What do people think of the meteor?

I have enjoyed the Canberra, Tornado and Hawk. Is the Meteor of the same level of fidelity? - if anyone has it I would be grateful to know what they think.

Thanks
Neil

First impression. Excellent.
Only one minor gripe, the HP cocks are awkward to move, I can't see why they have to be click and drag, why not on or off click like the LP cocks? But you only touch them on starting and shut down, so no big deal.
Haven't managed to do a pin-wheel yet, but I'll get there.

Hi all,

Slight problem with the Artificial Horizon, and/or Auto Pilot.
Until I get used to a new aircraft I fly with failures disabled.
So, I'm 18,000 feet over the North Sea, flying towards the Humber Estuary. Straight and level, 300 Kts IAS. In the real world the phone rings. Flick on the A/P and answer the phone. Get back after about 3 or 4 minutes, aircraft still on course but descending at about 2,000 fpm. The Artificial Horizon had crashed. Tried switching avionics off and on, but couldn't get the Artificial Horizon back and A/P switches frozen.
All other systems were fully operational.

petesmiffy wrote: Slight problem with the Artificial Horizon, and/or Auto Pilot. Until I get used to a new aircraft I fly with failures disabled. So, I'm 18,000 feet over the North Sea, flying towards the Humber Estuary. Straight and level, 300 Kts IAS. In the real world the phone rings. Flick on the A/P and answer the phone. Get back after about 3 or 4 minutes, aircraft still on course but descending at about 2,000 fpm. The Artificial Horizon had crashed. Tried switching avionics off and on, but couldn't get the Artificial Horizon back and A/P switches frozen. All other systems were fully operational.

I think I have an answer for that.

Earlier this evening I took a night flight and encountered the same problem. I discovered that the battery was still "off." Fortunately, I had a keyboard shortcut to turn it back on.

Apparently, if you circumvent the startup procedure as described in the manual, you can lose electrical power in flight. I did just that and lost power, which in turn lost the Artificial Horizon and Auto Pilot.

My default flight is the default Cessna in a cold and dark state. So basically the battery, generator and avionics are all "off". So if you circumvent the Meteor startup procedure, the battery is still "off" and you will lose electrical after several minutes of flight.

I repeated my flight, but followed the Meteor startup exactly and had no problems with the Artificial Horizon or Auto Pilot.

Tricky, tricky, tricky. Of course, results may vary based on the settings of one's default flight.

--WH

Yes. Yes. Yes.  Just bought and flown the Meteor over the Western Isles and the Cullins. Great first impression.  No regrets and tomorrow is another flying day. I thought there would never be such a lovely rendition (particularly its cockpit) of this milestone plane and its engine. Fantastic.

Bought the Meteor yesterday.  First flight went really well, much to my surprise, as my landings are 'dodgy' at the best of times.  Second flight came in  too low and slow which meant crash.  Another deletion from my pilots log. 

I shall try the 'cold start' from the saved Staverton flight that came with the purchase later this evening. 

I have been away from FSX for a long time because I got bored of the generic 'planes that came with the software and was totally unaware of the vast amountof add-ons, both payware and freeware, that is available to the community.

Having rediscovered FSX (Steam Edition installed) you could say that the sky's the limit.

Now I just need to get a decent joystick, rudder pedals and yoke (for those aircarft that need one) to really enjoy myself.

Well done Just Flight and your associates for a great product.

Hi there.