Two new aircraft at Simmarket 9/13/22

[Dillon 2,197]

Maybe I missed it but has anyone tried these two:

simMarket: RV-8 - MSFS

simMarket: KITFOX SPEEDSTER SERIES 7 MSFS

[Fielder 3,645]

RV8 sales page: Is this the Sydney Opera House?

[Cpt_Piett 4,541]

4 minutes ago, Fielder said:

Is this the Sydney Opera House?

Hard to tell. I have some trouble turning my 77" upside down...

[dissy 25]

It's definitely the Sydney Opera House.

[St Mawgan 1,353]

The Kitfox is good but needs some work. I'm glad I bought it but will keep it in my hanger until some of the bugs are fixed. 

This is from flightsim.to - 

 

Known issues:

Sound issues

Fuel flow issue

RPM display issues

Windows too tinted

Wheel pants variant to be added

Pilot and copilot model missing

More weathering on textures

Passenger door animation

750 integration

Airmaster Propeller controls to be made functional

Autopilot related issues

Model issues near wing struts connection FIXED

Flap animation missing FIXED

Pilot Weight issue FIXED
 

You can expect all of the above issues/feedback to be fixed or implemented within September 2022.

 

[bobcat999 8,444]

1 hour ago, Fielder said:

RV8 sales page: Is this the Sydney Opera House?

It is, and if you look at a globe of the earth, you will see it is at exactly the right angle!  

[harrry 322]

On rechecking I cannot redisplay the building I mentioned so please ignore this past and delete if possible)

Edited September 13, 2022 by harrry

[ryanbatc 12,814]

Wow that RV8 took a while. It was first announced almost at the release of the sim.

Wonder how in depth it is?

I bought it will write my impressions here in a bit.

Hard to see with the avatar in the cockpit... not sure how to fix that.  Fairly basic plane no special parts to it.  Sounds are ok... has a basic autopilot but the LCD digits are offset same with the DME - seems like a bug.

There's no TDS GTN 650Xi support (but I heard TDS is working on getting in touch with the dev)

A few impressions:  Way too underpowered.  I'm doing 150 ktas full throttle at 8000 ft ISA.  It's a fixed pitch prop too.  Even if they modeled the weakest engine it should be about 180 ktas.

LCD issues on the AP screen - very basic 2 axis AP holds heading and alt.  There's no USA registered liveries.  Does have some Van's gauges which are nice.  So far I'd not recommend it - especially if I can't get rid of this avatar in my face.

I kinda get annoyed that devs don't do the most powerful engine setup....  It's an RV!  They're meant to go fast and be aerobatic!  Like I said even if they did the 160hp it's far too slow...  see rw perf chart at the bottom here

rv8face by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

And a gauge/exterior closeup too see the details

rv8ext by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

rv8int by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

rv8perf by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Edited September 13, 2022 by ryanbatc

[TrafficPilot 121]

I was going to ask what the flight dynamics are like but after seeing that cockpit pic and reading about your power issues I've lost interest a bit.

However - does it stall? Any aerobatic capability?

A friend of mine at the airfield I fly from part-owns one of these. He loves his real-world version and I was considering taking a share in the aircraft but I'm not really into aero's - they make me feel nauseous :)

[blueshark747 1,843]

 I'm sick of single props at this point...

[ryanbatc 12,814]

14 minutes ago, blueshark747 said:

 I'm sick of single props at this point...

Yeah they're getting a little long in the tooth.  I'll be making an exception for the A2A PA24 though.

[Pathfinder633 223]

On 9/14/2022 at 10:48 PM, blueshark747 said:

 I'm sick of single props at this point...

MSFS is at its best for low slow VFR flying, the sort of flying that suits prop singles

perhaps XPlane would suit you better

[blueshark747 1,843]

16 hours ago, Pathfinder633 said:

MSFS is at its best for low slow VFR flying, the sort of flying that suits prop singles

perhaps XPlane would suit you better

First XP12 pop up advertisement spam in XP11.

Now XPlane bots invading the MSFS forums, completely reaching drawing pointless conclusions over one being tired of single prop 3rd party addons.

Sheesh🤣

[Pathfinder633 223]

On 9/25/2022 at 12:46 AM, blueshark747 said:

First XP12 pop up advertisement spam in XP11.

Now XPlane bots invading the MSFS forums, completely reaching drawing pointless conclusions over one being tired of single prop 3rd party addons.

Sheesh🤣

It was just a suggestion, how about Lawn mower simulator then?

[moespeeds 10]

The RV8 Dev knows there are issues. I think they just released it too early. They have promised a fix for the performance.