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I am trying several different aircrafts from the ACH-fleet, looking for the best for me (beauty, realism, etc.). But I am also searching the "limits" in flight (max. altitude, range, etc.). This afternoon I went from Amsterdam (EHAM) to Athens (LGAV) with a Fokker 100 (my favorite aircraft at this moment, using MacOS X and X-Plane 9), 1283 nm in 03:42 hours. The official range (full load) of this F100 is about 1320 nm. If I take a full tank I could fly max. 4.3 hours. But I am curious and I took a look in the ACH-"flight reports - pireps" to see other flights with this bird. I saw (surprise, surprise) that flights from New York (KJFK) to London Heathrow (EGLL) are possible (???). A flight of 2989 nm (more than twice) in 07:41 hours (without a stop, I suppose). This one was not the only flight that "broke the limits", it's just an example.
My questions: is this possible? is this a difference between X-Plane and the several MS Flight Simulators?
I've been looking in internet for the specifications of many different (real) aircrafts because I though that the simulations (X-Plane and MSFS's) should use those specifications. Is that actually so? I do not know it anymore for sure... I feel very uncomfortable about this point. You see... it's not fair... I would someone had told me this months ago. But nobody said "this is a game, an illusion, it's not a simulation".
I know it must be possible to adapt/modify the interface of the panels of the aircrafts, or the sceneries, but if we talk about, for example, the Fokker 100, we must all understand that the specifications must be the same in all different flight simulators and operating systems. That's the only way to play and fly together in a Virtual Airline like Air-Child and with networks like VATSIM and IVAO.
My questions: is this possible? is this a difference between X-Plane and the several MS Flight Simulators?
I've been looking in internet for the specifications of many different (real) aircrafts because I though that the simulations (X-Plane and MSFS's) should use those specifications. Is that actually so? I do not know it anymore for sure... I feel very uncomfortable about this point. You see... it's not fair... I would someone had told me this months ago. But nobody said "this is a game, an illusion, it's not a simulation".
I know it must be possible to adapt/modify the interface of the panels of the aircrafts, or the sceneries, but if we talk about, for example, the Fokker 100, we must all understand that the specifications must be the same in all different flight simulators and operating systems. That's the only way to play and fly together in a Virtual Airline like Air-Child and with networks like VATSIM and IVAO.
