Recommendations for high quality, high performance light aircraft for 2.21?

[Noel 4,563]

I'm using the RA Turbine Duke which generally works fabulously, but for example when I toggle between VC and open front view there is maybe a 25-28% performance difference, whereas w/ for example the CS Super MD80 the perf diff is around 10% tops.  I'm hoping to find something w/ modest systems implementation, w/ excellent VC visuals, good sounds and flight model, but excellent performance efficiency in 2.21.

 

Caranado's Piper Meridian?

RA Lancair?

Others?

 

Not too fond of the included stuff w/ P3D V2.

 

It's just for tooling around in the most complex of all possible scenery.  I'm finding two distinctly different setups, both fabulous for their own reasons:

 

1.  Ultra high demand situations such as FTX regional sceneries in metropolitan areas, heavy clouds, etc.  This is fine for VFR and short flights lower down where such detail is appreciated,

2  For the tube liners I'm using add on airports, but sticking w/ FTX regions fully off  This is fine because you're up in the air fast and soon the detail isn't material anyway.

[Sesquashtoo 2,846]

v 2.21?

 

Is this released on the LM site?

 

What is different over v2.2?

[Howellerman 104]

Heya Noel, 

 

You cannot go wrong with the RA Lancair Legacy - fast, agile, semi-aerobatic, and it has the RealAir feel (my personal benchmark).

[Noel 4,563]

v 2.21?

 

Is this released on the LM site?

 

What is different over v2.2?

2.2+hotpatch.  I don't know if it was correct to call it 2.21, but I did!  Cheers,

 

Noel

[pmanhart 176]

Any of the compatible Carenado or Alabeo birds without any fancy avionics (G1000 or anything glass) are really light on frames as long as you aren't running your TML over 1024.

 

http://www.carenado.com

 

http://www.alabeo.com

 

Check out the Lionheart Creations stuff as well, light on frames and full of character!

 

http://www.lionheartcreations.com

[Noel 4,563]

Heya Noel, 

 

You cannot go wrong with the RA Lancair Legacy - fast, agile, semi-aerobatic, and it has the RealAir feel (my personal benchmark).

 

Can you comment on its processing overhead as it were, i.e., how hard is it on frames compared to default birds?  I'm really looking much more for something w/ some detail but w/ exquisite performance from a frame rate point of view, more  so than flight characteristics per se.  I'll check it out in more detail but this is a requirement for me for what I will be using it for.

 

Thanks John, 

[loge 42]

Many sounds don't work properly on the RA Lancair Legacy (eg flaps & gear).  The developer has confirmed this, explaining that it is due to a custom DLL being incompatible with P3D, so I don't think it's just my setup.  If you don't care about the sounds, it works well, but for me it spoils the immersion.

 

Frames are a little harder than the default planes, but still pretty good.

[do_denver2 18]

If you use the EMT tool and run P3D in legacy mode, then the sounds will work. However, if you're an ASN user, running in Legacy mode will break that.

[Noel 4,563]

Thanks y'all, good tips so far.  I have never known for sure what legacy mode does, and still don't but it sounds like it's good for certain add ons.