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Shame about the generic feel to the cockpit panel, otherwise another fine piece of eye candy from Carenado. Excellent ground effect characteristics and well trimmed for level cruise. Personally, I would have paid a bit more for a nicely detailed panel.
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Right, if they had released it with floats I would have considered it.
The C195 has actually always been a favorite of mine, having seen that beauty at Sun and Fun years ago. So pretty. But I have so many planes right now, I just don’t really need another at the moment. I barely have time to fly just a couple of the ones I have. Not a Pokemon player here.
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A lot of these famous or local aircraft are fantastic to look at. They look and often sound good (enough). I like them for a couple of flight, but always disappoint after a week or so. They feel a bit bland. So after the D17, D18 and some more i wanted to wait…
But, i just bought it and my first impressions are that it looks and sounds good (enough). It looks and feels somewhat like a Cessna 170 on steroids (that i stil fly from time to time) without the bouncing landing gear. The internal sounds are great while cruising around. The side windows are placed a bit lower so that you can actually look at the ground. So far i like it. I hope i still like it in two weeks time.
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No Autopilot, just Com1,2 Nav1, VOR1, transponder. Would it be possible to add Autopilot?
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Probably not.
Brought the 195 on Xbox yesterday and done hrs with Bill Mays on his Norwegian tour.
Handles nicely in flight but oh a bugger to TO and Land. Rudder is so twitchy and stall speed seems high.
But could put up with all that. Such a head turner.
Anybody find a POH for this online yet? I’m uncertain whether I should be using flaps on landing. It surprised me that they only have one setting for 45 degrees.
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I have not found any manual yet either, but I’ve watched few YT clips on this, and while the peculiarity of the flaps only extending from the bottom side, was discussed, it was only ever established, that the flaps should not be used on take off. However, in all outside landing footage, that I could find, the flaps are always seen to be extended.
My take on this (simflyer and RC pilot guesswork) is, that the flaps on the 195 will probably not provide much additional lift, given their design, and even less at 45°, but will still slow you down. So maybe to be used “as required”, if you’re coming in high or fast, as a period correct business aviator in the 1950s probably would have been 
Re:landings from the Cessna Owner’s Magazine online:
Descents in any radial present a challenge in that it’s important to maintain a reasonable oil temperature. The 195 is especially susceptible – the big wing resists descents, potentially seducing unwary pilots into major power reductions. Chop and drop descents, however, are out of the question in a 195. You need to plan well ahead to make certain you don’t induce shock cooling and reduce oil temperatures to dangerous levels. Precise Flight Speed Brakes would be a welcome addition for coming downhill, but sadly, they’re not approved on the 195. The only alternative is careful planning and some flaps.
With a dirty stall speed down around 55 knots, approaches work best at 70 knots or more. The small, short chord flaps are relatively ineffective except for lowering the nose during approach. Landings aren’t nearly the challenge you might expect, but you do need to stay off your toes during flare and touchdown. The trick is to keep away from the toe brakes unless you’re about to lose it completely. Cessna 195s aren’t that tough to return to Earth unless there’s a bad crosswind or you’re doing something dumb. I’ve certainly done my share of dumb things in tailwheels of all descriptions, but (knock on aluminum) I haven’t lost one (yet).
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it’s an air vent. pull more air, push less air. rotate to direct up and down. sometimes referred to as ‘orange juice can vents.’
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On landings - I did post a link to info on the ‘195 from AOPA.
I think this is quite accurate -
“ Landing the 195 is the stage at which pilots get themselves into the most trouble. In a report obtained from the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, one half of all 195 accidents were labeled as “loss of directional control” or ground loops. Most occurred during the landing rollout. The 195 has a fairly heavy rear end and a CG that is far behind the main gear. Couple that with the fact that the pilot is sitting almost exactly on the pivot point and it is easy to see how people can get into so much trouble with the 195.
“It’s more challenging to handle on the ground than any other airplane I’ve flown,” said Russ Luigs of Houston, who owns a prize-winning 195. “It took me about 50 hours of dual to feel confident in a crosswind.” The 195 has a non-locking tailwheel, although an STC for one is available from Ray’s Aircraft Service of Porterville, California.”
No shortcuts here then!
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It’s true. I’ve not had a good landing in the 195, although to be fair, I don’t land well in most taildraggers period. The landing circuit for the Businessliner is what I would describe as “langourous.” Making tight turns to base is not recommended. Open up the lateral separation from the runway on downwind a bit and ease off the bank angle to base and final. The power reductions take a while to be effective, so consider also extending the downwind leg and buy yourself some time on final to get “stabilized” which honestly feels really fast.
VR users will probably appreciate their capability to “stick” their head out of the virtual cockpit - this thing is totally blind on the starboard side of the nose. It’s a combination of using the Force and some wishful positive thinking to taxi this thing without having an off-runway excursion if you insist on staying in the cockpit view only.
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10 points Extra Credit for your vocabulary usage.
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But 1 point off for spelling.
Note: I had to look the word up and see how it’s spelled.
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Spelt*
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Thinking of getting this one when i come home from vacation. Hard choice between this and the beech twin
It is difficult to decide 
Completely different beasts from my POV.
I have both and like both.
One thing surprised me - how Cessna 195 behave in the air - very heavy, flaps with only on/off position are chalenging for landing.
That does sound very good for the 195. Nice with a bit of a challenge
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Is this plane a bit of a hot ship? From what i have seen she has perhaps a bit much power? All review videos i see of her have her climb out rather steep and still increasing in speed even at 2000ft/m climbs.