I have only seen 2 F-35 lightnings for FSX. The first one is from Acbus, and detail was clearly not their first priority The second one was a freeware one from Simviation. I was wondering, "How legendary would it be in Captain Sim made an F-35 for FSX?" Or even better, an F-22 Raptor, since the only FSX version is from Iris, and it was originaly for FS2004. So the afterburner is messed up, and there's not enough detail. I really think CS could make these ones shine, especialy as a 2-pack.

Something tells me CS could manage the coding for a realistic hover to fighter jet transforming plane.

My thoughts....


Quite frankly, everyone would buy it.  All of the people who like to fly modern airliners would love the systems of the Raptor, and all of the people who like older aircraft generally like fighters, so they would get this simply because it's a fighter, albeit a new one.  Additionally, there are simply NO F-22's on the market which are really satisfactory.  It's a niche no one has filled, and Captain Sim could be the first.

Between the F-22 and F-35- I think the F-22 is the better option.  Unless I'm very much mistaken, the Raptor doesn't have actual VTOL capabilities.  So, it would be easier to programme but no less appealing.

The Systems programming wouldn't have to be ridiculously  complex...  Take the another company F-16.  It's a great plane, and I'm sure they had pretty close to full access to the real aircraft.  However, I suppose the gov would be more particular about letting people see the Raptor's systems.  However, Captain Sim could still make a better addon simply by adding full lighting control, and even some of the less-advanced systems that another company left out.  

I think it's really possible.  Captain Sim, if the community generated enough interest for a Captain Sim F-22, would you consider making it?  I'm sure I could get Nels over at FlightSim.com to post a poll asking if people would be interested in this

I think both aircraft would be excellent additions to the armoury, although my personal preference would have to be the F-35 - mainly due to my love of carrier landings.
Speaking of which, there is an add-on for FSX, containing the Harrier, Rafale, & Lightning II. The add-on is carrier-based, and I beleive the harrier has a hover option because it's allied to the British carriers, which means it has to be able to hover in order to land. It's called Carrier Strike Force, go check it out:

I would like a F-22, but I would rather wait for the F-35 to come into active service. Then CS would be able to make it perfect.

I bet they could do it, though

If CS expresses an interest in this, I was going to talk to my editor at FlightSim.com and see if he would post a poll asking if people would like to see this come true or not.

And a couple other sites, too.