Apologies if this has already been raised - had a quick look and couldn't see anything 🙂

Lionheart have released their Quickie Q200 for MSFS today.   I don't know if links to Simmarket are permitted on AVSIM but it's right there on the first page of the MSFS section 👍

Anyone took a punt with this one?

I love the Quickie Q200 in real life.... but I bought Lionheart's TB-21 and was extremely unimpressed with it, so feeling cautious.

Edited August 31, 20214 yr by JYW
Added image of Lionheart Q200

I couldn't let the evening pass without seeing this one bumped, because my initial impression is that this is a really fun little plane.    I've only had time to read the manual and do a couple circuits in it, and need to get to bed soon or I'd share some pictures and/or video -- maybe tomorrow, if someone else hasn't filled the gap already.    But in short: outstanding exterior, very nice interiors -- which have been a weak point for Lionheart in the past -- though they might be just a little too clean for some, many interior and exterior variations plus the ability to customize both your tail number and the registration on the panel, unusual systems, a couple fun little bells and whistles, takes off like a bolt and responds really quickly.  (I've been flying the C170 most recently, which isn't exactly a rapid responder, so I had to retune my reflexes pretty dang quick to keep the right side up.  😂)

I still bristle a bit at having the dude's religion shoved in my face while I'm reading the manual for the plane I just bought, but you at least know that's what you're getting into with this developer.  (Or you do if you've bought anything from him in the past, and if you haven't, now you do.)    But on the whole, on the basis of an hour or so of flying, I'm not regretting the cash I dropped on it.

More detailed thoughts to come tomorrow if I have time to fling it around the sky some more.  If this one didn't catch your eye for some reason, at least give it a second look.

Edited September 1, 20214 yr by kaosfere

9 hours ago, kaosfere said:

I still bristle a bit at having the dude's religion shoved in my face while I'm reading the manual for the plane I just bought, but you at least know that's what you're getting into with this developer.

Yes, this narks me too. Although at least he always leaves it until the last page, so it's easily skipped if preferred!

It's not that I'm anti-anything.  I just don't like people pushing their personal (and irrelevent) agendas, in a flight sim product.

That's a great initial viewpoint on it @kaosfere - thank you!   It looked to me that this one was a big step up from the TB-21. I agree about the clean textures - that and the developer's use of some questionable 70s sci-fi fonts on the switches seems to be a common theme. 🙂

I'm hoping we'll see some YouTube vids soon. It's certainly a fun little plane, and very fast for a O-200 engine. 👍

Edited September 1, 20214 yr by JYW

10 minutes ago, JYW said:

the developer's use of some questionable 70s sci-fi fonts on the switches seems to be a common theme.

Hehe, yeah.   On this plane it kinda fits, though.   It's a quirky alternate-reality kind of plane, so some quirky alternate-reality fonts here and there don't look too out of place. 🙂

I didn't mention it last night, but the bespoke autopilot is kinda neat, too.   It's a completely custom implementation which obviously had some work put into it, and I haven't put it through its paces yet but it seems like it could be really useful for taking just a little bit of load of the pilot at complex times.

Just now, kaosfere said:

I didn't mention it last night, but the bespoke autopilot is kinda neat, too.   It's a completely custom implementation which obviously had some work put into it

I noticed (and appreciated) that too.  It's nice to have something different, and it looks convincing for the types of cheap, uncertified APs that I've used many times in LSAs (or Microlights as we call them in the UK). A friend of mine got an AP similar to this from Trio Avionics, in his Evektor - £2400 ($2850) fitted!   Got to love experimentals!

I appreciate the dev including this, as even in light experimentals like this, APs are becoming so prevalent (and cheap).   And it's a nice change to something like Carenado, where 90% of aircraft come with the same stock STEC 55 or KAP140. 🙂

I had a look at their website. The panel is to cartoonish  to my liking. Just like the Husky.

Maybe a great flyer but I'll pass.

http://www.quickheads.com/

About 35 minutes in he does a loop...

 

Wonderful plane from Lion Heart Creations! 100% great value for the money. They give you so much more than most everyone else for the money.