I prefer the Warrior. It is something about the warrior flight model that puts it a little bit ahead of the Arrow. I have both variants of course. The Just Flight PA-28’s are great but I find myself at the moment keeping them in the hangar while I fly the Kodiak. Apparently the same person who did the flight model for the JF PA-28’s did the flight model for the Kodiak. It shows.
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Aerosoft CRJ. It is very well done, everything (aside from the radar) works as advertised, visuals are amazing and without autothrottles and VNAV, it’s an enjoyable and rewarding challenge to fly.
Next up is the CJ4 with the W/T mods.
Finally, for some reason, I’m very partial to the C152 with the mod package added (can’t recall who released the mods but they are very comprehensive).
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hey nothing wrong with freeware. I myself use the FBW a320 on a semi-regular basis. I’m just saying the developers who put more time into their product than others should of course ask for more money. Personally, I wouldn’t release something i spent hundreds of thousands of hours perfecting for free. If that’s the prerogative of a given developer (say FlyByWire) to do it for free then i see nothing wrong with that.
All i’m saying that the winners of these types of things are the ones that make the most money off people like myself. But a freeware often lacks the high fidelity and “realism” a similar paid product might have. But no virtual plane will ever be a perfect 1:1 replica simulation of the real thing (at least at a consumer friendly price). We can sure get real close but you’d be closer with a paid aircraft than with a free one.
Again, nothing against free stuff. But the bottom line is we’ll never get anything as fantastic as one might be used to from previous flight sim games until the sim itself is more stable (or at the least more consistent between patches)
I love the TBM too, but I don’t know if the flight model is that close to the real plane. Particularly in approach and landing configurations. It was a default plane and the Mugz mod is an improvement but it is not a full-on supported development like some other mods for the default plane. I wish someone would take it on board to bring it up to a high level of fidelity for systems and flight model. It is such a good plane that deserves it. It’s sister the Kodiak already has achieved a high level of fidelity and is fantastic to fly. Loving the single-engine turboprops. Also, look forward to multi-engine turbo props like the Milviz ATR.
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SWS Kodiak, JF Pipers, Carenado Seneca. According to me logbook, thats all I seem to fly at the moment.
The DA 40 TDI is my favorite.
If you want to become a real PPL, EU-LAPL or even SPL-TMG / SPL-UL Pilot, it’s a great plane to learn with.
The latter license is almost as driving a car, but becoming a Lightweight Aircraft Pilot is not less learning these days, then for the “real pilot” licenses.
Thus, you might want to start with a #DA40TDI as a training plane. It’s just an alternative to the Cessnas with a good overview.
Get the checklist here: DA40 TDI Checklist download
As an example, the official German training program for SPL-TMG: German step by step learning for free download
If you want additional training, please check out the FS Academy VFR.
Cheers to all and good start into 2022!!!
Yes. They improved the sound and corrected several bug on update 1.5
what about the c208? i think its a great plane. also feels realistic.
I think the best aircraft are
- Piper arrow. Just flight
- DC6. Pmdg
Aircraft i enjoy flying besides these
- l10 electra. Aeroplane heaven.
- pt17 stearman. Dc design
- p44 seminole. Carenado
- Da40 with the improvement mod by mrtommy.
- piaggo/fokke wulf 149. At simulations
Early access that i think wil be really good.
- l1049 super constellation. Redwing Simulations
I feel ya. Definately go for IFR, it’s so much fun. It’s not perfect in the sim to be honest which probably makes it a bit harder to dive into. Means you’ll stumble over some irritating ATC advise every here and then.
But I can tell you can work around it even without mods. Here’s a little help you might want to come back to:
Insert your flight plan in cockpit, don’t use the pre flight map.
Start with the departure and destination airport.
Then tune in ATIS radio to get to know which runway is in use
Then select a PROC in the gps for the departure runway (it’s important do do that BEFORE you enter enroute waypoints into the gps otherwise it could show you weird routes (bug workaround))
Then enter enroute waypoints as you wish. Think of your target altitude and add it. If your route goes heading 0-180 it should be odd-thousands (feet) like 31000, 29000 aso. If it goes heading 180-360 it’s even-thousands like 30000, 28000 aso.
Leave arrival and approach in the gps blank for now. You will select these later mid flight.
Now tune in ground on your radio and ask for IFR clearance. You’re good to go now.
After take off ATC will NOT automatically lead you to your target altitude. You climb to the first altitude, then maybe they give you another one but at some point no new altitude will be providet. Then ask for a higher cruise altitude via radio until it finally matches your flight plan (minor bug workaround)
Now listen closely!
At some point close to your destination you will be given the advise to decent and they will give you an information about the approach procedure. This approach is pretty much always not the one you want and often doesn’t even makes sense.
Like they would give you a visual approach in heavy rain or they give you rnav instead of ILS or the other way round. Believe me, in 90% of all cases it’s not what you want and leads to wrong altitude advise by atc since an rnav approach takes other altitudes and waypoints rather than an ILS approach or a visual.
So what you do now is going into your gps PROC/Approach tab select your desired approach for the runway atc advised like ILS 18 or RNAV Y 18 fe. and load it (not load & activate). Then you go to the radio and select “ask for another approach/pick your approach/send request to the operator”. Now you will be given a clearance for your approach and the advised altitudes will be correct (crucial workaround)
The final thing to do now is, once you were given a clearance to approach, jump into your flight plan on the gps, scroll down to your approach, klick the first waypoint of the aporoach, select Direct to/Activate
Now follow the instructions of atc, press the AP button when lined up with the runway and land via ILS, RNAV or whatever you picked.
(Of course you can also add a propper arrival and transition procedure to your approach, then you simply load that too after you picked an approach runway and instead of going direct to the first approach waypoint, you go direct to the first arrival/transition waypoint. But for the moment don’t bother with it too much. You’ll stumble over that anyways by learning IFR)
I know it sounds much but once you dive into the matter and learned how to setup your autopilot for an ILS or RNAV landing, then you for sure will appreciate this procedure at some point. Figuring it out by yourself can be frustrating and intense since it’s actually just a workaround bugs killing the fun. This method is as close to reality as you can get with this simulation at it’s current state and it’s very rewarding once mastered. Have fun!
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Somehow I went from a person that loves technology, give me more planes with turbo props, jets and G3000 displays. To falling in love with Spitfires, Corsairs and P38’s, oh my. I can’t wait for Aeroplane Heavens P-51D Mustang.
There’s nothing quite like cruising around in one of these planes, with the canopy slid back, listening to the music coming out of the cowling, a real joy to fly.
I also like the Just flight Turbo Arrow III, another plane that is just straight up, relaxing and fun to fly.
The Kodiak is pretty darn sweet as well.
All in all, I think its been a pretty decent year for MSFS 2020. Looking forward to 2022. Hopefully I can finally talk some gamer friends into flight Sims but they just don’t seem to want to bite…They are all about the MMO’s, sigh…Hopefully one day MSFS will feel a little more alive with the multiplayer aspect.
The Aerosoft CRJ
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For me on PC…
Airbus H145 Heli
FBW A320
Hawk T1 Trainer
F14 Tomcat
Aerosoft CRJ without a doubt
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On pc and vr:
Fbw A320
H145
Piper Arrow III
I enjoy flying the JF Piper Warrior II the most, much more than the Arrows, though they are all good aircraft. Beyond that, the SC Designs F-16 is excellent, and getting a graphic upgrade in January, according to the developer.
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I went the other way… used to love hand flying anything with a piston engine (or two) and looking out the window to my top 3 aircraft being, in order of flight hours;
WT CJ4 - in all the years of slimming I never knew BizJets could be enjoyable!
FBW A32n - perfect level of study and ease of access, imo. Some great features too… I thought reading a metar from a second screen was good enough until I had the ability to print it and put it next to the MCDU in the SIM!!! Can’t wait for the stable version with the browser based MCDU.
DA62 improvement mod - handles most of my VFR needs these days and is fun to fly.
Honourable mention to the stock C208 for being nice enough to fly whilst getting VA hours, I almost started enjoying flying it
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My favorits are JF Warrior, Cessna 152 Mod and Cessna Longitude Mod.
Despite a lot of bugs and flaws the Bredok3d Boeing 737 really helped me to prepare for a flight in a 737 replica simulator
Hi, before I moved to PC it was C700, B78X and SR22, since on PC I cant get my hands of FBW A32NX. Keeping me in the sim whenever I have at least hour or two available.
All the best to you all in 2022
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