Famous Flyer 8 - Cessna T207A - A short flight around St Barths

Famous Flyer 8 - Cessna T207A - A short flight around St Barths - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Today we're taking the newest Famous Flyer, the Cessna 207 by Carenado up for a short flight around St Barths.
The 207 always looked interesting to me, it reminds me of the old Top Gear stretch limo challenge. But from seeing the preview pictures and watching the trailer, I couldn't resist buying it.
And I'm glad that I did. The visual model and textures are up to the usual Carenado standard and are as close to perfect as you can get. The sounds are great, the engine sounds nice and throaty. In the cockpit everything apart from the circuit brakers works. And the flight model feels convincing, it feels very stable and a bit heavier than the smaller Cessnas.
It will probably not be an airplane I fly all the time, but it'll be great for exploring short and challenging airfields from time to time.
For this video we're going for a quick lap around the nice freeware enhanced Saint-Barthélemy scenery. As this is one of very few videos without aerobatics on my channel, I hope the video didn't turn out boring! Please feel free to let me know. Criticisms and tips on how to improve the videos are always welcome.
(Sorry about the first landing, it started veering to the right and I overreacted with the rudder and brake)
The scenery is available here:
flightsim.to/file/23536/tffj-...
Hardware used:
Ryzen 7 5800X
32GB RAM
RTX 3080
00:00 Intro
01:13 Startup
03:00 Taxi
03:54 Runup
05:25 Takeoff
06:14 External Takeoff View
07:00 Tower Takeoff View
07:40 Flying around St Baths
11:55 Flyby
12:32 Ground View of Flyby
15:15 Bad Landing
15:55 Ok-ish Landing
16:47 External Landing View
17:29 Tower Landing View
17:54 Taxi
19:22 Shutdown

Пікірлер: 49

@RobisonRacing68 7 ай бұрын

Very cool!! That opening shot was the bomb. :)

@vintagesimulations 6 ай бұрын

Sorry for the very late response! Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it =)

@MonostripeZebra 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful classic.. happy landings!

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

It's a great machine!

@gabor-toth 7 ай бұрын

I'm surprised how good the engine sounds are. Carenado hasn't really excelled in this area before. Given its low price and three variants I'm now quite tempted to buy it, despite absolutely not needing it. 🙂

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

I know what you mean about not needing it 😅 But for the price you really can't go wrong and the quality of the 207 is top notch. Besides the great visual model and sounds the flight model feels very convincing/fitting too.

@antonioiozzi291 7 ай бұрын

True. However I would prefer a C206. The C207 is by now obsolete and almost impossible to find on airports while the C206 fly even today in Alaska, NZ, Australia and Africa, eventually with bigger tires. Much more versatile then the C207.

@whammo11224 7 ай бұрын

Engine sounds really don't vary. It's full throttle (no matter what percentage your throttle is) or idle!

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

@@antonioiozzi291 I wouldn't be surprised if we see a 206 someday, but I'm glad they choose the 207. It's a more unusual aircraft in my opinion. And yes, they are rare, but you see them from time to time. I think the FF & LL series are great for unusual aircraft that most developers wouldn't release on there own, as there is a limited market for them. That way we get rare, high quality aircraft at a low price.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

@@whammo11224 I'm sorry but that wasn't my experience.

@pablogarciamarquez7039 7 ай бұрын

I always watch your videos. They're never boring. I learn a lot of things from your riding (speeds, attitudes, timing, etc.). I would like to learn very well how to proceed with the propeller, (blue lever). Could you point me to someone on KZfaq to explain how and when it should be used? Thank you very much for your work.

@vintagesimulations 6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry for the very late response =( Thank you very much for your kind words and your support! I'm really glad you like my videos and it's awesome to hear that they can actually be helpful =) That means a lot to me! Here are a few videos that explain constant speed propellers: This video quickly explains how a constant speed prop works: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oamDfst1sZbGiIE.html This one is a quick explanation how it's used: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/abBimNepy5a0qJc.html And this is a video by A2A when they released their Spitfire for FSX, explaining the differences between fixed pitch, variable pitch and constant speed propellers: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptmJf5qlzbfOZoE.html I hope the videos are helpful. Thanks again for your kind words and a happy new year =)

@iagikV2 6 ай бұрын

good landing... 👍

@vintagesimulations 6 ай бұрын

Thank you =)

@otohikoamv 7 ай бұрын

Another one for the books! It looks and sounds great. I'm noticing a bit of that "floatininess" that a lot of the default and Carenado planes seem to have on landing, but hopefully it isn't too bad. I've been really hoping for a utility Cessna like this for a bit (made some good memories with Carenado's 185F back in FSX/P3D back in the day).

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

It's a wonderful machine =) The floatiness isn't too bad. I think here it's the case, that the hill at St Barths and my less than perfect approach didn't help. At more conventional airports I didn't have an issue to bring it down. I hope Carenado brings the 185 to MSFS too. I always liked Cessna taildraggers.

@user-ev7kw1uq9o 7 ай бұрын

You had me trying desperately to see over the hood for that first landing. Judging by the second one, so were you! 😉

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

I must admit, I wasn't expecting Gee Bee or 109 like visibility in a tricycle gear Cessna and there was a short moment where I started to regret picking St Barths as landing spot 😅

@droge192 7 ай бұрын

Strobe isn't used for engine starting. Only Nav and Beacon. Strobe is only used when entering a runway.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

You're right, that is usually the case. But at my local airfield we normally use them both for startup and taxiing too, to get easier spotted by other taxiing aircraft and people on the ground.

@major3336 7 ай бұрын

What about aircraft that don’t have Beacons? Like the TBM 930, DA40, DA62, RV-14, etc??

@stevennagley3407 7 ай бұрын

@@major3336the aircraft that were parked?

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

@@major3336 if I remember correctly, if you don't have a beacon you need to turn on your strobes for ground operations, right?

@BHPilot82 6 ай бұрын

In the US, beacon needs to be on before starting engine(s). If no beacon, then strobes. The issue with strobes is at night (on the ground) and in very low visibility, fog/cloud as it can cause disorientation.

@Simple-Flight-Simulation 7 ай бұрын

Yep, your first landing was a little squirly... 😆 but you aced the second. You can chalk up another nice video 😄👋🏼👋🏼👍🏼

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Yeah, I guess with the first one I used up all the runway available...in all directions 😅

@The_Fabio_Fernandes 4 ай бұрын

Very nice! the magnetos testing is not simulated by Carenado on this acft?

@vintagesimulations 4 ай бұрын

Sorry for the very late response =( I'm glad you like it! It is simulated, but there is only a very minimal drop of 20-30 rpm. I'm not sure how accurate that is to the 207, but that seems quite small to me.

@bushpilotgj 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video! I am lured towards purchasing this one, but wonder if it has the same issue as other Carenado planes, like the M20 Mooney or the C-170, that crash if you open the side window when in flight? Being a real world pilot, I happen to know that isn't very realistic behavior.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you =) As a fellow real world open window “survivor” that was also one of my concerns. With the 207 they seem to have found a bit better solution. If you start to takeoff the windows will close by themselves. I haven’t tried opening them in the air after that, I’m not sure if it’ll result in a crash or if they just won’t open. But overall, it’s a very nicely done and enjoyable machine.

@bushpilotgj 7 ай бұрын

@@vintagesimulations , thanks for the reply! I just purchased this plane and tried it out and it is really a great value. Pertaining to the windows opening in flight, I find that after a certain airspeed they will close as you said. Opening them in flight is not possible, so no crash there, however, if opening doors in flight you get an immediate crash. Thought somebody might be wondering like I was. Thanks again.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

@@bushpilotgjI'm glad to hear you enjoy the 207 too =) And thanks for the clarification on the doors/windows. I think that's a better solution then on their previous releases.

@caribbaviator7058 7 ай бұрын

I taught about picking this up but I may just wait for the 206. Not sure why Carenado decided to go with the 207. That plane is very rare.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad they choose the 207. It's a much more unusual looking aircraft. Yes, they are rare, but you see them from time to time.

@thebanksfilms4426 7 ай бұрын

Just depends lol, I’ve seen em a lot here in Alaska.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

@@thebanksfilms4426 awesome =) Here in Germany I've only seen one or two this year. It's certainly an unusual looking aircraft, it reminds me a bit of Clarksons Fiat Panda in the Stretch Limo Challenge 😅

@droge192 7 ай бұрын

I think your bad landing was simply because your viewpoint is positioned too low. You know that you can just press a key to raise your view so you can see a little more over the glareshield, right?

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

Yes, I'm aware of moveable viewpoints. But the viewpoint in the 207 can only be shifted very little, in fact on my second approach I had it at maximum height and there is very little difference. Both approaches should have been steeper, or I should have slipped it in for better visibility. But I think the viewpoint was only partly responsible for the first landing being bad. I let it get away to the right after touchdown and then overcorrected with rudder and brakes. (I edited my answer after rewatching the landings...the lower viewpoint certainly didn't help 😅)

@luto2000 7 ай бұрын

Hi, how did you do the landing and takeoff shots from the ground ¿

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

Hi, with the showcase camera. You can disable the follow mode, enable the lock mode and then move the camera to a position of your liking. For the videos themselves I first record the flight while I'm in the cockpit with the freeware Flight Recorder (available on flightsim.to) simultaneously to the video recording and when I'm finished with the flight, I set up the Showcase camera for ground shots and start the replay.

@luto2000 7 ай бұрын

@@vintagesimulations going to try this out, thank you!!

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

@@luto2000 my pleasure!

@antonioiozzi291 7 ай бұрын

If you don't see the runway on final there is something wrong. Make a go around or you are dead.

@vintagesimulations 7 ай бұрын

Yes both approaches weren't the best, but I spend most of time in the sim in aircraft like the Bf-109 or Gee Bees, so I guess I'm used to seeing very little 😅 Edit: But you’re of course right! That's a good philosophy for real world flying =)