Realflight F6F Easter Sale 30% off RRP

[vstudios]

We pleased to announce a 30% Easter sale which ends 6:00 AM Monday GMT

In order to get the 30% off you need to enter 'EASTER09' into the little box in the shopping cart.

www.realflight.co.uk (http://www.realflight.co.uk/hellcat/)

Regular Price $34.00 USD
Sale Price $23.80 USD

Happy Holidays from all the staff at RealFlight

[RyanJames170]

this is tempting

[Odie]

I clicked on the Purchase button and the screen pops up with the following message:

Use of this site requires that cookies be enabled in your web browser.


I dropped the setting to accept all cookies in IE and it still gives me the above message.

Can't let this one go by....gotta add another Grumman kitty to the hangar.

[vstudios]

Hi Odie, please contact us directly stating the problems your experiencing to f6fsupport@realflight.co.uk


I clicked on the Purchase button and the screen pops up with the following message:

Use of this site requires that cookies be enabled in your web browser.


I dropped the setting to accept all cookies in IE and it still gives me the above message.

Can't let this one go by....gotta add another Grumman kitty to the hangar.

[Odie]

Roger that...email sent ! Thanks !

[Wing Nut]

Dean, I get the cookie message also. Pretty sure I have cookies enabled.
Would love to purchase this airplane.

Richard

[vstudios]

Hi Wing nut, can you email support here please : f6fsupport@realflight.co.uk

[Mithrin]

Well this is happening to most I think no matter their settings, since I am now the third to report this error.

[vstudios]

It does look very odd indeed, I'll contact them and see what the problem is, as it was working fine for me an hour ago.

[Roadburner440]

I will be another to add to the list of people who get the error message about needing to enable the cookies.Hopefully it is something simple to resolve.

[forgeknight]

Yep I cant seem to get past the cookie screen no matter the settings either. Hopefully when it gets fixed a post will pop up here.

[forgeknight]

hmmm, when I use the link above (original post) and try and buy from that page I get the cookie error, when I buy from the home page saved in my favorites it goes just fine...you might want to try and take a different buying route.

[vstudios]

Forgeknight, can you post the URL here please for me to test out.

[forgeknight]

I start here http://www.realflight.co.uk/ then here http://www.realflight.co.uk/hellcat.php (click the buy link on this page) and it worked.

[vstudios]

your right, works fine now.. Im looking into the new URLS now..

[vstudios]

ALL URLS are now working perfectly, and the cookie problem is now resolved, good catch Forgenight

[Mithrin]

Downloaded and installed! Sweet deal!

[Major_Spittle]

What will the expansion be?

[forgeknight]

Not a problem I'm glad I could help. I got a chance to take her up for a spin earlier, very impressive.

[DennyA]

Woot! Thanks for the sale, guys.

Some publishers claim that price doesn't affect purchase decisions, but I just bought the Hellcat. Downloading now!

[chinookmark]

DennyA, sometimes I wonder if it's the price or just the sale. Either way, I'm buying!

[Mithrin]

Woot! Thanks for the sale, guys.

Some publishers claim that price doesn't affect purchase decisions, but I just bought the Hellcat. Downloading now!
Yup, I've been over to the RealFlight website for at least 20-30 times before. Absolutely loved what I saw and I really like the Hellcat. However the price still kept me from getting it. Now with 30% off it became affordable.

Just to make sure everyone understands what is being said. I'm sure the product would be worth 50-60-70 bucks a piece. The quality is there. I just don't happen to be a millionair, pretty much at the bottom of the economic food chain hehehe.

So thanks again RealFlight for this sale, it made my day!:ernae:

[jankees]

well, I bought mine!
Thank you, Real Flight, for this easter egg!
just out of curiosity: is there a paintkit?

[Nick C]

About time this bird came up again on this forum, it's a great plane. Looking forward to some of your repaints Jan.

And for some still sitting on the fence, perhaps the following can aid your decision?

http://www.screenshotartist.co.uk/realflight_hellcat.htm

[Odie]

Just downloaded it....great little Easter egg with wings and a big ole radial engine !:woot:


Thanks, Real Flight !

[vstudios]

Thanks guys, the team certainly did a great job.. and yes in this climate some things do need to change regarding the prices.

[vstudios]

well, I bought mine!
Thank you, Real Flight, for this easter egg!
just out of curiosity: is there a paintkit?


The paint kit resides inside the F6F Hellcat directory.

Have Fun..

[Major_Spittle]

Realflight-

what will the upcoming expansion for this be?

[vstudios]

Hi Spittle, can you show me the context in which it was written please.

[hey_moe]

Dean....thanks for posting the Easter sale and also for spending your time in here making sure our members have everything they need to make things right. I am sure all the members appreciate all the hard work you have done.......Mike

[Cazzie]

It's coming through my pipe right now, thanks Dean. Will have some paints in the works like jankees.

Caz

[vstudios]

Perfect, really looking forward to your work Cazzie.

[Lawman]

Cookie problem seems to be back:help:. Tried deactivating ZoneAlarm, reducing IE-settings and cleaned the cache, but no joy. Have sent an email to support.

[vstudios]

Hi Lawman, is this regarding purchasing or installing.



Cookie problem seems to be back:help:. Tried deactivating ZoneAlarm, reducing IE-settings and cleaned the cache, but no joy. Have sent an email to support.

[vstudios]

Im on it, i'll post back shortly once ive updated the page.

[vstudios]

Hi again Lawman, the problem is now corrected.

[Lawman]

Purchased and downloading now. Thank you sir for your swift service:applause:.

[vstudios]

Im pleased everything worked out for you.

[Cazzie]

Got mine, flys nice, but the Hellkitty isn't the stable platform the T-Bolt is.

One thing is "big" wrong though realflight, The R-2800 shows only 14 cylinders in the sim (two banks of seven cylinders). It should have two banks of nine cylinders to be correct. Small pickings, but on a payware airplane, one best have their specs in order. Doing and judging model airplanes make me a nit-picker.

Caz

[sparouty]

Hello Everybody,

I've just bought this amazing Hellcat and began a French Navy repaint: the 11th flottilla in 1954 (end of the Indochina war, this plane was shot down over Dien Bien Phu).

The paint kit is great, but I have a little question. How can I reduce the shiny effect? Even when specular textures are in black, the paint is still shining like French Foreign legionnaire (or Marines) shoes :)
Is there a trick to have a paint more semi-glossy?

Regards
Sylvain

[vstudios]

Hi, can you please define 'stable', do you mean it crashes to desktop or something else ?

Regarding the cylinders I guess this was simply overlooked by our modellers.

If your not happy with the purchase I can authorise a refund if you so desire.


Got mine, flys nice, but the Hellkitty isn't the stable platform the T-Bolt is.

One thing is "big" wrong though realflight, The R-2800 shows only 14 cylinders in the sim (two banks of seven cylinders). It should have two banks of nine cylinders to be correct. Small pickings, but on a payware airplane, one best have their specs in order. Doing and judging model airplanes make me a nit-picker.

Caz

[DennyA]

Bought it the other day and just flew it this morning. Beautiful model, flies so nicely that I wish we had a combat sim to put it in!

It wasn't necessarily overpriced at the original price. But it was over my personal limit. Hopefully the sale will do really well for you guys.

[Cazzie]

Hi, can you please define 'stable', do you mean it crashes to desktop or something else ?

Regarding the cylinders I guess this was simply overlooked by our modellers.

If your not happy with the purchase I can authorise a refund if you so desire.

Strictly speaking in the aeronautical vernacular, no crashes or anything, it's just that the T-bolt is an easier airplane to fly, not as twitchy as the Hellcat. Then again, the Hellcat is a better handling airplane, it rolls quicker, turns quicker, and climbs quicker than the T-bolt. But don't try to dive or outrun a T-bolt in a Hellcat.

No it is an excellent flight model, missing only the two extra cylinders per bank. The is a little too much sheen to the finish for my taste, but that is subjective and one can correct this with a little less alpha on the main and spec textures.

Caz

[Major_Spittle]

Hi Spittle, can you show me the context in which it was written please.

I can't find it now, I was on your site and it was the last bullet of a list of features for the aircraft. It said something about an expansion coming soon???? Perhaps I was confused or browsing a different plane while I was looking at your products. So I take it no expansion is in the works then?

Do the planes react to being shot by other planes in Multiplayer?

EDIT:

Actually I just watched the Promo video again and at the end of it when it list the features it says:

" An Expansion Pack is planed, Details to be released shortly. "

It has been a short amount of time since I watched the video so.......... ???

[vstudios]

The expansion the vid was referring to was an addon in the Solomons, However after researching was complete.. another publisher was releasing screens of their own work in progress so I just dismissed the idea on the spot and no further work was carried out on it.

Its funny as I've not seen anything posted since from the developer about the project.. which has indeed angered me.. if they wouldnt have jumped in with both guns blazing then our solomon project would have been completed now.

We don't have the time or man power as the team is working on the Bearcat.

[vstudios]

Do to the current climate, I've decided to reduce the Hellcat to $27.99 with imediate effect which will remain so making the hellct more affordable to all simmers regardless of their financial background.

I'm hoping this will indeed set a trend for other publishers by making their own products more affordable to the whole community.

[noddy]

Dean,

That is a great gesture, many thanks.

[Chuck_Jodry-VJPL]

Regarding the paint finish , the shine is not part of the alpha channels, I didn't use the alpha channels on this aircraft except for glass.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
The shine was part of the original paint schemes attempt to be as " shiny as a new Porsche " as these were supposed to have been,
the shine is part of the Material settings and can’t be undone using the paint kit .<o:p></o:p>

[Cazzie]

Regarding the paint finish , the shine is not part of the alpha channels, I didn't use the alpha channels on this aircraft except for glass.<o:p></o:p>
The shine was part of the original paint schemes attempt to be as " shiny as a new Porsche " as these were supposed to have been,
the shine is part of the Material settings and can’t be undone using the paint kit .<o:p></o:p>

Thanks Chuck, understand.

[Mithrin]

Thanks Dean. That's very kind!

[sparouty]

Regarding the paint finish , the shine is not part of the alpha channels, I didn't use the alpha channels on this aircraft except for glass.<o:p></o:p>
The shine was part of the original paint schemes attempt to be as " shiny as a new Porsche " as these were supposed to have been,
the shine is part of the Material settings and can’t be undone using the paint kit .<o:p></o:p>

Thank you Chuck, I better understand now why whatever the color I put in the specular texture, the Hellcat was still shiny. :)
Anyway even if the French Hellcat never shined so much (coming from US Navy "surplus"), this model is really amazing!!
Thank you again,
Regards,
Sylvain

[EgoR64]

:friday:

It is a fantastic Bird, John Wayne coms to mind everytime I fly her !! :woot:

A solomon add-on would have been super fun --

Look forward to your bearcat --

Many Cheers !!

[jankees]

Well, I've playing around with my Hellcat, and I like it a lot!
I agree with Caz, it feels very twitchy compared to the P-47 (and a lot of other aircraft), but that's not a bad thing for a fighter. I'm wondering about the sound though, at full throttle, it makes (a lot) less noise than at half that. Is that right?
As for the sheen, sometimes it feels a bit too much (the Gladiator suffered from this this too, only more so), but in other times it's beautiful, look at that wing shot.
One final point, it started spewing white smoke all of a sudden, while descending to the airfield. Why the smoke, what did I do wrong? and why so white, it was dusk after all?
I'm travelling a lot over the next two months, so don't expect any repaints soon, but it will happen, I just ordered a book on Dutch Hellcat pilots...

[vstudios]

Monitor your cylinder head temp, try and keep it below 90, to reduce overheating use the prop pitch

[Cazzie]

RealFlight's right jankees, back off on the prop rpm and throttle rpm. At 10,000-ft or above set your fuel on auto-mix and throttle both prop and throllem to cruise range and trim to neutral. It should be noted that water injection was raely if ever used by Hellcat pilots during WW II. Helldiver could perhaps add to my opines. I'm just an old aviation histort nert, HD was there.

Other than the snitch about the number of cylinders RF, it's a gem. Please see that the developers correct that for the Bearcat, which was perhaps my favorites of all the Grumman Ironworks prop fighters.

I notice none of the "Minski"s were done, got the repaint kit, may have to get that sorted. :ernae:

Caz

[vstudios]

looking forward to it Caz :ernae:

[Krazy]

I tried to get this sev times Sat & Sunday and site said downloads not available at this time?

[vstudios]

hmm very odd indeed, the price has indeed been dropped from 34$ to 27.99$ and will remain so.

[Odie]

I'm getting a "connecting to server error" when I try to install it. Dropped a note off to the support address. Maybe a server is unavailable?

[vstudios]

Hi Odie, I think our installation support team are already working with you on this problem.