I went ahead and splurged on it; at US$38 and change, it's a bit pricey, but considering the amount of overtime I've put in this week, I decided I could afford it. :)From 15 minutes messing around with the Cheyenne I, I'll say this:- External model is first-rate. It's a beautiful model of a beautiful airplane. It looks like it's doing 150 knots sitting still.- The panels are nice and the VC is VERY good. On my fairly slow system (Athlon XP 2500, GF 6600GT 128 MB 8x AGP, 1 GB RAM) it's quite flyable, the gauges are reasonably smooth and readable, and the only glitch is that the textures can take several seconds to load in when swapping back into the VC from another view. But I have lots of addons that do that. I like the older Silver Crown and Trimble avionics fit; I have just about everything Reality XP makes and tend to refit a lot of my freeware and payware, but I'm not sure I'll mess with this one except maybe to swap the weather radar into that radar bitmap on the panel (if possible). Dual NAV/COMs, dual ADFs, dual transponders, and a Trimble, that's a pretty nice setup for a thirty-year-old plane.- Great sound. The plane has a very pronounced change in pitch when you change prop RPM, as I'd expect from something where there's a prop that close to your head (disclaimer: I'm not a pilot and have never ridden in a Cheyenne).- The flight dynamics seem pretty good, on a par with other quality add-ons. Again, IANAP (I am not a pilot), but it's got that feeling of the correct amounts of mass and inertia that good FDEs seem to have.- I don't know about the systems depth, but it's definitely an RTFM-first airplane. I was playing with the config manager (which allows you to change a lot of things like pax load, cold-and-dark, noise-cancelling headset soundset, etc., on the fly) and managed to cut both my engines at 7,000 feet. (NOTE: Use the config manager only on the ground!) I had a devil of a time getting one started before I pancaked. The Trimble GPS is just...weird. That'll take more manual reading than anything else. :)The Aeroworx B200 is basically, as I tell VA friends, "the LDS 767 with props." It's got that level of systems complexity and fidelity. I don't know if the Cheyenne's there or not, but it's a really nice add-on so far.Lewis "Moose" GregoryRichmond, Virginia

Say thanks to the Euro-Dollar exchange rates. The Dollar lost 33% percent compared to the Euro over the last five years. As result more and more companies start to calculate their prices in Euro and the prices for the Dollar-countries go up. It's just a perfectly normal economical mechanism...

>Just in case my question went amiss - will the FSX update, if>any, be free to all previous Cheyenne customers? :)Yes, I think so.

>- The panels are nice and the VC is VERY good. On my fairly>slow system (Athlon XP 2500, GF 6600GT 128 MB 8x AGP, 1 GB>RAM) it's quite flyable, the gauges are reasonably smooth and>readable, and the only glitch is that the textures can take>several seconds to load in when swapping back into the VC from>another view.Thanks Lewis, that is what sold me. I have a high end rig and most payware out there, but when you fly in real weather with detailed scenery you need all the help you can get and from the screenshots you can see the detail in this one. And to be frank, I tend to shy away from most addons associated with Aerosoft lately as they have stated how proud they are of pushing MakeMDL to it's limit (not a good thing/to much detail!)I am also one that tends to buy an addon to support a developer and even though this one has been awhile in the making, Hans and company have been open with info on what has been going on with it and why.Regards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/tfbeta.jpg

The Cheyenne is made by Digital Aviation and is just sold by Aerosoft. So far I'm absolutely loving it and I get no framerate hit AT ALL even in the VC, which is incredible considering the detail, so you don't need to be concerned about performance.

Good outline. Very good.My problem with this release is not the apparent quality. It "seems" on a par with what most of the other GA developers are releasing. But at $45 US it is well over $20 of what the market is selling at, and honestly, what it could possibly be worth. If it ends up being good as it looks IMHO it's $20 overpriced.Unless they reduce the price to retail it is not ending up in my hangar.Rob

Cheyenne and Commander are my next 2 planes. Followed (I hope) by PMDG 744

Just picked up the Cheyenne last night and I am really impressed! The Digital Aviation guys really outdid themselves and the Aerosoft ordering process was a snap. At first, I was a little leary since the cost is relatively high (for a GA type aircraft), but after flying her for a bit I dont have any reservation recommending the package to anybody. I have no doubt that you GA fans out there who like/liked the F1 C441 and F1 C421 will really enjoy this package as well.

What a pity that it's so expensive. I just can't afford to shell out $45 for a GA aircraft. I fly mostly heavy iron, so I can afford to pay that much for a plane I will fly a lot. I fly GA maybe once every 2-3 weeks if even that. Maybe someday in the future the price will drop and I will consider it.

>What a pity that it's so expensive. I just can't afford to>shell out $45 for a GA aircraft. I fly mostly heavy iron, so>I can afford to pay that much for a plane I will fly a lot. I>fly GA maybe once every 2-3 weeks if even that. >>Maybe someday in the future the price will drop and I will>consider it.It's actually $38 (USD). ;)Not much of a difference, but still a difference nonetheless.:)