I'm starting to lose interest now, to be honest, as it's starting to bring out the min-maxxer in me. Doing flights in time compression don't sound like fun to me, and the "big shots" apparently do the long hauls with autopilot on and on 16x time compression. Booo!

Just did a couple of flights tonight, boosted my account by a hefty 10K, but it wasn't as "fun" as before.

Still need to investigate some community-made mods for this though, might re-ignite the fire of the game... my biggest problem is finding proper loads that I can haul that makes the flight worthwhile. The TS3 users for this are a really friendly bunch though, I have no reason to expect them not helping out.

I can recommend Air Hauler published by Just Flight. its very addictive and there is a thriving community around it on the Just Flight Forums.

I'm getting back into FSX after a combat hiatus and enjoy Air Hauler (especially as it gives you a nice career path).

I also noted that REX Game Studies (the folk that make the Real Environment Essentials weather add-on for FSX, P3D etc) are working on a similar product called Sim Air which I'm keeping a very close eye on....apparently its in final beta phase now.

Neil

When i first saw your post on this i was thinking...Ice in FS? Is this the same Ice? Lol. Sounds like good fun!

BTW, i have been getting into FSX again and have been using Plan-G. You can do real nice flifgt planning, and see your flight real-time on the map. I run it on a second PC networked, and it even shows other flights on the map, whether AI or VATSIM, multiplayer, etc. it's slick.

FSX is pretty incredible. I definetly need to check out FSE!

Air hauler looks like something I can get into, thanks for the tip. I figure if I can play pocket planes for weeks I could get into this as well. I'm gonna setup some prop hauling in Africa I reckon.

-C-

The golden rule of FSE is, don`t try to max your revenue at all costs.

I almost always don`t fly with time compression on. Even the big transfers I did, like the C-130 from Aussie, or several other planes from the US to Germany.

Try to find one of the big hubs with nice scenery, ORBX land is perfect for this. And never forget, the most effective flights are those around 100 to 150 NM. So you get the most money and have the most fun, because the flights are short and you often have to fly procedures. Of course these high paying jobs are tempting, but they are often big and/or long range. To fly them efficiently, you have to have a big bird and a lot of time. You need to collect several of them into a roughly similar direction. Or being part of a group, we have pilots, who fly the heavies from hub to hub and others (like me), who bring the load from the hub to the final destination.

I really would like to share my experience with FSEconomy.

I fly in FSE world for about a year. I flew for fun, to make money, joined a helicopter group, bought some small planes. At start I tried, as everybody else, to make quick money. The best plane for this purpose was the Cessna 208 Caravan, with its large capacity, fuel economy and great speed. The most profitable flights were indeed around 100-120nm. The key is to find routes that constantly generate jobs back and forth.

When possible, I fly over high quality terrain (ORBX scenery is perfect) to keep my interest high with sightseeing. It is also cool to fly at various times of the day as in dawn and early evening, and also in various seasons and weather conditions. It's a challenge on itself to takeoff and land small aircraft in nasty weather.

My most memorable flights were when I purchased my first two small planes, a Diamond Katana and a Lancair Legacy. Of course I bought the two payware models from Aerosoft and RealAir, respectively. I use ORBX PNW as a base area and the point was to bring these planes to this area from the places that I bought them.

I bought the Katana from North Carolina so I had to fly it (no autopilot in this bird!!) over the continental US. Tennesee, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and then over ORBX land, CRM and finally PNW. I had a blast during this flight passing over Wyoming highlands, Yellowstone, Idaho Falls, Craters of the Moon, Hell's Canyon, Lewiston, and then over Washington to British Columbia, Canada. It took many days at 60-100 mile hops. Whenever convenient, I took single passenger jobs on the way to pay for the fuel.. It was a great adventure to bring the small Katana to my base area through a 2000+ mile journey. I would never have taken it if I wasn't flying in FSE!!

I bought the Legacy in northern Brazil, somewhere on the Amazon river. Then started the second adventure, over Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and currently I am going to Panama on my way to PNW area. Great journey so far and more exciting ahead!! I am thinking of getting the UTX Tropical America and Caribbean as I now enter this area..

The key is to try many different things when flying in FSE world to avoid getting bored by trying only to raise money.

Nick

yup,

bringing planes home is cool, as one mostly flies in unknwon regions. My first one was one of the first planes we bought for our a group, a PC-12 which stood in Califonia. I brought her the whole way to Germany. Secong long range ferry was a Jetstream from southern US to Germany and the longest trip was a C-130 from Australia. Was quite a sight over the Himalaya, with mountains passing a few hundred ft under the plane while the instruments said 24k ft.....