Totally agree! this is the plane I fly most. fast enough to cover some ground and slow enough for short fields, especially if your reverse the prop. You can stop on a dime and give two cents change.Really great for full IFR operation also.Vic

Got it laste year, but I sure am glad taste differ..! i am not one for glass cockpits. Apart from that it fly ok, but that really is it.

Got it laste year, but I sure am glad taste differ..! i am not one for glass cockpits. Apart from that it fly ok, but that really is it.

I tend to agree, I am from the old school and don't like glass panels in GA aircrafts (especially for bush flying in the wild Rockies!).I purchased the Kodiak after reading so many positive comments and uninstalled it few days after because the VC textures are not crisp, the external model definition is poor and the flight dynamics too close to the default FSX ones apart from the STOL capability.I would have loved to fly a Dreamfleet a/c in FSX or a re-worked FSD Pilatus Porter with Hi Definition quality textures...Until now, the one and only bird I fly in the Rockies is the Carenado Caravan.Not perfect though but close enough to reality for me and very nicely designed.I am not a Carenado fan but this one will stay in my hangar for a while!

I tend to agree, I am from the old school and don't like glass panels in GA aircrafts (especially for bush flying in the wild Rockies!).I purchased the Kodiak after reading so many positive comments and uninstalled it few days after because the VC textures are not crisp, the external model definition is poor and the flight dynamics too close to the default FSX ones apart from the STOL capability.I would have loved to fly a Dreamfleet a/c in FSX or a re-worked FSD Pilatus Porter with Hi Definition quality textures...Until now, the one and only bird I fly in the Rockies is the Carenado Caravan.Not perfect though but close enough to reality for me and very nicely designed.I am not a Carenado fan but this one will stay in my hangar for a while!

Thank you David! You just saved me $12.48! :( Wolfgang

I have the Kodiak but I don't fly it much at all. In calm wind conditions it fly's great, but I like real world weather. If there is any wind at all I find it very difficult to control. A 5 knot crosswind wants the almost flip the plane over, and when I correct it, it goes to far the other way. So it back and forth side to side, it makes me dizzy. I have a pile of payware aircraft, and this is the only one that acts this way, or overreacts it seems.Is it me, or my default CFG file setup? or do others find that too? and is there a way to fix it by messing with the CFG file?

I got the Kodiak last year when it was on sale and had no idea that there had been updates all the way to v2.6. Thanks for the heads up Mitch, I will have to head over to his site and get the updates.

-------------------------------------------------Man...am I LOVIN' this bird! Taking flights to get used to G1000 instrument approaches and procedures. What a wonderful airframe. No wonder they are using this for Missionary work!I'm having a sheer blast in PNW-Fjords with this beauty.... :)Flying into PNW-Rockies hunting and fishing lodge camps is a hoot behing this yoke.....Mitch'er

Totally agree! this is the plane I fly most. fast enough to cover some ground and slow enough for short fields, especially if your reverse the prop. You can stop on a dime and give two cents change.Really great for full IFR operation also.Vic

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yeah...I noticed that...the first time I reversed the prop...almost put me through the windshield!!!!Is this stopping power modeling real life performance?!?!? If so....er...WOW......I surely can see this plane coming down into a very small clearing with trees here and there, next to a remote village...and actually being able to make the stop safely. With that last notch of flaps, you have a high-torque on the prop, and sitting about 60 knots, solid to the dirt....

Thank you David! You just saved me $12.48! :( Wolfgang

Wolfgang, I also have the Caravan...and comparing the two...you're seriously missing out.She handles beautifully...but you better pay attention to drag as you go through the flaps. I do not find this at all with FSX default aircraft, but each to their own of course!

I would have loved to fly a Dreamfleet a/c in FSX

Hi David, I guess you are aware that you can fly the Dreamfleet Dakota in FSX provided you have the GNS, FLT and FLN rxp gauges?Jean-Jacques

Hi Jean-Jacques :--)Thanks but I think it doesn't go well with 64 bits OS.Or am I wrong?

I have the Kodiak but I don't fly it much at all. In calm wind conditions it fly's great, but I like real world weather. If there is any wind at all I find it very difficult to control. A 5 knot crosswind wants the almost flip the plane over, and when I correct it, it goes to far the other way. So it back and forth side to side, it makes me dizzy. I have a pile of payware aircraft, and this is the only one that acts this way, or overreacts it seems.Is it me, or my default CFG file setup? or do others find that too? and is there a way to fix it by messing with the CFG file?

Something wrong there. I fly mainly IFR and have shot ILS approaches in the Kodiak with a 30kt gusting crosswind with no issues at all. You have to work it but it's the same IRL. But flipping over? No way.Vic

Something wrong there. I fly mainly IFR and have shot ILS approaches in the Kodiak with a 30kt gusting crosswind with no issues at all. You have to work it but it's the same IRL. But flipping over? No way.Vic

OK thanks. I was thinking that maybe people were tuning the flight characteristics in the CFG file to get it to fly good in the wind, but it sounds like it flies great right out of the box so to speak. I could probably better describe the condition I was having by saying it's as if the plane was hanging by a string and just blowing around in the wind. Anyway I will have to try it again and see whats up.

Picked up the Kodiak yesterday and installed it in both FS9 and FSX. Both fly well and look pretty good. As several have mentioned before, those full flap settings are like a drag chute being deployed! LOL!!Interior graphics look good, as does the exterior, but for some reason, perhaps due to the offering of a lower resolution patch for better frame-rates, I was expecting them to be a even more detailed. I've got a fairly old system and am not finding much, if any FPS impact, even with all of the glass instrument panels turned on. Excellent deal for me at that sale price.

Hi Jean-Jacques :--)Thanks but I think it doesn't go well with 64 bits OS.Or am I wrong?

Hi David, Joyeux Noël ;-),Last september I purchased the rxp waas 430 and it works fine on my notebook (running Win7 64 bits) and on my desktop (running Vista 64 bits). You just need to replace the rxp_dreamfleet gauge calls in the panel.cfg by the rxp gauge calls. I first installed the rxp gns (including the garmin trainer),flt and fln and subsequently installed the Dreamfleet Dakota, but canceled the installation of the garmin trainer.Jean-Jacques

I have found the Flight1 BN2 Islander to be my favorite Orbx PNW plane. It takes off and lands anywhere, the modle is visually stunning, the sounds are one of the very best I have ever heard for FS, the shaking of the VC is a hell of a fun addition, it is outfitted with a very well simulated Garmin avionics set (430, I think it was) and the FPS is great. For me, it is my best FSX purchase. In FSX, that's the plane I fly most often. The only drawback is that it's a bit slow. on the other hand, it gives me more time to look out of the window and be amazed by the Orbx scenery. Yeo, that FSX for me: Orbx and the Flight1 BN2 Islander. I wouldn't wish for anything other than that.

 I bought the Kodiak for ORBX north America and enjoy it very much. My only complaint is the aircraft is in dire need of a Flight Director. Does anyone know if such a mod exists for the G1000? Thanks.Bob.. :)