Mr. Burns Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 0k... what can i say ... been waiting for one of these for a long time... and with such quality it's great ... The X-15 is more of a rocket than plane... although it is still officially a plane.. It has beaten all altitude and speed records for planes. It has reached an altitude of 108km, a flight is considered a space flight from 80km altitude onwards.. 8 pilots earned their astronaut wings flying the X-15.. The maximum speed reached is Mach 6.7 ... that's very fast indeed you can download the plane [url="http://www.simviation.com/files/1military/X15c.zip"]here[/url] [u]Pros[/u] - Excellent looking model - Historic Plane - Fun too fly - d4mn f457 [u]Con[/u] - Limitations of Flight Simulator prevent flights over 100,000 a third of the maximum altitude of the X-15 (no plane is able to go over 100,000 feet anyways, so it's not microsofts fault (for 0nce)) - Bit hard to land (not that it's easy to land this beast in real life. [b]screenie[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Rainman Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 (edited) Wow! Cruising at mach 7 a ground level sounds fun to me . Quite a 'blast' EDIT: Errr I think you need to move this thread! Edited May 2, 2003 by Tha_Rainman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Jew Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 Why removing this thread? Except for the fact that the afterburner (rocket engine) is a bit silly looking (sorry but you all know I am very good at criticism) the plane looks quite nice! Right on - we want to see more screenies NB Rainman I dont think you can cruise at mach 7 at ground level - maybe mach 1 or so but definately not in the maximum speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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