Guest Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 So, it looks stunning. Hope it get release soon....... Also will aerosoft be distributing the boxed version of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurowing 65 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 i've been waiting for an FSX king air for a long time. however, i was hoping for a 250 or 350. but that one might be just as fun! i'm just not a big fan of carenado. their planes look great but they don't feel too real when you fly them. at least the ones that i own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 i've been waiting for an FSX king air for a long time. however, i was hoping for a 250 or 350. but that one might be just as fun! i'm just not a big fan of carenado. their planes look great but they don't feel too real when you fly them. at least the ones that i own... Do you have the c337 skymaster? I have it and i heard that is the only carenado plane that would actually stall correctly. Also carenado had recruited a flight dynamics specialist so it will be a interesting one to watch for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurowing 65 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 no i have the caravan. it looks great but it just doesn't feel right when you fly it. not smooth enough but that applies to most airplanes in the sim. only a few feel well. the twin otter for example is fun to fly. except for rotation during take off. a little jerky on the pitch changes even with little control input. if the caravan were as good i would fly it more often. let's see what carenado will do with this one. i will not buy to find out myself, though. someone else will have to take the risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1967A1 0 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I bought the latest Carenado A36 and it flies great for me, but I'm no expert. Other Carenado airplanes I have don't seem as smooth, at least on frame rates. I also have the 337, but the A36 seems to operate smoother for me. I'd give the King Air a try. I've been happy with the Carenado aircraft I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Pilot 90 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 No, there is not a single plane in fs that feels exactly like the real ones I fly. Of course there are similarities but it's just not possible to replicate this 100% in fs. You can not only take the numbers, as in real life every plane (also the same type) feels slightly different But I think anyone Carenado and most other developers are doing a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Im not much of an expert either, but I do know carenado tend to do a good job on their aircraft. Each of it gets better, i just hope carenado's attention doesnt get carried over to the new company 'Alabeo' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDNR-Cruiser 319 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hi Piper Pilot, I used to think like you do until lately but then I did a big mistake: I bought the Katana 4x for Xmas... In the past I was mostly satisfied with the Carenado planes: sure the Cessna 152 and 172 were a bit nervous when taxiing, the rudder didn't work like in a real 172 (and I flew a few different ones), some standard systems (like rudder trim) are not modelled, not all switches/instruments work as expected and so on... - but some planes were quite nice to fly: the Beech F33A, the Mooney, the PA-28-181... All Carenado planes look really good, they are very frame-rate friendly and performance-wise they are not completely off... On the negative side they normally lack documentation (except the most basic one) and some birds simply fly like drunk - and you know what I'm talking about... Don't get me wrong, please! The Carenado planes are not bad at all, it's just that the Katana 4x is so much better! Since I got my Katana 4x, I retired most of my Carenado planes, except my Beech F33 which I fly with a personalized paint-job and because its a completely different story on "long" trips... Sure, even the Katana ist not 100% the real bird but compared to other planes I own its almost like the real thing - and I am not talking about all the gizmos like maintenance here! Would I be interested in the King Air? Depends... - if Carenado gets better on documentation, flight modelling and system depth I might give it a try although I'm not a big fan of twins (limited visibility). If they follow their standards, definitely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Pilot 90 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Hi EDNR-Cruiser, I believe you Seems I have to buy the Katana, too. However it would be too small for me in real life, the smallest plane I've ever flown was the 152 and I prefer bigger ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDNR-Cruiser 319 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Piper Pilot, This is now a bit off-topic in this thread so apologies for this intermezzo... I also wouldn't pick a Katana in real life - not to speak of an old Cessna 152 iron horse! Two grown ups in a 152 means you have to push it in the air as there's no allowed weight left for any fuel... But the flightsim is something different - you can leave all the annoying pax and bags on the ground and then the Katana is a pleasure to fly without many limitations! Climb rate and cruise speed are no worse than in a C172 or PA-28-161 and instrumentation compared to the average C172 or PA-28 is not much worse... - okay, I really miss my DME and sometimes also my ADF in the Katana and I can only dream of an autopilot but on the other hand it comes with a decent GPS (and many hobby pilots need this much more than on old fashioned clock collection in their plane) at no additional costs. Now back to the topic again, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Anyways, the king air looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehead 126 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Looks alone can deceive. Now, if this has a good model of the turboprop PT6's and the predominant engine sound is governed by prop pitch and rpm and not just the power levers alone (ie when changing rpm with the prop levers down the engine sound changes), and the flight model is, as in the c337, plausible, then it would be a viable option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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