by bbuske » Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:11 am
Great to see some active development on this beautiful aircraft.
Heh... I like it a lot and that even though my favorite for years has been the Mooney Bravo (M20). lol
I have taken the plane to a small test run and I have to say that the FDM appears to be a bit smoother now and in general it seems to be easier to fly it.
There is one small issue, I keep having with this aircraft, ever since I got it: I start at my home airport SVMI. To the north is water, but to the south, west and east, there is the Avila - a high mountain chain that tops some 6000 feet or more at its peek points. Usually, if you take off from runway 10, and keep flying eastwards, you get sufficient time to climb at a secure altitude, in order to make it safely over the mountains - of course you could just fly north a a couple of minutest and bypass the mountains completely, as it is done in real life.
My point is however, that if I want to go to Caracas Metropolitano or to Higuerote, I do have to cross those mountains, as there is no way to get around them. The C172 as well as the 182 don't seem to have an issue with this and even the old C150 can do the climp with the bigger engine at full power (though there is a significant increase in oil temperature). The Warrior always crashes into the mountains. I have to fly north or circle for quite some time to get her at the required FL, even with the strong engine it takes quite some time. The issue today when testing did seem to be quite a bit better, but it still keeps being an issue. However, I have not flown the Warrior in RL, so I can't tell if it is common behavior or not.. I did get past the mountains in a C150, C172 and C182 though in RL.
Cheers
Ben
PPL(A) (2009), CPL(A)(2011), ATPL(A)(2015)