XP11 Aerobask Legacy RG Mini Review

[ryanbatc 12,857]

More pics than words in this hopefully brief mini review

The Legacy is my all time favorite real aircraft (bias), and thus my favorite sim aircraft (bias).  I first participated in the old Realair beta for v1 and v2 of the Legacy in FSX and later P3D (bias).  I then participated in this Aerobask Legacy beta in XP11 (bias - so you see lots of bias in this review lol).  Plane was released a few days ago avail at Org site.  I know there's a few people hesitant to get it because of the glass cockpit...but the Avidyne is very well done, and the text is very legible and smooth.  I use the Reality XP GTN 750 in mine, but the default is the Laminar GNS530 (still not a bad unit at all - can be updated via navigraph).  The sounds are really cool - lots of little things here and there were coded, switches, canopy, levers, alarms, beeps, engine etc...headset mode too for people that need to communicate online with ATC.  It isn't pressurized but there is oxygen available.  The circuit breakers are fully functional.  There's maybe 8 or 10 liveries (and I've seen some users create a few more).  Speed wise and perf numbers... you can easily do 240 KTAS (four miles a minute) around 8000 ft burning 12-14 gph.  Engine can still perform quite well at say 17,500 for an enjoyable VFR flight with O2.  If that's too fast, just pull power back to 15" of manifold, drop the rpm to 2400, and lean the mixture for 20 deg lean of peak....you'll be in the 160-180 ktas range.  Speedbrakes help you slow down (real life typical engine management is decrease throttle 2" in 2 minutes), so you'll need the brakes in flight.  Sometimes I abuse the engine a little too much in the sim haha. Approach and landing: 140-180 kias 5 miles out, (flaps 10 acceptable at 170 kias), gear down maybe 1-2 miles out if the pattern, or drop them earlier, and you're doing about 125-135 kias.  Short final 95-100, and let the speed bleed off to 85 for touchdown.  If light, check AoA but keep touchdown above 75....she'll drop like a bonanza full of doctors beyond that!

For this flight I'm leaving and arriving at San Luis Obispo KSBP, heading up the coastline towards MRY (about half way there) and turning east near Paso Robles, and back for a landing at SBP.  During the flight I'm maneuvering initially at 3000 msl, then 9500, then 17,500 ft.  Gorgeous scenery provided by Orbx TrueEarth SoCal and GPB500 "airport pack".  Active Sky XP powering weather and again the lovely Reality XP GTN 750 for navigation (occasionally backed up by Mark I eyeball)

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320 kts gs!

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[fppilot 4,371]

Really clear and vibrant screen shots there Ryan.  ++++

[P_7878 6,611]

Succinct review, Ryan...!!

Wow...you must know the Lancair Legacy really well...better than a RW pilot...🙂...going back to been a Beta Tester for the FSX version..., and then through its (more modern) re-incarnations via (P3D -> XP11)...!

[BTW, that "legacy" (no pun intended...🙂...) Legacy, a trend-setting SIM by RealAir, at that time, is still listed with Flight1...just now looked at those images a bit...]

Anyway, beautiful series of pictures here...!
And, your (Avidyne + GTN 750) combo (avionics), also, looks pretty good, here...!!

[ryanbatc 12,857]

Thanks.  It's a super fast ride - if I had a business that I needed to travel - I'd go this way.  It's not great for passengers haha, but would be perfect for personal travel/business.

[HighBypass 2,339]

Quite a pocket rocket there! 

[P_7878 6,611]

1 hour ago, ryanbatcund said:

.....if I had a business that I needed to travel - I'd go this way.  It's not great for passengers haha, but would be perfect for personal travel/business.

Ryan:

"....if I had a business that I needed to travel - I'd go this way...", Sure, no harm dreaming, around, here, bit...🙂...

BTW, your mention of "Bonanza" and "Doctors", in the review, brought me a recollection. While living in the Midwest, I knew of a (wealthy) acquaintance, in Cleveland, who had access to a Beech Bonanza (fractional ownership), and I also recall, during one of my visits, driving past the row of houses, on a Cleveland street, where "supposedly" the RL Doctor had lived, on whom, Harrison Ford (Dr. Richard Kimble)'s (recreated) film "Fugitive" was based on...(but I digress here)...  

Anyway, I'd a standing offer to join him, on the Bonanza, on one of his weekend getaways, but, I never took up on the offer...(likely, because, I didn't know, at that time, if a Bonanza had "one" or "two" engines...🙂...)

Yes, it seems, this plane, here, would be ideal for (quick) personal travel/business, but, probably not so much as pax...

[The Flight Level 2,113]

Nice executive summary. Lets pilots know the critical Vspeeds to jump right in and give her a go. Yes, I imagine some will never part from a steam gauge panel, but what a beautiful plane to make the plunge into a glass panel. Cheers!

[SP2472 2,303]

That Legacy really pops, we can't call it "mellow yellow."

Darryl