Certainly one of the most successful aeroplanes of World War One with over 5,000 being built.
If you have any of the Captain Sim WW1 aeroplanes then you know what to expect. There isn’t any FS2024 bells and whistles and no checklist, so starting it is a bit of a trial and error affair.
Not sure how realistic the flight model is but it feels authentic enough.
It certainly looks fantastic and has a array of different liveries from both WW1 and after. It is however using the Curtiss Jenny engine sounds.
I don’t know if it’s the recent update but switching between the different liveries can cause the game to crash.
I own their other WWI aircraft, the Camel and SPAD.XIII, as well as the HE-111H. Those aircraft are quite nice and fun to fly. Not having any experience flying a real WWI aircraft, I can’t speak to their accuracy, and I’m not an engine sound snob.
I did get to see the real Neuiport 28 fly on its first public flight.
Although I have no idea how much attention was put into each flight model, mostly because as you have rightly said, there isn’t any instruction manual or even much information from Captain Sim about this product, the S.E.5a is generally considered a very well mannered aeroplane.
I had the pleasure of listening a talk on the aircraft given by pilots of the Shuttleworth Collection who own and operate an original S.E.5a. They noted that if you took your hands off the controls the aeroplane would pretty much continue tracking straight ahead. Mentioning how stable the aeroplane was and how it generates a lot of lift. By all accounts it is a very benign aeroplane.
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