FSX-MS Real Air Duke v2.0 Released

[DeskPilot518 15]

Second this - voting for the ASN weather radar to be included.

Third vote for this! That would be pretty amazing....

[martin-w 3,235]

To be honest, ASN is so good, that a weather radar is becoming almost essential. If there's an ASN thunderstorm up ahead with hail, severe turbulence, and all manor of nasty weather phenomenon... you damn well should consider navigating around it.

 

Yes please, add me to the list. Since ASN, I'm a WX radar fan.

 

And obviously a Duke V2 fan, who wouldn't be.

[mi17 1]

Well, it's actually the Reality XP WX500 radar on the pictures, not the ASN one... 

The RXP unit is a popular addon I believe, so it could be the best for the integration.

 

Tamas

[martin-w 3,235]

Oh right, well yes, now that ASN is with us, the Reality XP unit would do nicely if integrated. Or a custom coded WX unit, courtesy of RealAir.

[TangoSierraMike 11]

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I just caught my first glimpse of a Cougar Baron.... WOW!! It comes from the same folks at Rocket Engineering that gave us the Turbo Duke. With some of the panel similarities I think that RealAir could do an amazing job on this! With a max climb rate of 4600 fpm and a max cruise of 300 ktas - it looks to be a rocket! and a landing distance of 700 ft...

 

http://cougarbaron.com/

[Les Parson 99]

"...Don't mean to hijack this thread,..."

 

I would'nt worry about it; nobody else does. I started this thread almost six months ago and the sky is apparently the limit.

[Alec 370]

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I just caught my first glimpse of a Cougar Baron.... WOW!! It comes from the same folks at Rocket Engineering that gave us the Turbo Duke. With some of the panel similarities I think that RealAir could do an amazing job on this! With a max climb rate of 4600 fpm and a max cruise of 300 ktas - it looks to be a rocket! and a landing distance of 700 ft...

 

http://cougarbaron.com/

 

I'm in love with this aircraft. I love the Baron, plus a PT-6... WOW!!!!!

 

I read it's only getting certification in 2015. So RealAir wouldn't be able to get any flight data anyway.

[zmak 331]

OMG the engines on that thing!!

[ryanbatc 12,857]

I don't care for it at all...

 

Looks like a bug

 

The turbine Duke looks so much better.

[JesC 88]

Suckin' on an oxygen mask, drying out my sinuses while my ears are poppin' doesn't sound very desirable to me.

 

I love the Barons but in this flight regime I choose the comfort and practicality of the Pressurized Duke. A brilliant design by Beech; modeled very well by RealAir.

[TangoSierraMike 11]

The Cougar Baron is pressurized as well - they build the off of a Baron B58-P body Not that I don't love the turbine Duke;  its one the most used planes in my FSX fleet, I just think this baron would be a blast to ride around in.

[ryanbatc 12,857]

I can agree it's got some impressive stats (4600fpm!!) but dang it looks ugly!

 

Odd that the T Duke is actually slower...  I suppose the airframe is the limiting factor.

[MartinRex007 390]

Looking forward to flying the T Duke once the upgrade v2.0 is released, it's a great plane now and can only imagine what the upgrade will bring!

Although have always loved the Baron and the Cougar Baron does sound pretty awesome...

[nandrews 4]

I have recently bought the Duke v2.

I have probably been softened by flying the default FSX Baron, but I have only succeeded once (out of five attempts) so far to land without crashing!

Each time I land (in calm conditions) the right wing lifts and the left goes down and a crash occurs.

I am landing at around 90-100kts, full flaps and gently (in Baron terms).

 

Am I just landing too hard or is there a handling trick which I am missing?

 

Thanks

Nigel

 

[ryanbatc 12,857]

Do you by any chance run Active Sky?  It had a wake turbulence feature at one point that was overly excessive imho... could be the reason here.

 

Otherwise re-calibrate controls?  I'm not getting the roll you describe on final or ever.  For approach speed use about 110 kias.... touchdown around 90-95.  You may be stalling too.