EZCA helps me with ALL my views from ALL my airplanes. Can't fly without it. Besides setting the panel at the right distance for me, and the height of the panel from my seat, you just can't beat the effects of movement and turbulence when you're flying. Stan

One thing I noticed landing at night is that the landing light mounted on the nose wheel does not seem to project it's beam as far forward as the taxi lights do. Moving my POV upward helps because the nose is now silohuetted in the beam and I can tell where it is. If there is one thing I like about the P46 is the taxi and landing light appearence. They are the most realistic in shape and color I have seen. Why did it take so long to get lights that actually light objects in front of you?

Why did it take so long to get lights that actually light objects in front of you?

I think, in FSX SDK terms, that's a trick and comes with some downsides. Could be wrong though and you are perfectly right in then first place, they look great.

Why did I return it? Initially it was due to bugs (And the subsequently patched it) but the main reason was it was too slow for my liking. I mean the Orbx Lancair goes faster lol...

You've sort of summarized my fears on that plane. Well, I've waited for the second SP to arrive and then took a closer look, means buying. The look still says 'geez, why don't they fix well known problems on e. g. gauges that get copied over from release to release?', but, now, I'm happy with the new bird.Well, don't ask me for how long I've read the JetProp forums and how much e. g. Bert and his mods helped. In short, a ton! Thanks!The speed was a concern of mine too, but she climbs well and I can get 250 knots GS out of her without a hassle. The Lancair even beats my T Duke on some flights (on the GS), so she just shows how fast such small and 'weak' planes can get, but may not act as a reference for the normal build ones.There's something on that JepProp which makes me feel good when flying and the FDE aspect is great, the sounds are too and the gauges now do what I want them to. Quoting a wise man when stating that Carenado now does 90% right and even benchmarks some stuff, but those remaining 10 are a pain in some eyes and also fuel the stereotype believers. Open statement.I think that a refund or dislike of that plane is reasonable though. Same as if somebody likes it very much. Me does.

Oh so you did buy then? Yeah the speed thing caught me off guard... we've got a local pilot who owns a JetProp and I've always seen him go quite fast, He must have the larger DLX model or something... The only way to get that Carenado model going fast is to take it up into the lower FL's. That means I've got to do a longer flight to get up there. In the lancair I can stay at 090 and go very fast... Oh well - I'll definitely be getting their Cirrus when it comes out!

Yes, I got her some days ago. Spending the following one tweaking. :( No problem with the helpful folks around, but sort of a pain on a new purchase. Reminds me of my old CS 727, which is great when tweaked. I like the outcome, but it's hard to generally recommend it with the work in mind.Well that limiting speed is a thing even the T Duke suffers from. 198 KIAS there, while I can speed up much further with the engine power. So that limit looses it's strength the higher I get and the more my IAS readings decrease. On the low altitudes, some 350HP piston Lancair can therefore safely outperform the T Duke on the cruise speed.But the file of the T Duke shows the cause of that rather low speed.

*Please note: Vne is lower in the Turbine Duke compared to the piston Duke because of differences in turboprop certification rules.

Same for the Malibu, where the piston version gives me a 198 KIAS limit. Mr. Gard explained something in the Realair T Duke thread here. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/327067-realair-turbine-duke/page__view__findpost__p__1941611So you are right, those 172 KIAS on the JetProp are a rather low limit when it comes to low altitude cruising. However, after reading the docs, I now use those recommended 140 KIAS to climb, which gives me some 1700 ft/min at MTOW, so the higher altitudes are not that far away. Around FL180 or 190 I run out of throttle, so the rate goes down slightly until I settle at some FL240 or so.The Cirrus will be nice I guess. Though I'm still looking for someone to model the Lancair Evolution with the turbine. Should be a rocket like the T Duke, but even more.You should ask your JetProp pilot about his speeds. From the docs here, the limit is at 172 for all variants available. Engine power doesn't limit them, certification does. http://www.jetprop.c...formance-charts

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You should ask your JetProp pilot about his speeds. From the docs here, the limit is at 172 for all variants available. Engine power doesn't limit them, certification does. http://www.jetprop.c...formance-charts

Interesting... thought the -35 would be faster....

Well it may, when the IAS goes down and the engine limits then limit the achieved speed. But the performance charts show some 264 knots TAS at FL270. At FL210 I can see some peak on the TAS of 269 knots, but running a lot of torque and even more of fuel.You are perfectly right about the Lancair, the performance for such a small plane with the (in relation to the turbines) weak engine is amazing. And the fuel flow is low too. Well, it takes some time to climb though. I think I had her running at 260 GS and some 15.4 gallons/hr, while the JetProp eats some 35 and don't ask about the Duke.

Lol, check it out, some 450 knots GS. http://www.jetprop.com/content/400-knot-club

Ya I saw that page pretty neat! A 191 kt tail wind always helps lol!

Hello,To ease the landing I use the following [CameraDefinition.009][CameraDefinition.009]Title = "Landing"Guid = {195EAB58-9E4A-1E2A-A34C-A8D9D948F079}Origin = Virtual CockpitMomentumEffect = YesSnapPbhAdjust = SwivelSnapPbhReturn = FalsePanPbhAdjust = SwivelPanPbhReturn = FalseTrack = NoneShowAxis = YESAllowZoom = TRUEInitialZoom = 0.75SmoothZoomTime = 2.0ZoomPanScalar = 0.5ShowWeather = YesXyzAdjust = TRUEShowLensFlare=FALSECategory = CockpitPitchPanRate=20HeadingPanRate=60InitialXyz=0.0, 0.02, 0.0 InitialPbh=12, 0, 0 Also to avoid losing runway view I limt the attitude angle to 5 degree.Have a good dayBenoit