Alabeo C188 Cropduster

[gojozoom]

Looks like we'll have a new plane to play around the small trips with : alabeo.com . Have a look at the Incomings

[Naki]

Hey thats different! ...many years ago went top dressing in a real Agwagon...plus 3 up (!) one day on a wet day from NZSD to NZNP

[cowpatz]

Wow. Apart from the lack of ground contact in one of the shots they could be photos of the real thing. Exceptional modelling and weathering effects.

[deaneb]

Nice one!

[FlyingKiwi]

That's nice to see as there aren't many really good ag planes for FS out there (Deane's being an obvious exception ) but if the flight model is anything like Alabeo's Sukhoi I might give it a miss, that thing was a big disappointment in that respect.

[AndrewJamez]

agreed> If they spent half the time they spend on detailing, on getting the flight dynamics right then they might be worth the money. The flight models on the sukoi and Pitts are a joke.

[Naki]

The FDE for the Alabeo Extra 300 was done by Bernt Stolle and it is apparently very good..as is all his stuff

[deaneb]

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ May 12 2012,9:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

agreed> If they spent half the time they spend on detailing, on getting the flight dynamics right then they might be worth the money. The flight models on the sukoi and Pitts are a joke.

At least tweaking the flight dynamics is achievable and isn't too hard, the model on the other hand looks superb.

[AndrewJamez]

At least tweaking the flight dynamics is achievable and isn't too hard, the model on the other hand looks superb.
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If it isnt that hard then why do these guys keep getting it so wrong? Ageed they are the best looking sports planes in the fsx world - much akin to Caranado and GA.

[deaneb]

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ May 12 2012,3:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

At least tweaking the flight dynamics is achievable and isn't too hard, the model on the other hand looks superb.


If it isnt that hard then why do these guys keep getting it so wrong? Ageed they are the best looking sports planes in the fsx world - much akin to Caranado and GA.

Obviously they are not getting their basic facts right so far as entering all the flight dynamic paramters, then failing to check the results, either with real world pilots or even common sense.