Simms...
While FS-2002 makes for pretty landscapes and such, X-Plane by Laminar Reseach does a far better job with aircraft and weather. I also feel the dynamics of the aircraft are superior and the whole thing runs faster, better, smoother. It includes "plane maker" which is pretty comprehensive in creating or modifying a plane. I had no trouble finding a good Cozy Mk IV on the web, added full retracts, resized the speed brake, a new EFIS panel, changed the paint stripes from billious green to purple and pink :) , upped the HP to 300HP, changed the operating RPM range, changed the prop diameter, chord and pitch, added the redrive ratio and upped the manifold pressure.
Lets just say FS-2002 is nice looking out the window but I sure like to fly a good mockup of my plane as I am building it. The scenery is terrible in X-Plane compared to FS-2002 but I don't intend to fly that low anyway.
Oh for the Long Ez guys I just d/l'd  one and I love it too.
Give X-plane V-5.66 a try.
I do not wish to bash FS-2002 Pro, I own it too. Airfoils in FS are pretty much all flying diamonds, not sure how flight dynamics are modeled. X-Plane uses real airfoils.. You select them from a table.
...Chrissi

I agree!

If you want to go better give a try to v. 5.99

Alfonso Lebron-Berges

 
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