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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Carenado Commander 114 is out!

Felixthreeone said:
...Let me know your impressions; I will prob get it this weekend if i can get my 'puter sorted......
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Briefly - it's very nice! Right up there with Carenado quality. I've loved their graphics for many a year now though. Seemed a bit slow in the roll axis so I upped the aileron effectiveness from 0.85 to 1.0, and lowered the roll stability from 1.8 to 1.0. Seems a bit more in line with an aircraft of it's type now - though I've never flown a real C114. Some nice little features included and enough paint schemes to keep you interested. Runs very well on my now dated computer - being easy on the fps. I also like the fact that Carenado has kept the price below $30.00 US. If you've liked previous Carenado products, you'll like the C114.
 
DaveKDEN said:
Seemed a bit slow in the roll axis so I upped the aileron effectiveness from 0.85 to 1.0, and lowered the roll stability from 1.8 to 1.0. Seems a bit more in line with an aircraft of it's type now - though I've never flown a real C114.
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I don't understand why people start changing the flight dynamics without any experience on type.

The 114 is VERY stable, some RW pilots call it mini-airliner and at least Carenado claims that real 114 pilots have tested it.
IRL I've flown GA planes with an even lower roll rate... so it doesn't seem to be wrong at all.

I didn't excpect it, but this sleek little Carenado 114 became my favourite GA single in no time (apart from the FR Supercub of course)
 
bstolle said:
I don't understand why people start changing the flight dynamics without any experience on type.
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I guess because it's my option to do so. I'm also thinking about turning it into a TC model as well - because it's my option to do so. Why does it really matter in a home PC sim? I've never been a rivet counter though.

BTW - I owned a previous version of FSD's C115TC which had a much more responive roll rate than the Carenado C114. I can't imagine there's that much of a difference in roll rates between the two models (irl). I'm not meaning to criticize the Carenado model as I thinks it's beautiful, however, I wanted a snappier aileron response.
 
DaveKDEN said:
I guess because it's my option to do so. I'm also thinking about turning it into a TC model as well - because it's my option to do so. Why does it really matter in a home PC sim? I've never been a rivet counter though.
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why it matters? Because the way you wrote your opinion it made the impression that you consider it more realistic with the changes you've mentioned.
Of course it's your option to make it less realistic....
 
DaveKDEN said:
I guess because it's my option to do so. I'm also thinking about turning it into a TC model as well - because it's my option to do so. Why does it really matter in a home PC sim? I've never been a rivet counter though.

BTW - I owned a previous version of FSD's C115TC which had a much more responive roll rate than the Carenado C114. I can't imagine there's that much of a difference in roll rates between the two models (irl). I'm not meaning to criticize the Carenado model as I thinks it's beautiful, however, I wanted a snappier aileron response.
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Frankly...having owned both FSD and Carenado products...its like comparing apples and oranges. FSD models to me seem to be far worse, except for the P-38, in this area.
 
I love Carenado - all of their products perform so well in FSX and as mentioned the price is right.

On modifying - isn't that the beauty of MS flight sims? - once you buy or install something, its all open to personalization in many aspects? Thats part of the appeal, no?

If someone wants their Piper Cherokee to roll like a Wildcat....they can adjust their files accordingly...no harm - no foul that I can see.
 
My original comment regarding 'impressions' was more or less related to 'new release' bugs of any kind, or any glaringly obvious deficiencies, such as bouncing on takeoff or whatnot. If anyone sees those things, I will wait. Otherwise, it looks great and has a typically carenado strong feature list. It will get added to my hangar unless someone notes a true 'shortcoming'. :salute:
 
bstolle said:
why it matters? Because the way you wrote your opinion it made the impression that you consider it more realistic with the changes you've mentioned.
Of course it's your option to make it less realistic....
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...and I also QUANTIFIED it by stating I don't have any real world experience in a C114!

So alrighty then, I won't loose any sleep over MY modifications to a SIMULATED aircraft in a PC SIMULATION if you don't. :sleep:
 
looks good nice vc panel from what i see

i am thinking about geting this plane

photo from carenado website
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Hi can some tell me where they are located, my bank isn't allowing any out of country transactions on there bank card.
Any one in the states handle there products?
 
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