Just spotted that the IndiaFoxtrotEcho M-346 jet trainer is out now on Just Flight, Simmarket and Orbx (I'm guessing it'll arrive on the Marketplace at some point as well)

If anyone does pick it up I'd be interested to know what they make of it, especially systems-wise.

The manual looks to be available here
https://orbx-user-guides.storage.googleapis.com/indiafoxtecho-m346-msfs-user-guide-1ad12d.pdf

Edited October 3, 20223 yr by Matchstick

IndiaFoxtEcho

58 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

IndiaFoxtEcho

Corrected, cheers

I had about 30 hours in the P3d version so, first day purchase for me to support the developer.

Honestly, will probably not do any serious flying in it until after the first patch. A quick start up this morning and found a couple of minor bugs to report.

Regards systems depth, @Matchstick what are you looking for?

Edited October 3, 20223 yr by hs118

6 minutes ago, hs118 said:

I had about 30 hours in the P3d version so, first day purchase for me to support the developer.

Honestly, will probably not do any serious flying in it until after the first patch. A quick start up this morning and found a couple of minor bugs to report.

Regards systems depth, @Matchstick what are you looking for?

It's a military glass cockpit aircraft so it's whether that's "accurately" represented (within the very obvious limitations of the sim)

39 minutes ago, Matchstick said:

It's a military glass cockpit aircraft so it's whether that's "accurately" represented (within the very obvious limitations of the sim)

Full disclosure: I don't own the real world flight manual. All comments are based on comparisons with the P3d version, my personal experience with the developer/community, and my experience with other military docs, pubs, sims, etc.

The navigation and comm systems seem pretty complete. There are a lot of "INOP" buttons on the flight displays but those are mainly related to WEPs. There are some rudimentary displays that mimic RWS and other radar. At this point, guessing these are for TCAS. It is a modern mil jet so it is not complicated to get running. 

Regards flight modeling, the P3d version met the numbers publicly available. I would need to purchase the flight manual for comparison if required to testify in court :-). One aspect of almost every IndiaFoxTecho plane I've detailed is fuel consumption being greater than the real world aircraft, thus range being reduced. No test of the M-346 yet on this aspect.

Overall, easy to fly, lots of button pushing to get things done on the displays (normal for modern mil jet). 

CGAviator has a decent Youtube presentation.

PS Check out the FAQ at the end of the manual above for some details.

Edited October 3, 20223 yr by hs118

I found their MB339 to be very good, I actually prefer it to the Justflight Hawk (I know many will disagree on that).
I may give this a try, it really depends on the cockpit as im not much of a glass fan