Maintenance and Income Tool - Freeware PSPaX-AirHauler-FSE-alike

[Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142]

If you like some additional pressure whilst you're flying, then this freebie might appeal to you. (It didn't come up in a forum search, so I assume that this isn't old news).   

 

The 'Maintenance and Income Tool' (MIT) seems to be (I <*cough*> haven't actually tried it yet) an option for adding additional.... interest (?) to your flights:-

 

• "Need a purpose for your flights?


• Tired of people stealing your airplane in FSEconomy?


• Tired of that annoying flight attendant in FSPassengersX?


• Tired of wussy passengers who panic during the slightest bit of turbulence?


• Tired of having to purchase airplane paints and repurchase the whole darn thing when you want to switch repaints?


• Tired of hunting down payload configuration files?


• Tired of being permanently, financially screwed after a particularly bad flight?


• Tired of that first officer that chews you out for not switching off the landing lights at exactly 10000.0000 ft?


• Tired of running separate tools for passengers and cargo?


• Broke?

 

Then MIT is the perfect solution for you!

 

• This tool is actually only two gauges(!) to add some purpose to your aircraft. They install as any other subpanel and gauge can be used with any aircraft* having one to four engines**, so you can use it with everything from an ultralight to an A380.


• Payload is just that: Payload. It doesn't discriminate between cattle, humanoid cattle, weapons or boxes. If it possesses weight, it can be hauled.


• No whiny passengers. Hit some turbulence? Enjoy the ride! Your payload won't care.


• No annoying flight attendant to scare you out of your sleep while on a transcon.


• You're in charge of payload distribution with FSX' or the aircraft's payload manager. No hunting down bloody payload configuration files.


• The only thing that counts for making revenue is arriving at the destination set in the flight plan. So fly where you want and take as much time as you need (as long as you can pay for the fuel).


• Not in the mood to buy your plane? Turn the purchase requirement off.


• Buy a panel variation or an entire aircraft type. It's up to you.


• Watch the condition of the engine(s), flaps, landing gear and airframe degrade over time. The worse you fly, the quicker this will happen.


• Failures are probability based and dependant on the plane's condition.


• If a system fails, the particular type of failure will be randomly chosen.


• Your reputation influences the amount of payload you're allowed to carry. Treat your plane well, fly well and watch your reputation (and thus income) grow.


• Earn funds to pay for mandatory aircraft checks. Miss a check and your reputation is going to suffer.


• Not in the mood to haul stuff? Use "free fly" mode to simulate positioning flights, training flights or simply to screw around and watch your aircraft's condition degrade.


• Money is tight and there's an expensive check coming up? Cheat. MIT won't judge you.


• MIT is written in XML and configurable, so you can tailor it to your liking.


• Persistence across sessions and aircraft and more kindly provided by XMLTools."

 

So there you go. If you're interested, the announcement thread containing the above details is at http://www.avsim.com/topic/471960-mit-maintenance-and-income-tool-freeware-fspax-airhauler-fse-alike/

 

In that thread you'll see, also in the first post, a link to the docs (available in various formats). However, the utility has been upgraded several times since first release, as you will see in the rest of the thread.

 

Inside the docs you'll find a link to the latest version. (Files dated 26th Jan, 2016)

 

Well, if nothing else, the price is right.     

 

Cheers,

 

bruce

a.k.a. brian747

[mutley 4,488]

Thanks for the info Brian, not sure if I can take the stress! 

[hlminx 301]

Interesting find Brian

 

Certainly sounds like a good punt if Air Hauler is a little too warm and fuzzy ..

 

 

[Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142]

<grin> Understood. I have to admit that I'm happiest vlying with no financial implications to lessen the "immersion" (or whatever you want to call it). Don't need screaming pax, either, but whatever floats some people's boat....

Cheers,

B.