madia41
01-12-2001, 08:43 AM
I am a former glider pilot who flew Schweiters and Grobs. I am permanently
grounded due to medical problems from a commercial plane crash - no, I was not
near the controls. I do enjoy flight sims, but I have limited room on my hard
drive so am looking to download and import some aircraft into the MS CFG2
environment, rather than purchasing and uploading additional programs.
Specifically, I would like to add a Schweiter 1-26, a 2-32, and possibly a 2-33
for old times sake. I would also like to import an F-86 Sabre from sometime in
the early to mid '50's.
I would describe myself as moderately computer literate. Anyone out there who
would be willing to walk me through the process of downloading these aircraft
and necessary auxillary controls/gauges from flightsim.com, and importing it
into the MS CFS2 environment?
Thanks, in advance, to anyone willing to take the time.
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CFS2 definitely is not the right sim if you want to "fly" gliders and a Sabre.
You rather should try FS2000, or, better, FS98 if you are short on hard drive
space.
In fact, FS2000 does include a default Schweizer 2-32, and there is an FS2000
1-26 for download on this site ; but neither would work in CFS2, since they
lack the *.dp (damage profile) files. Unless someone creates these *.dp files
for you, you can't use them in CFS2, which anyways is a WW2 period combat
flight simulator. An F-86 wouldn't be right in this environment either.
On the other hand, you could find on this site plenty of Sabres and Schweizer
gliders readily made for FS98 (s2-33 cs.zip, und233a.zip, 233acs.zip,
schw2-33.zip, etc...).
A complete installation of FS98, including FSNav and plenty of other goodies,
takes approximately 400 Mb of hard drive space, compared with the 900+ Mb you
need for CFS2 with a few add-ons. It allows you to easily install a wide choice
of add-on aircraft and nice looking sceneries, and, depending on your
configuration, your frame rate should be 3 to 4 times better than in CFS2.
Regards.
M.G.
grounded due to medical problems from a commercial plane crash - no, I was not
near the controls. I do enjoy flight sims, but I have limited room on my hard
drive so am looking to download and import some aircraft into the MS CFG2
environment, rather than purchasing and uploading additional programs.
Specifically, I would like to add a Schweiter 1-26, a 2-32, and possibly a 2-33
for old times sake. I would also like to import an F-86 Sabre from sometime in
the early to mid '50's.
I would describe myself as moderately computer literate. Anyone out there who
would be willing to walk me through the process of downloading these aircraft
and necessary auxillary controls/gauges from flightsim.com, and importing it
into the MS CFS2 environment?
Thanks, in advance, to anyone willing to take the time.
===============================================================================
CFS2 definitely is not the right sim if you want to "fly" gliders and a Sabre.
You rather should try FS2000, or, better, FS98 if you are short on hard drive
space.
In fact, FS2000 does include a default Schweizer 2-32, and there is an FS2000
1-26 for download on this site ; but neither would work in CFS2, since they
lack the *.dp (damage profile) files. Unless someone creates these *.dp files
for you, you can't use them in CFS2, which anyways is a WW2 period combat
flight simulator. An F-86 wouldn't be right in this environment either.
On the other hand, you could find on this site plenty of Sabres and Schweizer
gliders readily made for FS98 (s2-33 cs.zip, und233a.zip, 233acs.zip,
schw2-33.zip, etc...).
A complete installation of FS98, including FSNav and plenty of other goodies,
takes approximately 400 Mb of hard drive space, compared with the 900+ Mb you
need for CFS2 with a few add-ons. It allows you to easily install a wide choice
of add-on aircraft and nice looking sceneries, and, depending on your
configuration, your frame rate should be 3 to 4 times better than in CFS2.
Regards.
M.G.