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X-Plane v 9.0 | 
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| From: Valusoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $34.75
You Save: $5.24 (13%)
New (9) Used (3) from $29.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 3549
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Everyone
Media: DVD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: 00044
Model: 71662
UPC: 740569000447
EAN: 0740569000447
ASIN: B000LQ4CXY
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed in Retail Box with Slipcover. Some shelfwear to slipcover. Standard Shipping=First Class, Expedited=Priority
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| Features:
| • | X-Plane 9 provides Ultra Realistic Flight Simulation | | • | Subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, sporting aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic Concorde and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie | | • | Design the plane you want to fly-from instrument panel to fuselage to weapons | | • | Try your hand at flying the Space Shuttle - orbit mars or simply fly through outer space | | • | Land at any of over 18,000 airports, as well as on aircraft carriers, helipads on building tops, frigates that pitch and roll in the waves, and oil rigs |
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Product Description
X-Plane 9 is the most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator for the PC. X-Plane 9 simulates anything that flies. From single-engine fixed-wing props to multi-engine jets, gliders to dirigibles, helicopters to spacecraft to VTOLs, X-Plane 9 simulates them all. Using blade-element theory, X-Plane 9 accurately simulates the aerodynamic properties of any lifting surface, producing the most realistic flight dynamics available. Create your own aircraft using the included Plane-Maker tool, or design your own scenery with World-Maker, X-Plane includes over 30 aircraft spanning the aviation industry and history, with hundreds more commercial and user-created planes available for download. System Requirements - DVD Drive required, Windows XP or Vista, 2GHz Processor, up to 60GB free space, USB joystick or yoke, Internet Access, and 64MB RAM Video Card
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| Customer Reviews:
 flying a real plane is much less complicated August 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have owned this sim. for a whole day and have yet to been able to get a Cessna 172 off the ground. I am an ATP rated pilot and have never encountered anything as complicated in real life as X-Plane 9.
It is strictly for people that love to mess with computers.
I own both versions of Flight Sim. and do enjoy them.
I was given X-Plane 9 as a gift. After I delete it I'm worried about what to tell my friend that gave it to me. Thanks but no thanks?
The flight engineers panel of the Boeing 747 is a child's toy compared to this monster.
GOOD GRIEF July 3, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I thought this "simulation" was a throwback from the early 90's. I strongly disagree with the two five star ratings by the author? and his brother? The flight model was poor, the interface with the joystick was poor, the graphics were smooth but looked very primitive. I already deleted this huge sim (60 GB - gigabytes!) off of my system.
 Not a game...VERY realistic May 29, 2008
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
X-Plane 9 is not really a game in the classic sense. But it is, without question, the most realistic flight sim you can get for entertainment. It is even used as part of an FAA certified trainer. It has more options and customization than you can imagine. It even allows you to create your own aircraft. I found the program solid and much more efficient (both CPU and graphics) than FSX. This is no "flight-arcade" game. If you really want realism, X-Plane this is only way to go.
A better simulator than Flight Sim X May 26, 2008
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I purchased both X plane and Microsoft's Flight Sim X for the purpose of using them for some home flight training. As a simulator X plane 9 knocks the socks off Flight Sim X. Flight Sim X was simply too easy and the controls a tad unrealistic. Simple things really bothered me like the fact that the turn coordinator is there simply for show (it doesnt work) Flight Sim X is also a real system hog (see reviews on amazon for numerous complaints). I have numerous other complaints related to its realism that I wont waste time on here. X Plane 9 is everything flight sim x wants to be. I found the simulation much more challenging and the weather manipulation far superior to Flight sim X. The aircraft models and graphics to me looked roughly the same. In addition to the benefits as a simulator, X plane also allows you to do some really amazing things that Flight Sim X doesnt. Want to fly on Mars? Pilot the space shuttle back to earth from orbit? Take the X-15 from under the wing of a B52 into orbit? Design your own airframe? If your trying to decide between X plane and Flight Sim X I would get X plane.
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