Surprises of 2008

[dswo]

I knew the RealAir Spitfire was going to be great, and the Aerosoft F-16. What took me by surprise was the Aerosoft Hughes Racer. It looks different, takes great screenshots, has a well crafted vintage VC, you have to manage the engine, and framerates are solid.

What were your unexpected favorites of 2008?

[harleyman]

Tahatti..............:woot:

[Boomer]

I would say the A2A 377.

I expected a great product coming from A2A but what surprised me is just how much I enjoy flying it. I expected to like it, not love it :)

[chinookmark]

Dino's T-45, Piglet's A-29, and Alphasim's Blackhawk are three that I really enjoy and wasn't expecting. There's more nice stuff, but I either haven't flown it yet, or I knew it was coming.

[bkeske]

I would have to say the 377 as well, incredible project. And.....the Carenado Cessna 152.

[JorisVandenBerghe]

The F-16 made my day when it was released. I was expecting the Cat too, but since they had to start all over again with another developer (but it's the same guy of the H-1 and the screenshots of the not-yet-finished 'pit, are already looking extremely good)...but as you say, the Real Air Spit is a magnificent add-on. It's not perfect, but of a very high standard (despite my other words about it on another forum).

I'd like more decent amphibians for FSX in 2009.

[gajit]

I think the most unexpected pleasant surprises for me were:-

Alphasim's Mentor, Icarus's Gladiator and Realflight's Hellcat - a lot of others were no surprise and mentioned above.

Now - do we have space to list the many nasty moneywasting suprizes? Nah - we all know who they are!

[FLighT01]

Not really a surprise but very pleased with Capt Sims C-130 for FSX.

Aerosoft Tahiti X is terrific as Harleyman says, and I just ordered Aerosoft VFR London X.

[Dexdoggy]

Lots of goodies that satisfied; Tim's 200D is a great treat :woot: (as is his Mohawk which I know has been out for ages but I only got around to downloading it this week!).

Very pleased with the Iris F-20 and P-40 (Aces of the Commonwealth) and everything Orbx has brought out too!

Fav would probably be the Carenado 152 though - simple, feature-full and wonderful flight model! :applause:

Note to Tim on 200D - where are the dog treats??? :icon_lol:

[6297J]

Alphasim's Mentor has to be the biggest surprise of the year to me. I hope it wasn't a one off and the Islander is on a par.

[jankees]

FTX for me

[Pepere]

I'm still alive :amen:. That asside: CS130 Pro that I only paid 14.00 USD. OOps that was 2009. Airbus freeware B318, B320 and A2A's 377.

David :jump:

[doublecool]

Airbus Freeware 318 and 320...interesting can ya point me in the right direction

and are they true FX?

[Pepere]

Airbus Freeware 318 and 320...interesting can ya point me in the right direction

and are they true FX?


Sure are cause you use the defalt AB VC: http://pairbus.com/ Just go to downloads. Very very nice aircraft. Beats the default AB by a mile. Ooops NM. :woot:

David

[CG_1976]

FTX, ND Bo-105 and Ec-135 and lionhearts Epic Lt and Plum Island

[Desert Rat]

FSX actually running on my olé clunker!! PRICELESS!!

[GT182]

My old clunker still running.

Plus buying Capt Sim C-130 Pro and Legendary Mig-21 for 13.58US... each. David, their 24 hour sale was 12/29/08.

[Pepere]

David, their 24 hour sale was 12/29/08.

Ya, right. Just testing you guys to see if you were awake. :caked:

David :help:

[GT182]

LMAO.... Only put up the date as I had the the order info printed out and sitting here in front of me. Wife found it while I was gone today. I got this from her.... :173go1:.

[txnetcop]

Biggest surprises, huh?

A2A B377 what an incredible airplane they did-Accusim is just H-O-T!:applause:

I would say Piglet's peculiar planes but he consistantly turns out great aircraft-no surprise there

Carenado's C-152 is just sweeeeeeeet-I wanna be surprised by a real good Cessna 140 in 2009 and Bill's Kodiak-Bill is a master developer too ya know

i7 Core release for testing(now released for the public) I'm in love:woot:

Mike's incredible L4-that came outta da blue-thank you Mike what a great plane she is

Ted

[Wiens]

Lionheart buying a Mac for FSX!!!........ :d

Kevin

[Panther_99FS]

Tim "Piglet" Conrad making the leap to FSX & converting a lot of his FS2004 aircraft for FSX :jump: