8 hours ago, mjrhealth said:

There is a freeware king air done by real pilots mentioned elsewhere on these forums. Better than most payware.

Yes, because one of the devs is rated on the thing (and actively flying it).

MrBitsFlyer - here is a perfectly good rendition of a light early twin the Beechcraft BE95A TravelAir by Maudic - freeware. As it stands all systems operable and simple. Accurate flight dynamics couple of good paints now available - its free.

On 6/6/2025 at 5:26 AM, mjrhealth said:

There is a freeware king air done by real pilots mentioned elsewhere on these forums. Better than most payware.

King Air C90B EVO, G1000 Blackhawk 

For pistons one of the very best is the Torquesim Cirrus.  I have the SR22 in both G1000 and Avidyne Entegra variants.  The G1000 is highly customized from the base laminar g1000 but I don't love the look of the G1000 personally.  (the xi is better in msfs imo).  I like the Avidyne version though, because it can run a GTN 750/650 and if you own the TDS units those can drop in very easily, providing you with even higher-fidelity avionics utilizing navigraph data and chart support.  It's a little pricey but the depth of the software is excellent.

I've also heard good things about the new Piper Seneca (someone mentioned it above) - also supports the TDS.

Another good realism option (but pretty dated cockpit-wise) is the JFRollon SF260.  I find the flight model to be excellent and it too has a lot of systems depth.

And if you really want to learn something new it'll have to be the most complex and in depth addon ever created for any flight sim - the Hot Start Challenger.  

Most of these addons have been around for quite some time (the Seneca is new) but I'd love to see some newer XP12 addons - especially in the bizjet/prop department.  Aerobask is still working on their Falcon 8x - so someday Soon TM we'll have that!  There's a couple Gulfstreams out for XP - they're okay imo - the interior/cockpit textures are really lacking but the avionics/systems are medium depth.  Worth a look (google AKD G550/650).

I purchased the Phenom last week. Haven’t used it yet but I read promising things about it and watched an hour tutorial. 

I fly the Challenger in XP12 every day.....I absolutey love that aircraft.....nothing comes close to it ...theee best!

10 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

I've also heard good things about the new Piper Seneca (someone mentioned it above) - also supports the TDS.

I have seen a few videos of this aircraft - it looks and sounds great.

10 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

For pistons one of the very best is the Torquesim Cirrus.  I have the SR22 in both G1000 and Avidyne Entegra variants. 

I have been very impressed with the videos I have seen of this aircraft.  I didn't realise the Avidyne was the older avionics package, but I like the look of the maps on the MFD. I don't have the XP version of the TDS unit yet, but the TDS plus this aircraft could fit all my wants - fast too.

Spoilt for choice it seems sir!

11 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

...but I'd love to see some newer XP12 addons - especially in the bizjet/prop department.

VSKYLABS has a C510-ish aircraft in the works: https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/329638-vskylabs-510x-vlj-test-pilot-series-coming-soon/?page=1

Notee that it initially won't have a G1000 MFD, but analogue engine gauges instead.

Lots to choose from there!

I am going with the Torquesim SR22 Avidyne for a fast single with the TDS GTN750.  For the twin I'm going with the Jetstream FS CIS Seneca 11.  Love the traditional instrumentation with the GTN750.  YouTube videos of this aircraft shows it to be an excellent aircraft.

For a slower single I'm perfectly happy with the default aircraft which seem more capable than MSFS defaults.