Carenado c208

[TheSlasher]

Hey guys, I know. I ask to much,but is the c208b good? Tell me your likes and dislikes.

[BWolf7]

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[raven1982]

It is on par with other CArenado aircraft like Wolf said. Extremely simple to fly and fun with short field landings. If you like single engine aircraft and something that can haul a load, this aircraft is a good choice.

 

@Ben Wolf - You a commercial pilot out of SFO? Been looking to make my way back to the Bay Area now that my CFI is done.

[BWolf7]

@Ben Wolf - You a commercial pilot out of SFO? Been looking to make my way back to the Bay Area now that my CFI is done.

No, sorry I'm not a pilot Anyways.. welcome back to the bay, enjoy the weather!

[TheSlasher]

Thanks

[vsully]

It's awesome. It doesn't kill frame-rate, it's a lot of fun for island hopping and cargo flights, and there's plenty of liveries available for it, including some made by myself at the .org. All in all: Buy it. It's well worth the price. Oh and it's also very easy to paint, especially if you're a newbie at gimp or photoshop. 1 layer, but still looks good.

[TheSlasher]

It's awesome. It doesn't kill frame-rate, it's a lot of fun for island hopping and cargo flights, and there's plenty of liveries available for it, including some made by myself at the .org. All in all: Buy it. It's well worth the price. Oh and it's also very easy to paint, especially if you're a newbie at gimp or photoshop. 1 layer, but still looks good.

Why do you have liveries placed on the org but not here?

[Julien Pham]

It is pretty much exactly the same as every other Carenado aircraft, if you have one already. High graphics, low flightmodel. A lot of extras are included with it, such as brief manuals and checklists.

Also included are preset views, and ground eqpt ect...

 

What do you mean by "low flightmodel"? You mean it does not behave like the real thing?

On the plane's page is displayed "Accurately reproduced flight characteristics".

Edited October 22, 2013 by Julien Pham

[BWolf7]

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[Lexekter]

I am not a RL-Pilot, but flying the Carenado Aircrafts gives me the feeling as if I was flying the real one. I experience such a feeling only when flying Carenado and Fellis AN-24 and YAK40. I have the Mitsubishi MU-2B and Jetstream32, too. They are amazing, but I lack the feeling I wrote about. I.E. they roll like a F-16, but the MU-2B is in my opinion the best while landing.

It is more importent for me to feel as I was on a real plane rather than the Sim-Depth itself.

[raven1982]

Realism.... that is a tough one when it comes to flight sims, or any sim for that matter. I want to step in with my experience so far and try to tackle issues of realism and our interpretation.

 

The ability for us as humans to perceive a flight simulator (whatever simulator) vs flying the aircraft in real life are fundamentally different. Given, a $75,000 simulator can give a good "feel," it comes down to the person/pilot. We all have our own "perceptions" and come about them differently depending on what we place the highest level importance on. Some of us might be looking for the best flight model (Judging a flight model of an aircraft "you" have not flown is an issue of personal ideas of what you "think" is correct), others might want specific systems, and so on.

 

In reality I have only flown about 3% of the aircraft available to X-Plane so far in my career. I have many hours in Cessna 172s, Piper Arrows, Piper Seminole, Super Decathlons, 172 RG, and Diamond Twin Stars. When I fly these aircraft X-Plane or FSX they are never like the real thing. They are similar replications of the aircraft, because of that fact I judge the sim add-on on how well it represents the entirety of the aircraft. The judging is based on a realistic (Manufacturer POH expectations of the aircraft), systems, and if the systems actually work the way they are supposed to.

 

With all of that said there is room for interpretation of a "Good Flight" model as long as you are comparing to (Your) real life experience and/or the manufacturers POH (Pilot Operating Handbook). Systems on the other hand are a separate issue. Systems are not open for interpretation, they either work as they should or do not.

 

The last point I want to bring up is simulation hardware. If your yoke is broken or not working properly, the sim will not behave like it should. Also, you will most likely have to change hardware sensitivities to make the add-on behave realistically. I sell hardware and test it as well, in the end, we the end user have a responsibility to fine tune our equipment if "we" want the simulation to be realistic.