PAOB - FOKKER 50 FS2004
A second review after a few weeks flying: As a Dutchman I wanted to have the complete KLM & KLM cityhopper fleet 2009 complete. This was almost no problem, cause for every plane there was a good Addon on the market. However, not for the Fokker 50. I found one, but some movies on the Internet did not impress me. A few weeks ago someone pointed me to the new Fokker 50 on the market from PAOB. He was pleased and knew that I was searching for my last piece of the puzzle. I did some research and found some information on the internet, which impressed me. PAOB did produce another product, which was very nice to handle. This convinced me to go ahead and buy the Fokker. I am glad to say that this was the right decision. The PAOB Fokker 50 is a nice aircraft which does fits in my fleet. http://forum.flightsimulatorx.nl/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=799&start=15 It handles very nicely and most systems are simulated. Combined with the Integrated Simavionics package for the FMC (which has to be bought separately, http://www.isgsim.com) it is quite simple a plane which is must for the real flightsimmer. The classic Fokker family has to be one of the outsiders in everyone's fleet. The Fokker is (also without the FMC) a plane which has to be learned. It is not a simple plane such as the standard default planes, but a plane which requires a knowledge from the professional flightsimmer. Landing on a difficult airport as London City or Innsbruck becomes the standard for those pilots who failed with their other and slightly bigger planes. The Fokker 50 handles like a real turboprop. Having flown the real Fokker 50 as a passenger for many times, I can say it feels, hears en looks like the real thing. The sound of the engine is as it should be. The reverse of the props make the sound which I (as a neighbor of EHAM) hear frequently. The after sales is wonderful. You will get in direct contact with the developer. He also made the panel for me, to combine the plane with the ISG FMC. I heard there was some criticism about the crosswind landing of the plane. There was not enough Yaw ability. I totally disagree. I tested this for PAOB and found that the plane with moderate and heavy crosswind handles exactly like the real Fokker should do. Landing crosswind will always be work. Don't be a lazy pilot ;-). The test was done under manual and ILS conditions. Even in manual mode I managed to hit the centerline of RWY 27 on EHAM as I should do. It's clear I am very happy with this plane. It's worth it. With or without the ISG package.