BlackBox Simulations BN2 Trislander.

I totally agree on having too many planes with the paint barely scratched in my hangar. That's how I've avoided the BAE 146, MD-80, Cessna 310R, and 737-700 so far. :)

But I did buy the Trislander. I loved the Islander and flew it a ton. This plane is more different than you'd expect. It's an awesome combo of study-level but not a complex airplane, so you can play with everything, but you don't need to spend a week learning to program an FMC to enjoy it. Its performance and handling definitely feel like it's a bigger and heavier plane than the Islander as well. Superb audio, too.
 
Could not resist.
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The model seems nice but as for personally it is one of the ugliest and most bizarre Today's aircraft :biggrin-new:.
 
Yep, both baked and "raw" varieties are available.

@YoYo, ugly planes are the best! A-6 Intruder, A-10 Warthog, Boeing X-32, A-7 Corsair II, anything designed in Great Britain between 1935 and 1980 except for the Spitfire....
 
DennyA said:
Yep, both baked and "raw" varieties are available.

@YoYo, ugly planes are the best! A-6 Intruder, A-10 Warthog, Boeing X-32, A-7 Corsair II, anything designed in Great Britain between 1935 and 1980 except for the Spitfire....
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Hmmn, methinks you have a very limited knowledge of GB designs between 1935 and 1980........... or need your eyesight and judgment corrected.......
 
guzzi said:
Hmmn, methinks you have a very limited knowledge of GB designs between 1935 and 1980........... or need your eyesight and judgment corrected.......
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Okay, I should have just said "Blackburn aircraft" instead. :) Even the Buccaneer is iffy....
 
Tom Clayton said:
Hmm... Gotta do some considerin' on this one now.
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I like it, but it is not Carenado or Milviz level for MSFS. If you do a lot of zooming into the details, you'll see they need to add a lot more polys and clean up some of the blurry exterior textures. Prop disks while ok, are not volumetric. Nav lights are a bit odd when zoomed out from the aircraft. Become blockey. Does have a cool rotating becon on top however. Sound kit seems pretty good, but I suspect the real aircraft is much louder in operation. Parking features are good, and all of the doors open. Even with those few shortcomings, it's still a fun aircraft to have in a collection of differentiation. There has been one update so far.
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The shots I've seen so far look good enough for the money, but now I'm torn between this one and the original Islander. Can anyone with both compare the two regarding quality, systems, etc.?
 
The Trislander is much deeper in system simulations; Black Box calls it "study level" and it is for such a simple plane. But you can get things like carb icing, etc. that aren't modeled yet on the Islander. It's also got higher detail/better texture work.

I love the Islander, but the Trislander is much more advanced systems-wise. I think Black Box is eventually going to update the Islander as well, but not ETA.

The Islander's a bit more nimble, but the Trislander's more sophisticated.
 
Apologies for the necro-post, but I finally decided to get this one after having a lot of fun with the Islander. The only option to purchase was through PayPal on their site, after which my purchase was marked as "pending." It has now been 2½ hours and I still don't have a download link. Does anyone know if this is normal for them?
 
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