Iris Sim's new T-6 II Texan

[jmig 100]

Ir is has released their T-6 II Texan. This is the military trainer based on the Pilatus PC-9. If you like this kind of airplane, you owe it to yourself to check it out.I think Iris has outdone themselves. It is a beautiful plane and it flies well. Stable, like a trainer should be but, with plenty of power for when you need it.

[Mace 1,926]

I wonder if it can fly "on its wing" like a real T-6 Texan II can?"Flying on its wing" is an acrobatic maneuver where the aircraft is flying straight ahead but is banked at 90 degrees. RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian

[Guest radivil]

Well, if there's a Texan II out there now, I probably should step up my work on NAS Pensacola so it has a proper place to fly from.

[jmig 100]

Are you referring to formation flying or just doing a knife edge pass? I haven't tried it with the Iris T-6 II in FSX or FS9 but any aircraft with 1000 HP should be able to do a 90 pass by using sheer power and top rudder, to keep the nose up.I find it flies a lot like the T-37, which I flew like 100 years ago in pilot training. It is very stable and easy to fly. Now if MSFS had a trim that actually worked...but I am sure that is asking too much.

[pouldam 0]

Hi,If "a trim that actually worked" refers to the fact that trimming in FSX does not change the pressure on the stick (when using a force feedback joystick), I can highly recommend FSForce. It is not free, but it adds pressure changes on the stick in accordance to the trim setting (among other things)....just a happy customer :-)/ Cheers, Poul

[Mace 1,926]

>Are you referring to formation flying or just doing a knife>edge pass? I haven't tried it with the Iris T-6 II in FSX or>FS9 but any aircraft with 1000 HP should be able to do a 90>pass by using sheer power and top rudder, to keep the nose>up.>Yes John a KNIFE EDGE PASS is what I meant. I forgot the terminology...thanks for thatI saw a T-6 II at an air show last year, and it was doing knife edge passes all over the place.I was really an impressive machine. Powerful turboprop. I'd take it over a Tucano any day of the week.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian

[jmig 100]

No Poul, my reference to "a trim that actually worked" referred to trimming within MSFS. Because of the rather small range and instability pots offer, you can not trim a flight sim airplane as well as you can a real airplane. Once trimmed properly, a real airplane will fly pretty much hands off until a change in airspeed, fuel load, etc forces you to trim again. I have never been able to trim a MSFS plane for more than a few seconds. Bear in mind, I usually fly high-performance fighter type planes that are less stable than an airliner or even a small GA plane. I think that is why so many people in MSFS use autopilots. Try flying a high-performance airplane IFR by hand and not get fussed at by ATC for being off altitude. In the real world, I could let go the stick or yoke, look down to change freqs or write something and the airplane would be where I left it. In MSFS I look up and I am at a 45 degree bank and 2-300 feet off altitude. LOL

[bkeske 0]

Looks to be a very nice package....and I told myself to go through a month withoiut buying FSX software....this will make my second in two days.... :D

[Chalkman 0]

Awesome, I've been looking for one of these for FSX for a while now. Thanks for sharing.