Thank you.

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"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."

I was wondering when you'd be able to drop by again. You started an interesting thread about F2's realism and then kind of disappeared; I was hoping we could benefit from your experience a little. Is there a big difference between flying jets and piston-engined aircraft? A lot of us have PPLs but I don't think that qualifies us well enough to comment on F2's FM. You didn't seem to like it much and I couldn't understand why not.

Yes there is a HUGE difference between flying piston engined aircraft and fast jets.

I flew the CT-4 trainer which was piston-engined and it was a LOT different from the Mirage!

The main difference was not so much in the technical and mechanical aspects of flying, but more a psychological one believe it or not.

The Mirage in particular could be an "interesting" bird to fly in certain circumstances and you really needed to be switched on all the time with it.

With regards to the Flanker 2 computer game, I have seen Janes F-18 in the same store that I bought Flanker from and I really wish I'd bought that instead.

There's no need for me to repeat points I've made elsewhere except to say that I was really disappointed with practically every aspect of the game.

Having said that, it is a computer game and I won't be losing any sleep over the matter.

If you or anyone else arewould like more specific information then fire away!

Are you willing to trade? FA-18 for Flanker2.0? Let me know.

Thanks.

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"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."

-Al Capone

Brand NEW Flanker 2.0 cost here about US $45.00 PLUS 6.5% tax. I will find out if shipping & handling to Australia is cheaper than buying it here. Will let you know. Jane's FA-18 is good but I wish for a foreign fighter...need something different than the red, white and blue stomp!

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"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."

Hell, they even have the binder versions of Falcon4 still in the shops. Does that mean the sim hasnt sold that well though?

Imposter,
I know a lot more about airplanes and aviation than most adults I know and im 14 so I don't think that is the reason. But I don't know anyone else my age that would rather play Flanker or Falcon than Quake or Halflife so it is possible.

Keep up with this hobbie and don't get upset of these flamers, they are just bored and have nothing better to do sometimes.

It seems that I will go ahead and go to my local EB and buy Flanker 2.0! I want the feel of a non-north american fighter jet.

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"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."

Nope, and it will never be on the top 15 best selling list, because its "too hard" for most people to learn in 15 minutes, much less 15 months... Kids and adults included...As far as on the best selling lists for "fighter sims", I dunno, but if its not there, it should be...
Flanker 1.5 IMO was a masterpiece....

so...just because you cant find it in the stores doesnt mean you cant find it on the net because as we all know...the net is open 24 hours a day.

Mind you....i only buy over the net because software here in NZ is so damned expensive....nearly $60USD if I brought it at a shop compared to $40USD inc postage etc.

finally...what kind of measure methodology do these guys use to guage what sim is selling well and what isnt?

Im pretty damned sure that publishers arent going to divulge sensitive information such as sales figures to anyone.

Regards

"Interactive Entertainment data collected on an aggregate basis from each of the 23 retail chains participating in the sample, whose sales represent approximately 80% of total industry sales in the U.S."

If you go to their site (http://www.npd.com/) they have best sellers lists for all kinds of software. On the entertainment list which consists of all genres of games there is not one flight sim.

P.S. A lot of people, including me, don't like to buy things online. In fact the only people I know who buy things of the net are some people on this forum. And even if a lot of people buy online the sales could still be bad compared to other sims (which are also sold on line).

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A lot of people, including me, don't like to buy things online. In fact the only people I know who buy things of the net are some people on this forum.

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Look at cdw, necx, AMAZON (they haven't really made money but they have millionzzz of customers world wide), EBAY, DELL, gateway........blah........... and when was the last time anyone go to a store to buy an ISP? I buy my books, software and hardware on the net because they are always at least 10-15% cheaper and I don't have to pay tax.

Perhaps you meant a lot of people don’t like to buy certain possessions on line, right? The kind of things that you must be present to get a good impression of the products (such as: cloths, pets, houses, cars, furniture, grocery........blah blah.......)

P.S. Most people buy ISPs over the phone or get kits from the store. THink about it, if your buying an Internet Service Provider online how would you get on the net to buy it?

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THink about it, if your buying an Internet Service Provider online how would you get on the net to buy it?

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from all the ISP that comes with every Microsoft Windows for starter.

Or call your ISP of choice and ask them to mail you an installation CD then the rest is online stuff; unless you want to pay them first then wait for the CD.

Thank you.

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"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."