THANKS!!!!
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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.
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I've done a couple of flights in the Piston Duke now and I love it. I was struggling to fly it accurately but I think this was related to MSFS weather / turbulence because the aircraft was all over the place, the nose constantly dropping then bucking and the ASI gaining and losing 10 to 15 knots every ten seconds or so - with 'normal' / offline weather it was better...
I found some power settings to help fly the approach which is where I was really struggling and found that approach flaps, max RPM and around 15-16 in. MP gave a nice descent rate and approach speed and likewise with full flap bumping up the power to around 21-22 in. MP also worked nicely.
I've upped my failure rate now and look forward to diagnosing some issues soon. I did get a vapour locked engine recently and didn't manage to get it cleared and started but I was very pushed for time.
I'm struggling to find the desire to fly anything else right now :-)
