Carenado M20R 1.2.1 update

[ryanbatc 12,857]

3 hours ago, Nyxx said:

Ryan can you sort this mess out please 😜

 

(Mooney in ice)

I wish Carenado would have changed the icing positions (I assume that is editable from the dev's side).  That's not at all how a real one will ice up.  Asobo seems to have at least addressed some of their default aircraft.  You'd get more ice on the leading edge surfaces, prop spinners, nose, radar pod, antennas etc.  Windscreen too in the front.

[bobcat999 8,483]

15 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

I wish Carenado would have changed the icing positions (I assume that is editable from the dev's side).  That's not at all how a real one will ice up.  Asobo seems to have at least addressed some of their default aircraft.  You'd get more ice on the leading edge surfaces, prop spinners, nose, radar pod, antennas etc.  Windscreen too in the front.

Yes I agree.  Well overdone, and the icing positions aren't realistic.  The aircraft look like they have had liquid Nitrogen sprayed all over them! 

PS.  Thank you so much for the Red / Gold / Blue livery.  I'm loving it!  I see you have just put some more up at flightsim.to - I must check them out. 👍

[Charlie_Foxtrot 4]

I'm loving the Mooney. My favorite by far at the moment. It gives me warm and tingly feelings.

[ryanbatc 12,857]

Hey @DJJose look at this guy's upcoming livery: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/mooney-liveries/306982/18?u=ryanbatc

[jpe828 624]

Can anyone actually get a greaser in the Mooney? I have flown it about 35 hours. I fly in real life, and I fly it to book numbers on approach. I just find as soon as the mains touch, the nose will not stay up. Any tips?

[sd_flyer 6,042]

26 minutes ago, jpe828 said:

Can anyone actually get a greaser in the Mooney? I have flown it about 35 hours. I fly in real life, and I fly it to book numbers on approach. I just find as soon as the mains touch, the nose will not stay up. Any tips?

I do! 🙂 If you apply same numbers like in real life it won't be pretty especially in Carenado models. LOL  I usually take  sim airplanes for a slow flight,  stalls, steep turns and etc. After that I interpolate power settings and speeds require for MSFS. I also tend to trim aggressively on landing.

 

[jpe828 624]

1 minute ago, sd_flyer said:

I do! 🙂 If you apply same numbers like in real life it won't be pretty especially in Carenado models. LOL  I usually take  sim airplanes for a slow flight,  stalls, steep turns and etc. After that I interpolate power settings and speeds require for MSFS. I also tend to trim aggressively on landing.

 

And you can get it so it doesn't thunk down? I mean, my landings are good... they wouldn't jar the occupants but I wish I could hold off that nose wheel!

[sd_flyer 6,042]

1 minute ago, jpe828 said:

And you can get it so it doesn't thunk down? I mean, my landings are good... they wouldn't jar the occupants but I wish I could hold off that nose wheel!

Yes LOL I keep this nose up. I know many people are no comfortable when cowling covers runway in sim as well as in RL.

Also hardware make a difference, I stick with TM Warthog. If I change to my Honeycomb Yoke I will need some time  to rewire my motor skills a bit LOL Disclaimer it's completely different when I fly CJ-4 or A-320 I can't use same technique like in Mooney!

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

4 hours ago, jpe828 said:

And you can get it so it doesn't thunk down? I mean, my landings are good... they wouldn't jar the occupants but I wish I could hold off that nose wheel!

 

 

yeah I find the same thing - does not matter whether I am crossing the threshold at 65 knots or 80 knots, whether I am holding off till it stalls or flying it to the runway with some power, flaps or no flaps. spoiler deployed or retracted,  as soon as the wheels touch the nose drops maybe one or two seconds later.

[CFIJose 5,485]

7 hours ago, jpe828 said:

Can anyone actually get a greaser in the Mooney? I have flown it about 35 hours. I fly in real life, and I fly it to book numbers on approach. I just find as soon as the mains touch, the nose will not stay up. Any tips?

All the time thanks to proper airspeed, wind correction, and a good yoke & rudder pedals.

Prior to upgrading to my new Honeycomb, I had all kinds of pitch problems. Not anymore. With this new yoke I can grease most landings.

[Nyxx 6,993]

2 hours ago, DJJose said:

All the time thanks to proper airspeed, wind correction, and a good yoke & rudder pedals.

Prior to upgrading to my new Honeycomb, I had all kinds of pitch problems. Not anymore. With this new yoke I can grease most landings.

Like wise with my TM

[Bobsk8 12,730]

I have been going through several  threads on the Carenado Mooney, and trying to determine before I buy it, if the autopilot hunting in Nav mode, has been fixed. I saw a review on Youtube, and that was the reviewers biggest complaint. I like the aircraft, but doing S turns in Nav mode would be a real turn off. 

[regis9 4,014]

That’s not an issue I’ve experienced for some time, I think that got patched out early on.  I find it to be a solid cross country aircraft on the autopilot.

[RW1 615]

36 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I have been going through several  threads on the Carenado Mooney, and trying to determine before I buy it, if the autopilot hunting in Nav mode, has been fixed. I saw a review on Youtube, and that was the reviewers biggest complaint. I like the aircraft, but doing S turns in Nav mode would be a real turn off. 

 

15 minutes ago, regis9 said:

That’s not an issue I’ve experienced for some time, I think that got patched out early on.  I find it to be a solid cross country aircraft on the autopilot.

I agree, It's rock solid now. Pleasure  to fly until it hits the overdone ice conditions.

[Chock 17,769]

Yup, it flies well and tracks straight on the AP, but as others have noted, the icing visual effect is overdone, however, since you can turn that effect off, there's no reason not to get hold of this aeroplane.

On the plus side, you can actually open the DV panel in flight to see out of those iced up windows without the sim thinking you've overstressed the airframe:

Edited February 8, 2021 by Chock