FSD Announces Bonanza V-35B!

[Ken Stallings]

Based on the images I just saw, it looks pretty nice to me!

Ken

 

[Piglet]

Maybe I'll make one.....

 

[tigisfat]

Maybe I'll make one.....

Come one, come all!! We need no less than 42 V-tail bonanzas!!

You only think you've seen rivet counting. I will, however, always gravitate towards the one that doesn't cost me any money.

Here's an idea. Piglet, you could put everyone outta business by releasing models right after they do.:mixedsmi: As they go down, buy the rights to sell their products bargain-basement cheap. Once they are all gone, you can start chargin' for everything, including your freeware!!

What are we gonna do tomorrow night, brain?

 

[scoutII]

Piglet - Make me a "double"(twin engine V) - :ernae:

 

[AckAck]

What are we gonna do tomorrow night, brain?

Same thing we do every night, Pinky.

Brian

 

[ryanbatc]

Based on how others are responding to criticism on this thread, I'm not going to answer that.

Or did I just answer...?

+1

 

[thunder100]

Agreed - i have been dissapointed a couple of times now with FSD products and have removed from FSX. With any luck Carenado will spot the opp to do a V version

I do not want to spoil FSD's sales chances and I own quite a bit of (old) FSD planes but I have a mail by Carendo that after the F33A the plan a V-tail version as well.And usually Carenado is a bit rude in their mails but always true and straight forward.(on my C115 V2 still I cannot turn on the Garmin)

So I am not sure what to do.Probably ill wait a while after the FSD launch to see how it is received.Till then I fly in FSX Acc Tom's,an updated old Carenado V35(Some transparent spots in VC) and the Dreamfleet A36(Major tweak work and only flys every second time/Needs replacement of many gauges by newer FSX-->you need to load annother aircraft-->move to 2D-->then load the tweaked A36-->if it flys it flys fine

Roland

 

[JAMIE]

Bad vibes as we used to say... It's a little sad to see that when an old and respected house like FSD announces a wonderful 'cult' aircraft, the first reactions of some is to belittle the announcement in favor of a non existent competition (nothing against Carenado).

Let me bring GOOD vibes. Every aircraft I bought from FSD had top notch VC and FDE. Never felt harassed by the installation. Way to go FSD, thanks for bringing to us the Bonanza, your efforts are appreciated ! !

Don,t get me wrong I plan on buying this product as soon as it hits the net.

 

[Slug Flyer]

I am not a huge Bonanza fan, but if I wanted one for FSX, I also would wait and see what Carenado has to offer. The screens FSD has shown so far do not much impress me (looks like a pretty nice FS9-era model, but not up to current standards). Back in the FS9 days I vowed never to purchase from FSD because I had heard so many horror stories about how they treated their customers. Hopefully things have changed since then. Nevertheless, at this point I see nothing to greatly interest me in FSD models...unless MilViz is involved.

 

[Chuck_Jodry-VJPL]

I like to think everybody brings something to the table, the old Bonanza V Tail’s were in many cases all metal and that’s what i really like in an aircraft , and you will see reflected in this release , i like old metal planes .
The rendition goes so far as to have undulations in the aluminum to achieve that wavy look that was evident in the resource material we had , it also uses a couple of falloff maps and reflect maps produced for this aircraft to try and mirror the world in the skin of a flightsim model.
Another way this aircraft reflects my style is the way the texture load is kept within bounds , in the belief that playability is as important to the use of a model as detail and a balance needs to be kept.
This aircraft provides super framerates and complete compatibility with addon hardware , all the code was done to make use of sim, instead of L variables to assure shared cockpit use and all keyboard shortcuts worked and animated the switches and controls and system failures worked.
The VC features Beech Gauges specific to the aircraft , all custom and 2 complete 2D panels , a GNS 430 and extensive documentation of its use as well as a lengthy POH, the FDE is bang on , the sounds are custom, high quality 44Hz recordings and in addition the plane permits the use of my friend Jean Luc’s RXP addons , and last i feel that these planes need to be affordable .
That is what i tried to serve up here , each new project has its own flavour and this one is really about bringing a particular kind of Vtail to life , to try to see the clouds reflected in its surface.View attachment 4095

 

[Slug Flyer]

Chuck,

In the screens it looks almost like the red painted areas have the same reflectivity as the bare metal (almost like they have the same shade in the alpha channel), and they end up looking rather pink. Is this intentional?

 

[IanHenry]

I will be buying this aircraft as soon as it becomes available, would rather buy FSD aircraft than anything produced by Carenado, I’ve never had reason to complain about the quality or support from FSD for all their models ( and I have most of them)
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Ian.

 

[Henry]

its a v tail
and i luv em
H

 

[Chuck_Jodry-VJPL]

Thanks for the question , i was looking to get an aged red with a layer of wax look to it , but i can use the alpha of both the spec or diffuse to change that for a given look, the repainters will find this plane really adaptable to their desires in a finish and easy to work on with two maps , one for flight surfaces and the other the fuse .
That said, Robert mentioned the same thing you did and perhaps i need to rethink that myself, we will find out soon enough as the winners of the guessing game
will have an email with the plane to look over and i will get some more feedback to use for the release.

 

[txnetcop]

Ya just can't have enought V TAILS! Outstanding Chuck
Ted
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[Tim_FSD]

I think you will like this release and we are willing to stand behind it. We offer a full money back gurantee if you are not happy with the product, or if you have any installation problems that cannot be resolved.

We have streamlined our installation process considerably and removed a lot of the protection system that we used in the past, which was clearly not a good idea. We have stated this publicly in the past year and will contniue to use our much more user friendly system.

If you have any questions I will be glad to address them here.

 

[RKinkor]

Actually I'm rather tired of pay-ware period because peoples reports of performance are so personal. I bought the FSD/Milviz P-38 because it is a P-38 and I had seen a good deal of reviews and observations that it was easy on frame rates. On MY system it does a number on frame rates with the alternate textures installed and causes sound issues (clicking and popping sounds). Understand that this is not an indictment of FSD products this my experiencewith my PC.
The other side of the coin is Digital Aviation's FSX Cheyenne. I read several personal reports and reviews on it be ing hard on frame rates, but I decided to purchase as I can not get FSD's 400LS to port over to FSX (I lack the skills to do that kind of in depth conversion). I have found that it is very easy on framerates on MY system. My only disappointment is the lack of FSX re-paints for it and also seeing that Digital Aviation is closing it's doors.
This is my experience with payware and the reasons I will probably just continue with just getting freeware Aircraft.
My 2 cents worth
Randall Kinkor

 

[falcon409]

Actually. . . . .On MY system it does a number on frame rates with the alternate textures installed and causes sound issues (clicking and popping sounds). Understand that this is not an indictment of FSD products this my experiencewith my PC. . . . .I have found that it is very easy on framerates on MY system. My only disappointment is the lack of FSX re-paints for it and also seeing that Digital Aviation is closing it's doors.
This is my experience with payware and the reasons I will probably just continue with just getting freeware Aircraft.

Randall, I wouldn't give up on Payware completely, but what you talk about is totally correct. The various flight sim forums are chock full of amazing claims about fps in the 50's and 60's. . .and this is a definite "must have". Then you purchase it and it tanks. . .in some cases you can get a refund or possibly a trade out for another item, but no addon, not scenery, or aircraft or anything else will act the same on any two PC's, they just won't. You can take the recommendations or claims of others with a grain of salt, look at you system based on theirs or the test system the company used to do it's beta testing on and judge for yourself.

Never, ever rely on what someone else tells you this will do on your system because it's never a guarantee. Look long and hard at the product, consider the system you'll be running it on and go from there. There are some great payware addons out there that you'll get tons of enjoyment from, just make an informed decision before you buy!

 

[Cactuskid]

Depending on price, I may have to get this one... I've never had a problem with FSD, and their products work well on my rig. I ported Carenado's FS9 V-35 to FSX and it works well other than the usual cloud/prop thing, and a few guage issues, and I always thought that Carenado would come out with a FSX native version. Anyway, I'd like to hear some feedback on this one before I commit.

Somebody please consider making a D-50 / U-8 Twin Bonanza for FSX!

 

[Tim_FSD]

Very true, I've had my problems in the past with FSD and won't buy from them anymore, but it had nothing to do with the quality of their products, just the way they do business. This looks to be a terrific version of the V-35 and should be very successful.

While I don't know the circumstances of what caused you to form this opinion, I will say that we have been very open about our mistakes in the past, and have taken steps to insure that customer service issues , which we assume you are referring to, are not repeated.

Having said that, I will certainly understand if you still wish to take a pass. We really cannot change what has happened in the past, and are committed to providing the best service we can in the future.