Hi, I did a search on this aircraft (both here at Avism and a general internet search) and I could not really find that much feedback on it, though the feedback that I did read was quite positive. As a vintage aircraft fan I have been mulling getting this in preparation for the cooler weather here in Australia where I spend more time than ever indoors and have the time to buy and install / learn / configure another aircraft rather than having to deal with the garden going rampant in Summer...

I did have the Coolsky megapack DC9 on the shortlist as well but I think that might potentially have a level of complexity beyond what I am wanting to manage (though I might be wrong). I prefer to have less aircraft than many and even though I went to P3D last year I only have three prop aircraft (A2A V-Tail Bonanza, Carenado D18 and A2A Super Connie). I have always wanted to add an early steam gauge jet but had never got around to seriously looking for one until now. I would even have entertained a payware small steam gauge jet of high quality but I cannot find one.

What I really like about the A2A Connie is that I can allocate "AI crew" to the various positions in the cockpit (namely flight engineer). Without that I would honestly find the workload too difficult (at least for me), so I am wondering whether either the aforementioned DC8 / DC9 allow for this or at least an "automate" certain aspects of aircraft management?

I also have the good old question on frame rates and general performance. I am looking for something with similar performance to the A2A Connie - I fear the Coolsky DC9 might suffer in the frame rate department relatively speaking though I doubt the DC8 would. Again I might be wrong - I am merely speculating.

Any feedback, especially from people who have the A2A Connie and either or both the DC8 and DC9 would be very welcome. I am not in a great hurry but it is something I would like to start to get into when the Australian season flips over to mid Autumn.

 

Thank you!

 

I bought the Areosoft DC8 a few months ago but have only flown it around traffic patterns and not a full flight. It is a beautiful model, and done quite well inside and out. No problems pointing the installer to P3DV5 and as far as I can tell is fully functional. It has a partially functional engineer panel but can be set up ready to fly. I’m sure from cold and dark to ready to fly will take a little study and practice. I need to dive deeper into this plane but am currently waiting on a new system.

Same can be said for the CS DC9. It can be automatically configured to you pleasure.

Edited February 12, 20251 yr by Patco Lch

Thank you for the feedback.