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Hi Nicolás and others: Sorry to chime in so late but I just found this post. I am a real world pilot with hundreds of hours in 172N, 172R and 172SP models. I love Carenado aircraft but the 172N has never flown anywhere close to a real aircraft. I tried using the FS9 RealAir 172 .air file. It works perfectly even though I am using it on an FSX plane. What an improvement! The plane not only slips and spins more like a real 172, it also stays in trim much more realistically. I was able to do steep turns more accurately than ever before in a sim. I still can't do accelerated stalls very easily but this may be a limitation in the sim. It flies straight and level more accurately which made instrument flight a lot nicer in the sim. Before (with Carenado) the plane was real twitchy when trying to trim for straight and level. A real 172 isn't very hard to keep it where you want it even if you turn and change attitude, it will go back to it's trimmed state. Another thing is V-speeds are more accurate. Carenado wants to approach at 55 which is great for short field but try keeping 65 and you'll be adding power to drag it in. Now you can fly a proper stabilized approach at 60-65 and not have a bunch of float in the flare. So YES, a ringing endorsement for others to try this! I must also endorse Bernt Stolle's files for other Carenado planes. He really has made some great improvements. This is nothing negative on Carenado, as they are by far my favorite payware planes. ~S

Although the Dakota will work with FSX, there is no full remake of that AC for FSX. That means it's always going to be full of compromises that won't work with FSX. Many of the click spots in the VC don't work, the textures are compromised, etc. My suggestion is if you like that plane go buy the full FSX Piper Archer. It's a very similar performance Cherokee and you'll have all of the visuals and bells and whistles that work in FSX. (Just flying with the better, clickable VC alone is worth it). It's $26 US worth spending. Just my 2 cents...

Here is a link to a .pdf real U206G POH that includes the real cruise performance tables as well as anything else you'll need to make your flights more realistic. http://aerolinea.simpilots.es/descargas/Cessna%20U206G.pdf cheers Sam

Hi guys I'm a long time devotee to Carenado's fine aircraft since FS9. I decided to buy up nearly every single aircraft they make for FSX during the Xmas sale... But as a real world pilot there are a few things bugging me - some I have fixed and will share with you and some I need some advice on. These are just what I've found so far. Maybe I'm nitpicking but if you want realism you gotta have attention to detail. I would hope these are things a Carenado service pack could address. 1st - Several of the planes in including the C185F & C172N have two vors, none with a GS - yet they did include dual nav/coms and a marker beacon for IFR. Hmmm... I borrowed the VOR2 gauge from the V35B Bonanza and added it to every line in the panel.cfg that had the other VOR2 listed. Now I have an actual IFR panel in those planes. 2nd - The sound.cfg in C185F and C340 have some errors so certain things you should be hearing you're not. [EXIT_CLOSE] filename=opendoor <---- change this to CLOSEDOOR for the correct .wav file to play. Now you'll hear distinct open and closing door sound correctly. flags=0 viewpoint=1 [GYRO_SOUND] filename=giroscopio <--- change this to GYRO for the correct .wav file to play and now you'll hear the gyros spinning! Maybe you didn't notice when you flicked the master on but I did right away. flags=0 viewpoint=1 maximum_volume=9000 3rd - On the C185F - the fuel selector valve is between the seats. It'll take use of "ctrl+shift" then using "backspace and enter" to move views around and find it but it's there and it's functional. They didn't bother to mention that it in the cockpit manual. Last one and I could use some help on this: The C185F (and the cherokee 180, if I recall correctly) do not have suction gauges. It's got a vacuum system so it should have one. I wanted to use the suction gauge from the Arrow IV since it most closely resembles that old-style gauge you saw in most early 185s. The way the VC is designed on the C185F makes it nearly impossible to simply add one to the panel using traditional coordinates to place the gauge. I found I could place it where the clock is but then a clock is required IFR equipment. There goes realism. Again, a small detail but tell me you don't check your suction gauge as part of your scan, especially in actual IFR? Yep, that's what I thought too. Does anyone know how to place a suction gauge into that panel? Thanks for the help and happy flying!