I was looking at F1's 441 Conquest which is a possibility. What are your favorites in this class or slightly less in a non-jet aircraft? Noel

The Aeroworx King Air B200 is still the benchmark for me. Fabulous VC, nice flight dynamics, great modeling (inside and out). Not as fast as the Conquest II, but still a fun bird to fly. Nor is the King Air as much a "jump in and go" add-on as the Conquest II... definately more systems rich.You couldn't go wrong with either... or both. :-) Greg

My favorite all-time in flight sim is the FSD-International PA-42 Piper Cheyenne turboprop. Very fast, big engines, nice aircraft.

Noel,The Aeroworx Super KingAir B200 is a magnificent aircraft. I have quite a few high quality add-on aircraft, but if I had to choose one, I would probably choose the B200. Great all-round flying, extremely detailed systems, wonderful graphics, etc.Cheers,Henri

I have the F1 C441, and it is, without doubt, an extremely 'luxurious' aircraft, with great attension paid to detail. The only thing i'm not desparately keen on, is it's FEELING of slugishness. It's by no means short of power, but just seems big and bulky for it's payload. Maybe it's like that in reality, but i just find it a little bit like a lumbering hulk. Still like it though.

For executive turboprops, it must be the Piago Avanti as modelled by FSD.The 441 is a very nice aircraft to fly, but I don't like the panel layout myself.

The Veneaviones Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B is a real nice free ware airplane in the category you're looking at. Check the airplane cfg under propeller for this entry...."rotation= -1,-1 //Engine 1,2,3,... Rotation direction. 1 = CW, -1 = CCW" [no quote marks]to insure the proper rotation of the props.

Thank you all for your input. I love this hobby!Noel

>>The Veneaviones Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B is a real nice>free ware airplane in the category you're looking at. Check>the airplane cfg under propeller for this entry....>>"rotation= -1,-1 //Engine 1,2,3,... Rotation direction. 1 =>CW, -1 = CCW" [no quote marks]>>to insure the proper rotation of the props.I checked the aircraft config and do not see this entry at all. Are you saying I should add that line?ThanksAT

I only just got the Heinkel 219 from Shockwave but already it's one of my favourite piston-props. It's fast, high-flying and long-ranged. And lands quite slow and short. And uses the default autopilot quite cleverlyGiven the choice between a spam can and a WWII fighter with a pressurisde cockpit (and a working reflector gunsight!) and if you're into flying from the VC, this might be something to go for - very, very different! :-)Allcott

AT/AirtimeIf you don't see that cfg entry under [Propeller] then the propellers are turning backwards. If you can't see the pitch angle of the blade, you can only really tell during start-up by observing the black de-ice boots on the prop. Prop de-ice boots are always on the leading edge of the blade and must lead in the direction of rotation.I complained about this after the initial release of the airplane and some time later , I forget who , came up with the cfg entry to fix the problem. It was a very simple fix but beyond my knowledge at the time. I think it's only an animation thing and dosen't affect the P-effect on the rudder.If you care about that level of detail then I would recommend that you add that line.My cfg entry under propeller ;[propeller]thrust_scalar=1.000 rotation= -1,-1 //Engine 1,2,3,... Rotation direction. 1 = CW, -1 = CCWpropeller_type=0 propeller_diameter=8.8 propeller_blades=3 propeller_moi=24.000 beta_max=90.000 beta_min=8.000 min_gov_rpm=1114.000 prop_tc=0.004 gear_reduction_ratio=17 fixed_pitch_beta=0.000 low_speed_theory_limit=80.000 prop_sync_available=1 prop_deice_available=1 prop_feathering_available=1 prop_auto_feathering_available=1 min_rpm_for_feather=1000.000 beta_feather=90.000 power_absorbed_cf=0.900 defeathering_accumulators_available=1 prop_reverse_available=1.000 minimum_on_ground_beta=1.000 minimum_reverse_beta=-14.000