Comments on: 'X-Plane 9' v9.03 Update in App Store http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: magallanes http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5908 magallanes Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:42:55 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5908 Almost EVERY decent fight sim are complex and hectic. For a seasoned flightsim user, this game is really enjoyable but for novice users this game truly can be frustrating. It is not a arcade game, in fact the "mission" are not more that to take off, give a tour, then landing on. The only think i miss about this game is a way to setpoint and to auto-pilot. Also (if was possible) a way to multiplayer, ATF and such. Almost EVERY decent fight sim are complex and hectic.

For a seasoned flightsim user, this game is really enjoyable but for novice users this game truly can be frustrating. It is not a arcade game, in fact the "mission" are not more that to take off, give a tour, then landing on.

The only think i miss about this game is a way to setpoint and to auto-pilot. Also (if was possible) a way to multiplayer, ATF and such.

]]> By: magallanes http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291312 magallanes Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291312 Almost EVERY decent fight sim are complex and hectic. For a seasoned flightsim user, this game is really enjoyable but for novice users this game truly can be frustrating. It is not a arcade game, in fact the "mission" are not more that to take off, give a tour, then landing on. The only think i miss about this game is a way to setpoint and to auto-pilot. Also (if was possible) a way to multiplayer, ATF and such. Almost EVERY decent fight sim are complex and hectic.

For a seasoned flightsim user, this game is really enjoyable but for novice users this game truly can be frustrating. It is not a arcade game, in fact the "mission" are not more that to take off, give a tour, then landing on.

The only think i miss about this game is a way to setpoint and to auto-pilot. Also (if was possible) a way to multiplayer, ATF and such.

]]> By: Iphonefanatic http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5224 Iphonefanatic Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:18:46 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5224 What a waste of money, the game is hard to play you need to be a full fledge pilot to even get the plane off the ground and there are no manual or tutorial either. What a waste of money, the game is hard to play you need to be a full fledge pilot to even get the plane off the ground and there are no manual or tutorial either.

]]> By: Iphonefanatic http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291311 Iphonefanatic Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:18:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291311 What a waste of money, the game is hard to play you need to be a full fledge pilot to even get the plane off the ground and there are no manual or tutorial either. What a waste of money, the game is hard to play you need to be a full fledge pilot to even get the plane off the ground and there are no manual or tutorial either.

]]> By: airmanchairman http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5218 airmanchairman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:21:16 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5218 Any bets, any takers, Microsoft Flight Sim X Lite for Windows Mobile 6 appearing on HTC, Nokia and SonyEricsson smartphones in 2009? Any bets, any takers, Microsoft Flight Sim X Lite for Windows Mobile 6 appearing on HTC, Nokia and SonyEricsson smartphones in 2009?

]]> By: airmanchairman http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291310 airmanchairman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:21:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291310 Any bets, any takers, Microsoft Flight Sim X Lite for Windows Mobile 6 appearing on HTC, Nokia and SonyEricsson smartphones in 2009? Any bets, any takers, Microsoft Flight Sim X Lite for Windows Mobile 6 appearing on HTC, Nokia and SonyEricsson smartphones in 2009?

]]> By: airmanchairman http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5217 airmanchairman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:29:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5217 Great suggestion earlier for an autopilot - if not feasible, how about ELEVATOR and AILERON TRIM CONTROLS to lock the aircraft attitude once our desired altitude or rate of climb/descent have been attained? That way we can focus on tweaking other controls to fine-tune the experience. Also, I don't recall (in my excitement) if there's a rate of climb / descent indicator dial - that would be very useful for those of us that have one eye in the cockpit while flaring out for landing (I got that from an FAA video of the first Auto-land device on a Lockheed Tri-Star, which flares by carrying out a descending stall at 300ft/minute). Oh, Mr. Meyer you've started quite a monster here, don't you ever stop!! Great suggestion earlier for an autopilot - if not feasible, how about ELEVATOR and AILERON TRIM CONTROLS to lock the aircraft attitude once our desired altitude or rate of climb/descent have been attained? That way we can focus on tweaking other controls to fine-tune the experience.

Also, I don't recall (in my excitement) if there's a rate of climb / descent indicator dial - that would be very useful for those of us that have one eye in the cockpit while flaring out for landing (I got that from an FAA video of the first Auto-land device on a Lockheed Tri-Star, which flares by carrying out a descending stall at 300ft/minute).
Oh, Mr. Meyer you've started quite a monster here, don't you ever stop!!

]]> By: airmanchairman http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291309 airmanchairman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:29:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291309 Great suggestion earlier for an autopilot - if not feasible, how about ELEVATOR and AILERON TRIM CONTROLS to lock the aircraft attitude once our desired altitude or rate of climb/descent have been attained? That way we can focus on tweaking other controls to fine-tune the experience. Also, I don't recall (in my excitement) if there's a rate of climb / descent indicator dial - that would be very useful for those of us that have one eye in the cockpit while flaring out for landing (I got that from an FAA video of the first Auto-land device on a Lockheed Tri-Star, which flares by carrying out a descending stall at 300ft/minute). Oh, Mr. Meyer you've started quite a monster here, don't you ever stop!! Great suggestion earlier for an autopilot - if not feasible, how about ELEVATOR and AILERON TRIM CONTROLS to lock the aircraft attitude once our desired altitude or rate of climb/descent have been attained? That way we can focus on tweaking other controls to fine-tune the experience.

Also, I don't recall (in my excitement) if there's a rate of climb / descent indicator dial - that would be very useful for those of us that have one eye in the cockpit while flaring out for landing (I got that from an FAA video of the first Auto-land device on a Lockheed Tri-Star, which flares by carrying out a descending stall at 300ft/minute).
Oh, Mr. Meyer you've started quite a monster here, don't you ever stop!!

]]> By: airmanchairman http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5216 airmanchairman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:19:50 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5216 I was thinking about this exact possibility yesterday as I took off and climbed out off runway 06 on version 9.02, and after a few minutes on runway heading did a “teardrop” procedure turn (45 degrees to the right for a minute or so, then left turn at rate 1 all the way round to heading 240) - I thought I needed more accuracy on intercepting the correct runway radial, because when I broke cloud on descent, I was off the runway heading in spite of my best efforts to stay on the right “radial” and had to “jink” around to get the landing right - I didn’t :-( Halfway through my grocery shopping, I noticed an application update “pushed” to my iPhone and lo and behold, it was version 9.03!! Yay, localiser and glide slope thrown in!! Haven’t tried it yet, but this is turning into an amazing phenomenon I would never have dreamed would arrive this early given the available technology. Hook this up to a Cinema display, add a few Approach Charts and Standard Instrument Departures and who knows, we may be talking an FAA/CAA certified learning tool here… I was thinking about this exact possibility yesterday as I took off and climbed out off runway 06 on version 9.02, and after a few minutes on runway heading did a “teardrop” procedure turn (45 degrees to the right for a minute or so, then left turn at rate 1 all the way round to heading 240) - I thought I needed more accuracy on intercepting the correct runway radial, because when I broke cloud on descent, I was off the runway heading in spite of my best efforts to stay on the right “radial” and had to “jink” around to get the landing right - I didn’t :-(
Halfway through my grocery shopping, I noticed an application update “pushed” to my iPhone and lo and behold, it was version 9.03!! Yay, localiser and glide slope thrown in!! Haven’t tried it yet, but this is turning into an amazing phenomenon I would never have dreamed would arrive this early given the available technology.
Hook this up to a Cinema display, add a few Approach Charts and Standard Instrument Departures and who knows, we may be talking an FAA/CAA certified learning tool here…

]]> By: airmanchairman http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291308 airmanchairman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:19:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291308 I was thinking about this exact possibility yesterday as I took off and climbed out off runway 06 on version 9.02, and after a few minutes on runway heading did a “teardrop” procedure turn (45 degrees to the right for a minute or so, then left turn at rate 1 all the way round to heading 240) - I thought I needed more accuracy on intercepting the correct runway radial, because when I broke cloud on descent, I was off the runway heading in spite of my best efforts to stay on the right “radial” and had to “jink” around to get the landing right - I didn’t :-( Halfway through my grocery shopping, I noticed an application update “pushed” to my iPhone and lo and behold, it was version 9.03!! Yay, localiser and glide slope thrown in!! Haven’t tried it yet, but this is turning into an amazing phenomenon I would never have dreamed would arrive this early given the available technology. Hook this up to a Cinema display, add a few Approach Charts and Standard Instrument Departures and who knows, we may be talking an FAA/CAA certified learning tool here… I was thinking about this exact possibility yesterday as I took off and climbed out off runway 06 on version 9.02, and after a few minutes on runway heading did a “teardrop” procedure turn (45 degrees to the right for a minute or so, then left turn at rate 1 all the way round to heading 240) - I thought I needed more accuracy on intercepting the correct runway radial, because when I broke cloud on descent, I was off the runway heading in spite of my best efforts to stay on the right “radial” and had to “jink” around to get the landing right - I didn’t :-(
Halfway through my grocery shopping, I noticed an application update “pushed” to my iPhone and lo and behold, it was version 9.03!! Yay, localiser and glide slope thrown in!! Haven’t tried it yet, but this is turning into an amazing phenomenon I would never have dreamed would arrive this early given the available technology.
Hook this up to a Cinema display, add a few Approach Charts and Standard Instrument Departures and who knows, we may be talking an FAA/CAA certified learning tool here…

]]> By: Fant http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5213 Fant Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:16:05 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5213 I agree an autopilot button needs to be added so that we can fiddle around with the menus while its flying .. great sim I agree an autopilot button needs to be added so that we can fiddle around with the menus while its flying .. great sim

]]> By: Fant http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291307 Fant Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291307 I agree an autopilot button needs to be added so that we can fiddle around with the menus while its flying .. great sim I agree an autopilot button needs to be added so that we can fiddle around with the menus while its flying .. great sim

]]> By: Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5164 Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:44:35 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5164 "I really like X-Plane, but 9.03 crashes the majority of times that I launch it. I don’t really want to reboot every time I want to use it." You shouldn't have to. I had this problem on version 1 of the app- crashed every time I played. ONE reboot fixed the problem permanently for me. "I really like X-Plane, but 9.03 crashes the majority of times that I launch it. I don’t really want to reboot every time I want to use it."

You shouldn't have to. I had this problem on version 1 of the app- crashed every time I played. ONE reboot fixed the problem permanently for me.

]]> By: Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-291306 Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:44:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-291306 "I really like X-Plane, but 9.03 crashes the majority of times that I launch it. I don’t really want to reboot every time I want to use it." You shouldn't have to. I had this problem on version 1 of the app- crashed every time I played. ONE reboot fixed the problem permanently for me. "I really like X-Plane, but 9.03 crashes the majority of times that I launch it. I don’t really want to reboot every time I want to use it."

You shouldn't have to. I had this problem on version 1 of the app- crashed every time I played. ONE reboot fixed the problem permanently for me.

]]> By: Dave Wilson http://toucharcade.com/2008/10/20/x-plane-9-v903-update-in-app-store/#comment-5158 Dave Wilson Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:56:11 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=905#comment-5158 I really like X-Plane, but 9.03 crashes the majority of times that I launch it. I don't really want to reboot every time I want to use it. I think the developer should either remove some features, or tweak his memory management. I really like X-Plane, but 9.03 crashes the majority of times that I launch it. I don't really want to reboot every time I want to use it. I think the developer should either remove some features, or tweak his memory management.

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