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From the viewpoint of my Bush-oriented Flight-Simming, I made a significant discovery, the other day, and I thought perhaps someone else may find it of at least partial interest. But lemme give a wee bit of background, first.
I’ve always been a big fan of the Aerosoft Beaver, and with Chris Brisland’s excellent MM paint, I’m happy with yon Beaver as my plane of choice for bogging around in Misty’s environs. But it’s always nice to have an alternative aircraft. Y’know – just for a change of pace, once in a while. So I went looking for another amphibian that would pique my interest.
Well, I already had the sweet little Sibwings BirdDog, but when I tried to add some (all-important) pop-up panels of my own, they wouldn’t render, for some strange reason.
So I tried a few other candidates, here and there, but had no real luck. Something was always missing from the package – some crucial element that contributed to the plane’s overall appeal.
So then, I just happened to stumble upon a thread in (I believe it was) the Orbx Forums, where someone was asking for opinions on the relative merits of the BirdDog and the RAS Scout. Aha!
I hadn’t thought of the Scout, although I’d purchased it a couple of years ago, but for some reason I’d consigned it to my “Secondary Hangar”. So I dredged it out of retirement and gave the amphibian a go.
Well, what a marvelous little aircraft it is! Wonderful flying manners; it handles like a dream, and has all of the features I like, with the minor exception of a grungy cockpit (like the gloriously grotty Sibwings BirdDog!).
And just to sweeten the deal, I discovered a Texture Pack for the plane at FlightSim.com. The pack (
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=113502) contains (among others) TEN lovely paints for the amphibian. Each of them is a lovely bush-type paint that’s ideal for beebling-around MM’s nooks and crannies. Some – especially the ones by Urs Burkhardt – have the appearance of having been actively beating around the bush for the past 15 years! About half the paints have Canuck registrations, the remainder are Muriken.
I’ve rambled for too long, but I can only heartily recommend the RealAir ACA Scout for use in MM’s skies – especially with the mentioned Texture Pack from FlightSim. (
http://www.realairsimulations.com/home.php?page=home)