THANKS!!!!
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I have to join in the enthusiasm here. I only took the Piston Duke (because I already have a turbine plane with the TBM850) and it is worth every penny. Great to be able to see the development of Black Square. I was thrilled with BKSQ's first implementation of an MSFS airplane. And now the masterpiece with the Duke. Congratulations. The icing on the cake would be some kind of walkaround functionality.
As a (cabin and cockpit) repainter, I'm a bit sad because there's hardly anything left to do with the 70s, 80s, 90s and modern variants. It looks so great and detailed. But I still find something ;-)
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Thank you so much Black Square for these two beauties. I'm so glad you made it for MSFS. Thank you too to Boris who made an outstanding work on the sounds(I love the piston Grand Duke).
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I am also EXTREMELY happy with these two. From the moment that the Piston Duke had loaded it was one wow after another. I can see a lot of other aircraft are going to remain 'parked' now that I have these two. Definitely worth the wait, and they definitely live up to the pre-release hype. ! I can only say a BIG thanks to Black Square for what they have achieved.
One very happy customer.
Jerry
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Black Square - you have outdone yourself with this release. I just finished my first flight in the piston Duke (after a few aborted attempts while figuring out the startup), and I’m ecstatic about this thing. It’s the perfect blend of challenge and satisfaction, and has immediately become my favorite MSFS aircraft. And the performance on my mid-level game system is very similar to your earlier add-ons, just as you’d said it would be.
Now I’m finally ready to resume that world tour I’d begun, but this time in the Grand Duke most of the time. (I’ll probably still go back to the Bonanza for occasional short sight-seeing trips, just because the visibility is a bit better, so I’m very much looking forward to see a few of these newer features back-ported to the Bonanza, too.)
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@mysticfm said in THANKS!!!!:
It’s the perfect blend of challenge and satisfaction
Thank you for sharing this. Your words are exactly what I always try to achieve with my aircraft, because it's exactly how I describe the process of getting your pilot's license and owning an airplane.
Even though I'm sure a lot of my users ignore the failure system, the reason In put so much time into it is because it's that constant underlying threat of failure that makes you feel so satisfied when the tires hit the ground after a challenging flight.
Thanks for your kind words, everyone! I'm so glad you're enjoying the aircraft.
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@Black-Square - replicating the experience of getting a pilot’s license and owning an aircraft, including that constant threat of failure, is precisely what I’m looking for in a flight sim. (I only wish I needed to do things like check/change the oil and other such things on your aircraft … the more persistence the better, in my opinion.) Since my Ménière’s disease means I’d never be able to pass an FAA medical IRL, thank the heavens developers like you have given me ways to get as close as possible to that experience.
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@Black-Square said in THANKS!!!!:
Even though I'm sure a lot of my users ignore the failure system, the reason In put so much time into it is because it's that constant underlying threat of failure that makes you feel so satisfied when the tires hit the ground after a challenging flight.
The first thing I did, was setting it to x25 exactly because of this. Now Checklists and runups makes sense and figuring out what is wrong without glancing at the tablet is the most fun. I am not flying any aircraft without failure system anymore.
I like to pretend flying an old and badly serviced aircraft from 40 years ago with VOR only around the world.
I hope we get some dirty liveries with beaten up cockpits.I even only look at the tablet on the ground, pretending not to repair some stuff on smaller airfields and flying to larger ones with bad engines and other broken stuff.
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I've begun with the Turbine in Alaska: impressive sounds and it's amazing how the engines heat slowly thanks to the engine heaters. The engines' diagrams in the EFB are extrarodinary to learn how the whole thing works.
In midflight I did something wrong and the CO alarm triggered: the buzz is so disturbing that you really need to look into the POH inmediately to learn how to stop that. Excellent documentation, by the way. The aircraft is very very fun, fast, agile and beautiful. Tomorrow I'll ride the Piston.
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I agree with Villajota, the documentation is excellent. It is also very readable, unlike some manuals out there.
Jerry
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I'll join in on the kudos too. Boris got his on the V1 stream last night for the sound - which btw are outstanding! The piston sound, as others have said, are fantastic. I about fell outta my chair the first time I cranked the first engine over. I bought the complete package from simply knowing how outstanding the previous releases have been, namely the TBM, G36, and Baron which are my favorites. I don't need another turbo prop or another prop in my inventory really......but you can't pass up BKSQ releases.
I begain buying these planes specifically for the analog gauges (Back in the C208 release etc) but quickly started to love the threat of the "if you don't treat me right I'mma kick you" system underneath. I love the looming random, albeit realistic, threat of a possible failure at any moment during any flight - or anything!
I don't remember what it was now, but flying the baron there was some weirdness going on that I thought it was my simulator acting weird. Then I caught myself......run through some failure checklist for the "sake of argument" and actually found and fixed the issue that was simluated and not expected!! I crave and look forward to my first diversion due to unforseen issues. It keeps the plane alive, keeps me interested, and rewards greatly on difficult flights.
I'm beginning to wonder if the next plane will require use to pick oil types for weather, tire wear, brake wear, water in the fuel...wear and tear on the paint.......wishlist! This release will get better over time.....but it seems the next release, whatever it is, should take this raised bar and put it just a touch further outta reach. Nice work!
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I bought the bundle but have only flown the piston so far. In addition to the fantastic sounds, the night lighting is exceptional, especially in VR. I love how the lights dim with electric draw, and the beacon lights flashing on the wings/engines at night is spectacular. This is by far the best lighting implementation I have seen in a sim.
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@Qazme said in THANKS!!!!:
there was some weirdness going on that I thought it was my simulator acting weird
Imagine having this happen while you're debugging your code! Haha. I chuckle and roll my eyes every time my own failure system catches me off guard. I've wasted more than a few hours that way, but the pain is offset by the knowledge that the system is working as intended.
Thank you all so much for the comments. It's been hard to keep up with all the tech support over the weekend, but knowing that behind all the questions are people enjoying the aircraft to its fullest makes me very happy!
Despite all the love for the turbine aircraft, I will have to admit that the piston is my favorite, and I think anyone just flying the turbine is really missing out on an amazingly complex and quirky reciprocating engine simulation.
Enjoy, everyone!
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I will join in the enthusiasm! I love Black Square products, and it's my go-to GA developer. I've been around since FS2002, with the amazing Dreamfleet GA, RealAir, Digital Aviation, and many others in FS9 and FSX. I really look forward to the improvements and future aircraft. I would love a Piper Cheyenne, but a lot of people want a Beech C90 or similar. I would really like a Beech B1900 :-D
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@Black-Square said in THANKS!!!!:
Despite all the love for the turbine aircraft, I will have to admit that the piston is my favorite,
Was waiting for a Beech B200......I bought the bundle for the turbine. But the B60 has snuck up on me...
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I too, wanted to heap praise upon these aircraft. I don't own every sim plane under the sun, but as far as I can see, the Dukes are the absolute high water mark in GA aircraft simulation. All of the preflight checks I usually skip in other planes, because nothing can ever go wrong, is something I find genuinely satisfying to do in these Dukes.
Even more satisfying than that, is the pure joy of flying them, and letting the rumble of the engines fill your ears. Tapping on the glass gauges, for their own sake. Constantly checking aircraft parameters, to keep it in peak condition. It's amazing!
And may I also say, the table interface is pure genius! Not an afterthought, but something so clearly crafted with passion. Very dense with information, yet uncluttered. Man, these planes are great! =)
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I just love how crisp, snappy and well-thought-out everything is in the plane. Even the door has an additional click spot in the cabin because it would be hard to close it from the inside. 99% of developers would just ignore it, because there is the more boring option of doing it in the tablet.
And when it comes to the tablet diagrams, those should be presented in all instructional design classes. I'm normally not into "spoilers" like this, but those are so good it's hard to resist watching how everything works (or doesn't work).
Wherever I look in the plane there is something impressive, and in many cases even revolutionary for MSFS. Amazing, especially since it's not one plane that could be honed to perfection, but two with totally different systems that both needed development time.
