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What is your favorite FSDT airport and why?
newmanix:
Getting back to your topic my choice is LSZH. It was the very first airport I ever visited out of the US and I was so impressed with how cool an airport could be. It was the same year Dock E opened and I flew on the first A343 delivered to Swiss. Besides that, it's quality is superb and included features FSDT's sceneries no longer include in FS9. But I don't complain. I am just glad FSDT is still making FS9 sceneries and I will continue to show support for FS9 products.
Bruce Hamilton:
--- Quote from: cmpbllsjc on September 29, 2010, 05:13:24 am ---You never know though, at some point I will probably buy it for something new to try.
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If you buy it with the new Hawaii pack, you save 20%. Now is the time. ;)
bradl:
I'd have to go with KLAS as well.
1. It's home. Not often that with McCarran being so detailed (bloody hell, you can follow the tram down to the tunnel for the D gates! Or better yet, drop off people (by plane, obviously! ;) ) at the ticket check-in, or tour Signature), but combined with the LAS2004 scenery, the aforementioned downtown LAS scenery and BlueSkyScenery's LAS HiRes and Low-Res sceneries, when you get a very accurate depiction of the entire Las Vegas valley. Besides.. It says a lot when you can pick out exactly where you live in the scenery you're using.
2. Performance. ~40-55fps with traffic using an eVGA NVidia GTX460. I was getting similar (~30-40fps) with my 8800GT, though I did lock that to 60fps. No stuttering whatsoever.
3. Finally, a decent scenery to run LAS in Configuration #6. Can you say 'Right Traffic visual approach runway 19L'? In short, fly in from the west or from the south, roughly 10DME west of the field (puts you over Redrock Canyon). Abeam the Stratosphere tower, fly your base leg to the 19s. Turn to final, and you're done. This is one of the traffic patterns they use in the summer, when they land and depart to the east and south. What makes this fun is that there are rides at the top of the tower (roller coaster, ride that hangs off the tower, death drop on the needle, and most recently, a 50 - 100ft drop off the tower). So to see a Gulfstream, Falcon, B737, etc, coming at the tower while you're on the ride is a rush.
BL.
newmanix:
--- Quote from: bradl on September 29, 2010, 08:34:54 pm ---
I'd have to go with KLAS as well.
1. It's home. Not often that with McCarran being so detailed (bloody hell, you can follow the tram down to the tunnel for the D gates! Or better yet, drop off people (by plane, obviously! ;) ) at the ticket check-in, or tour Signature), but combined with the LAS2004 scenery, the aforementioned downtown LAS scenery and BlueSkyScenery's LAS HiRes and Low-Res sceneries, when you get a very accurate depiction of the entire Las Vegas valley. Besides.. It says a lot when you can pick out exactly where you live in the scenery you're using.
2. Performance. ~40-55fps with traffic using an eVGA NVidia GTX460. I was getting similar (~30-40fps) with my 8800GT, though I did lock that to 60fps. No stuttering whatsoever.
3. Finally, a decent scenery to run LAS in Configuration #6. Can you say 'Right Traffic visual approach runway 19L'? In short, fly in from the west or from the south, roughly 10DME west of the field (puts you over Redrock Canyon). Abeam the Stratosphere tower, fly your base leg to the 19s. Turn to final, and you're done. This is one of the traffic patterns they use in the summer, when they land and depart to the east and south. What makes this fun is that there are rides at the top of the tower (roller coaster, ride that hangs off the tower, death drop on the needle, and most recently, a 50 - 100ft drop off the tower). So to see a Gulfstream, Falcon, B737, etc, coming at the tower while you're on the ride is a rush.
BL.
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The roller coaster is long gone but I have been on that ride that spinns you off the side. Very scary going that fast while your feet dangle over the street far below...
SirIsaac726:
My favorite is either Chicago or New York. New York because I've been in and out of there numerous times (all on JetBlue) and, even though most of my trips through there were delayed, I got to see tons of cool airlines and planes I wouldn't normally see. Chicago because I love the city and I've flown into O'Hare numerous times.
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