Famous Flyer III: Beechcraft Bonanza V35

I hate to say this…but I really like the Carenado V-35.

Carenado have never been known for their “flight dynamics” and because of that I hadn’t bought their software since FS2004. I only bought the V-35 because a) it looks nice and b) it was 12 quid.

However I was doing some crosswind tests today and I found that the V-35 was the only aircraft I could land safely in a 15-20 knot (near full) crosswind.

Either Carenado know something I don’t or Asobo have possibly tweaked the ground friction settings so that aircraft don’t fly off the runway on landing. Their default Cessna 172 despite CFD and NPS couldn’t cope and drove off the runway during take-off (despite full deflection rudder and into wind aileron).

I recorded the V-35 departing and landing in a live weather crosswind at Calais LFAC earlier. Hope you enjoy - excuse the sketchy take-off - it was quite twitchy in that wind. On approach I had to view the runway out of the side window :slight_smile:

It was a firm but safe landing and I managed to stay near or on the centreline. In real life I wouldn’t try this (crosswind limits) but in MSFS - what the hell!

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