Reviews (by alexei)

The airplane looks good, but there are some concerns that require attention. The model is highly unstable and extremely sensitive when it comes to flight control response as compared to the actual aircraft. The airspeed gauge has a VMO indicator (the stripped pointer) that incorrectly is linked to the max speed for the flaps and moves based on those speeds. The VMO will only move and show the maximum allowable airspeed at any altitude, with no relationship with anything else. VSI is missing "0" marker. RMI will not show relative being to the tuned VOR. NDB works fine. We should be able to have both indications in RMI mode for 2 simultaneous VORs and NDBs.

Very nice software. Performance wise I lost about 8 to 12 FPS and introduced some stutters around JFK. Buildings, taxiways, and runways are crystal clear. I wish the developer will adjust the RLLS sequence lights for 13L and 13R to be more visible, in real life when approaching at about 3 NM before CRI vor we pick up the lights and they are pretty bright, not in this case here. Should be an easy fix. Right now I'm using a free software to correct this RLLS sequence lights issue. Again, very nice product.

Well, for about $25 you get a nice outside model. Cockpit-wise, low quality, about 70% of the switches don't work across the cockpit, FMC does not even have 40% of the functionality, the symbology of the ND resembles the Airbus, and flight dynamics are terrible, MCP is very buggy and some dials also are not working well or off, unfortunately, there are so many issues. IMHO will not even qualify for the early beta version. Very disappointing, to be honest, I don't feel bad spending this money for encouragement. After about 1. hrs I had enough of trying to make any sense of this "revelation".

Needs lots of adjustments. Pilot seat view not centered, off to the right. When power to idle RPM it shows 3500 RPM, it should be below 800 RPM. Because of that, it is impossible to slow down at proper speeds, while on the ground airplane as soon as you release the parking brake will start rolling immediately. Also due to this high RPM not following the power changes, it feels like there is no drag, even with full flaps and idle the airplane keeps on flying instead of slowing down. Mixture controls do not cut off the engine or feather. It has lots of potentials but its current state is not a good choice. Hopefully, a fix will come out soon.

There are many issues starting from the flight model, very sensitive and unstable, the MSFS C172 is more stable compared to this one. There are instruments issues first on RMI NDB is not pointing correctly to the station, but the VOR needle points correctly to the station. On the HSI CDI deviation bar will work on ILS but on VOR mode there is no deviation/indication at all, it's stuck in the middle dead centered no matter how far away left/right of the course. If they would fix all the above I would strongly recommend this airplane. Outside and inside the cockpit is very nice, no question about it, but that's about it. Many years ago I was type-rated in this airplane (because of the MTOWT over 13K) and was very happy to see it but with these bugs, it's a total disappointment.