Places to fly Bush Planes.

[ryapad]

Hi guys,
I am about to buy the Carenado Cessna 185 and will probably grab the A2A Cub when it is on sale, but i have one problem. Where do I fly them?
I only really want to fly them in the bush, but it is kind of disappointing to do a fun flight and land a plane at a default airstrip that is pretty much just a clearing and a place to land. ORBX is very expensive and freeware scenery is nice but does not usually cover an area in which you can fly from one airport to another.

[Willy]

I've got the Orbx freeware sceneries and they're pretty darn good

[ryapad]

I downloaded one of them but it doesnt work in steam do to some .dll problem. They look nice though. i would try more of them but we have some problems with over-using data.

[ryapad]

doesnt work in steam

sorry I have FSX steam edition. just to clear that up.

[Lane Street]

While I wholeheartedly believe you should save up for an Orbx region such as SE Alaska, where bush planes shine, the idea of using bush planes is to take you to places where there are no airports.

You can use default scenery for that, just go land on a beach somewhere, or a road out in the middle of nowhere.

I get a chuckle reading people complain that there are no water airports in FSX. Any body of water you can land a float plane on (and take off from) is a runway.

cheers,
Lane

[heywooood]

there is a nice little grass strip provided as freeware by Alabeo

I get it - you want a little scenery that fits the aircraft, to take off and land..circuits and bumps. This one should work with Steam..do you know how to add scenery to FSX in Steam?

http://www.alabeo.com/pages/Cottonwood.php

[No Dice]

Dust off your old copy of CFS2 and fly here:
http://thefreeflightsite.com/Projects_1.htm

Dave

[heywooood]

sorry I have FSX steam edition. just to clear that up.

you can check the Steam DLC lists for FSX:SE and see what scenery they offer..that would be the easiest to install obviously.

I could help you better if I had not uninstalled the Steam edition some time ago from my laptop...seems it didn't play well with win10 after an update

[Sundog]

The best Bush flying I've done was this Orbx Project, Jacksons International and they followed it up with Tapini. The first comes with a full regional airport and ten extra Bush aifields and 20 extra upgraded airfields. You get a lot of airfields for the money. The Bush strips are the most challenging I've flown, especially when you're landing up a 30 degree slope on a ridge. Another one actually curves with the ridge. Some of the others are at the bottom of a valley and you need all of the drag you can generate to get down to the airfield and not run off the end into the bush.

[Willy]

sorry I have FSX steam edition. just to clear that up.

I'm running SE as well.

[jpmouse]

Here is a good place to start:

http://www.return.mistymoorings.com/

Most of the addon scenery is free with hundreds of locations in SW Alaska, and British Columbia as well as Yukon.
As for Payware You will want Tongas Fyords from FSAddon for sure

Check it out - You will probably want to had a float plane or Amphibian as many locations are water locations. Lots of remote cabins, fisheries etc.

Lots of fun. ORBX will greatly enhance the terrain and realism but it's not mandatory.


Spend some time on the website. I think you will be excited at what you find

Cheers

JPMouse