Reviews (by Cedric)

My rateing: 4.5 Stars I really appreciate the development of these Paragliders for the Sim. They fill a gap between the fixed wing gliders, the Paramotor Trike, Hanggliders and the flyndive Paramotor that I was looking forward to seeing in the Sim. For the easiest approach to Paragliding in sim this addon does the task. It is correctly listed as Glider and therefore can be launched by winch launch. The addon did improve a lot with the update to v1.2: - enabled generic sim wind sound - improved model detail - added a basic instruments for orientation, position, airspeed and vertical speed It maked the addon way more usable and massively increases the fun. some critique points stay open: - no animations (controls, canvas or steering) - variometer probably just shows vertical speed (needs testing) - no groudn handling - no textures on the harness and strings - cruise speed is too low The cruise spped is too low for this variant. as soon a exceeding 25 kph it starts to sink massively. cruise speed of 40-50 kph woudl mean diving, not cruising. After seeing the progress I am confident that the addon will be worked on and quality will increase step by step. For now I think it may be valid payware but the price is too high for its current state. I must say the concept and flight model is fun. gliding on treetop high in the alps touching the branches with your virtual pilot's feet. I hope the developer will continue improving the model, refineing the variometer. Looking forward to adapting my rating in the future. The addon has much potential.

My rateing: 4.5 Stars I really appreciate the development of these Paragliders for the Sim. They fill a gap between the fixed wing gliders, the Paramotor Trike, Hanggliders and the flyndive Paramotor that I was looking forward to seeing in the Sim. For the easiest approach to Paragliding in sim this addon does the task. It is correctly listed as Glider and therefore can be launched by winch launch. The addon did improve a lot with the update to v1.2: - enabled generic sim wind sound - improved model detail - added a basic instruments for orientation, position, airspeed and vertical speed It maked the addon way more usable and massively increases the fun. some critique points stay open: - no animations (controls, canvas or steering) - variometer probably just shows vertical speed (needs testing) - no groudn handling - no textures on the harness and strings After seeing the progress I am confident that the addon will be worked on and quality will increase step by step. For now I think it may be valid payware but the price is too high for its current state. I must say the concept and flight model is fun. gliding on treetop high in the alps touching the branches with your virtual pilot's feet. I hope the developer will continue improving the model, refineing the variometer. Looking forward to adapting my rating in the future. The addon has much potential.

I really appreciate the development of these Paragliders for the Sim. They fill a gap between the fixed wing gliders, the Paramotor Trike, Hanggliders and the flyndive Paramotor that I was looking forward to seeing in the Sim. For the easiest approach to Paragliding in sim this addon does the task. It is correctly listed as Glider and therefore can be launched by winch launch. That said for a low priced payware addon it is missing some basic features I would expect from a payware addon: - no sound at all (canvas or wind) - no animations (controls, canvas or steering) - no instruments at all - polygon count and texture detail apart from that some paraglider specific features are missing to turn it into a functioning operational paraglider: - basic instruments for airspeed and variometer - basic ground handling to run and launch from cliffs It makes sense that a paraglider does not feature a full cockpit. but including a small instrument like the skymaster including an airspeed indicator and a variometer would be very handy to get basic information. Does not even have to be a custom UI, maybe the default attitude display with speed and altitude tape was sufficient. For now we have to enable the UI gauges, really killing the immersion. I do not think the current overall quality of textures, model, sound and instruments justify the price of this add-on. On the other hand, the concept and flight model is fun. gliding on treetop high in the alps touching the branches with your virtual pilot's feet. I really hope this release is an early approach and the developer will continue adding sounds, improving the model and adding basic instruments and a variometer. Sadly no planned future work is included in the description. Looking forward to adapting my rating in the future. The addon has potential but in my oppinion is not on payware level yet.