 3 third, tho I'm getting real partial to the P 51 !

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Rufus - 21 Feb 2010 21:05 GMT
>> Most of the F/A-18 jocks I know say that the Hornet 3.0 sim flight
>> model is pretty near exactly how the the real jet flies...with the
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> me know. My favorite A/C to fly is the I 153. That or a Zero is second,
> and a Yak 3 third, tho I'm getting real partial to the P 51 !
I used to pull a trick with Falcon 1.0 on teh PC where I wrote a batch
routine that would automatically set a RAM drive, copy the program to
it, and then execute it from there...but it ran so fast that way that
you couldn't actually play it - upset the timing of the "real time".
Falcon 4.0 is the single best desktop flight sim I've ever seen...and
I've had my hands on some full-up, full cockpit domed sims. About the
only thing it doesn't seem to model correctly are the effects of gross
weight and drag as you load the jet out and/or burn fuel. The bogey AI
is also pretty good.
I've got the Mac version running on my old Sawtooth and am in the throws
of building a low to medium fi cockpit for it myself, using my 22"
display as the control panel and my 55" LED TV as the out the window.

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