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This is a well balanced reveiw of a somewhat "average" product, but I am surprised the reviewer did not spend more time on the appalling flight model of this aircraft. I can forgive various inadequacies in the graphics of a new release but I do expect it to fly correctly, and the Lancastrian flies very tail low at all times but particularly on the approach. This makes landing very unrealistic as far too much power has to be maintained in order to keep the tail up. This is despite two patches from the developer.

Thanks for your input Steve, when one writes a review it is always tempting to concentrate on the externals (at the expense of the flight model) simply because with aircraft such as this, most people alive now have any idea of its real world flight characteristics.
Thinking back, your point is very valid. I do remember having trouble with trim on approach and the screenshots do indeed show this tail down attitude.
In future I will try to analyze this flight behavior in a little more detail. This is the first review product that has not "flown like dream", that I have attempted.
Have you contacted Plane Design about this, they are normally very responsive?

Hi Trevor, thanks for the reponse. I have contacted the developer about the flight model and they issued a patch which stopped the aircraft being very twitchy in the lateral plane, they have since issued another patch by e-mail. To date nothing has been done about the tail down attititude which makes three pointers unnaturally easy! I am also surprised that neither of the patches are evident on their website? sadly I have now stopped flying this aircraft until hopefully it is sorted.

Congratulations on a successful first review.

Dear Steve,

The Lancastrian is currently having a major upgrade, including the flight dynamics and visual models. This will be available free to all purchasers as soon as it is complete. All purchasers were emailed a link to the patch, and the version currently available to download includes all current patches.

Yours Sincerely,

Ed Walters - Plane Design.

Dear Trevor Clark: I am the man who went to Tupungato glacier on behalf of R.A.N.O. (Región Aérea Nor Oeste - north-west air region)as a Argentinian Air Force "ad-hoc" expert, to rescue the wreckage and corps from the last flight of the "Stardust". I`m a medicine doctor, aircraft pilot and mountain climber and on February 2000, I brougt to Mendoza, and then, to Córdoba City the evidence to made the air-crash investigation and the DNA from the corps. As a curious think, I found a Lancastrian´s tire absolutely inflated, ¡¡52 and a half years post-accident!! I was borne on August 13, 1947, in Mendoza City, eleven days after the Stardust vanished in the Andes. As you can see, I´m very interested in these matter. Please answer me to the e-mail adress above. Thank you very much. Carlos Bauzá

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