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Carenado C172 is out

Looking at the Carenado site this morning it looks like their C172N Skyhawk II for FSX is now for sale. I'm very glad of this as I have gotten fed up waiting for Flight 1 to release a native FSX version of their 172.


http://www.carenado.com/ecommerce/buscador.php3?id_producto=65


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Thanks for the heads up! I've been waiting for this one too. I have the Flight 1 C-172 and use it a lot, but I expect this one to be a winner.

Jim
 
Purchased it........WOW!

The visual model is excellent, and she flies like the real thing! The only thing missing, is something even Carenado cannot provide....The sensation of force (not The Force, but gravity).

Excellent bird, for a fair price.

:medals:
 
i don't think i'll get this one. i might have if it came with a glass panel or something nifty like that, but as it is, i have the default one, and i don't fly it that much. i use the 182 and the 206 much more
 
The only odd thing about the model is that it seems to lack static discharge wicks.

I have not seen any Cessna 172 without them in the real life, are there any?
 
Dang it! This looks like a beauty, but where is that FSX-native V-35 Bonanza? I hope that one is next on their list.
 
Warrant said:
The only odd thing about the model is that it seems to lack static discharge wicks.

I have not seen any Cessna 172 without them in the real life, are there any?
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I don't know about older ones, but the C172SP that I flew had no static wicks. Indeed a quick search of airliners.net searching for "172N" reveals very with static wicks.

The only problem I had with Sierra Papa was that with only two PoB, she abjectly refused to land. You had to carry someone in the back as ballast! :whistle:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cessna-172S-Skyhawk/0495574/L/

Ian P.
(Edit 1: My normal mount was a bit smaller... ;) http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cessna-152/1131161/L/)
(Edit 2: The first ever aircraft I flew. :( http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cessna-152-II/1394244/M/)
 
Warrant said:
The only odd thing about the model is that it seems to lack static discharge wicks.

I have not seen any Cessna 172 without them in the real life, are there any?
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I got my PPL flying a 1976 and 1969 Skyhawk, and I think they may have only had a single static wick on each wing or maybe only one on the tail.

Even if the wicks were originally fitted from the factory, I've seen quite a few older 172's missing them outright, and the only real consequence of not having the wicks is that the radios can get really crackly in the right conditions.

Newer 172's on the other hand, are basically static wick farms, the G1000 is now standard and is probably more sensitive to random electrical fields than the radios in the older airplanes.
 
So, how is it guys? Does it have the same Nav-O-Matic as the other Carenado Cessnas? I'd like an option for more updated avionics.

Jim
 
Jim,

Look at the screen shot at the top - no autopilot. There is a cover over the spot where it was in the other Cessnas. I have about a half hour in it now. I like - a lot. It is very much like the first one I flew. I think it may have had newer navcoms but that's all. I think I'll have the 50th anniversery aircraft in my personal avionics shop pretty soon. So far, I have found no squacks. What's there works as it should. Has anyone clicked on the ash trays yet?

Glenn
 
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