FSBreak 24: Matt Ford's 737-700 Sim, Carenado, Captain Sim, X-Plane, and an insight into Multi-Core from Ben

Summary: Hosted by Eric McClintock, Mark Stewart, and Matt Ford. Listen Here: Matt Ford's 737-700 Sim We'd like to thank Matt Ford for taking about 90 minutes out of his day and telling us all about his home built 737-700 simulator. For even more details, and more photos head over to his website. Thanks Matt! Carenado releases PA-34 200T SENECA II for FSX The Seneca is made since 1970 and some 4500 were made since then. It has six seats in a pretty large cabin, and two turbocharged engines producing 200hp. Certification for flights into known icing conditions and the nice single engine behavior made the Seneca a popular multi engine trainer. The aircraft is fully FSX and DX10 compatible with high resolution textures. It was developed with all FSX features plus two new features: volumetric normal mapping and Original HQ digital stereo sounds (44100 HZ) recorded from the original aircraft. Price: 29.95 US [Link to more details] Screenshots: [nggallery id=45] Captain Sim previews 767-300 Pro Pack Key Features: Unparalleled visual quality and realism Designed according to FSX standards DirectX 9/10 compatible Systems: Extensive Systems Programming Flight Management System (FMS) 2 high resolution full-screen 2D Panels 40+ additional 2D Panels Exterior: Highly detailed and accurate Boeing 767-300 Model High resolution textures Hundreds of Custom Animations Animation Control Panel Stewardess model Wing Flex Wing Vortices Winglets Exclusive Effects Custom Self-shade Custom Views Interior: Highly detailed VC including: Flight Deck Complete Passenger Cabin Galley and lavatory Custom Self-shade Hundreds of custom 3D Animations High resolution Textures Custom Views Custom Lighting Misc Features: Realistic Flight Model ACE - Aircraft Configuration Editor Authentic Sound Set Exclusive visual Effects Extensive Manuals Unfortunately, at this time no pricing or release date has been announced, but you can visit their preview page here. [Link] Screenshots: [nggallery id=46] X-Plane 9.30 RC1 Released Features: Real-Weather lsquo;allow cu cloudsrsquo; preference is now remembered between runs. Helicopter rotors, and tail-rotors, no longer require rpm to change pitch. Turbulence effects somewhat less strong. lsquo;Ramp-startrsquo; option should start you on ramp when opening new planes, as well. iPod/iPhone app lsquo;X-Plane Remotersquo; should work with old Power-PC Macs nowhellip; give it a try! Workaround for texturing problem on NVidia cards on OS X 10.5.7. Fix for crash on OS X 10.4 when setting full-screen with ATI hardware. Panel doesnrsquo;t jitter up and down anymore. OBJs with diffuse material attributes look correct when shaders are on. Rotaries with reversed key frame tables work right You can find out more details on the latest version of X-Plane Here [Link, story from FlightSimX]. Recommendations Eric: Bell X-1 The Bell X-1 "Second Generation" was an advanced version of the original X-1, the first aircraft in history to have broken the sound barrier with Army Air Corps captain Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager. The second generation of X-1s, built in the late 1940s and early 1950s, were designed to double the speed of sound and set new altitude records in excess of 90,000 feet. The new X-1s were similar to the original (orange) aircraft, with the same XLR-11 rocket engine (equipped with a turbopump), but were about five feet longer, 2500 pounds heavier and had a conventional glass canopy. Price: $44.99 US [Link] Screenshots: [nggallery id=47] Mark: Chris Carnel - Caribbean Seaplane Tours Scenery Introduction: First, I would like to thank you for downloading this freeware project. It is a fictional airlines based on ldquo;Real Worldrdquo; places. Where possible, Irsquo;ve tried to stay as true to the photographs I had available. The ldquo;...