Black Square Commander 114

More info to come tomorrow.

Hhhmmm, this could be tempting! I flew one for a number of hours in real life many years ago. I still consider it the best looking single ever - inside and out - with the roomiest cabin. But it was rather heavy and you paid a penalty for the wide cabin in terms of drag.

Probably the longest takeoff run I EVER had in those years was in a 114 at Keetmanshoop (FYKT) in Namibia in September 1983. The field is at almost 3,500ft and it was more than 30°C outside. When we left Cape Town I had my passengers remove stuff from their luggage to be sure we were OK in terms of weight and C of G. This in spite of me laying down the law earlier. But even so: we were pretty much at gross. The runway is long so it wasn’t a concern, but, as expected, it did run for an AWFULLY long time.

This looks amazing. I have always loved the lines of the 114; it is a truly beautiful aircraft in my eyes. Well done!

I really love that Black Square keeps introducing avionics that we’ve never seen before too.

When I heard a while back that BKSQ was developing this, I incorrectly assumed this was to be the Aero Commander (below) :slight_smile: I stand corrected. Instabuy for me, of course. And hope the King Air Professional isn’t far behind.

Same for me, because they are actually doing both this Commander and the Aero/Turbo one, but when they lately said the Commander would be the next to come out, I was also thinking about the Aero one :smiley:

Oh well, I wonder what the new immersion features will be that Nick mentioned on the forums for the 114.

Loved flying the FSD Commander 114 back in the day… looking forward to meeting up with it again (and with Black Square quality) a couple of decades (!) later.

Absolutely amazing!

Hang on, it’s already released?!

Yes, I’d seen that. Maki’s post was(is) confusing. I thought that was a personal screenshot.

I owned a 112 with a 3rd party turbonormalizer for 5 years. It is a great looking plane, but wasn’t the best performer. The turbo helped get it up high where it performed better, and got above the deep Arizona boundary layer. The trailing link gear was very forgiving and resulted in smooth landings.

Interesting…

New goodies :slight_smile: For a moment was thinking that gear/tire wear will be a thing, but seems like it’s only the hydraulics.

Please people note the context here when saying it’s not the best performer :face_savoring_food:

Just teasing. Most people say the same thing about the plane even when not in the Arizona in the desert or at hot 7500’ airports…

Looking forward to this. It’s more my style for a single engine than the Bonanza.

Is the Aero Commander 685 still under development?

Yes it is.

Can’t wait, love this aircraft.

Will look forward to your feedback if you get this one.