The airplanes may be different, but personally I get tired of low and slow unless it is in real life. I like an airplane that goes fast enough to hop between spread out airports in all the regions. Flying little trips in PNW can only be enjoyable for so long.

Fly the Realair Legacy or A2A Civ mustang around hehe... Those are fast - I did 500 kts GS in the mustang at altitude a few days ago lol

Yeah, and if you pull the Civil Mustang back to long range cruise, you can fly across the entire US with one fuel stop, and still be doing almost 300MPH TAS.

 

One thing we haven't been able to do with an accusim plane lately is go to strips like this, now all those backwoods strips in FTX-land are accessible with the 182.  You wouldn't be able to this in a Baron lol.

 

 

Cheers

TJ

Must admit that the takeoff from that strip in the video would be more of a concern of mine. :unsure:

Must admit that the takeoff from that strip in the video would be more of a concern of mine. :unsure:

 

Here is the takeoff lol

 

Seriously tho, thats part of the fun...you can depart IFR from your FTX KMRY in the fog, fly a couple of hours to backwoods FTX Idaho using your RXP or GTX, then when you approach the area, turn off the GPS and autopilot, look out the window, follow the rivers and canyons, then plunk down on some little strip.  Do it 'all' in one trip lol.

 

Cheers

TJ 

Fly the Realair Legacy or A2A Civ mustang around hehe... Those are fast - I did 500 kts GS in the mustang at altitude a few days ago lol

 

I'm picky about airplanes I want to fly. I don't like flying military planes except big cargo jets like the C-5 or C-17.

 

I have a yoke setup and like flying GA that has yokes. I can't stop flying the Carenado PC-12, it's my favorite airplane but obviously not system detailed. It fits what I want to do perfectly. An A2a or Realair Cessna 208/Cargomaster would be my favorite for short hops and a more detailed PC-12 for longer.

 

I will get this A2a 182 and enjoy flying it and the Realair Duke. But the PC-12 I will keep going back to more.

 

Yes I am weird and picky why do you ask? hehe

Lol maybe some will do a Fandango 182 repaint so we can do some Fandango flying lol.  We had something like that with Capt. Wild Bill Kelso's P-40

 

Here is the takeoff lolJ

Wow...

 

The problem with FSX is lack of terrain on runways and tricky vegetation bordering strips

its out :He He:

Can one of you confirm (although I might already know the answer when it comes to the info on the A2A site) that this is the non turbo C182? :mellow:

 

C182T vs T182T

Non-turbo

PMDG are working on a DC-6

 

Yes, well, I will be too old to see the screen when they finally release it.  They a four engine autopilot to release before that...

its out :He He:

...and it's spectatcular .....especially with a GTN750 integrated into the panel .

 

Steve

Congrats to A2A for their release, personally I'm not that excited tbh. I have all the a2a planes except the military mustang and the 182. They're all great but the 172 never quite did it for me but I really love the cherokee and I guess that's why I probably won't buy the 182. It's probably their best -technically- so far and I can see why people love it. There are many advancements for sure but still, it's another slow "floater" (maybe the turbo version would've been more interesting). It's just too similar to the 172 for me basically.

 

 

It's just too similar to the 172 for me basically.

 

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But you'd be wrong. :wink: That's all I'm saying.

A 172 and a 182 don't fly the same IRL, and I can now say after picking mine up yesterday that they don't in A2A's world either.

 

Scott