Who has this plane? I would like to know if it is enough different than the default cub to make it worthwhile to buy.Don

Without question, it's much better than the default Cub. Flight dynamics, engine management, a responsive passenger, an incredibly detailed model, the ability to tow and even paddle the aircraft...it has set a new bar for FSX addon aircraft in several ways. Recommended.

Without question, it's much better than the default Cub. Flight dynamics, engine management, a responsive passenger, an incredibly detailed model, the ability to tow and even paddle the aircraft...it has set a new bar for FSX addon aircraft in several ways. Recommended.

Buy it you can't go wrong with this one

Okay thanks guys. I was hoping it would beDon

Be sure to but the Accusim companion addon for the A2A Cub...this adds many of the features I mentioned above in my previous post.

The engine dynamics and the interactive passenger are worth the difference with the default Cub.GW

I have had some additional problems with the A2A cub. The aileron response is far overshadowed by the rudder input and as a result I find it impossible for do an effective forward slip. (In real life I enjoyed coming in too high just in order to require a good, steep, forward slip. Holding runway centerline and losing altitude at a high rate with no increase of airpseed; and then kicking it straight at the last moment is one of the most fulfilling maneuvers in flying.) With the overgenerous float built into the A2A aircraft, landings become an adventure. I am using FSUIPC for all control input; it has worked effectively on all other aircraft, and not this one.In addition, I have tried to post about this problem in the ASA forum but have been informed during the log-in process that my user account has been "inactivated" ; and when I have e-mailed the request for reactivation, no response. This has been a most frustrating experience. I have noted other comments regarding the control responsiveness of the cub on their forum and all of those complaints have been silenced with "we have used prior actual pilots of J-3's to determine what is appropriate". Well, I have about 250 hours in J-3's, and I can tell you that from my experience, the A2A cub is NOT accurate. It is a docile airplane and a joy to fly. I do not find that the A2A simulation accurately reflects those characteristics. I thought that this was an airplane that I was going to truly enjoy. The control response has ruined that and the lack of response to a request to enter the forum there has further frustrated me.Oh well, now if I can just get the WarbirdSim folks to finally send me an activation code, I'll go off and fly their P-51. :( :( Kingfish

Well Kingfish I rather think if everyone else is telling you that it flies right, and you are trying to tell everyone else it isn't, that might be a clue that there is something amiss with your settings, your hardware or your software. Mine slips just fine, unless a sim setting is not correctly set in accordance with the manual. :( But of course you provide no information of any merit to enable us to help you diagnose your problem and assist you in solving it? But the only piece of info you DO provide is that you use FSUIPC for your controller settings so I'm puzzled: As this expressly permits customising the settings for your controls on a per-aircraft basis, I really don't understand what you are moaning about? Why don't you just use the advanced functionality of FSUIPC to fix it so that it does what you think it should do?

In general I like it.The main problem for me is speed - it's too slow haha, not that it is a fault of the plane, just that I bought it hoping it would go faster than 55 mph in cruiseI don't fly it a whole lot because of that. Additionally, Heidi (if you buy accusim pack) becomes redundant during the flight. And she reacts to some things but not obvious others when you think she should. I also have some quirky FDE issues like the Kingfish wrote about. Specifically forward slips - mine won't do it. But I have no time in J3's so I can't really say what's up.It's well rounded package, if you really like to fly S L O W.

Well Kingfish I rather think if everyone else is telling you that it flies right, and you are trying to tell everyone else it isn't, that might be a clue that there is something amiss with your settings, your hardware or your software. Mine slips just fine, unless a sim setting is not correctly set in accordance with the manual. :( But of course you provide no information of any merit to enable us to help you diagnose your problem and assist you in solving it? But the only piece of info you DO provide is that you use FSUIPC for your controller settings so I'm puzzled: As this expressly permits customising the settings for your controls on a per-aircraft basis, I really don't understand what you are moaning about? Why don't you just use the advanced functionality of FSUIPC to fix it so that it does what you think it should do?

Well Snave, I hear you. So what I have done is use the realism settings as suggested in the manual by A2A; and have set up a control input from FSUIPC that is aircraft specific. (Because my controls seem to work with every other aircraft, including the A2A warbirds as well as the Boeing 337.) Now using those settings, I have tried to downplay the impact of the rudder and increase the effectiveness, at least initially, of the ailerons. If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of the stick hitting the limits when you apply full left or right aileron, so I presume that I am getting full throw. Apparently you are an A2A cub flyer, so I would ask that you try to enter a bank that is steeper than about 45 degrees. Yea, I know, you got to lead your aileron entry with a boot of rudder; but keep trying to steepen the turn. I can not get that done. A forward slip is a cross-controlled maneuver. So set up a good bank to the left, say 45 degrees, and now boot in some right rudder in order to "prevent" any turn occuring and continue to fly straight ahead. (Works a charm in the Realair scout, decathalon, etc..) In the cub, the aileron input is overcome by the rudder and you begin a turn to the right. And of course the wings move from a bank to the left to a bank to the right.I hear you about "everyone else" thinks that it flies just fine. As I mentioned in my post, the J-3 was always a docile flyer for me and its stability can be a real advantage when you want to just putt-putt around. In fact, I relied upon that when I used to go chasing cows out in the midwest in the 50's and 60's. But the really neat thing about the plane was that you could throw it around with some good strong input. So it was always fun to walk back into the pilots' lounge at the airport after you landed one from a steep forward slip. The Cessna 150 drivers just never learned to do those since they had the barn door flaps. There was always a "sense" of "envy".So yea, I am dissappointed. And that is heightened by the A2A folks not looking at their support e-mail folder and allowing me to get into their forums. Having purchased most of what they sell (in fact I think it may be "all" that they sell) I think I deserve that. Kingfish

Kingfish,I am sorry I that you have not been able to reach us. If you are having trouble getting your forum ID activated just let me know our ID and we'll get you up and running. In the meantime, I will try to help you out here.Check this beta report. I think your system may be suffering from this same issue:FLIGHT MODELMy aircraft will not bank and aggressively returns to the centerGo to the Realism menu (Aircraft -> Realism Settings) and make absolutely sure that the General Realism slider is set all the way to the right.viewtopic.php?f=62&t=19322&start=15I will monitor this thread.ScottA2A Simulations

Kingfish - I'm another A2A user and although I don't have the amount of time you have in the J-3, I have flown it a bit and many other types. I have NO problem doing a forward slip either left or right, with or w/o wind in the A2A Cub. Like you I always enjoyed slipping in IRL and would come in purposely high just to drop it in on the numbers. The A2A Cub does it perfectly.I don 't know WHAT the problem is but I will bet it is with your setup. I see that Scott has responded in theis thread so I kow you are in good hands.Take a deep breath and be patient.Vic

Clearly a discrepancy between sim pilots experiences. And therefore entirely down to the difference and vagaries in individual setups.Sorry, can't help more: Kingfish seems to have a somewhat ambivalent approach to problem-solving: Wants to whine about real world characteristics, yet despite obvious prompting does not want to provide computer and hardware specs. Problem is clearly hardware related. My prescience and precognitive abilities are limited even though my technical skills are not. Therefore other simmers deserve more attention.Hope you get it sorted.

Kingfish -You're in good hands with Scott. I wanted only to add the the v1.11 hotfix, available here, has taken care of the glide/float issues. I think you'll like the effect.Alan

Scott,You were correct about the "general" slider. I had all other sliders hard right, but the "general" slider was apparantly one click to the left. You could not see that position, but I took each of the sliders full left and then full right and that solved the problem. I have since installed the 1.11 patch and can confirm that the J-3 mirrors real life. At last, the forward slip is as it should be and the decay in forward speed is much better with the prop drag patch. My experience, maybe the drag could be just a tad more..............but I probably had a high time engine. :( thanks for your help.Kingfishps You must have also done something on the forum because I was able to log in the last time I tried. That was a problem that lasted several weeks, so you may want to take a look at how your "trouble notification" is supposed to work. I presume that you took same action following your comment above.Thanks again.