Milviz Beech KA350i Released

[richbonneau 76]

55 minutes ago, westman said:

the worst tutorial ever seen 

the birds fly nice , the fms works , the prolems seems to be the user.

Capt. Mac's videos aren't the best, lol.

I just completed a nice, short flight from KSAN to KPSP.  The KA is great for sure.

If anyone is on the fence, jump off - it is an excellent purchase.

[Ricardo41 5,949]

43 minutes ago, jalbino59 said:

After watching all the things he did incorrectly,

 

Maybe if Milviz had included proper manuals and tutorials, folks wouldn't be flailing around and struggling. These videos are killing Milviz's sales, probably.

I'll wait for the inevitable 50% off sale on Orbx. Might buy it then. 

Edited June 5, 2020 by Ricardo41

[richbonneau 76]

4 minutes ago, warbirds said:

how are frame rates in v5? (noticed also that this is for 4.5 only?)

MV is waiting for the upcoming v5 HF before supporting it.  Frame rates in my 4.5 are excellent.

 

57 minutes ago, westman said:

the worst tutorial ever seen 

the birds fly nice , the fms works , the prolems seems to be the user.

Capt. Mac's videos aren't the best, lol.

I just completed a nice, short flight from KSAN to KPSP.  The KA is great for sure.

If anyone is on the fence, jump off - it is an excellent purchase.

[Ted Striker 338]

Just purchased it and am in ground school trying to learn it. I took a couple basic flights and am very impressed so far. The manuals are on the sparse side as a lot are saying. The downside of these "study level" aircraft is that you need to take a course at Flight Safety to learn to operate them correctly.  That's ok because that is what keeps them interesting for me. Fortunately I do have some familiarity with the PL-21 so I do not have to learn that.

So far, in my opinion, it just needs a little more depth in the systems descriptions and a good procedural tutorial. I am glad to see that there are some experienced B350 pilots on the forum to get answers from.

Anyone know what "Render to Texture" does in the MVAMS?

Ted

[jalbino59 114]

26 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Maybe if Milviz had included proper manuals and tutorials, folks wouldn't be flailing around and struggling. These videos are killing Milviz's sales, probably.

I'll wait for the inevitable 50% off sale on Orbx. Might buy it then. 

Well I just brought and installed it. It's actually a few dollars more expensive on ORBX for me and I'm not convinced this product will go on sale there unless Milviz OK's it.  So if it sucks, it's on me.  

[jalbino59 114]

11 minutes ago, Ted Striker said:

Anyone know what "Render to Texture" does in the MVAMS?

"Render to transparent surfaces"? Cockpit instrument and glass reflections maybe? I just installed it, so if I remember, I'll come back here and say.  If someone doesn't answer before that. 

[SAS443 1,723]

1 hour ago, Ted Striker said:

Anyone know what "Render to Texture" does in the MVAMS?

Isn't that the truelight effects (raindrops on windshield etc)?

[Ted Striker 338]

2 hours ago, jalbino59 said:

"Render to transparent surfaces"? 

 

39 minutes ago, SAS443 said:

Isn't that the truelight effects (raindrops on windshield etc)?

I just did a search for render to texture on the Milviz KA350i forums and got no results. I didn't see anything in the manual about it. I am more interested in it's affect on performance and why it is an option.

Thanks to the manual links by Dave (NYXX) and the comments by KenG my ground schooling is going well though. There are some very useful performance charts on the Milviz K350i forum also.

Ted

[warbirds 555]

I know the purist will jump on this but I had hoped they would add GTN 750 to the panel for us that are not good at, or into, airline style route planning...

I fly the one in Xplane because it does have GTN 750 in the panel.

Edited June 5, 2020 by warbirds

[Nyxx 6,993]

I am just waiting on one single line for Ken to confirm and we have a full walk though.

C&D (Start of GPU) to shutdown.

Edited June 5, 2020 by Nyxx

[Ted Striker 338]

3 hours ago, warbirds said:

I know the purist will jump on this but I had hoped they would add GTN 750 to the panel for us that are not good at, or into, airline style route planning...

Paul, Can't you do that with the Carenado Beechcraft? I like this one because it doesn't have a GTN750 in it. I have plenty of planes with GTN750s.

3 hours ago, Nyxx said:

I am just waiting on one single line for Ken to confirm and we have a full walk though.

C&D (Start of GPU) to shutdown.

I love you guys.

Ted

[1st fltsimguy 466]

On 6/2/2020 at 5:23 PM, dbw1 said:

Yep, I hear you. Different choices for everyone. I’ve got neighbours that spend $10/day x 2 for cigarettes and they wonder why they’re tight on money.  That’s their choice. If  you’re able to swing it in the future I think you’ll find you get your money’s worth. I’ve really enjoyed learning the PL21. 
 

That and $4 and up coffee's.  Never understood that. They spend $1,000s on those items.  If one does do that, then please I just don't want to hear their money complaints.

[snapshot21 254]

I hope they can implement RNAV and LPV for the PL21 soon 😄 and then integrate it to the lear 60XR and finally release it 😄

[ryanbatc 12,855]

 

5 hours ago, warbirds said:

I know the purist will jump on this but I had hoped they would add GTN 750 to the panel for us that are not good at, or into, airline style route planning...

I fly the one in Xplane because it does have GTN 750 in the panel.

Paul I won't try to persuade you but I will haha!

The King air is right up your alley!  The FMS is logical and simple to use.  Starting the thing up is fairly simple too.  Just like when using the GTN you'll have to set your "CDI" source to FMS (instead of GPS) or just use VLOC and fly using VORs etc.  Comms are simple to operate on the PL21 too.  The AP - you don't have to even use it, or just use simple pitch modes like VS and NAV or HDG for lateral modes.  Maybe once David puts out his tutorial it would make the decision easier for you!

Edited June 6, 2020 by ryanbatcund

[Peter Z KCLE_EDDN 336]

Ok, ok, I'll be buying it 😉 Seriously, thank you all for the great input, good, bad, and not soo good - yet always objective! I never liked the F1 B200, but that was just personal preference, but I very much like the unique avionics Milviz used. Hopefully v5 will be out soon.

Cheers,

Pete