Gotta say, that would be a great great optional(?) feature.
Need the creaks with the plastic panel cover too.
Looks like you are about eliminating the need for the classic C172 from the premium edition.
I love the concept of the customizable avionics in an older aircraft.
By the way, is it possible to use the Cessna Sound Packs from the marketplace with your versions? I miss some of those subtle details and I know they are difficult to reproduce without being an audio engineer.
I suspect they may not always be accurate for the given variants and avionic systems in use.
That’s sweet !
but it’s not the same level of quality 
I still enjoy flying the classic Cessna… mostly because of the WB-Sim mod and the Baw sound pack !
You can use Boris’s sound pack with the Reims Rocket but not directly : that requires a few manual file modifications (pck file, sound.xml, layout.json)
Late reply here but it sounds like you may be flying it like a normal C172. It operates more like a Bonanza. Keep the manifold pressure at 24 and RPM around 2400 when in cruise when using the prop control.
Anyone know settings for landing patterns?
Heh this is definitely old school keep it ‘squared’ 24/2400 25/2500 for most situations. Of course, that doesn’t work on an SR22. There’s no hidden oversquare where you get more speed with lower than MP-matched rpm, such a turbo would give you.
I don’t pay much attention on landing as the 172 slows down quite easily until it doesn’t. Probably carrying ~75kt one notch of flaps on crosswind then sorting it out and trimmed to hold 60-ish KT with a wee bit of power on final with landing flaps(so I can take away speed easily) rather than floating in at idle too quickly trimmed at 60kt then sailing halfway down the field. Cut the bit of power at the thresh and it immediately drops below 55 for a nice flare at ~40ish. Coast in trimmed at 55-60 and its going to hang around flying over a runway for a bit.
Then for any obstacles or hilly/steep approaches keep some crab to control sink rate so I can descend flat trimmed again at <60 with power so not having to point the nose down to follow a hill or treeline and gain speed at the very end.
I don’t even think about it, normal ‘172 stuff’
Perhaps I’m overthinking it too much. But I’m struggling on landing a bit more than I do the C172 to stably hit those airspeeds.
On a Bonanza, I typically dial in 2500 RPM and 20" downwind, 15" base. Having landing gear on the G36 (and flaps up to145kts) helps quite a bit to slow down. 
I feel like on the R172, I’m having to hunt around for the manifold pressure and overshoot or undershoot by the time the airplane settles. So I know I’m not doing something quite right.
Where do you typically have your RPM and MP set for cross/down/base/final? Most prop control airplanes I’ve seen usually call to keep the prop somewhere that allows for a missed approach.
I just did some testing at 1000 feet to get into the white ribbon (and no pitching up) I needed to be around 14/1400.
10" and full prop 2300 runs about 90 ~ 50 knots. There seems to be a relation to airspeed and prop speed that oscillates down over a few minutes.
Hi, and thank you very much!
I owned an Reims Rocket for 15 years, had it IFR certified with a Garmin GNS 540/430 combination, but sadly had to sell it 5 years ago after flying it for more than 1000 hours.
Now that I have seen your Rocket, I’d like to fly it again (if only in MSFS), but I don’t like the new GTN. Is there any chance to get a GNS 530/430 version?
Thanks in advance!
Fussel
+1 on that, I’m not really that big a fan of the GTN. For the 414-great, but I also prefer the good ol’ clunky 540/430 in a plane like this. Sometimes it just fits the plane. I tried the GTN conversion in the BN2 and was like NOPE. For some reason to me the GTN feels like avionics package in a slightly older plane owned by a retired dentist.
He did say at one point (here or on flightsim.to, don’t remember) that he’s planning option for the old GNS 530 and 430, but I don’t know when he will do it
Ah man, I love the GTN. The biggest reason is that it’s a great system for use in VR.
Although I’ve not ever seen one installed in a 172.
Even more interesting in a 152 tail dragger
I’ll have a look at how to do it !
The current problem is that there’s no room for 430+530 in the stack if I simply remove the 2 audio panels. It would require to move the other units, but that’s not compatible with the current system where I show/hide the units required to each setup (and don’t move them)
I know there are also a lot of incompatibilities between some of the GPS modules, so it would have to be tested extensively
I am amazed at how many cool options you have on this plane!
The only issue I have is settings/state savings where I have to reset the interior configuration and add the panel cover every time. Not sure if this is possible though with these kinds of options. Only takes a few seconds so no big deal.
Does it have to be the dual stack? Could it be done with a single 430 and an analog Nav/Comm2?
Seems like the same issues the avionics builders have! Avionics rebuilds are one of my YouTube genres. 
Some of the issues (state/space) could probably be solved by separate models. Although I have no idea how much work that would take.
Still looking to see if anyone has recommendations on my prior post on pattern settings.
For some reason I have a harder time in the Reims Rocket maintaining stable flight below 100 knots to the white ribbon range. The Reims seems to slowly decelerate to stall speed at any settings that bleeds off cruise speed to get you in flaps range.
I’m making good landings still, it’s just requiring more throttle adjustments.
I’m not sure, I do 95% of my shakedowns or short pattern flights at Barth 10 for any aircraft capable of landing there without cheating. I think the Reims very easy to slow down even from 110KT or so on downwind turning base, and Barth has a seemingly steep approach naturally(at least your eyes will tell you that). Without being adventurous you’d typically be at ~75kts on base 1st/10 degree notch in a 172 as you turn for final. Keep prop pitch at or near max forward to keep it slowed and try more up elevator trim. You pretty much need to clear the hill at around 60 without any major need to push the nose down and speed up to make the threshold, and it should be in a state where it just ‘does it’. I usually get it settled around 60-65 2nd notch flaps and slip to keep it flat to add decent rate. Should be easy to throw full flaps(short field-likely adding power) or just flare normally with 20 degrees(normal field) and settle in and below 50 quickly. In the mighty Kodiak, which is a freight truck next to the 172, I cross the top of the hill at 64-67 each and every time, and we’re talking thousands of landings there.
If using a runway with a PAPI in most GA aircraft I’m rarely showing anything but high until I’m over the turf approaching the threshold, but still not making a steep approach. You may need to trim it for a slightly flatter approach AOI. And your actual cockpit view may be off giving you a false trajectory. Should be descending on final between 62-65 with a bit of power(no/light headwind). Try to trim it for that. IIRC correctly the Reims has a really steep final flap setting like an STOL aircraft, steep enough you need to be back on the power. The rest is pretty much typical 172 @2nd/20 notch.