Back To Page 2 The Fresnel Lens The Fresnel lens is an odd creature. When I first set it up I couldn’t help but think, “What is the big deal?” The screen did not look that much bigger. This was an illusion though. By looking obliquely at the monitor, then moving behind the lens, […]
by Doug “Uther” Lawrence Sim Cockpit System is owned and operated by Kurt and Mike Gamnig. Kurt, a retired airline pilot, has developed several available cockpits. He has stated that his designs are inspired from the simulators he used while working as a commercial pilot. This review will feature the Model SCS-F3 with the Screen Magnifier FL-3 (fresnel […]
Back To Page 16 Stealth lives! F-22 Raptor by Wpnssgt. Conclusion SF’s evolution has been an exciting, and at times traumatic, experience, but the journey has been well worth it — and it’s not over. As mentioned earlier, stealth is supported by SF, and soon the modding Community will be releasing aircraft that will take […]
Back To Page 15 Other Visual Third Party Mods There’s more to the immersion in a flight sim than aircraft and weapons. Mainscreens, briefing screens, hangar and loading screens, new medals to earn, all play a part in making a good flight sim great — SF does not lack in this department. Swedish Mainscreen […]
Back To Page 14 Weapons Pack It would get pretty boring (and be horribly inaccurate) if the same twenty weapons or so in the original release were available for all weapons systems now available. So, we have new weapons, brought to the Community by quite a few SF modders under the auspices of the SF […]
Back To Page 13 Vehicles and Other Land Objects Everything from squads of infantry, to SA-7 MANPADS, to Main Battle Tanks, new buildings, trucks, artillery, the lists go on and on. Whatever the theater and time period, it’s populated by user made objects. Merkava Mk1 by Marcello. Leopard 2 By Kesselbrut, skin by Gramps 20mm […]
Back To Page 12 RAF Tornados (by AmokFloo) attack an airfield during Desert Storm, excellent cluster bomb effect by Deuces, the SF Effects Master! Special Effects Some truly beautiful effects have been developed by the Community. Whether it’s explosions, missile effects, afterburners, wingtip vortices, weather, and many other things, SF will have something to your […]
Back To Page 11 Campaigns Offline campaigns are where most of the action is in SF. Campaigns exist for all the new terrain sets, for both Allied and Axis, red and Blue Teams, depending on your preference! Some of the Campaigns include, as voted by the Community: Mainscreen from the Korean […]
Back To Page 10 Terrains The terrain over which we fly has come from being decidedly average in the initial release to things of beauty, the equal in any sim. There are currently around 40 complete terrain sets (in addition to the actual land and sea you fly over, objects such as tanks […]
Back To Page 9 1990’s and Beyond General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin Block 52 F-16C Fighting Falcon, by Team Viper of Wpnssgt, USAFMTL, Column5 and Volksjaeger. McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18 Hornet by The Mirage Factory and Flying Toaster. Hornet Cockpit, complete with HUD (by the SF A-Team’s Kesselbrut) and Multi-Function Displays! And Helicopters! Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King […]
Back To Page 8 Korean War – 1950’s F-86 Sabre by Dan Waldrep and Dave Zurawski What would an F-86 be without a MiG-15? MiG-15 by Pasko and Column 5. This skin by me. F-86 Sabre pit by Dan and Dave. 1960’s and Vietnam F-8E Crusader by “The Gunfighters” F-8 Development Team: Lobo mau, Volksjager, […]
Back To Page 7 Official Add-ons There have been only two official aircraft add-ons for SF, both being available from mid July 2005. The first is the A-4F Skyhawk, and the second the F-4J Phantom II. SF Gold has an additional official add-on, the F-104G Starfighter. You may notice that SF originally shipped with […]
