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[gooster]

[ggunners]

[Chris220]

[ShutterStuff]

[Tog]

Your E-Sky controller will work just fine, you just need a better flight sim. After going through exactly the same I paid the 40 USD for ClearView and an very happy with it.

FMS does not "suck", it is free and still in development. Unless you are willing to put up with all that is involved with using Alpha version software I suggest you pay for something further along in development.

I may check back some time to see how FMS is coming along, but for now it was an interesting experiment and I wish the development team the best of luck with your project.

[ggunners]

FMS is not really in development. The Moeller brothers updated it years ago to the most recent version. It is what it is.

A very passable sim for standard airplanes. OK for simple Heli's. Not too good for 3D airplanes but some folks think it is OK for that.

It is still the only reasonable sim that is still free. Modelers are still making models for it.

While not designed for XP or Vista, there are known work arounds that keep it working.

FMS is user supported software. Dig into it and you will find many things to like about it. Of course, if you want a sim with numerous updates and ongoing support, FMS is not really in that league.

-- ggunners

[Neil Williams]

[robinhood02]

[markbento]

[TreeHugger]

[robinhood02]

[markbento]

[TreeHugger]

markbento,

Vista and Nvidia don't play well together with FMS. It's a known limitation you can easily verify using the search function. To blame FMS is missing the point, as Vista and DirectX10 are much younger than the latest FMS version. They didn't have a crystalball in 2005 to determine potential future incompatibilities.

That a plane will veer left on the runway is a well known phenomenon in model and full scale flight. It's related to the engine torque and the asymmetrical airflow. Usually you must counter with (quite a lot of) right rudder, and yes, it takes practice. If you can't find any stable mid position, your controller calibration is probably off.

An internal combustion engine does not simply restart when you pull the throttle to zero. Once it's off, it stays off - no onboard starter in models, usually. To avoid this behaviour, either set throttle trim high enough the engine never quits, or switch to electric models or turn "empty tank/battery" off under "Simulation > Options".

Making assumptions about the motivation or ability of the programmers is quite ignorant, given that you don't even know what behaviour to expect from a model airplane. They're gone, the software appears to be abandoned. Either you solve your problems or nobody does.

[Steve Lewin]

[markbento]