Well, thanks to a nice discount on the MS MP, I finally found the replacement for my A2A Comanche 😉

Couple of notes that probably aren't news, but are interesting in my first flight:

I never realized that this is one of the few GA twins where the pilot sits well ahead of the engines, so visibility is at least as good as any single engine. Seems even better than a high wing Cessna! Huge bonus for me as I am DEFINITELY a sight seer 🙂 

Take offs and landings seem extremely reasonable, with no overtly tricky behavior so far. 

This thing will overheat in no time at all: tightly cowled engines with not-big enough air inlets, and no cowl flaps / aux cooling.

So you need to get it fast and KEEP it fast to get enough airflow to keep it happy, particularly during departure and arrivals. This is somewhat familiar from my time with the TorqueSim SR22T.

It's very difficult to slow down, so I'm pretty sure shock cooling is a thing on this plane...?

I'm halfway thinking I should just do overhead breaks for every landing so I can keep it cool until I enter the base leg. 🤣

So far, it handles quite nicely, even with significant overbank and at least a few G's for that overhead break. 😉 

I think my only question so far is that, like the Comanche, the thing just doesn't seem to need any rudder at all, even at low speeds. Anyone know anything about that, relative to many other Hi Fi addons in multiple sims...?

Well, signing off for now -  I'm off to do a few more laps. Great addon of a very interesting aircraft!

Edited April 6Apr 6 by UrgentSiesta

Very Nice!!!

Yep great bird!  Hand flies really well.  Where is that area in your screenshots?

 

12 hours ago, badaboom said:

Very Nice!!!

I needed to say I love your avatar there...  one of my absolute favorite movies!  I miss that legend!

She's a beast!

1 hour ago, ryanbatc said:

Yep great bird!  Hand flies really well.  Where is that area in your screenshots?

 

I hop-scotched from Honolulu to Molokai to Maui to Lanai. The first shot is heading SSE departing PHOG, Maui, hooking W around to PHNY, Lanai (the second image is final approach and bed time!).

Love flying in HI - widebody capable Int'l airports on the major islands, plus quite a few munis, and a good handful of dirt strips, and even active seaplane "runways".

All within about 300 miles max. 

And, secret sauce is the crazy winds - average about 20kts! 

AND - some airfields (like PHOG and PHTO Hilo) prefer tailwind landings due to noise/traffic 😉 

My fav airfield is MCAS Kaneohe on the north side of Oahu. Single strip built out in the middle of a tropical bay. Pretty much mandatory southerly approaches and IRL big enough for a lightly loaded A330! 😁

On 4/6/2026 at 8:25 PM, ryanbatc said:

I needed to say I love your avatar there...  one of my absolute favorite movies!  I miss that legend!

I totally agree…Thank You Sir.