4 hours ago, JetCat said:

It will become a bushplane no matter ...

...An aircraft that just flies and nothing can go wrong and nothing ever happens and nothing has any impact on the engine and systems is too boring for me,...

100% agree. I would love a system rich bush plane. However, there is nothing out there so I'll just be that multi-millionaire that I am in OnAir of which buying a few Dukes is chump change to me. If Musk can buy a car just to fly it into space for his own personal likes, I can fly a Duke T-prop into the Idaho backcountry to do a little flying fishing and think nothing of it ...virtual that is. 

I dont land full flaps unless its a short field in the Comanche for the float reasons. I've had a few good hours in both a low and high wing in real life and do notice the low wing Cherokee floats way more than the C172 but I feel like the A2A Comanche floats a bit too much. That could be the case in real life, maybe one day I'll get to fly one and see 1st hand. However, until then, I just dont land full flaps, on two notches out, not three.

20 minutes ago, Ident said:

100% agree. I would love a system rich bush plane. However, there is nothing out there so I'll just be that multi-millionaire that I am in OnAir of which buying a few Dukes is chump change to me. If Musk can buy a car just to fly it into space for his own personal likes, I can fly a Duke T-prop into the Idaho backcountry to do a little flying fishing and think nothing of it ...virtual that is. 

Black Square's Caravan is pretty systems rich, and a bush plane. It's just missing the nice to have's, like opening doors.

 

1 hour ago, Ident said:

I dont land full flaps unless its a short field in the Comanche for the float reasons. I've had a few good hours in both a low and high wing in real life and do notice the low wing Cherokee floats way more than the C172 but I feel like the A2A Comanche floats a bit too much. That could be the case in real life, maybe one day I'll get to fly one and see 1st hand. However, until then, I just dont land full flaps, on two notches out, not three.

The reason I try and perform all landings with full flaps is because I've looked around online, and Comanche owners seem to say they always land full flaps.  The V-Tail B-36 that A2A developed on the other hand was a different story; A large number of owners of the V-Tail said they land without any flaps, or maybe one notch. 

Sorry, some disappointing news for you - a quick update regarding the release date of the Dukes - Due to the delay of SU15 from Asobo/Microsoft we are also going to need to delay the release of the Dukes unfortunately. Best laid plans and all that. You can read more about the delay and the reasoning here:

https://www.justflight.com/articles/black-square-dukes-development-update-april-2024

So our apologies, we hope to get things moving again just as soon as possible but as things stand we're reliant on news and a firm release date for SU15. Thanks for your patience.

Thanks for letting us know. I can rebook that Caribbean cruise for next week.  

Not entirely unexpected and the correct thing to do.

2 hours ago, JustFlightScott said:

Sorry, some disappointing news for you -...

Your April Fools timing is off. 🙂

That’s too bad but totally understandable.  Best not to have any surprises from SU15.

At least I’ll have the -146 v2 to keep me occupied for a while 😀

Edited April 3, 20242 yr by regis9

Thanks for the heads up, and totally understandable.

Asobo should probably be a little more cautious with public release dates in future. Contrary to their own statement, SU15 was not "originally" scheduled for March 26, but for March 12. Don't get me wrong, I think it's wise to postpone an SU/WU if there are issues that need to be fixed, but this isn't the first time an update has been postponed multiple times, so why announce a public release date so early before the public beta has even started?

13 hours ago, Ident said:

 

I never trust those estimates because in real life nothing is like that. Unfortunately things breaks out of nowhere and it adds up to significant extra costs. I would add 200% cost increase margin to just regular tear and wear and inspections

Hmm.... it is days since the last Piston Duke video update showcasing the most intense, piston-rod bending pre-oiling and starter motor melting piston monster experience ever made.

I miss these Black Square videos, some of them I have watched five or six times to immerse in this absolute visual and system realism awesomeness. 🧐 Hopefully tomorrow more of these videos are released.

They should do a Cessna 182 RG Skylane, Beechcraft V35 or Cessna 421 Golden Eagle in awesome Black Square quality as next project.

1 hour ago, JetCat said:

Hmm.... it is days since the last Piston Duke video update showcasing the most intense, piston-rod bending pre-oiling and starter motor melting piston monster experience ever made.

I miss these Black Square videos, some of them I have watched five or six times to immerse in this absolute visual and system realism awesomeness. 🧐 Hopefully tomorrow more of these videos are released.

They should do a Cessna 182 RG Skylane, Beechcraft V35 or Cessna 421 Golden Eagle in awesome Black Square quality as next project.

They might have slowed the pace with the videos, now that the Duke's are delayed until SU15.

I loved them too.   And great suggestions for future BSq planes!  Would LOVE the 421!