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Ok, after doing a few go-arounds, I rolled the Carenado Beechcraft Mentor into the hangar for a complete repaint... Two tone silver and platinum, with celtic detailings, plus re-upolstering the seats.

The route is YYZ to KMCD: Pearson Airport in Toronto to Mackinac Island. Departure time is 10:51 AM Jan 1 2006


Well, lets see how this plane handles for a longer flight. Apparently I shaved for the flight... Note to self, add beard to pilot figure.


Gear up, the view from the end of the runway, looking up. If you can't make it out, it says "Maireann cro

Great repaint, looks lovely!

Hey.....Welcome to the real world......"T" stands for "Trainer" It wasnt' meant to go straight and level all by it's self!
It's great for Aerobatics.
As for the gauge refresh.....I've never seen that with mine.
I dont' know what your specs are,But if you have good setup they should be running smooth as silk?

So you went for Carenado huh?  ;)
Good choice!
I really like the idea of putting your name on a repaint like in the real air force. Gotta... learn.... repainting!  ;D

Hey.....Welcome to the real world......"T" stands for "Trainer" It wasnt' meant to go straight and level all by it's self!
It's great for Aerobatics.
As for the gauge refresh.....I've never seen that with mine.
I dont' know what your specs are,But if you have good setup they should be running smooth as silk?

Actually, some reviews I read before I purchased them mentioned the Mentor's problem with VC gaugues... It's not just me. The 182 is fine, but the mentor is terrible for gaugues in the VC.

As for it being a trainer... Yeah, but that's no excuse for some of the trimming issues. The only one of the three trim controls I can reliably use in VC is wing... nose is only selectable in a tiny little area of the wheel, very hard to get... And the rudder control just doesn't exist in the VC, all it is is a textured blob. And some quirk with the Carenado trim controls (I noticed this in the 182 as well) only lets you see the amount you have them trimmed in the VC... Mouseover in 2D cockpit doesn't show you (-2.1) type information. Thankfully the 182 at least has graphical indicators that are halfway functional for that, but the Mentor doesn't.

Actually, as far as stability, it's pretty stable in flight. Until you introduce mother nature, of course.

I like that model...dont have it thought maybe one day I

Yeah indeed my gauges in the T-34 refresh perfectly fine.  ;)

I must say, those pictures do turn me on! That plane is a very sexy plane!!!!  :-[

Its sexiness level is equivelent to the Citation X only in Single Engine Prop level

Lovely flight and well known tourist site.... The Mentor is a beauty of a plane, Gunnerman and I have flown it loads of places, And trim? Aye she does trim level but I always use my stick and weave in and out of clouds, No Problems with the Guage refreshing on either of my cards (Nvidia Geforce MX440 onboard 64mb or Nvidia Geforce 6200 128mb PNY) so no idea there..... But lovely shots, and in michigan, well you never know what weather it may throw at you  ;D Cheers, Gunny