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Mini Review of the new Carenado PA-46

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I bought the PA46 last night and did a flight from Bear Gultch to KJAC.

 

Starting with the VC. As usual Carenado has included every detail you can imagine from a slightly worn panel and slight crazering of the plexiglass to high-res stickers on the windows.

 

On takeoff roll from Bear Gultch

 

Climbing to FL17

 

 

On the ILS into KJAC

 

Shutdown.

 

Exterior is typical of Carenado in that it is in high res and looks perfect.

 

 

 

 

 

Final into KJAC

 

Flight Caricteristics the plane handles like I would expect the real thing to, I don't have anytime in the PA-46 but the Carenado model flys like a realworld high performance single does. The climb to 17,000 was painless and took about 20 min which is pretty realistic.

 

Overall its a great plane and worth every penny!

ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170

 

Thx for the review. Love these mini reviews from joe users.

Nice pics - thanks for posting.

Good mini review, thanks!

They might not always have all the systems modeling like everyone wants, but in general Carenado produces excellent visually stunning aircraft that are worth every dollar IMHO!!,

 

And they produce a lot of them. So you don't have to wait a year between each release either!

 

Thanks for the report!

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Thanks for the report.  The JetProp always seemed to be a bit nose-high with some forward visibility issues on approach, which probably seems even worse given the very long nose the of the turbine.  How's the piston version in this regard?

 

Scott

So how is the FPS hit? I would think it would not be noticeable compared to the jet prop version.

 

Bob

Officially retired

 

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Two other early purchasers are reporting a number of bugs...

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/417253-piper-malibu-mirage-released/

 

...although not giving details yet.

 

Did you notice any bugs in 3+ hours of flying?

 

Nothing that stood out.

So how is the FPS hit? I would think it would not be noticeable compared to the jet prop version.

 

Bob

None it was 30fps everywhere with everything turned to max inc autogen. Over KSEA I got in the mid 20's but that was due to solid IFR in REX HD cloulds

ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170

 

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