Soaring, Condor style

[Sandy]

I dusted off an old favorite, and revisited the fact that I suck at sail plane flying. But it sure can be fun...



Grabbing a place at random from which to start, I wound up in Innsbruck, Austria. Believe it or not, the textures you're seeing here are *payware* ... Condor is about ten years old (or more?) now, and while it's graphics were never top-shelf, they are really looking dated compared to P3D2.4 with Orbx...

Getting a tow into the air:



Cruising around, waiting for the timer to count down to race start:


This is what I think of whenever I see the Nike 'swoosh' logo:


Without a hat, you're toast. Literally! It get's really warm under direct sunlight. Fly too close to the sun, and your feathers will melt!

[Bushpounder]

Gliders are fun. They will fine tune your judgement.

BP;)

[pivo11]

Never have been able to fly those properly. 

[Sandy]

I've never tried the gliders in FSX. I really like how Condor has the physics about as close as it can be for a 2D representation. The graphics may be lacking a bit, but the experience of finding thermals and riding ridge lift is truly amazing. Add in the multiplayer competition aspect, and it becomes an extremely challenging simulation.

[olderndirt]

Unless you count a couple of dead stick episodes, never done any gliding.