a380-800F???

flightsimer · Post by **flightsimer** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:32 pm

why dont we have a a380-800F in here?

Airboatr · Post by **Airboatr** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:47 pm

yeah
whats up with That??

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:08 am

None are built and in service yet. Same rule applies as always - if it's not in service yet, it's not in the database.

Airboatr · Post by **Airboatr** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:15 am

should then

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:30 am

It will not be added until there is an A380-800F in service. That won't be until 2009 at the earliest. Sorry, but the rules are clear.

flightsimer · Post by **flightsimer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:32 am

CAPFlyer wrote:It will not be added until there is an A380-800F in service. That won't be until 2009 at the earliest. Sorry, but the rules are clear.

im new and have yet to see anywhere on the forums about aircraft being added.

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:56 am

Its in aircraft stats "add new aircraft",but it doesn,t appear to be working at the moment.

Post by **cmdrnmartin** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:58 am

Guys, the rule (informal) is that if it doesn't exist in real life, you won't see it here. That's why we forced a wait for the A380, and why you don't see the 787 on the list either.

Also, as a sidenote, a lot of our widebodies are underpriced, so expect those prices to jump soon.

Airboatr · Post by **Airboatr** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:04 am

no sory
"should be built by now then"

flightsimer · Post by **flightsimer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:34 am

well there has been 4 built since last year. they used 4 to do all the testing, so theyve been built, just like the 787 has. that the only thing i dont get, is they have been built, but just because they havent been delievered yet, shouldnt mean that they cant be added.

flightsimer · Post by **flightsimer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:35 am

now if it was an airplane of the future, like the boeing 797 then yes i wouldnt add it either, because there is no such thing, as of now

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:25 am

Until an airplane actually enters service, there is no garuntee it will actually do so. As such, it makes no sense to add an aircraft that may not ever see service. There have been several aircraft in the past, including aircraft already flying, that never saw service, several in fairly recent history. The issue here is certification as much as anything else. Until the aircraft has been Certificated to fly commercially, one cannot establish the operating characteristics of the aircraft accurately. No matter how good computer models are, they aren't perfect and until the airplane's actually flown and been certificated, any numbers released on the aircraft are nothing more than a guess, and usually not a good one at that as many times the numbers have to be revised substantially after testing.

Also, there is not an A380-800F flying or built. The first one isn't even in assembly yet. As such, the argument that there's been one built holds no water whatsoever. We operate in a world of reality. The point of this program is to provide a realistic environment in which to simulate the operation of a virtual airline. How are we serving that goal of realism if we allow aircraft that are/were not certified to fly in the real world into the program?

Airboatr · Post by **Airboatr** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:13 am

right
say, you know some in the group here in flynet have
a different way of calling the out the A380-800F
yeah , they way they feel about airbuses is
they say F... A380-800

hehe ........uhh..whoops.... DOH!

ok bu-bye