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The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, the C-17 is used for rapid airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout the world. The C-17 can also carry out tactical airlift, medical evacuation, and airdrop missions. The C-17 carries the name of two previous but unrelated, piston-engined military transport planes, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
In addition to the U.S. Air Force, the C-17 is operated by the Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Canadian Forces Air Command, Qatar Emiri Air Force, United Arab Emirates Air Force, and the Heavy Airlift Wing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Indian Air Force had ordered the C-17 but it is not yet in service.
Flight Simulator Specifications:
- Built for FSX and FS2004 engines
- Very High Detail Exterior and Interior
- Photoreal Texture Sets (US and Royal Airforce, Qatar Airways)
- Parachute Effect
- 2D Panel
- Sound Set
- Clickable Switches
- PSD Files for custom texturing
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The exterior visuals, the virtual cockpit, and the 2D cockpit are all visually stunning (so it gets 2 stars on that). If the author/developer had spent as much time perfecting the flight dynamics as he did for the modelling and visuals, this would be a great aircraft to fly. However, flight performance suffers at altitudes higher than 20,000 feet, and it's impossible to reach FL300 without it entering into a stall. While I don't profess to be an expert on performance, FL300 is easily attainable by commercial aircraft (I believe the published max speed and ceiling is mach 0.76 at FL450). The manuals are lacking, leaving the purchaser to have to figure out what to do on their own. In addition, my requests for technical support haven't been answered by the developer.
My best advice would be to continue looking for either an alternate payware version or a freeware version that gives better performance. I expected better for the money spent on the purchase. |
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Great visual model and that's it.
You cannot set the altimeter pressure which has to be one of the most basic things you would do. There are several other things like this that don't work, they seem small but actually cause a big issue at times making it not so fun to fly.
I sent a mail to the publisher but like the other reviwer they never responded to me either which is poor as all I had asked were some small questions about the non working items in a very friendly manner but they just did not respond, which is poor.
It was a choice between this and the virtavia C-17 and I wish I had purchased the latter.
There is a lot of potential for thos to be a very good product the model is really something nice but that's all I'm afraid. Go for the Virtavia version it may cost a little more but will work! |
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