Yes! The Trislander power and prop levers are nice. I wish that the levers themselves were metal. They flex when I grab all three power levers at once - it’s not a huge deal, but being a former Marine I can break stuff reaaaaaaalllll good. Those levers came from eBay, seller in the UK. My normal sources from Etsy hadn’t made any yet. (shipping was just ridiculous from the UK all the way to Hawai’i)
The two pictures above are for the Ju-52, which you can see I’ve flown a ton as they’re still taped together >.< the store I got them from was iDigStuff over on Etsy. The lever part is metal, and then the 3D printed handles are attached to those, and it looks like that is very secure.
WARNING iDigStuff’s site can be harmful to your wallet if you have a Honeycomb Bravo and like to have more realistic lever sets! Super nice guy, easy to work with. Lives in Burbank, CA.
There’s also FlightSimFactory and Homecockpit. I’ve purchased from all three, and can recommend them without hesitation.
The levers seem sturdy enough for me, as I am in the UK myself there is no problem with the shipping costs for me, I’m unlikely to get any more lever sets, like you say it could get expensive if I were to get a lever set for each aircraft I have!
Thanks for the recommendations though.
I think you’ll see those who have it, love it. It’s subjective…whether or not you like flying these sorts of aircraft, but the aircraft itself is made and flies very well.
in that case, I’d suggest getting both the Islander and the Trislander, both made by BBS. They are excellent!!! In addition, given the high level of quality in the Trislander, the Islander is currently being upgraded. The developer truly supports the product range.
BBS is relentless with product support. They just seem to keep improving until the aircraft is completely bug free. Not that they start in any rough shape whatsoever but the inevitable issues that arise, are fixed. I have the L-19 (massively underrated in this sim) the Islander and the TrIslander. I am very happy with all three but I have to say that the Tri is quite special in its own way. It is a very sturdy aircraft that flies extremely well and has outstanding ground handling. That in itself is an accomplishment in MSFS, with so many aircraft struggling to feel right on the ground. Also, you get to fly a real legend of an aircraft and it is really cool to fly it in some of the places that it frequented in real life. So yes, it is very much worth it and I would recommend it with confidence. Cheers.
It’s absolutely worth the money if this is your sort of flying. The inside is nice, the outside is nice unless you stick your face on it, flies nicely & the systems are interesting. If you do proper island hopping you’ll learn why they don’t have turbines, too.
So will this be in an update from you or is it dependent on Asobo/MIcrosoft sorting out the WASM issue???
As I have stated before other developers have had no problem getting the same DME unit in their aircraft (on XBox)… contrary to popular belief some Xbox players do use the radio navigation features in aircraft.
The aircraft is stated as study level…… But I guess not if your on XBox
Absolutely. Love this plane. It’s a quirky bird and needs some serious carb heat work at times which keeps you on your toes. In 40 years of simming i don’t recall having to abort a take off before due to sudden loss of power. That was a fun moment
Sounds are fantastic, handles great on the ground, flys great. It’s a plane with real character. I get very immersed flying this one.
If it’s your kind of thing then don’t hesitate. Great support from BB as well. You can buy with confidence.
I’ve been flying it daily for a week or so now and love it! She has personality and can’t be forgotten about during flight or you may have an engine or 2 quit on you, haha, tip - remember the carb heat.
At the moment I’ve got 53 hours in the Islander and just under 20 on the Trislander. (actual figures may be higher, but… MSFS logbook.) I absolutely LOVE both aircraft. Are they fast? No. Can they go really far? No. Do they carry lots of stuff? Not really. Well, the Trislander is a bit better, but still has a MTOW of 10,000 lbs.
They can take off and land in a short distance, and in the Islander I usually see 116 kts IAS at 10,000’, maybe 10 kts faster in the Trislander. They’re great planes to fly somewhere visually interesting. They’re regular ‘ole reciprocating engines - your climb rate definitely tapers off the higher you go. One of the fields I fly in and out of here in Hawai’i (PHSF) is over 6,000’ - I had to learn how to lean the engines out for takeoff!
Speaking of hours - a neat project here - MSFS Hours & Hobbs. It’ll give you an output of your aircraft and how much time you’ve got in them! It is continually being updated and improved (a few times a week!). They’ve got some cool stuff planned for the future. Neat little app. Check it out!
I would say it is. BBS is an active dev and the plane is rather nice.
You also get 4 different variants to play around wish and all behave slightly different. The plane is good on the FPS as well.
Go get JOEY
Those levers came from eBay, seller in the UK. My normal sources from Etsy hadn’t made any yet. (shipping was just ridiculous from the UK all the way to Hawai’i)
