The trouble is, sarcasm tends to turn into reality on AVSim.

3 minutes ago, mdreyer said:

I was joking about the GTN.

Don't worry, some of us got it 😜

 

I tried to purchase it but all I get are errors trying to pay for it. Maybe I'll try tomorrow. The form that pops up to enter credit card info doesn't show all the information so I haven't a clue as to what went wrong.

First quick flight completed in the shiny new Vertx DA62 (Manchester departure, then climbing west out over the Irish Sea up to 14,000 feet to try out the oxygen simulation, before turning around and descending back into Liverpool).

Very impressed. Sounds are great, flight model is nice and realistic (although I don't think it sideslips as well as A2A birds do, but then again, neither does anything else), cockpit looks great, has an excellent GUI, avionics functions are well simulated, frame rates are very good, even with everything ramped up to the highest settings.

Having also bought the Carenado DA62 and the Alabeo DA42, both of which are priced at about 5 Dollars less than this Vertx DA62, as I daresay most people suspected, this one is in a completely different league to the Carenado and Alabeo simulations of Diamond twins, although to be fair to them also, they are certainly quite nice visually and they too fly well (some minor bugs, but no real showstoppers). Obviously a big thing which separates the Vertx DA62 is the avionics in it, which is vastly superior to that in those other Diamond twins. Thus the Alabeo DA42 is still worth having, since it is a different smaller aeroplane and no less nice for this Vertx big sister being released, however, the Vertx DA62 has just pretty much rendered the Carenado DA62 redundant.

But regardless of comparisons to other versions, is the Vertx DA62 worth the hype of this and other threads? Well, I would say yes, based on that first flight with it, it is. A very nice thing and quite reasonably priced too in my opinion, considering the level to which it goes with simulating the avionics.

Edited December 15, 20187 yr by Chock

Bought already, some difficulties through PayPal, needed to change to a Credit Card. Installation without trouble, as expected. First impressions: excellent!. The G1000 is really a jewel, very well defined and sharp!. A bit late for me here, and will test in flight tomorrow.

For those on the US West Coast, you have the time to enjoy it today, lucky you!.

Cheers, Ed

 

Can this G1000 calculate flight routes or do we still have to input them all manually ?

I have an issue, not sure why but I installed a new fresh version of P3D4 and when I load the aircraft it starts as if the engine is ready to start and then it just gets silent, no sounds from the cockpit. also selecting the master switch does not start the electrical system. If I do a Ctrl-e then press the master switch the PDF will initialize. Not sure what's going on but I will investigate more. 

 

-PaulC

very nice model, external and vc are well done.  g1000 is also quite impressive.  flying in vr in this cockpit is super nice.   one thing tho, there's no display brightness adj with the pfd 'menu' button. 

Would appreciate any comparisons with Aerobask`s DA62 (different sim, I know).

Just messing around with it, but wow, great job Vertx.

Cheers, Rob.

Got it and yes, I agree, it's a jewell

 

https://gyazo.com/2c12f9fcea49f4ce577671fc4ba5cc6c

I have 2 successful and very fun flights so far. But on the third my MFD froze. PFD was working fine. Hope its just an isolated issue or bug!

3 hours ago, FPStewy said:

Can this G1000 calculate flight routes or do we still have to input them all manually ?

You can do it manually or it will load flight plans from a .pln file.

Even with turbulent 25 knot crosswinds to touchdown, hand flying an approach is a total joy.😍

Yes.... Beautiful aircraft. 

Thx sean