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Aerosoft Twin Otter:

Well, the Twotter is a terrific buy, I have it and love it, great sounds, terrific model, beautiful VC...as far as how it handles as a turbine, it is not as realistic as the J41, you aren't going to blow your engines up by moving the throttle up too fast.  Still, it's a terrific piece of payware and a lot of fun to fly out in the bush.

The PBY is another great bird, beautiful VC and sounds great too.  Lots of paints and models included with this one.  If you are looking to bush fly though I think I would get the twotter first, then down the road get the PBY.  The Twotter takes off on shorter runways and weighs considerably less, plus it will get you up into the higher altitudes.

As for the DC2, I have not played with this one so I couldn't give you an honest answer.  I guess you should just decide on what kind of flying you want to do before you purchase.

It's going to be hard to find a model as realistic as the J41 when it comes to turbines.

I would go fo the Otter.

A wonderfull piece of art.

You can use the mouse wheel to set both trim & radio's in the Otter.

As for realistic. I never flew a MET but have flown in one. The Otter is loud and powerfull, just like in the real world.

No damage model, like Truck said, she won't break down if you activate the reverst thrust at 10 000 feet doing max speed.

I use FspX, that way all airplanes I fly is prone to problems.

As for the DC-2, Don't have this one but I do own the Catalina, not a big fan of the Cat, good looking but not something I like to fly.

i would prolly go for the DC-2 as a 2nd option. Reason been we allready have a DC-3 despite been very basic.

Goodluck with your choice & don't forget to let us know what you chose

I've modified my original post to include the Islander.

[color=#000000]The PBY is the only one I have, but it is very nice, especially the VC and sounds. And I have not had an engine fire since I mapped mixture and prop pitch to rotary switches on my throttle.

And like Truck said, there are a lot of repaints for it, including several really nice ones by our very own Jankees.

I own all of them except the UIVER DC-2.
All three are good aircraft 
The Twin Otter is a classic. The VC is nice (although a little blurry depending on zoom levels), the engine sounds are great. It is getting older compared to what developers have done with newer add-ons.
The PBY Catalina has a beautiful VC, beautiful exterior model and liveries, a WWII classic, and is probably the one that has the most extensive systems models (out of the three) I would say. A cold dark start is a pretty cool thing to do and when those big radials start spitting black smoke it definitely puts a smile on my face!
The BN2 Islander is my favorite out of all three. The liveries are very nice, the aircraft is a slow small transport aircraft and flies like it. The VC looks great and actually shakes on takeoffs and landings! The sound package is the one I like the most (although all three have HIGH QUALITY sounds, so the Islander doesn't win by much). It probably is the best out of all 3 for bush flying.
I stick to it and say BN2 Islander! 
Best thing would be to go to youtube and look at videos of all of them.
Good luck with your TOUGH decision and let us know what you got.

Keep adding to your list - you may come to one I like  .

[quote]Keep adding to your list - you may come to one I like

Though I have MEL on my ticket, all I ever flew was the PA23 Apache, the PA23 Aztec and the C402.  I have right seat time in lots of others ranging from BE55 to C82 but, at heart, I'm a single engine pilot - low and slow.  So far on your list, I like the Twin Otter - an extemely versatile plane.  DeHavilland Canada has built some good ones.

[quote]Though I have MEL on my ticket, all I ever flew was the PA23 Apache, the PA23 Aztec and the C402.

[color=#000000]Looks like my post was not wasted after all.

[quote]With the Uiver DC-2, I felt I would have been too spoiled by Accusim products and been disapointed.

Rob,

Thanks for the links and the information.

Cool 8-)

Hmm. I'll check the link for the manual, I'm having some issues with my provider.
Edit: works on my side....

Yes, Gann's book is great.
You should try to get your hands on 'North star over my shoulder' by Bob Buck.
Very interesting. The guys starts on small bi-planes as a kid, flies airliners, starting with the DC2, and ending on a 747. During the war he does research on all kinds of weather phenomenae.

Cheers, Rob

Rob,

I subsequently went out and bought the DC-2 in addition to the PBY.