I was one of the 'real world' testers on this aircraft. Glad to hear you like the flight model - the guys worked very hard on that aspect!

@IncorrigibleBigotry

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your work and dedication, mate!

The metallic layer + dark colored livery in MSFS hides the dirt in the deluxe livery (red and silver) Load in the white livery and you'll see some incredible wear & tear! Thank you for flying!

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the information, I’ll do that! I couldn’t resist the sleek red but I can see what you mean. Super modelling either way.

Oh god, that intense meowing threw me off the chair laughing!

@baomao7243

5 ай бұрын

Puss in boots is the co-pilot

Very nice video, Mr 320 Sim Pilot. What amazes me, is how you can talk through a full 46 min video, with almost no interruptions. There's almost no pauze between any of the sentences. Very entertaining. If I would make a similar kind of video, I would have to write out all of my dialogue first and then add it to the video edit track... But with you, it's all very organic, your dialogue, it flows, I like it. Keep up your vids, I'm a big fan. (And you are also the reason why I bought this nice little plane for MSFS...)

Great video! It’s brilliant how in depth COWS have made the 42. We need a group flight on stream with some GA

great video and overview as always! might actually pick this one up :)

Yes loving it!

If I ever get my PPL and have a butt load of money in the future, I’ve decided I’m going Diamond. It’s such a beautiful plane with lots of power and range. Only thing I don’t like is that the engines are TBR not TBO, so it would get pricey when that time came around.

What a beauty. Thank you.

Nice video and thanks for the review. I really enjoy the default DA40 so this will be an obvious step-up 👍

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!

Great video mate. Gives a very good overview of what this new add-on can do. Thank you.

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words!

Did both my CPL and IR on the 42, Its a great rendition and very true to life.

@bndahi8251

5 ай бұрын

they nailed the engine sounds. the landing gear sounds should be a bit louder, but the thud of them locking is pretty good too ( did multi in the twinstar)

You were supposed to actually switch the ecu switches, check that on each ecu the rpm settles 710 plus or minus 10. When switching ecu there should be a jolt. The sound is awesome, sounds just like e4a/ae300.

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

Ah thanks for the information! I agree the sounds are super!

Thanks for the review! I loved the different angles on landing, especially the gear view. The Twin Star looks very good indeed. I only fly the Comanche and this is the only non-A2A GA plane I'm considering buying. But no fouled plugs to worry about, no mags to check, no run-up at all! No mixture to play with, no carb heat, no prop adjustments in-flight. Just push the button and fly. In real life I would take this over the old Comanche any day but in MSFS I'm not so sure! If only this thing had proper, organic failures like A2A does it, and a walkaround feature...

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

I haven’t tied the A2a but it sounds fantastic. This is a great machine too but yes, much simpler to operate in some way, especially engines! Glad you enjoyed the angles, I have good fun with those

@davidtsw

5 ай бұрын

I've pulled the trigger on this plane and it's absolutely fantastic. I can move on and park the Comanche lol. By the way, are you up for a challenge? It'd be cool if you make another video sharing your experience. So I've experienced this unexpected but realistic behavior when flying from telluride and after my flight I thought something was wrong with the plane in msfs but it turns out it's a true to life behavior of the plane. The funny thing is I later found a discussion among real da42 pilots and they were talking about how they were caught off guard too. You mentioned you didn't usually fly GA so it might be a nice challenge for you! The best way to do it would be to take the -VI (AE) variant and do a circuit at telluride, from cold and dark of course so you can experience and pick up, or not, what's going on throughout the flight. I don't want to spoil the fun, in case you want to try it, so I don't want to tell you more haha. But it's replicated in the sim so well, I was reading that one post of the guy who experience this issue, unique to the AE variant I believe, and I was laughing to myself cause that's exactly what happened to me in the sim.

Great video and review but irl running those 10 secs at full power is just a great way to put some nicks on your props

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Yes it didn’t quite feel right but I enjoyed the way the aircraft jostled under power!

@agpilot1873

5 ай бұрын

@@320SimPilot definitely makes an impression at the local airport lol. 😂 just want to reiterate I said that not in an attempt to criticize, I’m pretty sure you didn’t take it as a bad thing but still my apology if it sounded not good.

Nice aircraft. Thanks for sharing.

Oh I'm so envious of anyone that has rw hours in the beautiful bird. As the FO might say "meeeeoooooooooww" lol. Thanks for this video Capt. Much appreciated.

Great video! Nice model, too. I did chuckle at the feline First Officer interruption at the start..! Best wishes from Wirral.

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

She tried her best to help! Thanks for watching

Great video, Thanks! I enjoy flying the big planes and my rig is set up for them. But, this would be a great plane to have in a second rig that has two of the G1000 screens in front of you. That would be nice! No slowpook here! Plus, it would be great to fly this with triples!

Nice video! 👍👍

Variable stop test needs the flap selected down, I believe. It does work as it would in real life; have only done a few circuits in it so far but looks like a lovely rendition.

Love the first officer!

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

She does her best!

Really enjoyed that! Do you use FS realistic? Just subscribed!

28:04 heart shaped cloud

Finally someone who notices my standby needles

@JC-xz4ec

5 ай бұрын

If you're saying that you programmed the standby instrument movements, you did a wonderful job on them!

@MrTommymxr

5 ай бұрын

@@JC-xz4ec maybe

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

The standby instruments are indeed excellent!

with that boring weather you don't see how cool panel/instrument light is hehehe

Yes I have to keep adjusting the sensitivity of my rudder pedals for GA planes on the ground in MSFS. Usually too sensitive. No idea why.

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

It’s a common issue on aircraft in MSFS but this one is tuned very nicely!

Sounds like 320 Sim Copilot wants to help. 😁🐱

With proper training flying a twin engine airplane is not an issue on a single engine on most twins! This airplane I would normally recommend as a multi engine trainer, because you do not have conventional prop controls.

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

I agree, it’s a super machine this one! Thanks for watching!

A small tip. Can you turn up the bitrate when you record these videos? Your videos would look amazing at higher bitrate :)

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

I’ll have a play with the settings, thanks for watching!

Bought it and really like it. Doesn’t have gimmicks like feeding passengers, etc, but it has a great flight model. Wish more developers would spend more time on the flight model instead of gimmicks (cough - FSR500)

Is in this case of one engine stop (or failure) a fuel crossfeed required?

Hmmm...'child of the purple '... You reminded me of the 10th century Byzantine emperor Konstantine Porphyrogenitus (porphyre+ genitus=begotten in purple) which could be adapted as a name for a VA that has well established lines. Opposite to a To&Fro Ways VA😂😂

Struggling with this aircraft because it does not work with my Brunner yoke. Does anyone have a workaround?

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great video. I just wanted to ask about the fuel pumps. For the stall and appr, did you put the aux pumps on as it 'appeared' to me the engine pumps were still off......don't know - just surmising..

@katanapilot1977

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think he mixed them up. When passing through the Approach checklist, he confirmed the fuel pumps are ON, though they were switched off. He actually turned on the AUX pumps, which pump fuel from the AUX tanks to the main tanks earlier.

@transair27

5 ай бұрын

ok no worries ..thanks@@katanapilot1977

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

Great spot! Indeed I got the pumps the wrong way around!

I’d like to see a video from you on how to deal with an engine out on the a320. Particularly during takeoff and landing.

@PianoLearnerChannel

5 ай бұрын

Search back in his channel he did one about engine failure on takeoff in the a320 a few years ago.

@flightsimgalaxy

5 ай бұрын

He’s done plenty!

Lovely aircraft. Thanks for the video. Question, the diesel version, wouldn't you struggle to get diesel at most airfields, airports? Or is it multi fuel, or am I misunderstanding, not uncommon. Lol

@ankhtahr1401

5 ай бұрын

Those Diesels are afaik usually made to run off JET-A instead of AVGAS. Some of them can also run off automotive Diesel, but with a limited temperature range. Not a real-world pilot, but from what I've been reading availability at small fields depends a bit on where in the world you are, but any airport servicing jets would have JET-A.

@nickk8762

5 ай бұрын

@@ankhtahr1401 Thankyou very much! I shall have to read up on it. Thanks.

@AllThingsAviation

5 ай бұрын

It takes jet-a or jet-a1, cannot take any other types of fuel.

@ankhtahr1401

5 ай бұрын

@@AllThingsAviation The included manuals of the COWS DA42 mention Diesel (and specify acceptable temperature ranges for different grades) in addition to JET-A and JET-A1. Not all DA42 seem to be certified to run on automotive grade Diesel (and from what I've found it seems very uncommon in the US), apparently it's a factory option. But the type has provisions for it, and any DA42 which has the AMM-TR-OÄM-42-251 option can run on automotive Diesel as well and the maintenance manual only mentions additional placards explaining the temperature ranges as the only difference.

I was wondering that the TDI version sharing the engine with Volkswagen Passat?

@hotshot4512

5 ай бұрын

I think it was the VI version that uses a Mercedes engine. Not sure about the TDI

Looks great. Can't wait for the XP12 version.

@DownTheRabbit-Hole

5 ай бұрын

I use XP12 aerobask da42 or da62, as well as msfs cows da42 and da62. I fly msfs more these days, but imo the ground effect, ground handling, overall handling is much better in xp for these 2 aircraft. There is even a pedestal style keypad to operate g1000 in aerobask da62, just like real aircraft. Scenery, WT avionics, and performance are why i use msfs. The msfs ga aircraft are not as nice as xp, in many respects. One has to use both platforms professionally to notice the difference, imo. Good luck, no offense.

@medwaystudios

5 ай бұрын

@@DownTheRabbit-Hole Thanks for the info. I'll get MSFS2024 when it's out just to check out some of the planes not available for XP12. I put a lot of time into making XP12 look better and I'm pleased with it now.

Way to “milk” the COW in.

@Bloboii

5 ай бұрын

Wow…

@baomao7243

5 ай бұрын

cheesy comment

I have a new policy and that is if the video poster does not respond to questions in the comments I block the video channel.

I don't get the obsession with grubby aircraft.

@speedbrake22

5 ай бұрын

not all planes are brand new all the time

@jeeps7er

5 ай бұрын

@@speedbrake22 Thanks for this I didn't know that....

@320SimPilot

5 ай бұрын

When you see them in real life they are often grubby, I think that’s what appeals !