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Was just looking for another payware aircraft to add to my hanger.  So far I only got AF's F-18, Aeroworx Super King Air, and Aerosoft's beaver.  Anybody have any suggestions?  Ive been looking at Captain Sim's aircraft at the moment, so far they look pretty promising.  I just need an aircraft in which I can toy around with for countless hours and one which will not kill my framerates too bad  :)

Real Air Simulations aircraft seem framerate friendly. I have both the Spit and SF260, and they run well on a modest system... Wings of Power's P-51 is nice too.

If I had to pick just one, I would say the Real Air Spitfire.  It's just 'plane' awesome in it's reality and accuracy.  It may be the greatest payware add-on ever developed.  

Also, I just got Wings of Power and am pretty impressed...  ;)

I just aquired flight 1's Meridian.  Its a good fly and I can still average 28-35fps normally although if I pop up the 530, meggits, or S-tec the frames drop to 22-26 average.  I really like it so far though.  Ican tell it's going to be my standard not-in-a-big-hurry bird for trips under 1,000 nm.  I use the Citation X for fast trips although it still takes a little from the realism that the FMS can't be used to enter flight plans waypoints but the main panel sort of distracts from that a little and i can always assime my right seater entered the plan or I "downloaded" it.  (Most FMC's have that capability)

Just to throw in my 2 cents worth. I would say Dreamfleets A36 Bonanza  8)

Anything by RealAir...
N' the Katana from Aerosoft VC is superb  8)

Id like to know a bit more about the aerosoft Katana.  I have been looking at that addon for some time.  Sleek looking plane that I want to eventually try flying in rl.  Is the addon something that will keep me in my seat for hours?

Is the addon something that will keep me in my seat for hours?

I would say so, Depending where you fly, the more Mountains you fly near the better, or if you have VFR Photo Scenery, this plane is a winner....

Ummm, i fly it a 'LOT' of the time (lol) and i would say its one of the best aircraft ive seen.. (compaired to RealAir products)

The VC, will keep you amused for a short time itself.. Lots of things to find, and experiment with.. GPS Is available by selecting it from the Aerosoft Configurer, so is a female co-pilot..

The model itself is brilliant, well designed and very 'real'..

Ummm heres a few screenshots to help you decide lol

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1116512300

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main ... katana.htm

http://www.virtualisoftware.com/aerosof ... _flash.htm

http://www.fsimcafe.com/Reviews/ShowRev ... eviewID=11

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0104/katana/katana.htm

http://aerosoft-shop.com/product_info.p ... ucts_id=40


I would recomend it if you like flying by VC and flying GA in general..  ;D

Just bought the Diamond Katana, its awesome!  I love it!  Landing the bird with a constant speed prop seems like a little different experience, and havnt figured out the proper way of doing endurance and slow flight maneuvers with it yet, but whew this thing is fun and gentle.

Glad you like it,
Have fun!!