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Regarding flight dynamics being off, I'm not sure what part...? I have plenty of real world PA44 time and enough PA34 time to discuss it, and believe me, what Carenado's planes fly like is pretty darn close to real life (prop behavior aside). One thing that lots of sim pilots were complaining about is how the Seneca rotates on takeoff, and claiming that the 'jump' into the air is unrealistic. Actually, thats how it is in real life with these aircraft (granted the PA34 is way less pronounced than the PA44). In the PA44 Seminole, its pretty annoying, actually. For example, in real life, no matter how smooth you are on the yoke its almost impossible to get the plane to rotate to take off attitude smoothly at published Vr. You have two options; either wait till your airspeed is about Vr + 10 kts, or, let it leap into the air (uncomfortable for passengers). I think Carenado's flight models are on par with the visuals. Sure, there are rough spots in them, but - they're pretty dang good.

My all time favorite plane to fly in real life was a E33C, took my Commercial and CFI checks in it. Carenado's looks absolutely great so far, inside and out! Brings back memories for sure! :applause:
 
Mooney, Cherokee, 152, 182RG, 172N Float and 185F - thus dumb and happy - that's me! :icon_lol:
And a Bonanza will be very hard for me to resist!
 
piperarcherpilot said:
Regarding flight dynamics being off, I'm not sure what part...? I have plenty of real world PA44 time and enough PA34 time to discuss it, and believe me, what Carenado's planes fly like is pretty darn close to real life (prop behavior aside). One thing that lots of sim pilots were complaining about is how the Seneca rotates on takeoff, and claiming that the 'jump' into the air is unrealistic. Actually, thats how it is in real life with these aircraft (granted the PA34 is way less pronounced than the PA44). In the PA44 Seminole, its pretty annoying, actually. For example, in real life, no matter how smooth you are on the yoke its almost impossible to get the plane to rotate to take off attitude smoothly at published Vr. You have two options; either wait till your airspeed is about Vr + 10 kts, or, let it leap into the air (uncomfortable for passengers). I think Carenado's flight models are on par with the visuals. Sure, there are rough spots in them, but - they're pretty dang good.

My all time favorite plane to fly in real life was a E33C, took my Commercial and CFI checks in it. Carenado's looks absolutely great so far, inside and out! Brings back memories for sure! :applause:
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With PIC time in the C-172, Baron 55, Aerostar, Seminole, and C-310R I was going to say everything in my virtual hangar with Carenado on the label flies as realistically as any virtual aircraft have.

Each person has a right to his opinion, but I confess I find some of the comments here vexing as they don't match my personal experience.

Regarding the Seminole, I still remember when taking off how I had to rotate to lift off and then push the yoke forward to keep the climb out under control. No other aircraft I've flown has such a requirement. So, you are right!

Cheers,

Ken
 
I like Carenado a lot. They are easy on the eye and, has already been mentioned, they tend to be FP friendly. Where they tend to fall down, sometimes, is the flight model. However this usually gets fixed pretty quickly, if not by Carenado themselves then by a third party on some forum or other. The one model I really wish they would revisit is the Centurion. However this, probably, has more to do with the fact that it was, if I remember correctly, the first payware aircraft that I ever flew (FS2002).
 
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