5 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

I want one that looks like this

https://youtu.be/bvICv2eV5QY?si=tyubCrlWsCvAQSqI&t=223

 

That's hot lol...  I like the TXi and EIS along with the GTN haha

7 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

I want one that looks like this

https://youtu.be/bvICv2eV5QY?si=tyubCrlWsCvAQSqI&t=223

 

That looks VERY nice!

5 hours ago, JonathanC said:

Yes, a little bit of wear is fine - like the plane has maybe been used for six months or so. Still newish, but not brand new. but not 20+years old. 

Consider this: the newest Aerostar you could buy today is 40+ years old. Scott's aircraft would be 56 this year. 🙂

We'll see what can be done. 

Edited July 3, 2025Jul 3 by some1

That is exactly the last thing I would want to happen to this, it already looks too clean to me! Please make it an option on the EFB. 

6 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

That is exactly the last thing I would want to happen to this, it already looks too clean to me! Please make it an option on the EFB. 

Yup, this should definitely be an EFB option. 

I've finally got everything working in spad and suss out the autopilot. What a great aircraft. Gonna have a lot of fun in this. I love a good twin.

The C414 has been my favourite so far. I'm also looking forward to the black square Baron for 2024. 

Got a new 'issue'. I am using TDS GTNXi in the Aerostar. Have used Simbrief via the EFB to plan a route - and then import the route. It imports into the Asobo EFB flight planner but not into the TDS GTNXi. So, I then create the same flight plan within the TDS GTNXi, departure airport, waypoints and arrival airports to mimic Simbrief flight plan. Take off and then engage the autopilot with Nav selected and GPS selected in the CDI, and using Nav 1. I cannot get the Aerostar autopilot to follow the flight plan. Have tried this three times now using different flight plans. Is this a bug, or am I not doing something?

9 minutes ago, SquadronLeader said:

Got a new 'issue'. I am using TDS GTNXi in the Aerostar. Have used Simbrief via the EFB to plan a route - and then import the route. It imports into the Asobo EFB flight planner but not into the TDS GTNXi. So, I then create the same flight plan within the TDS GTNXi, departure airport, waypoints and arrival airports to mimic Simbrief flight plan. Take off and then engage the autopilot with Nav selected and GPS selected in the CDI, and using Nav 1. I cannot get the Aerostar autopilot to follow the flight plan. Have tried this three times now using different flight plans. Is this a bug, or am I not doing something?

You're gonna want to download the manual snippets from this thread: 

https://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77901

and read up on the autopilot.  GPS tracking doesn't work quite how you'd expect (how you said you tried), as they're simulating an older airplane and autopilot with a GPS shoehorned into it.  It's still very common to see these kinds of systems cobbled together in these kinds of airplanes. 

I won't be able to try this plane for a couple weeks yet, but from what I remember reading, you want to switch the GPSS switch on, and then place the autopilot in HDG (yes really, not NAV) mode, and it'll follow the full GPS flight plan.

I'm excited about this plane and I probably won't be able to get on the sim and try it for a couple weeks now, but I'm curious if anyone knows this: are boots an option?  I haven't seen them in any reviews.  The props are heated, but I don't see a heated windshield stripe either. 

The two things I was really excited about with this release were an A2A-level GA plane with some speed (check), and a FIKI certification.  That one seems a question mark.  Might it be a feature yet to come?

4 minutes ago, Stearmandriver said:

I'm excited about this plane and I probably won't be able to get on the sim and try it for a couple weeks now, but I'm curious if anyone knows this: are boots an option?  I haven't seen them in any reviews.  The props are heated, but I don't see a heated windshield stripe either. 

The two things I was really excited about with this release were an A2A-level GA plane with some speed (check), and a FIKI certification.  That one seems a question mark.  Might it be a feature yet to come?

At the moment the only anti-icing is on the props with standard hot air blowers for the windscreen.

So far there doesn't seem to be any indication if A2A plan to add more comprehensive systems as the plane progresses

Edited July 3, 2025Jul 3 by Matchstick

1 hour ago, SquadronLeader said:

Got a new 'issue'. I am using TDS GTNXi in the Aerostar. Have used Simbrief via the EFB to plan a route - and then import the route. It imports into the Asobo EFB flight planner but not into the TDS GTNXi. So, I then create the same flight plan within the TDS GTNXi, departure airport, waypoints and arrival airports to mimic Simbrief flight plan. Take off and then engage the autopilot with Nav selected and GPS selected in the CDI, and using Nav 1. I cannot get the Aerostar autopilot to follow the flight plan. Have tried this three times now using different flight plans. Is this a bug, or am I not doing something?

I use the TDS as well. You have to have heading selected and gnss on the hdg/gnss switch as well. It should follow the TDS flight plan then.

5 minutes ago, petejohno1 said:

I use the TDS as well. You have to have heading selected and gnss on the hdg/gnss switch as well. It should follow the TDS flight plan then.

Ahah! Thank you very much. 😁

9 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

Ahah! Thank you very much. 😁

There's a good section on the limitations of using GPS and GNSS in the Aerostar in the manual snippet A2A have released.
https://a2asimulations.com/downloads/manuals/Aerostar manual parts.pdf

Starts on Page 5 of the current version.

dd

Whilst I do like some of these " first looks", I wish the presenters would spend a couple of hours in the sim before posting video's and making us watch them learning as they go along.