FSBreak 14: Free FSCheckRide, VASFMC V2.0 A9, Motion Flight Sims, Avsim redesign, and more

Summary: Hosted by Eric McClintock, Brendan, Patrick, Prash, and Jack. Listen Here: Subscribe to automatically get the latest podcast: iTunes, Zune, RSS XML, E-Mail, All Other. A Free Gift from FS2Crew FS2Crew is happy to announce that they're giving out FSCheckride for FREE as a gift to the flight sim community as a token of their appreciation for 5 years of fantastic support and encouragement!!! FSCheckride is a brand-new concept in desktop aviation that allows users to create and run professional, feature-rich, interactive examinations using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 or FSX as the platform. The core idea behind FSCheckride is that the best way to learn (or refresh) your understanding of aviation regulations, laws and concepts is through studying and doing exam questions. Features: Attractive and simple-to-operate User Interface Compatible with both FS9 and FSX Utilize videos, images, and audio to make your exams 'come alive' Utilize flight situation files to put questions into real, visible context Creating exams requires NO programming knowledge Distribute your created exams on the internet Product comes pre-packaged with a 50 question FAA Instrument Test Edition Featuring the voice of Mike Foor, B747 Captain And many questions taken from actual FAA test databank You can pick up your free copy from their website [Link], and read the original article here [Link]. [nggallery id=24] What are you thoughts on FSCheckride? Use the form on our contact page, email feedback@fsbreak.net, or call 513-201-5426. VASFMC 2.0 Alpha 9 VASFMC adds a fully operational FMC to any aircraft in your FS library. VASFMC 2.0 adds support for FSX, and all Windows/Mac/Linux versions of X-Plane. This latest alpha version comes in three different varieties: Gauge Version for MS FS2004 Standalone Version for MS FS2002/FS2004/FSX Standalone Version for XPlane Win32/Mac/Linux It also includes AIRAC 0609 navigation database with terminal procedures from Navigraph. Complete Feature List [Link] Documentation [Link] Download it! [Link] Doc Hollowayrsquo;s Cloudwalker Motion Flight Simulator Doc Holloway has created a video pitch for Dragonrsquo;s Den to try and raise some capital to get his latest device - the Cloudwalker - into production. He is asking for people to vote for his invention in order to try to get it in mass production and for sale on the market. Here is a video: You can vote for Doc's design at Dragon's Den [Link] (Via FlightSimX.co.uk [Link]). Would you feel safe in the Cloudwalker simulator? How much would you pay for it? Use the form on our contact page, email feedback@fsbreak.net, or call 513-201-5426. Avsim System Redesign in Progress Avsim.com Writes: The management from AVSIM is pleased to announce that a total system redesign is underway. Our first priority is to do a complete remake of the file library system. That will be followed with a front page, and major functions redesign. Our goals are simple; clean up the library, add functionality and increase reliability. As we are sure that most users have noticed, the reliability of the library and the speed at which is serves our users are decreasing. We know that this is a function of outdated architecture and a reliance on backend systems that are much more hardware intensive than they can be by updating to today's latest technologies. We plan to implement similar changes within the AVSIM web site as well. Modern, fast, and reliable are our goals. Another significant goal is to converge user ID's and passwords. We want to have a user database that allows access to all functions, library and forums as the two most prominent examples, with one User ID and Password. We will be keeping you up to date on these improvements over the coming weeks and will most likely announce the opening of wide area BETA Testing in some areas soon. Stay tuned for mor...