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Hey everyone.

From what I've seen in this forum you guys seem like an informed bunch of people, so I thought I'd toss a question in here.

I've been trying, and failing misserably, to find an FSX version of the Nomad featured in the classic TV series "The flying doctors". Having a RFDS paint job is by no means a must, but if anyone has found one of those it would make my day.

So far, what I've found is a FS98 version on AVSIM with the right paint job, and if my memory is correct a FS2002 version with an other paint job. From my somewhat limited understanding of the MSFS world, i'm guessing that those planes won't run in FSX.

Keeping my fingers crossed

Stu

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That looks like just the right bird, I knew someone here would have the answer for me. :blush:

I'll try to get it down and do some bush flying in the outback.

Many thanks John.

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Did a quick test flight last night, i'll try to post some shots when I get back home from work tonight.

Considering it was primarily a plane to be used as AI-traffic it was OK. Not the best looking plane I've seen, and with just a few animated parts (only the flaps, propellers and landing gear as far as I could tell). It handles fairly good, but prehaps a bit sensitive in the turns. The big downside to me was that it didn't have a VC, flying with just a 2D cockpit will take some getting used to for me. :biggrin:

I was also surprised that the MTOW and cargo capacity was as low as it was. I was hoping to use the Nomad in AH as a bridge between the Cessna 208/Learjet and the CRJ-700, but the capacity was way lower than the default Cessna 208 Grand Caravan.

Any ideas on a good plane to bridge the gap in capacity and price between the Learjet and the CRJ-700?

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Any ideas on a good plane to bridge the gap in capacity and price between the Learjet and the CRJ-700?

There's one in development at the moment...the Embraer Legacy 500. Don't think there are any really at the moment that plug the gap. Unless you go for the CRJ-200.

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I'll see if I can get a CRJ 200 down to test that. The only one I could find right now was the Project Open Sky version, but it seems they hosted all their downloads on AVSIM, so that was sadly a no go at the moment. :biggrin:

Prehaps a Fokker 50 could be an alternative too if I can find that.

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As promised here's a few screen shots of the nomad in flight.

First of the 2D Panel

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And two exterior shots in flight. The location i trust is obvious, but judging by the name on the AC i must have made a wrong turn somewhere :baton:

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Regarding the CRJ-200 I just bought the download version of FeelThere/Wilco CRJ Regional Jet vol.1 from the AVSIM-Store. Just waiting for the activation code, that for some strange reason was missing from the delivery conformation mail :clapping:

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True, but still. If I saw a whale fin like the one in the logo on this flight, I'd be really surprised.

The CRJ-pakage is now installed, but I havn't got any of the planes in the air yet. Spent a good 2 hours trying to figure out where everything was in the cockpit last night :salute:

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