Milviz Cessna 310 Releasing May 4, 2022!

[Beagle12 139]

Excellent aircraft 😀

[6297J 692]

I keep looking to see if I'm warm enough 🙂

Looking forward to more repaints where I can use my own reg number.

[Ohmsquare 101]

2 hours ago, scotchegg said:

One thing that I might be going a bit crazy over; does the real thing have some kind of matte buff on the metal? Sunlight doesn’t seem to reflect in as glossy a way as all other planes I have in MSFS.

I know it shouldn't but it bothers me too 🙂

[Fielder 3,676]

I'm probably not running with this pack when I say the best thing for me about the plane is how it lands. I don't like feathery planes that seem as if a large balloon is attached above. I like them to drop when I power down. The Yak 18T does that. The JU52. And this one best of all. (I knew I would like the otherwise mediocre YAK when Chock's video described the flaps. Now that thing wasn't going to float)! That's what I remember in my very limited real flying too, such as it was, LOL, and all in small planes.

[tup61 1,571]

Bought it! I am following the in-sim checklist right now, it's very complete! However, I have one question: I am unsure about the cowl flaps. They need to be LOCKED FULL OPEN. The text above the handles say PULL TO CLOSE so... they should be pushed in...? But then I can't lock them (by turning them to the right as the arrows indicate).

In short: can anyone explain to me how to 'read' those handles and how things should look when they are locked full open?

[abrams_tank 7,423]

7 hours ago, lwt1971 said:

For those interested in the aerodynamics of this aircraft in the sim, interesting to visualize the airflow and other parameters especially since it has SU9's CFD enabled (see Asobo's dev doc for more details: https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/storage/attachments/2425-debug-aircraft-cfd.pdf)

I didn't know the Milviz  310 is using the new CFD feature from SU9.  So is the new CFD making the 310 fly more accurately?  Are there any real life pilots here with an understanding of CFD, that can comment on how the new CFD is impacting the 310?

Edited May 5, 2022 by abrams_tank

[JaseMelbo 387]

This aircraft is just amazing.  One problem though - I use the Honeycomb Bravo Autopilot and the autopilot is forced on in the aircraft.  Can't turn it off unless I pull a circuit breaker.

Anyone got this issue?

 

Jase

[Japo32 52]

Before buying it. Does the plane have this? (spark plug fouling)

(4) Cessna 172 Spark Plug Fouling, Engine Running Rough - YouTube

(4) A2A Piper Cherokee How to Fix Fouled Spark Plugs - YouTube

And also, does it have this one? (Engine flooded)

(4) Flooded Engines - YouTube

(4) A2A Bonanza engine start (flooded) - YouTube

Thanks!

Edited May 5, 2022 by Japo32

[Dutch727 543]

1 hour ago, tup61 said:

Bought it! I am following the in-sim checklist right now, it's very complete! However, I have one question: I am unsure about the cowl flaps. They need to be LOCKED FULL OPEN. The text above the handles say PULL TO CLOSE so... they should be pushed in...? But then I can't lock them (by turning them to the right as the arrows indicate).

In short: can anyone explain to me how to 'read' those handles and how things should look when they are locked full open?

You raise a good point about the cowl flap levers.  The manual is vague and describes the cowl flaps but doesn't really say how to manipulate the handles.

The cowl flaps aren't all that important in this airplane though, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.  Leave them pushed in place and we'll take a closer look at their animation in the next few days.

 

[Dutch727 543]

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This aircraft is just amazing.  One problem though - I use the Honeycomb Bravo Autopilot and the autopilot is forced on in the aircraft.  Can't turn it off unless I pull a circuit breaker.

 

I don't have that piece of kit (Honeycomb Bravo) so I can't help you directly, but I think we have a couple of testers who do use it so I'll ask them for advice.

I can say that we don't do anything "special" with any of the autopilot signals and so it should work just like it does in any other airplane that has the default KAP-140.  That's one of the advantages of using the standard AP.  Sorry you're having issues, none were reported to us during testing about the Bravo.

Edited May 5, 2022 by Dutch727

[Dutch727 543]

15 minutes ago, Japo32 said:

Before buying it. Does the plane have this? (spark plug fouling)

(4) Cessna 172 Spark Plug Fouling, Engine Running Rough - YouTube

(4) A2A Piper Cherokee How to Fix Fouled Spark Plugs - YouTube

And also, does it have this one? (Engine flooded)

(4) Flooded Engines - YouTube

(4) A2A Bonanza engine start (flooded) - YouTube

Thanks!

Yes, very definitely on the spark plug fouling.  They don't degrade instantly or rapidly, but you will suffer degradation over time, and if you don't repair it you'll hear the engine running rough once they get down to 60% readiness or so.    Lean out mixtures while taxiing to avoid this.

On the flooding, yes you can flood this engine, and you can do it in flight if you put the aux pumps on high (assuming the engine pump is running and you have engine realism turned on) and it *will* kill your engine.  You are warned!  This even happened to one of our 310 pilot advisors once and he posted an amusing story about it.

Edited May 5, 2022 by Dutch727

[David Roch 1,982]

Bought it, it's a gem.
Not a surprise coming from Milviz.

 

[Ricardo41 5,949]

14 hours ago, V1ROTA7E said:

So far, the plane is OK...

 

49 minutes ago, JaseMelbo said:

This aircraft is just amazing.

Well, this is helpful...

[lwt1971 7,417]

1 hour ago, abrams_tank said:

I didn't know the Milviz  310 is using the new CFD feature from SU9.  So is the new CFD making the 310 fly more accurately?  Are there any real life pilots here with an understanding of CFD, that can comment on how the new CFD is impacting the 310?

Dutch replied to my question on another thread and spoke at length about the 310 flight dynamics in MSFS below.. so definitely using the new SU8 prop physics. I recall seeing elsewhere where CFD was also mentioned as enabled, but now that I think about it, that could be for another aircraft that's coming soon. Apologies for any confusion.

There's also this thread on the MSFS forums tracking aircraft that are making use of the new prop physics and/or CFD: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/new-propeller-simulation-cfd-airplane-list/504719 , not sure if it's up to date however.

Edited May 5, 2022 by lwt1971

[Ricardo41 5,949]

How is the cabin modeled? Animations? Lighting?