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A2A AND Flysimware Lancair Legacy!

ryanbatc

ryanbatc

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I'm shocked there's no mention of these two companies doing the beautiful Lancair Legacy yet!

FSW had announced first via discord but plot twist was that A2A is also doing one lol!

A2A will do the normally aspirated version that Scott owns.

FSW will do that along with some glass and analog versions, including a turbocharged version and Reno Racer versions down the road. FSW is working directly with the owner of N321TF (interesting story about the owners who both worked for NASA - just google the tail number for info).

Basically it's the best of both worlds... more variants with probably slightly less flight model/systems for FSW and the usual in depth right down to individual cylinders with the A2A!

FSWleg2_ext by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

FSWleg2_engine by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

fswleg2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

A2ALeg2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr
 
That's a beautiful and fast (my kind of aircraft) airplane. I think it was Orbx who produced one in the past. I remember owning it. I like the A2A analog cockpit.
 
jmig said:
That's a beautiful and fast (my kind of aircraft) airplane. I think it was Orbx who produced one in the past. I remember owning it. I like the A2A analog cockpit.
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I'm with ya, for props, I don't like "iPad airplanes". Steam gauges all the way!

Jan
 
I'm ABSOLUTELY going to get the A2A Legacy when it releases. Like John, I like things that go FAST...(both in real life and in the sim!).

Kent
 
Be interesting to see what happens with the two most high-end developers creating versions of the same plane, particularly when people over on the official MSFS forums have been whining that A2A chose a "niche" airplane.

I'll definitely be going A2A. I'd want Garmin avionics in a real plane, but in the sim having two dozen Garmin planes with identical avionics is boring. And FSW's pricing is so insanely P3D-level high that I don't even consider their stuff unless it's on sale. (I don't own the FS2024 version of the Lear because the upgrade price is more than I paid for almost all of my brand new planes.)
 
Thanks for creating the topic about these models !!
But I thought FSW would only model the glass cockpit variant ? Did I misunderstand ?
 
DennyA said:
Be interesting to see what happens with the two most high-end developers creating versions of the same plane, particularly when people over on the official MSFS forums have been whining that A2A chose a "niche" airplane.

I'll definitely be going A2A. I'd want Garmin avionics in a real plane, but in the sim having two dozen Garmin planes with identical avionics is boring. And FSW's pricing is so insanely P3D-level high that I don't even consider their stuff unless it's on sale. (I don't own the FS2024 version of the Lear because the upgrade price is more than I paid for almost all of my brand new planes.)
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@Daube

FSW will be doing both glass and analog

(here's a low res snap from a youtube video)

fswleganalog2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr
 
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Oooh, cool! It’ll be interesting to see how the timing goes. FSW planes are among the best that use stock MSFS systems, but Accusim is soooo good. I have to think I’ll still end up going A2A.

I bought the fantastic Black Square Bonanza/Baron bundle, as BS is the other member of the “top 3” GA creators, and they are wonderful. But I keep coming back to the Aerostar and Comanche because A2A just does everything a notch better than everyone.
 
If I buy either, it probably be the FSW version. Don't get me wrong. I like A2A airplanes and have owned several. I just find them too complicated for my old brain. I don't want to worry if I pushed the engine too hard. I am not in to failures. I want accurate aerodynamics. However,I also want easy systems that do most of the stuff their real counterparts do, but simpler.

I don't need VNav. I grew up in an era where you computed you own start decent distance and FPM. I have said this before, but I don't need emergencies. Had enough in real world flying. I also few enough Emergencies Procedures sim ride to last me two lifetimes. I never had a smart enough autopilot to fly approaches. I had to fly them myself. I am comfortable reading an approach chart and flying it.

The Lancair is a beautiful airplane, however. Remind me of a sports car.
 
I'm still waiting on the A2A version before I decide. I'm not into added complexity, but A2A's custom flight modeling on the Comanche and Aerostar just feels more real than the default Asobo modeling that FSW is using, so I want to hear how that plays in here.

There's just something about the feel of descent, of inertia in turns, etc. in the A2A planes I own that feels more like flying a real plane to me.

Can't go wrong with either, though. Two of the best devs on the platform doing the same plane is a win/win for customers.
 
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