kingsak wrote:Not familiar with his work.
But, I just started using FSX & I'm lookin' for
some good quality a/c.
What kind of aircraft we talkin' about here??
Just about every major aricraft you can think of and then some was modeled by Mike. His aircraft were tailored for low and mid end computer systems so they lack many of the bells and whistles you see with payware or large development teams. His aircraft have no virtual cockpit. Repainting them is probably the easiest out there and all models come with blank textures.
Most of the aircraft were designed for FS2002. Several were updated for FS2004 and a few were designed for FS2004. All were modeled using GMAX.
After years of harassment, complaints, demands and a few threats Mike finally called it quits and closed shop.
Believe it or not one downloader actually flamed and IIRC threatened him because one of his windscreens was off by 3 degrees.
Mike had a very unique personality, he developed the aircraft for his own enjoyment and amusement. He took requests from time to time but mainly modeled what he wanted when he wanted. He had a very large following and many of us in the developer community shared the same feelings when it came to the harassment and demands from the sim community at that time. In fact many of us have left the development scene all together or now develop anonymously under the wing of commercial companies.
I would highly suggest that if you download Mike's collection that you do it with the expectation that the aircraft may not work out of the box with FSX and may need lots of tweaks. Also keep in mind that support from Mike may be non existent. Many simmers burned their bridges with him. He made the decision to pay attention to his health and family and give those issues priority.
The StoneAir collection has been in use by ASHA for many years now, so support and tweaks from ASHA pilots could be available.