In case somebody missed it:

https://store.x-plane.org/Carenado-Sale_c_293.html

https://www.justflight.com/category/carenado-xplane-sale-april-2020

 

The three products that interest me the most are the SAAB 340B, Fokker 50 and Premier IA (the rest has not been updated recently enough).

Any nagging issues with either of these?

Leaning toward the SAAB at the moment since Thranda seems to have gone the extra mile during conversion and added some depth to the systems.

I have both, I’ve had the 340 for a while, but not used it a great deal , and just picked up the Fokker 50.

Personally I prefer the F50, the flight dynamics seems more stable to me. I read someone describe the 340 as feeling as though it was balanced on top of a needle and that seems quite a good description.

I've only done a couple of flights in the F50 so far but it feels just right. I’ve not flown a real F50 but have quite a bit of time in the HS748  which would be similar in size, weight and power and the F50 just feels how I would expect it to.

One thing which doesn’t seem 100% though is that it’ll fly along at 200 KTS with only around 55% torque?? I’ve flown it at dusk and found the cockpit panel lights flashed on and off occasionally, other than that I’ve not discovered much else to complain about.

I've not flown either aircraft enough to go into much detail, I’m sure others who have will comment, but at the sale price I think either one will be a good purchase. I should add I’ve been wanting to get the F50 for a while and recently bought the P3D version in the sales, the XP version certainly seems better.

A little cheaper at PC Aviator with their 10% discount.

Picked up the 340B at the XP.org store (cheaper than at JustFlight), but didn't have time to test it yet.

 

Thanks for the input, Jon.

Edited April 26, 20206 yr by Bjoern

You’re welcome, I hope you enjoy it.