Thank you for reviewing the Comanche 250. Impressive flight and enjoyed the commentary. BTW, you can remove the pilot by opening the door and click on the anti slip black portion of the wing or going on the walk around. Time acceleration isn’t currently supported but we do plan to support it in the future. Also fair point on the downloads, it makes sense thinking about it to just make that unlimited. Thanks again for the feedback, both praise and criticism.

A2A always set the bar for ultra-high quality add-ons since FSX...these guys work is just amazing ❤

This may be a $50 product, but just look at the attention to detail. No other small aircraft add-on even gets half way to this level of quality. Mindblowing.

the videos this guy makes are on a quality level that noone else has. its way more than a review, its a scenic experience of idk how to explain it. its awesome! keep it up :)

Scott Gentile and Co (A2A) are second to none, Scott being an IRL pilot really tries to get simmers to feel as close as to what we feel when we fly IRL. Given no simulation is ever going to be like flying IRL, but as far as at home products goes, A2A IS THE GOLD STANDARD.

This is the best sim channel on youtube. Your attention to detail and how you cover the material is always easy on the ears, easy to understand, and very thorough without being long winded. Keep it up!

Great video, as always. It's so amazing what they're able to do with these aircraft now days. Each raising the bar for the next. We all win... what a time to be a flight sim enthusiast.

Hands down this is the most realisticly behaving aircraft for msfs2020 to date. I am a student for light aircraft in real life and the comanche feels very close to real flying, whether in the air, during landing (e.g. slipping) or during the flare. I enjoy a lot of other planes in the sim but NOTHING compares to A2As comanche. They really did great with all the modeling and physics. And the sounds... Man! Amazing. 👍👍👍

wonderful! lovely review as always, bar non the golden standard for aircraft reviews for this sim!

It was a long wait, but boy was it worth it! Great review as always, and a great GA aircraft for the sim. I am really looking forward to many hours in this aircraft exploring the flight sim world 😎

Here's a fun little detail that doesn't seem to be mentioned in the manual: When you do the walk around, you can check the pitot heater. There's a clickspot on the pitot tube. Normally, if you click on it, the tube gets a blue-ish glow. However, if the tube is heated up, you'll get a red glow instead as an indicator that it is warm. EDIT: Also, I must admit that I skipped ahead to your conclusion and have yet to watch the whole video, so I may have missed that bit, but when you say that you couldn't remove the pilot model, did you look at the following section from the FAQ in the manual? "How do I remove the pilot from the plane? Open the cabin door and click the black non-slip walkway on the wing. But I can’t open the door! It’s a two-part process: first unlock the latch at the top of the door by rotating it forward, and then use the handle below the window. Bear in mind that if the engine is running, the prop wash will push the door closed."

Late subscriber but I would just like to say I really enjoy your videos and the attention to detail you put into them - especially with your naration. I feel like I have learned a lot just by watching them and have increased the time and effort i have put into my pre-flight checks etc .. Thank you for your efforts.

I’m only 20 mins into your review and it’s living up to and exceeding my expectations. I had the A2A FSX Kittyhawk and was very impressed with it so have high hopes for A2A in MSFS2020. Thank you for this as always excellent review. I have to take a break but will come back and enjoy watching the rest….Having finished watching your truly excellent review, I thank you for this. A really helpful review.

Best first landing I've seen from all the reviews! bought mine last night, can't wait to get home and fly it!

I fell in love with the Comanche the first time I took one up. The airplane flies like a homesick angel and cruises like a bat out of hell regardless of power setting. It's stable and responsive throughout all flight regimes. Your review of the 250B aligns quite nicely with my experiences flying the 260B.

Yay! I was waiting for your review!

Thanks, always look to your concise and professional aircraft reviews.

Thanks for another amazing review. This one definetely will end up in the hangar at some point after vacation.

excellent review. well done. as the a2a, your attention to detail in these videos is unmatched

Nice! Thanks for this great review. Another masterpiece from this channel. Just bought mine.

Waiting for the 377 Stratocruiser to be finaly refreshed to that level with the captain of the ship extension. What a monster it was in fsx. It would be gorgeous !

Just bought. Hope it lives up to the expectations. I've heard so much praise.

Great review of the A2A. This will be my next aircraft for sure. Also great to see you again over Rhode Island, I live in Warwick, Mins from KPVD and about a 30-minute ride South to the Point Judith ferry that takes us to BI a few times during the year.

Truly amazing. Can't believe A2A managed to shoehorn so much functionality into this plane. Outstanding video & really comprehensive review. It's difficult not to get drawn along with you, when you have such an obvious passion for both A2A & the Comanche. Will it come to the Xbox? Somehow, I don't think so, but I can hope. This is one I will definitely buy when it does.

I loved A2A back in the FSX/P3D days. Now I wish they'd bring back their Piper J-3 Cub for MSFS. It was one of my favorite addons with the simulated hand-propping to start the engine.

This is astonishing. thank you for this detailed review.

I’ve never heard you use so many superlatives in one video ITTB! Great overview for those of us yet to purchase it, thanks for putting the time in for us 👏

Been reading about this plane being the new big thing, but I want to hear what you say. You remain the authoritative voice for honest in-depth reviews.

Excellent demonstration! Thank you, sir!

Fantastic overview. Also a great tutorial. I’ve just been learning about carb heat. I was thinking ‘carb heat on’ and right on cue you went for it. Same on the final carb heat went off so you had full power for a go around. Looks like your attention to detail matches A2A’s! You’ve got a new subscriber and I’m looking forward to getting to grips with this a/c

Extremely excited to get into this one

Looking forward to buying this! Bit skint at the minute! Great review.

It's fifty quid well spent as far as I am concerned. I've never had any sim plane like it. So nice to fly. It's especially good value in view of the number of engines I've blown up in just one day!

Epic stuff. The 310R has been my preferred ‘ownership’ option in the sim and I will continue to use it, but will be getting this too as the level of software engineering is clearly on another level. Brilliant stuff.

Already bought this beauty, but knew this video was coming with anticipation

A must buy for me especially to show my support for quality work.

Great video, as always. I was waiting for your review, I have seen a lot of other reviewers getting really excited about this plane and I wanted to see what your opinion was, your reviews are always balanced and objective. Thank you for a fantastic review and now I'm off to spend 40 quid! 😁

Wow. A2A have really knocked it out of the park with this one. Will take this for a looong spin this weekend!

I still regularly use Prepar3d v4 because of this aircraft. The A2A Commanche 250 is by far my favourite GA aircraft. So the news is fantastic and the review superb. Thank you!

What a week. Waiting for this and JF F28 for two years, and they arrived within a week. An expensive week and both fighting for my my attention now. As expected, you did a complete preflight and run up. Some other reviewers just jump in and start up, as you may do with other aircraft in msfs. Be aware of maintenance and preflight is not an addon for just immersion that you may skip. - A2A accusim will certainly bite you for not taking care of YOUR aircraft. I know from experience with stuck l/h flap inP3d - and inflight engine shutdown. Both memorable moments. Thanks - hope you will be back soon with both JF F28 and A2A Comanche.

The sound of the wheels and suspension during taxi! The metallic "thunk" from the wing spar(?) when you get hit by a gust! Actually being able to tell an engine fault from the sound + all the other great little details. Not to mention the great handling that seems to avoid the usual msfs problems. I'm an A2A newb but I see what the fuss is about. I'd have to say the external visuals aren't the best, noticeable because the rest is so good. I think this might actually save me some money, because I won't be looking for "the" piston single any more.

Awesome flight! Great model thanks for sharing

Great to see A2A back.

What a GREAT aircraft. This developer certainly has raised the bar. This is not a cheap plane but you definitely get what you pay for. If you are into the nitty AND gritty, this is the plane for you! !! !!!

good looking aircraft. enjoy your uploads thank you

Excellent review of an excellent aircraft Well done to A2A and to ITB 😊👍

Its the little things i love. They add up to something special. For instance the sun visors that vibrate with the engine rpm 😂

Exactly the kind or nerdy attention to detail I like. As a non real pilot, i love to learn new things and this fits my around Europe trip perfectly Hope it is vr friendly 😊

Great video and great addon from what I saw.

It is great to see a product from A2A. I wish to see their rendition of modern GA aircraft like Mooney Acclaim Ultra, Diamond DA 50RG and similar IFR certified models.

As always: perfect.

Awesome, I don't think I have seen this in full. Last time I flew, it had good fun & very realistic SlainteP. S. Worked out the intall problem, Cheers 🍻 👍

Thanks, been a while since i used commanche, this was amazing to get back into it. My pistons were siezed and needed replacing after such a break 😂

Was thinking of a round the world trip in msfs using a plane like this, this would be perfect

With a title such as that I simply cannot ignore this one!

Hi from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 Wow this is totally brilliant magnificent flying 🛫and brilliant scenery

Nice review! I remember this in FSX, you had to purchase the GTN separately then, nice to see its included. They did this level 15 or so years ago and looks like they have achieved the same level in MSFS. Good standard for others to follow.

Great video. Thank you

An add on like no other is correct. It is even more amazing in VR. WOW!

Great review of a superb add on! As for your sound problem, it’s most likely related to the FS2020 ‘exe.xml’ file. If for some reason the text in this file isn’t in the correct format, the A2A installer can’t insert the required section to autostart the sound module. Apparently the Fenix installer is a major culprit. Luckily the xml is easily edited and what worked for me was to correct the existing problem then re-run the A2A installer and it’ll install the required text. Also the view forward is angled down by 12.5 degrees so as to be optimised for a monitor but isn’t right for VR so I also edited the ‘cameras.cfg’ and changed the ‘initial pbh’ part to 0,0,0, this gives a straight forward view.

Attention to detail, oh yes! It just doesn't stop. For example, put yourself into a nice cruise, make sure the headphones aren't connected, operate the cabin vents under copilot yoke and/or on the side panels. 💨

Good afternoon/evening from Seattle. Just took my MSFS A2A Comanche for a test flight this morning and it is at the bar we expect for an A2A offering. I flew the previous Flight Sim SE version frequently and the MSFS Comanche is just lovely with all the details and systems modeled. As always this is an appetizer for more airplanes from my favorite developer. MSFS badly needs a good P51D and I am praying to the sim gods for A2A to deliver 🙏🏻 Great review as always and looking forward to the next video!

Brilliant as always 👍 In the same way aircraft such as this one sets the bar, your reviews do. Maybe the time has come to let the PMDG 737 rest for a while and do some GA hopping 😊

You forgot to mention the excellent manual (separate download). And from within the manual you can download that actual instrument manuals for the STEC and EDM.

The A2A hype is real. Thanks for your review (tbh, it's been a while since I watched one of your reviews to the end, mainly because of limited interest in many of the planes you reviewed recently, also because I generally don't like when developers hand out review copies before release, for personal reasons). You mentioned the download limit in the A2A store as a negative. If people have an issue with that (I don't, I've never used up all my downloads, and I trust that developers using this system, like MilViz (Blackbird) or A2A, would reset the counter if necessary), they could just wait until the product is available from another store with a different policy. I think it would be fair to mention the other side of the issue: with A2A planes you don't have to worry about serial numbers or DRM. Unpack, install, and you're done. They don't punish paying customers for the misdeeds of others. Regarding running the audio helper manually, as I understand it, the main reason for this happening is that MSFS fails to read the exe.xml fully because some other add-on introduced a syntax error in the XML, and MSFS only parsed the file up to that point. Checking the file (there are XML validators online) and perhaps fixing that syntax error should resolve the issue for most people.

You had me at tip tanks!

As always, superb, but please A2A, make ambient sounds available when engine is shut down and the door is open. It just adds so much more immersion into the environment, and it’s such a shame it’s not a feature at the moment.

Well done, as always. Do you remember the superb A2A Boeing 377 from the FSX days? It was every bit the equal of the PMDG DC-6, if not better. Dare we hope to see it one day in MSFS?

Great video - you're as enthusiastic about A2A as I am. I was hoping you'd demo if the Headphone jack cut the engine/ enviro sounds as they did in FSX/ P3D.

Great review. I purchased yesterday and it is amazing. Although, I’m not sure how I did it, but I had it up on the jacks and I think it fell off or something, but it crashed. Lol

I think the fuel display USD is "fuel used". I'm a native Rhode Islander and we used to sail to Block Island in my father's sailboat.

Man this is a lovely plane. Excellent detail all around the machine. Seems like it's definitely worth a buy - for myself as well. Really love all the features of the engine management. Looks really satisfying. Sounds satisfying too - nice crisp sounds. Now who do I need to bribe at A2A to also get a PC-6 Turbo Porter with the same quality? As always thank you for the review!

Great video and seems like an awesome aircraft - very tempted! What it the ATC going on in the background? Ooh, and what are the fps like?

Superb, love it, pnly gripe for now is that it doesn’t look like it has any glass in the windows from some angles, particularly in VR, maybe it’s a little too clean?

This is a really interesting plane. Unfortunately I just dont fly small GA aircraft, so it simply wouldnt get any use. But looks like they did a great job

I've owned the plane across two sims already so not likely to buy it again for MSFS. That said, A2A really just "gets it" when it comes to delivering a top notch sim flight experience. I'd surely buy the T-6 Texan if they bring it to MSFS. Or the military turboprop trainer they wanted to bring in. Good review, as always.

Been waiting for A2A to join the roster in MSFS since day one. They have not disappointed and demonstrated can be achieved and what we can now expect from this simulator. One fun thing I would like to see is a having a “Rental” option whereby you are flying a used aircraft that may have 1,2 or 3 faults with it. Assuming you do the walkaround and pre-flight checks properly you should pick these up. If not, if the fault causes a crash, you get an NTSB report showing the cause of the crash. Maybe in 2024 ? 😀

A2A will surely provide addition downloads if these are ever necessary. I noticed the review was done in the early hours, bravo on the dedication. The sounds issue you have experienced is a concern. If this is more commonly reported issue, hopefully A2A will respond. S!

Have Tim on light aircraft, the very first time I flew an A2A aircraft, I knew I wasn't in a game anymore!

GA aircraft in the sim hasn’t generally excited me much (I do like the Milviz 310R a lot though) until this. I think this has to be something I pick up. It seems exceptional. (Edit) I bought this. Oh my god, this thing is nigh-on perfect. It's the plane that all other planes should aspire to, in terms of features, flight model, failure modelling et al. And I include the airliners in that comment. This is the best aircraft in the sim, simply put.

Finally bought this. They did not deal with our ability to make the pilot disappear. I loved this plane in P3D. Would really love having the AT-6 (and the B-17?) Cheers! The AP is sluggish, even in HI, so I prefer using the heading setting. Just me.....

Omg. This just came out on xbox. I'm so getting this. Best plane I've seen in sim.

Hello great review as always ! You missed out the towing feature:) I think the level of detail didn’t get through completely. I watched a few dev videos and it is absolutely amazing how deep the engine and systems are modelled. You can hear 1 Zylinder failure in the sounds. The sounds for example when taxing on gras were made by towing the real plane with a car so there is no engine sound. The product is made with passion and love. It’s also rare to see such perfectionism. The Xbox version which just came out has just a minor. A product like no other. That said it all :)

Wow, I'm impressed! Felt just like performing a pre-flight walk-around years back during flight training. The sounds, visuals, the small details, it looks like an absolute joy. Thank you! I'm curious, if you were to "forget" removing one of the tie-downs on the wing, would the aircraft proceed to do circles on the apron while applying power to taxi out? Saw this happen back in the day to a fellow peer during flight training, wondering if there is true "fidelity" 🤣

Nice review. Having heaps of fun with this plane at the expense of every other plane in my hangar. Any chance of a quick tutorial on how to use the ED380 for rich of peak leaning at high altitudes? Sorry I'm a total newb at this lol.

just bought and love the tablet feature. all teh checklists and info are right there. they should make missions where you can train emergencies and checklists. rather than doing it manually. but this is major improvement from fsx

Mate ;-) As always - your reviews are second to none! Solid - always. I agree in your parallel comparison to PMDG - this A2A product is to GA aircraft what PMDG are to the Pax Jet Airliners. Just a teaser - Let´s be honest - on a day flight sortie, like in your review, you wouldn´t necessarily check any of the lights, other than the beacon light, on your walk around/external inspection..? Would you IRL? Honestly, no harm done in doing it, other than often the batts on these "old Ladies" are not always fresh and new and considering that you may want to preserve every bit of Voltage for the engine starter.

Just bought it. It’s awesome. Best plane in MSFS. I 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉

As a selling point, I would say if you are struggling with crosswind landings, and takeoffs, and find yourself skewing about on the runway, get this, and immediately reevaluate your skills. And also learn some new skills needed, like actually needing to turn into the wind after landing to keep the upwind wing down. A superb plane, and highly recommended.

Flew six hours for now in this beauty. The plane is awesome. I use to fly the 138HP 55% rated economic profile @10000' for now, as I try to keep my new plane 🤣 in perfect shape as long as I can. I missed A2A quality aircrafts in MSFS, I don't regret the money, She's the best for me now.

I wish it had a more modern autopilot, but everything else is perfect

It truly is the most realistic airplane in the sim. No doubt. It flies like a real airplane does. One critique I would give is that the wind noise is overwhelming with any vents open in the cabin…. A touch too much. But I’m grasping. I would also agree about the texturing. A touch basic… compare it to the FI BF109…. Not quite there. I won’t be flying much else now. I also forgot how capable the Comanche is. A very stable aircraft, and also can get in and out of fairly short strips too.

I agree with your conclusion as always! My quick and easy way to check the realism of an aircraft's mass and inertia on MSFS, is to look at the compression of the landing gear suspension on touchdown and the Comanche from A2A Simulation reproduces the physics quite well. On the other hand, a maximum of 10 downloads for a purchase hurts my demanding consumer side. A2A should take inspiration from Just Flight for their impeccable customer service (no max downloads). A2A missed the opportunity to use the realistic visual rendering that MSFS 2020 masters so well. The Comanche looks flat (2D instead of 3D) and washed out (no PBR: Physically Based Rendering), as it doesn't reflect "really" the aircraft's environment (ground, buildings, clouds, etc.). PBR is the new norm now... and the crown jewel of MSFS 2020-24!

No way! I was just at kpou/hudson valley yesterday irl (my local airport(

Great review. A2A is in a class of its own. And what about those ATC chat sounds? Is it a mod for MSFS?

Thanks for the great review, going to pick this up now. Just curious what the radio chatter program is you are using also? Thanks. Hoping A2A eventually revives their P51 for MSFS as well.

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Thanks for the video. What are your alpha honeycomb sensitivities that you set?

Waffler11's liveries for the Comanche are awesome.

One minor fault with it is the animation of the yokes. They aren’t as smooth as other planes, such as the Asobo default 172.