Download Of The Day: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

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Ed Reagle (edr1073) First Officer
Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Stafford Virginia
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Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:34 am

From the Homepage of Flyaway there is a download available to us. for the SR-71. I had downloaded this once before and it had no wheeles and a lot of other things were missing from it. Has anybody downloaded this? If so how well does it work?

Please advise...!!! ❓

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CrashGordon Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 3821
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Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:12 am

I went through every SR71 I could find (with a lot of leads from folks here). Those that fly well have no wheels and those that have wheels either have really screwy flight characteristics or fly like a 707.

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Ed Reagle (edr1073) First Officer
Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Stafford Virginia
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Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:17 am

CrashGordon,

Crash, that is what I have found too. Gauges and stuff are also not very well rendered. Ok I'll will patient and see what comes out of this.

Thanks,

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Tailhook Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado
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Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:26 am

If you want to gamble you can pick up a payware SR-71 at Alphasim for around $US 12.- .

I haven't heard anything bad about this one -- but it is a niche market 🤔

To get some idea you might want to check out their freeware which is outdated but still pretty good.

➡ http://www.alphasim3.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=122

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Ed Reagle (edr1073) First Officer
Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Stafford Virginia
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Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:31 am

Tailhook,

Thanks for the link. Looking at the site it didn't look too out of whack for the time. I'll wait and see if anybody has experiencce with this model.

Thanks again...!!!

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Tailhook Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7013 Location: El Dorado
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Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:39 am

Just found the forums Ed,

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neseng Trainee
Joined: Jul 26, 2004 Posts: 15
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Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:04 pm

Evil or Very Mad ...........Don't waste your time!...........still has no landing gear, virtual cockpit is blank, flight characteristics are totally unrealistic (even though I've never piloted a real Blackbird!) ........I'm sure that it doesn't have a rate of climb of 100,000 ft/min or more and handle like a Piper Cub on a very windy day!
I will be un-installing it just as soon as I've posted this message.
neseng

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Ed Reagle (edr1073) First Officer
Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 473 Location: Stafford Virginia
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Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:21 pm

neseng,

Thanks for your input. I will not install the SR-71 then. I just didn't want to waste my time again.

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