PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

The Phoenix 1.02 update is available - i thought id point out
a few of the improvements that have made it better for me
its still not perfect but id recommend it to anyone

- All new 3D helicopter and 2/4-stroke 3D airplane sound effects
- Gyro system improved for more realistic blowouts during extreme manuevres

and heres the rest

New Features:
- Maximum recording time increased to 5 minutes.
- Phoenix now disables screensaver on startup/re-enables on exit.
- PhoenixUpdate makes updating your copy of Phoenix easier and more secure.
- New aircraft: Yak 30, B17 Flying Fortress, Extra 330 PW, ShiftRotor and others.
- Smoke activation can now be assigned to a switch or keypad number.
- Checkbox options are now inflight-tuneable.
- Starting positions and orientations can be cycled using hotkeys CTRL+P / O.

Enhancements:
- More advanced lighting system for all sceneries and models.
- Improved rotor-blur effects.
- Alpha-masking for increased background/model interaction.
- Increased silhouetting against sunshine and light-glare.
- Improved glass-reflection effects.
- Thicker and optimised smoke effects.
- Many sceneries reworked for even sharper image quality.

Helicopter dynamics:
- Improved drag-profile for greater falling speed against gravity.
- More blade flapping during extreme manuevres.
- Increased pitch-range: -13 to +13 degrees.

Fixed-wing dynamics:
- Even more realistic spin-physics for enhanced tumbling and flat-spins.
- Increased stability during prop-hanging.
- Increased inertia for greater feeling of weight.


As a TRex owner you cant get much better model than the Scythe - although it does
need tweaking on the power.
If the Synergy flies like the one on the sim then that is an amazing machine!

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

where is the update?
the new models look fantastic
keep up the good work Pheonix- great product

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

Thanks twister, I'll download it once I get home.

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

Please do give more input or reviews on this great product...

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

here is a Phoenix review on a heli site, but ive been assured by
my plank flyin buds that the planes are just as good...
[link=http://www.trextuning.com/phoenix.php]http://www.trextuning.com/phoenix.php[/link]

for further honest verdicts do a search on runryder.com/rcgroups
and see how many more people are thrilled by this product

if you havent visited [link=http://www.phoenix-sim.com]www.phoenix-sim.com[/link]
then take a look and get the sim that really is number1

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

Hi,

Could somebody with PhoenixRC 1.02 post some screenshots. I'm interested to see what the "More advanced lighting system for all sceneries and models" & "Improved glass-reflection effects" look like.

thanks,

Tony.

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

Ask and ye shall receive, they updated their site with some new shots:

http://www.phoenix-sim.com/images/sc...s/shot_001.jpg

http://www.phoenix-sim.com/images/sc...s/shot_002.jpg

http://www.phoenix-sim.com/images/sc...s/shot_007.jpg

http://www.phoenix-sim.com/images/sc...s/shot_005.jpg

http://www.phoenix-sim.com/images/sc...s/shot_016.jpg

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

Thanks very much for the screenshots. I think I'm going to have to sell my copy of AFPD. Does anyone know if the G3 controller works with PhoenixRC?

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

Nah they use their own dongle just like reflex - but think of it this way: for the cost difference you can actually buy a cheap reasonable transmitter to use with it!

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

those shots look amazing - is that a B52 in the first pic?

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

It's a very nice looking B17 Flying Fortress.

Dam parcelforce [:'(] I'm going to have wait until monday to get my copy of PhoenixRC

RE: PHOENIX 1.02 UPDATE
 

I really like the fact that the tape on that profile foamy even shines. Nice touch.