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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:16 am
by Pato
Can anyone recommend a Cessna 172 or similar small aircraft for FSX with a GPS?. Something simple to get me back into FS.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:12 pm
by Nzeddy

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:21 pm
by Pato
Thanks will have a look. Have you tried this one?.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:13 pm
by Ian Warren
Pato wrote:
QUOTE (Pato @ Jan 21 2014,1:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks will have a look. Have you tried this one?.

As Eddy pointed out .. and I'm notorious for not touching GA aircraft that but and even I have this one .... ohmy.gif

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:25 pm
by Pato
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 21 2014,3:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
As Eddy pointed out .. and I'm notorious for not touching GA aircraft that but and even I have this one .... ohmy.gif
Do you like it?. It seems to have all he bells and whistles and I guess I would have to spend that much to get what I want. I suppose the free ones are not worth having?.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:52 pm
by Ian Warren
Pato wrote:
QUOTE (Pato @ Jan 21 2014,3:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you like it?. It seems to have all he bells and whistles and I guess I would have to spend that much to get what I want. I suppose the free ones are not worth having?.

I pretty much have all the A2A aircraft bar the Cub, Worth getting , I've only had maybe a total of 12 to 15 hours maybe half that actually flying one, I think you would be very very happy with all the little extras, it was the earlier A2A products that sold me .. heck never let me down yet for the real feel.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:10 pm
by Pato
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 21 2014,3:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I pretty much have all the A2A aircraft bar the Cub, Worth getting , I've only had maybe a total of 12 to 15 hours maybe half that actually flying one, I think you would be very very happy with all the little extras, it was the earlier A2A products that sold me .. heck never let me down yet for the real feel.
It certainly sounds good. There is not much to choose from in the FSX program.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:42 pm
by Ian Warren
Pato wrote:
QUOTE (Pato @ Jan 21 2014,4:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It certainly sounds good. There is not much to choose from in the FSX program.

Personally - for the fun .. slow and slower if required for a lessor price ... tho been told its UGLY as hell .. I'd get the SIBWINGS AN-2 http://www.sibwings.com/an2.php , It has all the A2A features - you would be required to buy some of the gear , yoke- throttle and rudder-peddles for realism .. same said for the A2A Cessna .. but all out fun and a little fast but can land just the same as a Cessna ... something about it that make it SOoooo interesting , course to finish that package the one and only aircraft in New Zealand, now a Museum piece in Wanaka has been painted by Adamski and is posted at OZx .

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:44 pm
by Pato
Interesting, and it certainly is ugly!!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:04 pm
by deeknow
If your mostly interested in the GPS and training then maybe use the default C172 but slip a nice payware GPS in there from RealityXP?...
see: http://www.reality-xp.com/flightsim/index.html

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:11 pm
by Pato
deeknow wrote:
QUOTE (deeknow @ Jan 21 2014,8:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If your mostly interested in the GPS and training then maybe use the default C172 but slip a nice payware GPS in there from RealityXP?...
see: http://www.reality-xp.com/flightsim/index.html
Thanks for the tip, I never thought of that.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:28 pm
by Ian Warren
Pato wrote:
QUOTE (Pato @ Jan 21 2014,5:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interesting, and it certainly is ugly!!

Still highly recommended smile.gif , superbly ideal for a New Zealand tour .. wonder if we'd get away wit calling it a AN-172 ... after all still has a 2 in it tongue.gif

PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:37 pm
by Kelvinr
A2A C172 is a great little machine packed with some real cool features to replicate real world functions of the aircraft. I have personally flown the C172 multiple time IRL and with A2A latest update it has resolved some of the issues making it even more realistic than ever.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:25 am
by SeanTK
If you want to get a head start on more complex aircraft while using practically the same type (Cessna 172), Alabeo just released the 172RG Cutlass for FSX.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:32 am
by hasegawa
Well, the A2A is out of question as the best aircraft in it´s categorie... but...

She is a aircraft with a bitof work around for such an Little Thing. If I want to use an aircraft only flying for fun after work use the Cessna Cardinal and the Cessna 162 made by flight1.com

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=flt1c177b

and

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=flt1c162

PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:02 am
by Ian Warren
hasegawa wrote:
QUOTE (hasegawa @ Jan 31 2014,11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, the A2A is out of question as the best aircraft in it´s categorie...

I Concur .. And getting me into a GA ( not Ground Attack ) is a mission in its self smile.gif