Flight models: MS-FSX vs X-Plane 9

Loud_Silence · 08-09-09, 08:27 PM

I've never had the chance to fly a real airplane, even a Cessna. Knowing how the real thing handles would be great to see what sim has the best flight model.
Everybody says that the biggest difference between FSX and XPlane is the realism of the flight models. I know that FSX ones are "table flight models". They've been created using real data.
I also know that X-Plane flight models are "dynamic"; the sim "reads" the aircraft shape, the wing shape, the weight, etc, and moves it through a simulated air with different properties, all on the move.
I personally feel that X-Plane models may be great for predicting a plane's behavior, but in the end the FSX ones are really based on real data, and should be the most realistic ones. I don't know if you see what i mean.

Second,there isn't any checklist or reference card. It's quite difficult to take off in a B-2 without knowing where is V1...

08-09-09, 08:27 PM	#1
Loud_Silence Planesman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 193 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Flight models: MS-FSX vs X-Plane 9 I've never had the chance to fly a real airplane, even a Cessna. Knowing how the real thing handles would be great to see what sim has the best flight model. Everybody says that the biggest difference between FSX and XPlane is the realism of the flight models. I know that FSX ones are "table flight models". They've been created using real data. I also know that X-Plane flight models are "dynamic"; the sim "reads" the aircraft shape, the wing shape, the weight, etc, and moves it through a simulated air with different properties, all on the move. I personally feel that X-Plane models may be great for predicting a plane's behavior, but in the end the FSX ones are really based on real data, and should be the most realistic ones. I don't know if you see what i mean. Second,there isn't any checklist or reference card. It's quite difficult to take off in a B-2 without knowing where is V1...