OBY1 Alpi Pioneer 400

Tom Clayton

Tom Clayton

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I've never heard of this dev before, but apparently this isn't their first release. There's also a microlight that they produced, along with several activity packages. The Pioneer 400 looks pretty good. Avionics looks to be a pair of G3X panels with a GTN650 in the middle. Price seems reasonable for seven liveries and a canopy cover shown in one pic.
 
I've been tempted. Their website makes it sound like a lot of care went into development:

Alpi Aviation Pioneer 400 - OBY1

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My only hesitation is that I already have a few aircraft in its class: OrbX's abandoned Blackwing (man, am I never buying another OrbX plane!), the Gotfriends Vertigo, and the excellent Flying Fries Gabriel 160.

Pinged them for their Discord link (the one on their website is one of the dumb expiring links -- wish Discord would get rid of those because nobody reads options when using software, apparently) and to see if a native 2024 version that's career-compatible is planned. I'd probably bite if they do that.
 
The Gabriel update is still 2020, but runs fine on 2024.

And since I haven't flown the new Gabriel update yet, which has an entire new high-powered model, I realized I should just wishlist the Pioneer 400 and grab it when it goes on sale...
 
So I pinged their support email to let them know the Discord link on their website didn't work, and got a nice, long, personal response from Paulo on my questions. That alone makes me want to grab this!

1) The Discord link (for Erasem, who they teamed up with on this plane) is https://discord.gg/ekfB6xVVFb
2) No FS2024 native update planned (I know this is the 2020 area, but many 2024 fliers read both).
3) There are plans for both free and paid missions/bush trips for the plane for 2020. Some non-Pioneer-specific ones are here: https://www.oby1.eu/freeware/
 
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