A2A Comanche has been released!

[Ron Attwood 3,499]

55 items in a patch. What on earth were the beta testers up to? 😵

Edited July 28, 2023 by Ron Attwood

[wain 182]

That's an impressive list of fixes, they have been busy..

[Reader 2,034]

2 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

What on earth were the beta testers up to? 😵

I am sure that you know this and that your remark is tongue in cheek, but no developer's beta team can hope to catch all of the things that thousands of often highly critical users with a myriad of hardware combinations and levels of expertise can.
The most extraordinary thing about this release is that no one has condemned it, as they somehow always manage to do on some personal pretext or other.
That is most likely because it is downright excellent. 

[flibberflops 74]

I know in here this is going to be a welcome as a cold-nosed dog in a nudist camp but... I dunno why but I really can't get on with the Comanche!

I have now completed about a dozen hours in the 250 and although their is little doubt that the realism, sound and attention to detail is completely off the scale, for some reason I just do not bond with it at all. It finally came to a head recently when I experienced some kind of inflight engine failure. As I slowly drifted towards the ground and whipped out the old emergancy checklist I realised I didn't give a fig about it at all. In fact I was more concerned about my virtual doggo sat next to me!

I've now migrated back to the humble C182. Yeah it not even in the same league as the 250 but for some reason I find it far more full of character... and something I actually care about keeping out of the shrubbery!

[Ron Attwood 3,499]

3 hours ago, Reader said:

I am sure that you know this and that your remark is tongue in cheek

Well spotted. 😄

[kiwikat 529]

5 hours ago, sniper31 said:

Yet another reason why I love A2A. Great customer response and service!

Amen to that. Back in the FSX days I was one of the first people to buy and install one of the addons and Scott personally called me to make sure things installed right and were working. I think I've bought every single product of theirs (at least for my platforms) since that point. These guys are the 'bar'. Period. They could literally release "word not allowed" and I would buy it.

Edited July 28, 2023 by kiwikat

[ryanbatc 13,026]

38 minutes ago, kiwikat said:

Amen to that. Back in the FSX days I was one of the first people to buy and install one of the addons and Scott personally called me to make sure things installed right and were working. I think I've bought every single product of theirs (at least for my platforms) since that point. These guys are the 'bar'. Period. They could literally release "word not allowed" and I would buy it.

You're old!

[Sky_Pilot071 581]

Question is how  can other third party devs   use a similer technology imtheir flight mode?

sp

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,799]

3 hours ago, flibberflops said:

It finally came to a head recently when I experienced some kind of inflight engine failure. As I slowly drifted towards the ground and whipped out the old emergancy checklist I realised I didn't give a fig about it at all. In fact I was more concerned about my virtual doggo sat next to me!

I've now migrated back to the humble C182. Yeah it not even in the same league as the 250 but for some reason I find it far more full of character... and something I actually care about keeping out of the shrubbery!

Probably carb icing.

But yes, Carenado are popular for a reason, their target market is people who have minimal interest in anything other than stick and rudder and navs and set and forget autopilot and want an aircraft that looks nice and is easy to fly. Nothing wrong with that, for you the Comanche was probably just a mis-match. 

[pete_auau 1,164]

46 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

Probably carb icing.

But yes, Carenado are popular for a reason, their target market is people who have minimal interest in anything other than stick and rudder and navs and set and forget autopilot and want an aircraft that looks nice and is easy to fly. Nothing wrong with that, for you the Comanche was probably just a mis-match. 

yep had  this  on my last  flight, than  read  on a utube  about  turning  on  the  carb  heat 🙂

[jarmstro 2,405]

3 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

But yes, Carenado are popular for a reason, their target market is people who have minimal interest in anything other than stick and rudder and navs and set and forget autopilot and want an aircraft that looks nice and is easy to fly. Nothing wrong with that, for you the Comanche was probably just a mis-match.

You can do that with the A2A as well. No failures, no persistence and new plane. The difference to me is how nice the Comanche feels when you hand fly it.

[Dominique_K 10,152]

There are indeed two schools of simming.

I bought the Carenado Skymaster and  Abaleo YMF5 in FSX and found them soulless, uninteresting. And not so well finished… Minimal after sale support too.

The  Comanche is not complicated at all to fly even if you go full monty but the aircraft - how to say it  ? - involves you in the flying. And the A2A support is excellent.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Dominique_K

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,799]

1 hour ago, jarmstro said:

You can do that with the A2A as well. No failures, no persistence and new plane. The difference to me is how nice the Comanche feels when you hand fly it.

I love the Comanche and all the in depth stuff.

I am just saying it is like McDonalds versus the expensive Italian Restaurant down the road.  Carenado is the quick and easy but reliable "McDonalds" of flight sim addons and they have a clear target market for whom their products are a good match. If you just want something different that is a good price and you can just jump in and fly Carenado might well suit you.  For other people happy to invest more cash and more time into learning the intricacies, A2A is a better match and well worth the money time and effort.

Nothing wrong with A2A or with Carenado, they just target entirely different types of simming style.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[Ixoye 1,837]

The only thing I don't like about the Comanche is the loud wind noise, the headphone option doesn't dampen it much either strangely enough.

[Dominique_K 10,152]

19 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

The only thing I don't like about the Comanche is the loud wind noise, the headphone option doesn't dampen it much either strangely enough.

Is your cabin vent control all the way forward ? And have you sound proofed the aircraft ?