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Post by strops on Dec 30, 2009 20:02:09 GMT
I have a twin rotor chinook, have recently been flying it in the living room and im getting quite good.  Moved:
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Have you seen the twin rotor Chinook by and the E-flite awesome and the price is very reasonable if you buy BNF even if you buy it complete it is still not expensive, see the video on youtube. |
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Post by DaveM on Jan 4, 2010 12:44:45 GMT
If my quest to find a realistic RC simulator that would run well using an iMac and Windows as a virtual machine I seem to have finally got there. Phoenix lists that it will run on virtual machines and I now have it going with Mac Osx Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and VM Ware Fusion 3. Phoenix comes with a DVD and cable with some sort of dongle that prevents software theft, this has to plug into a real transmitter to get the program to run. However you do get the advantage of running on more that one machine, only one at a time though. Our Global moderator payed me a visit yesterday, and found it very hard to leave alone :-) The scenes, Helicopters and Aircraft are just amazing, and the realism to flying that exact same model appears to be as good as I have got so far. (No repair bills though) Worth a look if anyone is interested Phoenix Software here |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jan 4, 2010 20:21:08 GMT
Looks good from the pics, but it still means me forking out for a copy of Windoze as well...  |
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Post by strops on Jan 4, 2010 20:49:23 GMT
Im woundering if anyone can help me, i got the fms simulator disc off collin, but it seems that windows 7 wont play it. I now know that i need the missing dll file. I did try to download it but it sort of crashed the laptop. Can anyone help, p.s i have also had ago on the clearview simulator and i found it very good |
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Post by DaveM on Jan 4, 2010 22:16:13 GMT
Im woundering if anyone can help me, i got the fms simulator disc off collin, but it seems that windows 7 wont play it. I now know that i need the missing dll file. I did try to download it but it sort of crashed the laptop. Can anyone help, p.s i have also had ago on the clearview simulator and i found it very good Hi Jamie, When did it crash ? Have you downloaded the missing dll file ? If so, what folder/where have you placed it in ? regards Dave |
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Post by strops on Jan 5, 2010 0:41:44 GMT
Hi Dave,
It froze staright after i moved the missing dll file to the system 32 file, and thats what the fms website told me to do, the laptop is fine now just did a system restore. And have also deleted the missing file so it does'nt happen again for now, until i know what im doing.
Jamie
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Post by DaveM on Jan 5, 2010 8:40:17 GMT
Hi Dave, It froze staright after i moved the missing dll file to the system 32 file, and thats what the fms website told me to do, the laptop is fine now just did a system restore. And have also deleted the missing file so it does'nt happen again for now, until i know what im doing. Jamie Hi Jamie, I agree that there was some confusion on the net for the correct location for the .dll. On Vista which is when any support from the author of the software seemed to disappear, the location on my laptop was just place the file within the FMS folder and nowhere else. If you want the dll file I used, I can upload it here or email it to you (some sites I tried to get the file looked very iffy) regards Dave (Still half asleep hope it makes sense) |
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Post by DaveM on Jan 5, 2010 8:49:59 GMT
Looks good from the pics, but it still means me forking out for a copy of Windoze as well... Hi Roy, I may have a unregistered OEM version of Windows Vista going back to my IT days, if you are just wanting to use the Virtual windows machine for a simulator and some other apps this would possibly do. I will have a look later today Dave |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jan 5, 2010 16:29:43 GMT
Thanks Dave, but I have bitten the bullet and ordered a copy of XP Pro with SP3, I hope that it should be here in a couple of days (snow permitting!). I have kept away from Vista after some of the reports, and 7 seems to have its limitations with some of the older software.
I'll let you know how it goes...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 16:05:17 GMT
Phoenix comes with a DVD and cable with some sort of dongle that prevents software theft, this has to plug into a real transmitter to get the program to run. However you do get the advantage of running on more that one machine, only one at a time though. Our Global moderator payed me a visit yesterday, and found it very hard to leave alone :-) The scenes, Helicopters and Aircraft are just amazing, and the realism to flying that exact same model appears to be as good as I have got so far. (No repair bills though) Worth a look if anyone is interested Phoenix Software here Quite an oldie and things have moved on since I purchased this 10 years ago!: Thanks Dave, for the hospitality / coffees and for turning off the simulator and sending me home or I would still be there! Oh and for embroidering the Hoodie with that crap smashing logo on it: |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jan 6, 2010 16:18:31 GMT
That's the old standard Futaba plug, I got mine from Mile High Wings in the USA complete with a cd containing FMS: at the time, the only other way was to buy a sim in the UK complete with lead, and that was a LOT more expensive.
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Post by DaveM on Jan 14, 2010 8:28:41 GMT
Whilst waiting in for Snow Post and Snow Delivery I decided to use the time to make myself a Helicopter Landing Pad by dye-sub printing a mouse mat Sad I know but ..... Attachments:
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jan 14, 2010 16:50:38 GMT
I'll have one of those please Dave!
(Yes, I'm sad too)
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Post by DaveM on Jan 14, 2010 20:44:46 GMT
OK Roy, I have got to do some mats tomorrow, I will do you your very own landing pad ;D Also doubles as a mouse mat  |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jan 14, 2010 22:01:10 GMT
Thank you kind sir. Price? Immaterial, but out of interest...
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