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EHM-1997 Alexander:
I exclusively fly with fsx now, and payware aircraft.
The airline fsx fleet is somewhat wanting atm and I understand we've been through a bunch of fleet managers recently.
I would love to see the addition of 727 (captain sim?) perhaps CARGO
Main query. Are the following allowable substitutions on the GA aircraft used for tours?
Caranedo PA28RT 201 Arrow IV
for the
PA-28R-201 Arrow III
Caranedo C172N Skyhawk II
for the
Cessna 172SP
I'm happy to make liveries for if it's allowable and if I purchase one.
EHM-1001 Robert:
Hello Alexander,
First of all, welcome to EuroHarmony ! The problem with FSX is not that we had too many Fleet Managers, but the fact, that many of the currently available FS2004 models simply not work with FSX. In detail or in whole. We cannot maintain simply the whole fleet with FSX just because it exists. More and more models are updated by the model and panel creators for FSX but it takes time... also to work these changes into the airline fleet. ;)
Unfortunately fleet changes are always sensible topics because we have already quite wide variety of models which are hard to maintain. Not to mention the 727 would fit instead into the Museum fleet. BTW the Captainsim rendition is a beautiful one and I know some fellow pilots who already fallen love with it ;D
EHM-1997 Alexander:
hehe, should be welcome back - I've been a member since 2006 :P
I know what you mean about the fleet being a sensitive topic, and I understand the difficulties in maintaining aircraft plus timetables etc, but some of the freeware models in the fleet are (or at least have been) horrendous.
My pro pilot crash (several years ago) was due to the nosewheel dissapearing into the ground on landing - perhaps some could be replaced rather than straight new additions. That would keep the number of planes down.
Or another option would be to lock aircraft to fs versions, so to fly Aircraft X, you need fs2002/2004. For Aircraft Y, you need FSX. That again would keep maintainance down.
I also appreciate that I'm in a minority flying fsx.
I'm sure that a 727 addition is unlikely, just thought I'd throw it out there - I don't know why, I just love that aircraft.
They are still in service btw, just not for passenger on the major airlines, and mostly for cargo.
Anyway, what about the GA substitutions? They are close to the specified.
EHM-1001 Robert:
I think these are some good ideas to think about. Lets hear some officials ;)
EHM-1465 Dominic:
Alexander,
Those are good questions you raise and Robert has kindly answered some of them already ;)
At the moment we have lost a few people from our Management Team so unfortunately projects like updating the whole Fleet to FSX cannot be completed in the immediate future. However, we intend to update each section of the Fleet as time and personnel allow.
As a consequence, Bruno said in a post a little while ago that if no suitable EHM plane exists then a pilot is allowed to use an alternative version as long as it is close to the EHM version. So to reply directly to your original question, yes you may use those two alternative aircraft because the current VFA fleet planes do not work in FSX ;)
This is not to say that any pilot can use any plane they want instead of the EHM fleet :) But we realise it would be very limiting to those using FSX if they could only fly a small selection of our planes and routes because of the difficulty that Robert has explained in getting a fully FSX compatible fleet.
If you do use a different plane, please add these details to your Pirep Comments so we can keep track of this.
As to your other suggestions, we are always happy to see pilots actively showing an interest in the future of EHM and we will consider your ideas when we look at how to update the Fleet in the future. If you do paint an EHM livery for your payware aircraft for your own use, then please send pictures to one of the MT members - it might become an official repaint ;)
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