With A&AU 05 has come an update from Inibuilds and Working Title for the Microsoft C-46, originally developed by Aeroplane Heaven. It's a favourite aircraft in the real world, but the AH model was very disappointing in P3D, so I've also avoided it in MSFS.

Now, with the upgrade released ( listed below ), I'm wondering whether to buy it. I'd appreciate some objective warts-and-all views on the model as it stands today. Tell me the bad as well as the good, please.

Curtiss C-46 Commando

• Upgraded to the modern MSFS 2024 aircraft framework.

• Converted to the latest modular package format.

• Revised the flight model to better represent the C-46’s size and mass.

• Improved stability, control response, and ground handling.

• Refined engine response and aircraft performance.

• Expanded the electrical-system simulation.

• Implemented more representative left and right electrical buses.

• Improved battery, avionics, and engine-bus behavior.

• Updated alternator, inverter, and external-power functionality.

• Reworked the fuel-system architecture.

• Improved tank selection, engine fuel routing and crossfeed behavior.

• Improved cockpit controls, switches, and instrumentation.

• Updated cockpit and exterior lighting.

• Refreshed interior and exterior artwork and materials.

• Improved animations and interactive elements.

• Updated engine and propeller sounds.

• Improved interior and exterior sound balancing.

• Refined engine audio transitions across different power settings.

• Improved cockpit controls, switches, and environmental sounds.

• Added compatibility with suitable cargo and transport Career Mode activities.

+1!

I want one sooo baaad since I saw the ones from Buffalo, please tell me its as good as the Albatross

Check the thread on the official forum. It is nowhere near the Albatross.

16 hours ago, xender said:

+1!

I want one sooo baaad since I saw the ones from Buffalo, please tell me its as good as the Albatross

I'm afraid it's not! Not even close.

10 minutes ago, JYW said:

I'm afraid it's not! Not even close.

16 hours ago, bailout said:

Check the thread on the official forum. It is nowhere near the Albatross.

Mike Johnson's Albatross has set the bar very high, so I wasn't expecting the C-46 to match it. However, are there specific identifiable problems with the C-46 ?

See my comments here

I think I may of solved some of the issues I have been experiencing.

I read this in the users manual:

Then this

Finally this is the final result

The only issue I have now is that when in outside view and when the door closes, the view auto switches to interior view, I don't know if that is the desired result.