Thanks Dave. Think I'll stick with the carenado 340

 

I wish flight 1 would do another 441. What a sexy plane

That's what I miss in FSX F1's Cessna 421 would love to see a upgraded version I'd buy it.

I'm hoping that Eaglesoft will also focus on twin engined piston aircraft as part of their General Aviation development seeing that they are back in the game.

Pretty sure they're focused on bizjets. Which is excellent because there's hardly any good ones.

I'm very sceptical about addons that dont display clear daytime pictures of the VC or inside texturing.  I looked at the pics over at flightsim.com and it doesnt inspire confidence that it will be money well spent.   I do agree though that the Cessna range of twins is seriously lacking.  I actually really enjoy the Carenado C340.  I wish they'd do more.

 

Sadly, I'll give this one a skip

To be fair the provided Youtube video right on the first page of the link does show clearly what the VC looks like in the daytime.

Pretty sure they're focused on bizjets. Which is excellent because there's hardly any good ones.

 

They have a Corporate Aviation and General Aviation section.  They did a brilliant Piper Twin Commanche years ago, so hoping they look at expanding this.  But I agree, quality bizjets are also in demand

 

 

The 402 is ok. It's much better than the last few FlySimWare offerings, (which definitely were freeware quality IMHO). It's not in the top drawer league but it flies quite nice and definitely has some character. It will never be a favourite or a classic but I don't regret buying it, because I really wanted a Cessna 400 series, and it's good enough to be fun.



The weakspot is the engine sounds - I could be wrong but it appears that the 402C is using the default C172 sounds, but with a Sound.cfg for sey up for a twin. I could be wrong, but that's how it certainly sounds!



Internal, switch sounds etc are pretty good though. VC is ok. Averagish.

 

An honest initial appraisal Dave - thank you. It does not however encourage me to go for this one as I fear that I would fly it a few times after installation for the novelty value and then it would sit forlorn in my hanger as have so many 'averagish' addon aircraft in the past, both here in FSX and in FS9. For that reason, I now try to confine my addon payware aircraft to those with great reviews or those from manufacturers with a proven pedigree - sadly this doesn't seem to fit either category as yet. Still, as I mentioned previously my FS self-control is very poor so you never know!!

 

Bill

The fact that someone has 6 posts does not in itself mean their viewpoint is any less credible than some know-all with 12,000 posts.

 

:lol:  :lol:

 

 

The 402 is ok.  It's much better than the last few FlySimWare offerings, (which definitely were freeware quality IMHO).  It's not in the top drawer league but it flies quite nice and definitely has some character.    It will never be a favourite or a classic but I don't regret buying it, because I really wanted a Cessna 400 series, and it's good enough to be fun

 

 

I'd mostly agree with that assessment, Dave.  I think it's better than OK, but it's certainly not up to Carenado standards on the visual model.  I haven't done enough flying with it yet to form an opinion on the model, but on the surface it seems to be pretty robust.  Sounds are definitely a weak point, and the documentation is poor.  Regardless, I'm going to have lots of fun flying this around New England!

 

Attached are a couple of quick screen captures from my system.

 

The carenado 340 FDE its awfull, dont flight like the real one! Series 300 the 310 Milviz its the best, done for a real pilot with a real model, dont doubt on that. 

 

This 402 looks ok, dont great like visual of carenado, but i'm will very conform with a good FDE (on the page says that they make this model with help of pilots 402C) and panel funcionality. Those elements make a atractive and only 400 series for the FSX.

 

Redgars 

Robert Bernard

The carenado 340 FDE its awfull, dont flight like the real one! Series 300 the 310 Milviz its the best, done for a real pilot with a real model, dont doubt on that.

 

This 402 looks ok, dont great like visual of carenado, but i'm will very conform with a good FDE (on the page says that they make this model with help of pilots 402C) and panel funcionality. Those elements make a atractive and only 400 series for the FSX.

 

Redgars

Robert Bernard

You could always use the VC from the Carenado 340 there aren't many differences in the cockpit of a 340 and a 400 series. Though the 402's VC looks pretty good but it could stand an HD texture upgrade. Id love to see carenado or milviz do a 421

A couple of days in, and I have to say I am really enjoying flying this Cessna 402C around New England. :smile:

 

The Flight Handling Characteristics feel pretty convincing and although people are correct, the visuals are nowhere near Carenado level, the FDE seems (to me) more convincing than most Carenado FDEs which I find can feel a bit sterile or generic.

 

It's a good twin.  The Carenado 340 has better visuals (although even that is not quite one of Carenado's best) but for me, the 402C is more fun to fly.  Nice switch sounds and stuff in the cockpit too.    Oh and it's extremely easy on frames.

 

I must admit I did expect to fly it once or twice and then for it to get hardly any action, but I can't seem to put it down!

 

Apologies staff, I know this isn't the screenie section but here's two pics from my flight today with the 402 (a short hop from CEN4 to CEJ4) :-

 

 

 

I'm hoping that Eaglesoft will also focus on twin engined piston aircraft as part of their General Aviation development seeing that they are back in the game.

Erich, thanks for including us in the mix but we'll maintain our focus on Corporate Jets at a high level. B)

 

ErichB, on 03 Feb 2014 - 10:47 AM, said:

They have a Corporate Aviation and General Aviation section. They did a brilliant Piper Twin Commanche years ago, so hoping they look at expanding this.

 

But I agree, quality bizjets are also in demand.

Erich, the Piper Twin Comanche was a joy as was the Diamond DA42 Twin Star but it's likely the last twin we do unless we find a very interesting

Cabin Class twin project that we can't resist. B)

Dave do they say anything about reality XP?

Hi everyone,

I am very glad to see a thread opened regarding this aircraft I am obeying since the first day it was released! Thanks for all of your infos and observations so far!

I am also very interested in the RXP integration, besides that I can see a "XP" allready labled on every gauge frame of the garmin 530 on its right upper side ... ?!

 

Cheers!

Andreas

Dave do they say anything about reality XP?

 

 

 

I am also very interested in the RXP integration, besides that I can see a "XP" allready labled on every gauge frame of the garmin 530 on its right upper side ... ?!

 

Cheers!

Andreas

 

Hi Guys,

 

No RXP support and I don't think integrating the 530 into the VC would work as they have their own 530 in their with 3D knobs.

 

Of course, RXP as a pop-up works fine.

 

One last thing I forgot to say about this plane - although it does 'feel' nice to fly, it's grossly overpowered.  I have found that flying it with full fuel (even on short hops) negates the over-powered feel.

 

I will also probably look at a CFG tweak to reduce power.