Just Wondering Question

[Tempest123]

How is it that Accusim and other FSX developers can make a P-47 (and many grumman planes) for sale for flight sim x and not run afoul of these legal issues, but a free patch for a 10 year old sim with a smaller audience cant touch these planes? Honestly is grumman even going to notice, (or care because its not for sale) if a Bearcat or P-47 update slips into a TD patch? Its only good PR for them anyways

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Tempest123

How is it that Accusim and other FSX developers can make a P-47 (and many grumman planes) for sale for flight sim x and not run afoul of these legal issues, but a free patch for a 10 year old sim with a smaller audience cant touch these planes? Honestly is grumman even going to notice, (or care because its not for sale) if a Bearcat or P-47 update slips into a TD patch? Its only good PR for them anyways

According to people in the know NG came very close to stopping Pacific Fighters being released.

People are not making this stuff up.

[Tempest123]

Wow, not cool NG, not cool....
I wonder if PF had been made by an american company if they would have felt that way? I honestly fail to see how PF was bad publicity or infringing on NG, its not like the Wildcat/Hellcat are badly modeled, they are very good. Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific, and all those history channel shows, and other games are ok then I guess?
I'm no lawyer so I'm assuming its very complicated and probably not discussed very much here. Ah well, I love those Grumman planes so I'm glad we have what we have, perhaps thats why there is no real f-14 sim either?

I used to mod for Red Baron 2 and 3d many years ago over at SWISSA. Anyways, that sim had a long life, but not like Il2. I just came back to sims this year after a 8 or 9 year absence and was suprised to find TD and Il2 still going, and of course Oleg still answering questions