FSReborn Piper M500 releasing on Thursday

[CapnOz 111]

I'd give you an extra 32.99 if you let me have it today!

[Cognita 1,109]

2 hours ago, JYW said:

Can't wait for this one.   What a stable mate for the TBM850!

Excited for this one too, but I am still really enjoying the TBM. I will keep it based on the east coast at Westchester Regional and the M500 on the west coast at Santa Barbara or maybe Orange County and then move between the two likely all winter. 

Hope the repaints with proper decals will be up quickly....

[Cognita 1,109]

2 hours ago, JYW said:

Can't wait for this one.   What a stable mate for the TBM850!

Excited for this one too, but I am still really enjoying the TBM. I will keep it based on the east coast at Westchester Regional and the M500 on the west coast at Santa Barbara or maybe Orange County and then move between the two likely all winter. 

Hope the repaints with proper decals will be up quickly....

[Aristoteles 471]

On a side note, anyone knows if FsEconomy database has this particular airplane or is it the first time it has been developed for flight simming?

[ryanbatc 12,940]

31 minutes ago, Cognita said:

 

Hope the repaints with proper decals will be up quickly....

I hope to do at least 1 red paint lol.

[CaptainNick 575]

27 minutes ago, Aristoteles said:

On a side note, anyone knows if FsEconomy database has this particular airplane or is it the first time it has been developed for flight simming?

It is there as Piper PA-46 Meridian, its OG Name prior to the M series rebrand. I have owned one in FSE for a many years. Used to fly the Carenado one in p3d with it.

[CapnOz 111]

Not sure i understand all this about Licensing... A2A was able to include the name and decal of "Piper" 

What is the difference?

[Mace 1,941]

10 minutes ago, CapnOz said:

Not sure i understand all this about Licensing... A2A was able to include the name and decal of "Piper" 

What is the difference?

I am not sure.  Possibly moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymomoneymoney.

[Fielder 3,696]

"Piper" was too violent a name...

 

 

[Malaromane 429]

3 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

I hope to do at least 1 red paint lol.

Excellent. The only thing better than a new aircraft model is a new aircraft model with a (red) ryanbatc livery. Now I'm even more eager to get my hands on this baby.

[Mace 1,941]

3 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

I hope to do at least 1 red paint lol.

Red stripe or bust!

[ryanbatc 12,940]

36 minutes ago, Malaromane said:

Excellent. The only thing better than a new aircraft model is a new aircraft model with a (red) ryanbatc livery. Now I'm even more eager to get my hands on this baby.

Yeah I've got a few in mind but I hope the plane is 3d paintable

 

[JYW 2,989]

3 hours ago, CapnOz said:

Not sure i understand all this about Licensing... A2A was able to include the name and decal of "Piper" 

What is the difference?

I'd guess it comes down to money.   Corporations rarely licence their brands without an associated cost.  If the licence cost needed to be recovered in the product cost, we could have been looking at $39.99 instead of $32.99.  (These are made up numbers but you get the idea). 

As others have said, I'm sure there will be Piper and M500 branding mods available very shortly after release, to replace the FSR logos.

[sniper31 648]

Well, I am ready for this aircraft release regardless of logos. Been looking forward to this one for awhile 🙂 

[kevinfirth 1,407]

4 hours ago, JYW said:

licence cost needed to be recovered in the product cost, we could have been looking at $39.99 instead of $32.99. 

Or simply it might not have been available at all, some IP owners very aggressively demand such a high fee that it makes products commercially unsustainable.  For example, years back I looked at producing a scenery for Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, but the government there wanted more to licence the necessary data than would ever have been recoverable from selling the product, let alone producing it as donation-ware.  So it didn't happen.