Some questions from new customer

[Axelb9]

Hello all,

Somehow I have just discovered FS Passengers and I am deeply intrigued by it however I would like to post some basic questions.
Thank you in advance for your help:

1. Is it possible to set the failures in a way that only pilot caused errors happen? What I mean is that I would really love to fly with a
realistic failure / damage model such as flaps damage for exceeding flaps speed, or engine damage because of overheating or shock
cooling, gear damage, etc - but do not want to have random stuff like birdstrikes, and other random failures that are not the
consequences of a pilot error. Is such setting possible?

1.5 If not then what damage percentage is the closest to real life?

2. Can the service elements (flight atendant, movies etc. be turned off for small GA aircraft? Likewise the copilot? Are the sounds also realistic for small aircraft? What I mean is that when 2 passengers are boarding a Cessna or a Mooney it should not sound the same as 200 pax boarding a heavy...

4. Is it possible to play a scenario where you start with a single Cessna etc. even in debt for example and then work your way up?

Thanks for your answers - question number 1 is the most important since I would like to fly in the safe knowledge that trouble would only
happen if I commit a piloting error.

alex



Post Edited ( 05-09-07 13:51 )

[eazy]

Welcome to the forum Alex (Axel?)

Although I'm not totally sure about all points (since I'm at work right now and can't check), I'll try to answer your questions and hope someone
will correct if it's crap

1. From what I know you can set your failure rate to 0%, thus having no random failures, but if you deploy flaps at 400 kts they will blow out.
If you slam it on the runway with -1000 ft/min find some money for a new gear. And if you open the door at FL350 you'd better know how to
dive. So the answer is yes, pilot errors will result in damages, no matter which failure level.

1.5 The "closest" to real would be 1% because there's no lower setting. You will not get many failures this way but still (statistically) 1 failure
out of 100 flights which is still way beyond realism.

2. Yes. Check your setup options. Default settings are No FA for light aircraft, also no movies.
About the boarding sound: As far as I know, 2 people can only "board immediately", since there's no FA to welcome them.
No boarding time = no sounds.

3. Yes. This should be already included in the scenarios (or simply company setup with economic mode, lowest starting funds).
You can also find additional scenarios in the "more downloads" section here.

Hope it help

[poden]

You can start a scenario with a very small setup, but there's no "debt" (or loans to buy aircraft). You start with a given amount of money, buy your
first plane, and move up from there. It be on as small or large a scale as you want, from single-engine props up to 747s.

You can edit a configuration file to customize your startup situation pretty significantly. For example, there's a "money multiplier" FSP uses which multiplies the amount of money you make off of each flight. Although its pretty artificial, its necessary in order to make enough money to buy planes and expand your fleet. The default setting for this multiplier is 50, and this leads to a (I think) way to rapid buildup of money. But you can adjust this down a lot too, and make it more challenging. There's a lot you can do to configure it for things like that.



Post Edited ( 05-09-07 18:31 )