The Cessna C206 is looking quite nice and she´s fitting my criterias very well, but does she have an AP? On some longer routes I like it having the help of the AP.

Yep, it's got the good ole' Navomatic. Since you are wanting a Carenado aircraft, that's a great choice. It can get in and out of pretty much anywhere, plenty of room for a hefty payload, and a good climb rate for getting out of the mountains.

based on what you say you want, I would have to recommend the 206, a little dated on the vc, but not by much.I would really try to encourage you to try the 185, once the 185, came out I put my 206 in the hanger. I had a tough time of getting the tail dragger concept at first, but then I hooked up with multi-player and shared cockpit with FSX and with a few real time lessons had it down no time. You do have to keep "current" in it, practice, practice and more practice.

Kodiak! It's my default airplane and I've been flying nothing else lately. It can get you into and out of the smallest airfields. It's not a very small aircraft but it performs way better when it comes to STOL then any small aircraft I know. It's got a very nice high cruising speed too, it goes up and down in no time, has a great glass cockpit which will make sure you never get lost. (I love it that you can see the actual runway on the GPS screen, so it's impossible to NOT find an airport and you can easily align the aicraft with the runway).I have my share of Carenado planes (I know everyone loves them but I've got a hate-love relation with Carenado, and hate has won... I won't buy their planes anymore) and a few small planes (DA-40, Ant's Sierra), but the Kodiak beats them all in every possible way.

Hi,The carenado 206 is a great choice, it is a true bush plane. The flight model feels right. In addition there is a float version. They missed the clock though: you cannot select the chronometer mode. I don't understand how some plane makers (Carenado is not the only one) fail to implement this basic flight instrument either for VFR or IFR!!!There is a very fast and easy fix. In the panel config, replace the 206 clock by the default FSX Cessna 172 clock both in the 2d cockpit and in the VC cockpit. It takes 5 seconds (always make a back up)

Carenado C208 and the Super Cargomaster expansion. My favorite single!

Yes, by far the best Carenado product and a wonderful turboprop for the Rockies.

I have the Aerosoft Twin Otter, Flight 1 PC12 and the Lionheart Kodiak..... I prefer the cockpit of the PC12, but the short field performance of the Twin Otter. I tend to fly the Kodiak much less than the other two - I also use the CS C130 as a really heavy hauler, since there are plenty of bush strips for it in Alaska !!G

Flight1's C172 is an excellent companion - amongst all of the C172s I have at home (again on the virtual hangars of FSX), this one flies the best. It flies like a dream and is true to real-world specs, which absolutely helps in viewing and eases all "low-'n-slow" flying.Dave.

After soem consideration I have choosen the Carenado C206 Stationair, though te Kodiak is also a tru diamand ind the Fs skies, bus she was a little bit too expensive... Maybe I´ll get her later.Thanks to all who helped me with this decission, I think I won´t be disapointed.

Flight1 PC-12, one of the most underrated addons out there. So much fun flying from small strips then jetting up to FL260

pc-12 needs to a vc update IMHO

...though te Kodiak is also a tru diamand ind the Fs skies, bus she was a little bit too expensive... Maybe I´ll get her later.

Curious what you paid to get the Carenado plane, as the Quest is on sale at PC Aviator for $12.48?This time of year there are many sales going on and it doesn't hurt to ask if anyone knows of one.

pc-12 needs to a vc update IMHO

Agreed and a system update with more systems modeled but until then it has great night lighting and clear text displays