Barry Posted August 5, 2017 Posted August 5, 2017 The posts in this section are pretty old... Anyone use a sim to fly canards these days? Looking for advice. Quote
Voidhawk9 Posted August 9, 2017 Posted August 9, 2017 I fly a Cozy in X-plane 11 all the time. It's not finished to 'release' standard, though. I should finish it sometime, just have to get a round tuit. Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12)
Barry Posted August 9, 2017 Author Posted August 9, 2017 Thanks Cam, looks like X-plane is the best product? Quote
Voidhawk9 Posted August 10, 2017 Posted August 10, 2017 IMHO, yes. I've been using X-plane for over 15 years, most other sims feel 'wooden' in comparison - and you can design and fly almost anything in X-plane with the mathematical flight model. There are Long, Vari and Cozy models out there for X-plane, done by others. None have been updated for X-plane 11 yet, as far as I know. Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12)
Barry Posted August 10, 2017 Author Posted August 10, 2017 OK, thanks for the information. Reading the older comments X-plane looked to be the consensus, just hadn't been any updates for quite a while. Years ago I tried out MS flight but did not have anything other than mouse/keyboard which isn't all that great. I'll get X-plane and some hardware and give it a try. "Flying" a Cessna at this point would be a good start anyway It's been a long time, but the flight with Kent upped the bug a few levels... Quote
jridge Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 Barry - If you already have FSX or FSX Steam Edition, there's a Long EZ model by Virtavia out there. Don't know how it flies. It's a payware aircraft and is currently on sale at https://www.fspilotshop.com/virtavia-rutan-long-fsx-steam-main-package-p-5477.htmlfor $8.00. Sale ends 8/16. Jeff Quote
Voidhawk9 Posted August 18, 2017 Posted August 18, 2017 Here's some Ez's for X-plane. Built by a Vari owner / Cozy upgrader. X-plane Ez's Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12)
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