Great Freeware Sea Fury - Aerobatics over NZA Simulations Wanaka Region - Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@rafaelcassalicamozzato8335]

Amazing vídeo, and one of my favorite piston fighters. Superb Bristol Centaurus Sound.

[@TheScudrace]

Another warbird to fly in the sim 🤩 I wasn't expecting this one and will certainly give it a go after focusing on the brilliant Fw-190 in the past weeks. Nice flying - thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much =) Yeah, it came as a very nice surprise, I wasn't expecting it either! The Fw-190 is awesome, I also spent most of my sim time in it at the moment =)

[@jameskfrew]

I downloaded yesterday.... it's superb!

[@vintagesimulations]

I'm glad you enjoy it too =)

[@tpruitt7069]

Super video. Thank you for sharing and excellent flying.

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =)

[@StevenHickingbottom]

Another excellent video and display, I’m really impressed with the power from the Bristol Centaurus engine, enabling those huge loops. The aircraft that I would most like to see developed for MSFS 2024 is the de Havilland 103 Hornet / Sea Hornet. Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, the renowned WW2 test pilot, said of the aircraft, “in my book the Sea Hornet ranks second to none for harmony of control, performance characteristics and, perhaps most important, in inspiring confidence in its pilot. For sheer exhilarating flying enjoyment, no aircraft has ever made a deeper impression on me than did this outstanding filly from the de Havilland stable." Captain Brown enjoyed giving aerobatic displays with one engine feathered as a result of the very clean design. IMHO, not just a great aircraft for low level but a long distance tourer as well with excellent all round visibility.

[@vintagesimulations]

Sorry for the late response! Thank you very much, I'm glad you like the video =) Yes, the Centaurus is a beast! Sadly, so far all Sea Furys I've seen live were fitted with either a Wright R-3350 or a P&W R-2800, but the performance was just as impressive and both engines sound great too. Yes! I would also love to see a De Havilland Hornet in the sim. Apart from being one of the most impressive performing aircraft of its time, I think it's also one of De Havilland's prettiest designs.

[@Keysersausage]

Developers should be paying you mate. Another great vid 👍

[@vintagesimulations]

That's very kind of you to say! I wouldn't say no 😂 Thank you! I'm glad you like it =)

[@steerwithmyrear]

Great video. It's a superb external model.

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much! Glad you like it =) I agree, the external model is fantastic and it's awesome that a few airworthy Sea Fury’s get represented in the package.

[@Ricardo.Sigwalt]

Looking at your flight profile and technics, I assume you are a real life aviator. Awesome flying displays and cinematics.

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much for the nice compliment! I'm glad you like it =) I'm sadly not a real-life aviator yet. But hopefully in the not too distant future. I've been a lifelong warbird and airshow fan and pretty much life for vintage aviation and have been saving up for my private pilot’s license for the last few years. I'm also very fortunate to ground crew for friends with their Stearman, Focke Wulf Stieglitz, Cub and Christen Eagle and often get to be the "autopilot" from and to airshows and got quite a bit of stick time in plenty of GA aircraft over the years too =)

[@monostripezebras]

looks good!

[@vintagesimulations]

I agree! Especially considering it's freeware, it's fantastic =)

[@Angel-uo4ds]

Fantastic, thx.

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =)

[@chrisbailey9331]

Brilliant video thanks for posting this, I’ll certainly give this aircraft a try. One question, how do you get the spectator view camera set up please?

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =) I record the initial flight with a Flight Recorder from flightsim.to. Then, during the replay, I use the in-game showcase camera to set up the spectator view. You lock it on the aircraft and then move to any position you think looks good. It's a lot of fun to experiment with it =)

[@chrisbailey9331]

Can you tell me how I can set up the spectator view; so that I can fly my aircraft and watch it from the ground like you have done? Please 🙏🏻

[@vintagesimulations]

@@chrisbailey9331 You sadly won't be able to control it out of the ground view, at least not to my knowledge. So you have to record the flight first, I use this Flight Recorder for it: flightsim.to/file/8163/flight-recorder For the ground view itself you have to go to your camera settings and select the "Showcase" Camera. There you can select "Drone Lock Mode", it'll lock the camera onto the aircraft without following it. After that you can move the camera to a position of your liking (I use a Xbox controller for that, but I'm sure it's possible with a keyboard too). The last step is to adjust the "Zoom level". I usually use 70-90% zoom. I hope that helps =)

[@chrisbailey9331]

Thank you for the detailed explanation; shall have to experiment with this. It’s one aspect of MSFS that isn’t as good as the old FSX ‘tower view’ was! Hopefully one day the developers will put this right! Thanks again for your help.

[@vintagesimulations]

@@chrisbailey9331 sorry for the late response. I totally missed your reply. I fully agree with you, I really miss the tower view from FSX too. Sometimes I would fly the planes from the ground like RC planes =)

[@robertb.3651]

Best prop fighter ever build - i want this desperately on Xbox !!!!

[@vintagesimulations]

Certainly among the very best and one of the best looking ones as well! Microsoft is working on a freeware section for the Marketplace, so hopefully you'll be able to enjoy it too in the not too distant future =)

[@harryspeakup8452]

Weirdly, having installed this it appears to load fine, all the controls do what they are supposed to, but it won't move, either on the ground or (if slewed up a few thousand feet) in the air either. Haven't seen this with any other paid or freeware FS2020 aircraft.

[@vintagesimulations]

Hm that's very strange! I sadly don't have any idea how to solve this :/ Have you tried contacting the developer?

[@jayteeaitch]

One fine day - 1000s of us who love your videos - would just love to have you do a video on how you make these superb action videos - chapter and verse - IE. we would just love to emulate your methods

[@vintagesimulations]

That's very kind of you to say! Thank you very much, I appreciate that! There actually isn't too much to it =) While I film the initial flight, I record it with a flight recorder as well. Later on, I set up the showcase camera for the takeoff, landing & spectator/ground views while I replay the flight. That's basically it =) It's a lot of fun to try out different camera views and angles and to put the videos together afterwards. I'm very, very grateful that so many of you seem to enjoy the videos 🙂I've been thinking about making a few commentary videos lately, but I don't like listening to my own voice and I'm sure most of you wouldn't enjoy listening to a bad German accent for 30 mins either 🤣

[@jayteeaitch]

@@vintagesimulations thanks for that - the first recording I understand - its the second bit where I get confused - IE "placing the camera for the showcase - my mind can't get round how you can use the first recording to make the second??

[@vintagesimulations]

@@jayteeaitch I'm really sorry, I missed your reply! The first recording consists of a video recording with OBS and a separate recording of the flight path with this tool: flightsim.to/file/8163/flight-recorder The recording of the Flight Recorder can be replayed in the sim. It has its limitations, for instance you have to start and stop the recording with a running engine and it won't replay animations like the opening of the canopy or cowl flaps and so on. So, this recording is the one that gets used for the second part. In the in-game camera menu is a camera called "Showcase". Here you select "Drone Lock Mode" and then, you move the camera to a position of your liking and it will automatically lock onto the aircraft. I use a Controller to move the camera, but I'm sure it should work with a keyboard too. When you have found a position you like, you can adjust the zoom level. I usually use 75-90%. I hope this helps =)

[@jayteeaitch]

@@vintagesimulations thanks for your time - will now try to upscale my own videos

[@vintagesimulations]

@@jayteeaitch my pleasure! I'm looking forward to your videos =)

[@rubberduck05]

luuuuuv it

[@vintagesimulations]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@stefanblackadder5236]

Great video! But it’s a damn shame that Xbox flyers like me don’t get access to freeware like this.

[@vintagesimulations]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it =) I agree that's a real shame. Microsoft has been talking about adding a freeware section to the Marketplace for quite a while now. Hopefully they'll implement it soon, so you guys can enjoy aircraft like the Sea Fury too!