Kodiak Review Thread

[xender 471]

Guys, i have a question: There's a small instrument on top of the panel that shows some green dots, what is that for? There's no word about it on the manual

[RichieFly 737]

8 minutes ago, xender said:

Guys, i have a question: There's a small instrument on top of the panel that shows some green dots, what is that for? There's no word about it on the manual

AOA indicator, I believe. When you have 5 dots showing, you're at an optimal AOA for your weight/config for landing.

[xender 471]

9 minutes ago, RichieFly said:

AOA indicator, I believe. When you have 5 dots showing, you're at an optimal AOA for your weight/config for landing.

Interesting! May i ask you something else? what are the buttons on its right side?

its weird that they left that instrument out of the manual

[ryanbatc 13,013]

I've heard people with poor FPS

Anyone here experience that?  Comparison vs default c172?

[Simple B 141]

5 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

I've heard people with poor FPS

Anyone here experience that?  Comparison vs default c172?

Yup, it nicked 8 fps from me in 4k, I popped the breaker for the standy instrument, and back to normal...

Edited December 18, 2021 by Simple B

[JaseMelbo 391]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:45 AM, Chapstick said:

How is the reverse/beta simulation? I assume it's still default MSFS broken? 

Seems okay.  I run the bravo throttles and works fine bringing the throttle back into beta.  

[xender 471]

44 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

I've heard people with poor FPS

Anyone here experience that?  Comparison vs default c172?

You dont have to worry. I have a system like yours (but a 1080 non TI and 24gb of ram) and it works great.

[JaseMelbo 391]

54 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

I've heard people with poor FPS

Anyone here experience that?  Comparison vs default c172?

No issue here.  I'm running 3060ti in 4K and don't notice any difference.

[vrdubin6 184]

17 minutes ago, JaseMelbo said:

No issue here.  I'm running 3060ti in 4K and don't notice any difference.

I wonder why the frame impact is hitting some and not others. I might go mess around with some graphics settings. I have everything on ultra with a 3080 Ti at 3440x1440 and I get a huge frame hit when I pop on the avionics and it's all gained back when I pop the breaker for the standby instrument like Simple B suggested.

[ryanbatc 13,013]

Thanks gents, especially the tip about the stby ADI.  I don't have the plane yet.  On the fence...  Seems to have a lot of character.  Textures look amazing, NXi support, great sounds so I've heard.

[Treetops45 1,082]

40 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Thanks gents, especially the tip about the stby ADI.  I don't have the plane yet.  On the fence...  Seems to have a lot of character.  Textures look amazing, NXi support, great sounds so I've heard.

Flying the takeoff with finesse makes a big difference. [Per the Manual]

One of those aircraft that grows on you.

T45

[sd_flyer 6,086]

2 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

I've heard people with poor FPS

Anyone here experience that?  Comparison vs default c172?

For me I get about the same fps as with PMDG DC-6. Slightly heavier that stock airplanes but not super bad. I'm running sim on 4k

[MrBitstFlyer 3,892]

1 hour ago, JaseMelbo said:

Seems okay.  I run the bravo throttles and works fine bringing the throttle back into beta.  

My Bravo throttle doesn't come back into beta - how did you configure that?

[Bert Pieke 7,586]

2 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

I've heard people with poor FPS

Anyone here experience that?  Comparison vs default c172?

I think you are needlessly worrying... it is a good buy 🙂

[Bert Pieke 7,586]

1 hour ago, ryanbatcund said:

Thanks gents, especially the tip about the stby ADI.  I don't have the plane yet.  On the fence...  Seems to have a lot of character.  Textures look amazing, NXi support, great sounds so I've heard.

To me, it is like getting the first "a2a plane" for MSFS.. 😉

You've got to pay attention, but it is very rewarding.