Buccaneer S1 Released (Payware)

[Tako_Kichi]

The Flying Stations Buccaneer S1 has been released. :applause:

It can be found here:

http://store.payloadz.com/details/985130-software-games-fsx_buccaneer_s1_pack.html

Just in time for Xmas and only $15 USD.

:jump:

The build thread and development screenshots can be found here:

http://z13.invisionfree.com/Flying_Stations/index.php?showtopic=10&st=0

[Roger]

Thanks for the hu Larry!

[SkippyBing]

The product page on the main flyingstations.com website should be updated in the near future which will have more screenshots, link to the Pilot's Notes and a paintkit.

Screenshot for the curious:

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[noddy]

Great news.

[sketchy]

As Skippy says, the main page at the site will be updated in a few days, but she is already available, paint kit to come in days too.

Here are some more screen grabs:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo15.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo18.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo12.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo03.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo01.jpg

Cheers,

Sketchy

[Cag40Navy]

Just wondering, didnt you say you would also pursue a single seat variant? Non the less, im grabbing her. Thank you for this!

[sketchy]

Hi Cag40Navy,

The Buccaneer never had a single seat variant, so you may perhaps be confusing this with something else? We are planning the upgraded and more power S2 variant, is that what you meant?

Either way thanks for the comment!

Happy Traps!

Sketchy.

[Cag40Navy]

Hi Cag40Navy,

The Buccaneer never had a single seat variant, so you may perhaps be confusing this with something else? We are planning the upgraded and more power S2 variant, is that what you meant?

Either way thanks for the comment!

Happy Traps!

Sketchy.

Yes, thats it. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

[SkippyBing]

Product page now updated and available here:

http://flyingstations.com/buccaneer.html

[peter12213]

A great week for Royal Naval aviation. Literally going to fly the wings off this beauty!

[Bjoern]

Only $15?

Blimey, I might just have to get that one!

[mjrhealth]

Me too, now all we need is a decent british AI carrier to land her on ??

[warchild]

i know I'll be getting it come first of the month.. always had a soft spot for this limey swashbucler. Beautiful aircraft.. Simply beautiful...

[Ian Warren]

JEEPERS ! IT really is Christmas ! :sleep:.... whoops :icon_lol: Need to get to my wallet and pull a 'Buck' out for it :salute:

[delta_lima]

Me too, now all we need is a decent british AI carrier to land her on ??
The HMS Ark Royal, also by Flying Stations, and fully FSX Accel ready is what you'll want to get. Get it from their website ..... Free!!

dl

[sketchy]

The HMS Ark Royal, also by Flying Stations, and fully FSX Accel ready is what you'll want to get. Get it from their website ..... Free!!

dl

You beat me too it DL!


Mjrhealth... as DL said, this is free if you would like it..

http://www.flyingstations.com/ark-royal.html

The Ark is not period correct to the S1 Buccanneer (will be for the up and coming S2), but will do you until this comes along soon.... HMS Victorious as she looked after her massive post WW2 remodel.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo24Vic3FirstGlance.jpg

Cheers,

Sketchy.

[Bone]

Can someone put up a couple of VC screenshots, please? Thanks.

[hae5904]

Bought it....love it !! Now where is that repaint kit???
I know...will be there later! :icon_lol:

Cheers,
Hank

[sketchy]

Bought it....love it !! Now where is that repaint kit???
I know...will be there later! :icon_lol:

Cheers,
Hank

Paint kit is already available, on the main page... :salute:

http://www.flyingstations.com/buccaneer.html

Bone: .. Here are some screen grabs of both Pilot and Observers Cockpits, lots to play with in both seats.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo20.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo19.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVCLefthandside.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVC.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVCRighthandside.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVCOverthetop.jpg

Cheers Sketchy.

[fallenphoenix1986]

Thanks guys, been folowing the WIP thread since the start. just got myself aquainted with her around Lossie before taking her out to the Ark. Bit of a handfull around the boat... especially if you loose your no2 engine like i managed to, still not quite sure what went wrong :kilroy:

As for the Vic, saw a reference in the readme to Victorious_1950, looking forward to her :jump:

Craig:icon29:

[hae5904]

Paint kit is already available, on the main page... :salute:

http://www.flyingstations.com/buccaneer.html

Cheers Sketchy.

Thanks Sketchy, I must have overlooked that!


Cheers,
Hank

[StormILM]

Been eagerly awaiting her a long time now and bought it a few mins after seeing this thread. Absolutely awesome! Looks great & flies great!
The only minor issue I ran into repeatedly was that making touch & go landings revealed an odd bug involving the nose strut and pitch/elevator control. I ran the approach to the Ark Royal (with moving AI Carriers 2) well within the speed, weight, and descent parameters but on touchdown going back to full power/closing the speed brake with sufficient back pressure, the plane pitched down after clearing the deck and crashed. The third time I ran into this I hit the slew key and went to external view and noticed the nose gear was still extended after I started the retraction sequence. Upon releasing the slew key after slewing the plane up to a few thousand feet, I cycled the gear and the nose strut didn't move. Then I quickly discovered the plane had no pitch control whatsoever. I moved the contact points damage threshold up 3 times higher than the original numbers but still encountered this glitch once again. It's a minor issue and perhaps no one else has experienced this?

(Update)

Upon testing just now, the glitch I am encountering happens only if the nose wheel rolls off the end of the angle deck still in contact with the deck. I have encountered this with other aircraft models & AI Carriers. Most notably, (besides the Ark), the Clem and Nimitz using models like Piglet's Skyraider which seems to suffer tail wheel failure after going over the edge of the deck on Cat launches and touch and goes. So after this discovery and comparisons to other models I have in use, I do not believe this is problem solely with the Bucc but more a bug possibly related to AI Carriers and some aircraft models(this issue has not affected every model I use on AI Carriers, only a couple thus far).

[Bone]

Bone: .. Here are some screen grabs of both Pilot and Observers Cockpits, lots to play with in both seats.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo20.jpg



Cheers Sketchy.


Thanks

[SADT]

As Skippy says, the main page at the site will be updated in a few days, but she is already available, paint kit to come in days too.

Here are some more screen grabs:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo15.jpg

Cheers,

Sketchy

Hi Sketchy,

I really like the Buccaneer - and this screenshot! Do you think you could provide it in a higher resolution, so that I can use it as my desktop background?

Regards,
Craig :-)

[DagR]

This one looks brilliant :-) How far has the development come on the S.2B ? That's the one I remember visiting Sola, as a kid.

Thanks and Merry Xmas
Dag

[MenendezDiego]

I'd love to see a Desert Storm paint!

This video shows why. Just something about a country painting all it's aircraft desert brown, just boggles my mind (war that is).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwieL2O2Nn8

I wonder how long it took to paint all the aircraft, whose decision it was, how/when the order came down.

Regards, Diego

P.S. nice plane :)

[calypsos]

I'd love to see a Desert Storm paint!
None of this model Bucc were still flying then, the RAF aircraft used in Desert Storm were S2 models, modified to S2B's. I doubt that will stop the re-painters though!

[Motormouse]

Paint kit is already available, on the main page... :salute:

http://www.flyingstations.com/buccaneer.html

Bone: .. Here are some screen grabs of both Pilot and Observers Cockpits, lots to play with in both seats.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo20.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo19.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVCLefthandside.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVC.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVCRighthandside.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/BuccPromo23ObserversVCOverthetop.jpg

Cheers Sketchy.


Was aptly described by my course instructor (on S2 variant) at Honington as an 'egonomic slum'!!

To echo Calypsos, the S1 had long gone by the time of 'Op Granby'
being replaced by the S2 which gained more powerful RR Spey engines.

S2B also gained the bulged bomb door fuel tank; and 'Pave Spike'
capability

ttfn

Pete

[IanHenry]

This one's a good film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-xnaRSL6g

Regards,
Ian.

[Sundog]

Excellent video, I'll have to remember to fly out of Gibralter when I get home and pick this up.

[skyhawka4m]

Is this usable for the Desert Storm era versions?

[hae5904]

Is this usable for the Desert Storm era versions?

Only with some fantasy......or wait for the S2B version.:icon_lol:


Hank

[IanHenry]

While looking at those video's I found another one that is very good, not Buccaneer's but Tornado's etc. Sorry to go of topic, but those are great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGTDqE8xD_4&feature=player_embedded

Regards,
Ian.

[spatialpro]

I really enjoy the automatic gear retract! :jump:

Andy

[sketchy]

Yup very handy on those carrier take offs!

Or just a lot of fun on a runway!

Happy Christmas Andy, hope all is well back in my birth County!

Cheers,

Sketchy.

[Panther_99FS]

This looks really good & no arguments here! :guinness:

[An-225]

Are there any plans to distribute it elsewhere?

[sketchy]

Are there any plans to distribute it elsewhere?

I am not too sure you mean, from another download site?

[An-225]

I am not too sure you mean, from another download site?

Yes, such as Flightsimstore (I noticed the B-57 is up for sale there). Not that it poses any particular problem to purchase it from the current store, it's just convenient to have most of my purchases come from one store should I ever need to redownload it all again. :)

[sketchy]

Yes, such as Flightsimstore (I noticed the B-57 is up for sale there). Not that it poses any particular problem to purchase it from the current store, it's just convenient to have most of my purchases come from one store should I ever need to redownload it all again. :)

We were considering selling it from another store, but the current system works well. I understand the concerns of the need to reload after an unfortunate event, that being said all you would have to do is contact us via the Flying Stations Forum with your order number and we could send it on again, we are a small outfit after all and you can be assured of a personal reply.
Cheers,
sketchy

[An-225]

Just went ahead and bought it, and I'm loving it.

This thing is HUGE, here it is next to the HARS RAAF Neptune for comparison.
55050

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[peter12213]

Big, Bold and Beautiful! Totally underpowered too, blame the Gyrons lol, any chance of some lovely glossy anti flash paints? Can't wait for the Spey versions too and this is why ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-xnaRSL6g

Top 10 Best of 2011, this is in mine!

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[hschuit]

And OUTSTANDING customer service too! I posted an issue I had with cat launches on the FSX Buccaneer S1 Support forum at Flying Stations and within 30 mins Skippy Bing responded with the solution :applause::applause::applause:

This might also be of interest to others:
- In order to have a successful cat launch from the Nimitz or Clemenceau, make sure the carrier is moving and/or add at least 20 kts headwind (FSX menu: World - Weather - User defined weather - Customize)
- Flying Stations Ark Royal: If you want to use the backward cat make sure you have the latest version, the early one only had the forward cat working.

[noddy]

A very quick shot, was not going to fly it till the new system arrived. But what the hell!!

55164

[sketchy]

any chance of some lovely glossy anti flash paints?

Pete, glad you like it chap!

I did do a brilliant white version during development, to be honest I needed sunglasses to look at the PC screen!

I'll see if I can squeeze one in, currently working on the Fury VC right now.

Cheers

Sketchy.

PS, I always appreciate your "H4H" signature, I received another batch of TV shirts from them for Chrimbo, great charity.



A very quick shot, was not going to fly it till the new system arrived. But what the hell!!

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Noddy, looks great mate! and this is your old system?!?!

[DagR]

I just bought it but I got this:

Transaction limit exceeded Seller has exceeded his transaction limit so we can not provide you download at this time. Please contact seller for further queries.

[SkippyBing]

I just bought it but I got this:

Transaction limit exceeded Seller has exceeded his transaction limit so we can not provide you download at this time. Please contact seller for further queries.

Dag,

Apologies for the inconvenience, an unforeseen issue our end. I'm in the process of sending you an e-mail with an alternate download link.

Regards,

Skippy

[DagR]

Goody, really looking forward to this one :-)

[nazca_steve]

Hello all,

apologies for the problems here, we had a minor technical hitch with our supplier but should be sorted now and you can download as normal. Any problems please let us know though and we will sort you out. A small number of you that paid for the pack and have not yet received will be sorted out shortly. Thanks for your patience and support Flying Stations!

Steve

[DagR]

This was sorted for me within an hour, that is what I call outstanding support :-)

Best
Dag

[nazca_steve]

Cheers for your patience and understanding, Dag, we've taken steps to make sure that does not happen again!

[IanHenry]

I seem to have a problem selecting weapons and drop tanks. I select them on the relevant page,but they don’t show. Has anyone any suggestions?<o:p></o:p>
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Regards,<o:p></o:p>
Ian.

[SkippyBing]

Have you got the parking brake applied? Catches me out from time to time!

[IanHenry]

Thanks Skippy,
thats done the trick, I didn't know that!

Regards,
Ian.

[DagR]

Have made my first hops in this aircraft. Every bit as good as I have expected, thanks for this addon and looking fwd to the S.2 ;-)

Best
Dag

[SADT]

Hi All,

I was wondering, for those members who do have the Buccaneer, do the switches make a sound when clicked, and does the windscreen work? These are are just petty things, and not deal breakers, I am just interested to know. :-)

Cheers,
Craig :-)

[sketchy]

Hi Craig,

We felt that considering you would be wearing a bone dome when flying it and therefore your hearing would be very much comprimsed over the engines that clicking switches were not required. The windscreen wiper is static too, as this would have no effect in FSX.

However the Bucc S1 has a considerable amount of avionics and systems, such as working anti shipping Radar (in the completely modeled Observers rear Seat VC), air to air refueling, RADALT height hold, blown air across the wing surfaces, weapon load out panel, to name a few that Skippy Coded up and we built into the model.

I hope this helps?

Best,

Sketchy

[SADT]

Hi Sketchy,

Thanks for the reply, that's fine, I was just wondering before I purchased! I think you've done an awesome job, my only hope is that after the S.2, you tackle my personal favorite, the Bucc S.50. (I was born in Capetown, South Africa). It will be interesting to see, if you do model the S.50, how you re-create the effect of the Bristol-Siddeley BS.605 booster rockets - which, as far as I can recall, were used only 4 times, at airshows. So much for the 'Hot and High" requirements of South Africa..

Cheers,
Craig :-)