Hello,

I'm getting back into simming after being away for close to 10 years.  So much has changed since then.

If you could recommend one King Air, which would it be?  I'm looking for the model that performs with the least amount of Carenado bugs. 

The F1 Kingair

If you are looking for the highest quality, there are really only 2 options. Unfortunately neither is ready for Prepar3d version 4 yet. 

The first is, as David pointed out, the Flight1 B200 with Blackhawk upgrades. This is a seriously high quality sim for FSX and P3Dv3. Flight1 is doing an upgrade to P3Dv4 but they have been quiet.

The second is Milviz B350I, two versions, one with steam gauges and the other with Proline avionics. It has been in development for a couple of years and is being actively worked on with frequent previews. Looks like it will be another very high quality simulation when available.

I have all the Carenado King Airs except for the B1900. They are very good looking, and are easy to fly. Unfortunately, they are there some deep discrepancies between their sim performance and real world flight performance. In addition, all but the most basic avionics are significantly oversimplified. 

In terms of correspondence to real world counterpart, my opinion is the original C90 comes closest. It has the most basic avionics and the flight characteristics are reasonably close to real world. 

Sorry for the long winded answer. Hope this helps.

10 minutes ago, Henry Street said:

my opinion is the original C90 comes closest

Agree, the Beech 90 Classic stay one of mine preferred aircrafts.

Like too the 350i because flying fast and the proline work in nav and vnav (for this category of aircrafts there are few planes with vertical nav.)

the F1 is not compatible version 4

38 minutes ago, Henry Street said:

In terms of correspondence to real world counterpart, my opinion is the original C90 comes closest. It has the most basic avionics and the flight characteristics are reasonably close to real world. 

Fully agree!  What has displaced hours from my C90B is not another King Air, but instead the Real Air Turbine Duke v2, which slots in arguably between the Baron's and King Air's.  Unfortunately it is no longer available.  I am also currently logging some hours in the Carenado F406 Caravan II, which has more seats and fills a void in my hangars.  Picked it up recently as it was on a great sale, and despite the Aspen in the panel I find it to be enjoyable.

1 hour ago, DavidP said:

The F1 Kingair

Definitely will look at this when it's Prepar3d v4 compatible.

6 minutes ago, fppilot said:

but instead the Real Air Turbine Duke v2, which slots in arguably between the Baron's and King Air's.  Unfortunately it is no longer available. 

That's unfortunate.  I remember my friend talking about this model for FSX some years ago.

C90GTX with the Flight1 GTN 750 and my integration mods.

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=54606&title=gtn-750-in-c90-gtx

I have both the C90GTX and the B350i with the the Flight1 GTN750 integration mods. If you want a more modern glass cockpit then these are your go to aircraft. The 750 mods make them a lot easier and more pleasing for me to virtually fly rather than Carenado's version of the FMC and their navgraph. If you want longer range and faster cruise--the B350i is your choice--the C90GTX is great for shorter range flights. If you rather go "Old School" the C90 or B200 by Carenado is the way to go as Flight1's Super King Air has the G1000 upgraded cockpit and their own FMC.

One of our fellow simmers, Whamil77 has made available some mods for both of the 90GTX & 350i making their flight characteristics more real world like. For the B350i, Whamil77 has done a "Blackhawk" engine upgrade plus several other mods, making it a better aircraft all around (you can check out the 350i forum for a good description of his mod). He also has done some mods for the "Stock" version of the 350i. I believe he has something in the works for Carenado's B200 as well.

I had Flight1's B200 Super King Air in FSX Boxed edition. It really is the best all around--have not purchased it for P3D. As mentioned earlier, if you have version 4 of P3D, you will have to wait until it is upgraded for that version.

Hope this helps!

The C90? Is that a default aircraft in P3D?

Since you're not mentioning a company name with it I'm confused (as usual.)

Can you elaborate?

Edit:

Nevermind. I see it on the Carenado website.

Edited January 17, 20188 yr by RichieFly
Update

1 hour ago, ShuttleMoon said:

That's unfortunate.  I remember my friend talking about this model for FSX some years ago.

I have my license information in a safety deposit box for the TDv2! Seriously!  They continue to have a reinstall DL available for licensed owners!

There is a comment in the flight1 forum that the devs can now get on with the b200 and then the mustang updates for P3D4 so it may come.

On 1/17/2018 at 3:52 PM, Bert Pieke said:

C90GTX with the Flight1 GTN 750 and my integration mods.

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=54606&title=gtn-750-in-c90-gtx

I agree with Bert. His mods in the GtX make it a very enjoyable airplane.