2 hours ago, Nickbe said:

After watching a video about this King Air, I remembered the happy times of FS9 and Aeroworx King Air. It was then very detailed and fun. That was the first time I learned what a "Hot Start" is that can damage the engine.

Here now I see a very detailed implementation of this interesting aircraft. This is a Must Have.

My thoughts, exactly. Used to be beta tester for the Aeroworx 

This is super good news for me. I do love the real king air as an aircraft, but dont like the "light" version included in MSFS 2020. 

THIS overall resolve the issue. I will follow this closely!

I wonder if they put more work into the AP this time. It seems like with the Caravan they're depending on a freeware mod.

5 hours ago, jcomm said:

Regarding the Caravan, do you owners of this "updated" version notice any fine tuning with the flight dynamics as well ?

 

Absolutely. I noticed this even when making the first turn on the taxiway. It has a much more realistic turn radius. Unlike the default which requires some esoteric use of the toe brakes and throttle, this one easily turns around on the runway. 

In the air it "feels" different than default. It handles extremely well and flies pretty much "by the numbers". The only thing that remains from the default is the exterior. It seems they kept that but pretty much everything else has been revamped. This is pretty much a different aircraft. From the manual: 

"Black Square’s overhauled cockpits with analog instrumentation go far beyond a visual upgrade.
Included, you will find a complete redesign of all aircraft systems to more closely match the real
aircraft, with a focus on electrical systems. Also included are more accurate weight and
balance, lighting systems, flight dynamics, and ground handling." 

 

Edited August 28, 20223 yr by Cpt_Piett

I love this development. Screw it with RNAV, give me some VOR's, NDB's and an ILS freq.

I wonder which aircraft they’ll tackle AFTER the King Air. The Baron? The Cessna 152? The TBM? The Citation(s)?

On 8/28/2022 at 9:09 AM, bigifooti said:

I love this development. Screw it with RNAV, give me some VOR's, NDB's and an ILS freq.

I like those things but I also like the option to shoot rnav if I need.

42 minutes ago, ClayMoore-TPF- said:

I wonder which aircraft they’ll tackle AFTER the King Air. The Baron? The Cessna 152? The TBM? The Citation(s)?

I’d love to see the Baron next.  Steam gauges would fit it quite nicely.

What is this autopilot mod mentioned above?

2 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

I also like the option to shoot rnav if I need.

I don't think the autopilot will latch on to the CDI with the RNAV unit. Unless you plan to hand fly, then you're good lol.

1 hour ago, V1ROTA7E said:

I don't think the autopilot will latch on to the CDI with the RNAV unit. Unless you plan to hand fly, then you're good lol.

In real life it could if they had the right equipment.  I'm writing of the TDS gtn or PMS in this case.  I fly a Beech with gns430 and we used to have an analogue HSI and the GNS provided lateral and vertical (glidepath) guidance.

Another preview by a real world King Air Pilot this time.

https://youtu.be/93rpMrql7vc

Flying Fabio now previewing it so it can't be long until it's out.