Optimum Mass in RockSim 8

[John A. WilkeParticipant]

Wilke still uses the free version of Rocksim 4.0 I think.

You are mostly right – I paid for it (I think it was $40). Shortly after than, version 5.0 came out and they stopped supporting 4.0… I coughed up the $$ for version 5.0 and it was so bad I went back to 4.0.

Believe it or not – I still have the FLOPPY DISCS it came on. It is the best of the Rocksims, I think.

[new2hprParticipant]

I’ve seen a few bugs with Rocksim 8, but nothing major. Unfortunately, it’s those who are pushing the envelope who need more accurate simulations, and Rocksim fails them. For the rest of us who fly suboptimal birds in the range of Alpha to big draggy LOC designs, it’s been pretty accurate, even though we don’t need much accuracy!

I think Apogee is targetting the biggest market within a fairly small hobby, and that is the sport flyers, especially TARC. Tim Van M. needs to make money to stay in business and if he loses a few HPR altitude junkies due to not fixing trans-sonic issues, etc. he’s not going to lose any sleep.

Just my $0.02.
-Ken

[SCOTT EVANS]

I lick my finger and hold it up in the wind. 8) I usally get pretty close! 😉

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