Just wait until you've had it a while and you discover how wear and tear works on the plane, its incredible. Things like spark plug management, pre warming the engine, the effects of dirty oil. It really is as close to having your own aircraft, without the hassle of time sharing and real world expenses. The pushback feature is total genius! If you want to fly real world procedures this is the aircraft you want, absolutely perfect for circuits, stable approaches, dme arcs etc. I would have been happy if it was double the cost and I wish that A2A programmed the whole simulator!
To give you an example of exactly how deep this goes ... I flew nothing else for several weeks after getting it so I was very familiar with how it should sound and perform. Over a period of about a week I slowly started to think it didn't sound QUITE as smooth as it had, and it wasn't QUITE as fast as it was. I ran the inspections after every flight and there was never a problem, not even fouled plugs. I was about an hour into a flight cruising at 2500' 22" 2200 RPM which is a very normal cruise setting for me. Normally I can pull the gas back to 11 gph and cruise all day at ~170mph. The weather for this one was pretty ordinary, above 10c and sunny but I spent a lot of time flying through thin and occasionally thick clouds. Suddenly, alerted by the trim screaming at me to crank it up, I realised the airspeed was down to about 100 and dropping. Banging the power and mixture forward didn't do much so I tried full carb heat and all was well again. Sounds like carb ice, right ? I'd heard (and confirmed in the manual) that carb ice shows in the analyser so I had a look and no, no carb ice. Carb heat had to stay on for the remainder of the flight, every time I turned it off the engine immediately almost stopped so whatever it was didn't go away. As I was approaching the runway to land I pulled the power back and the Engine Monitor started red flashing CLD which I've never seen before. In fact it's not even in the A2A POH, I had to go back to the real world manual for the EDM-830 to see what it was - it's a warning about shock cooling, something was cooling at 66F / minute (normal is 40-60) which can crack a cylinder. That was unexpected ! When I was parked I ran the inspections in the tablet and there was almost no compression in cylinder 6. It's been low in a couple, but not that one, that cylinder had always looked totally fine. The message that came with it said the cylinder probably had worn rings or valves and would still produce full power but it would use oil and I might notice some roughness at low RPM. I'll say I did, had I really had carb icing or did the cylinder drop its guts in the middle of the flight ? So I went outside and dipped the oil. Well, what was left of it, which wasn't much. Then things started to click into place. The analyser had shown oil smoke from the cylinder 6 when I looked during the flight. I hadn't thought much of it because the EA in the POH also shows oil smoke from one cylinder and I figured it was normal. There have been absolutely zero signs of any problems in the pre- and post-flight checks, but I'd been thinking for half a dozen flights that the plane just didn't sound as smooth as it used to while it wound up for takeoff, and the cruise has been unenthusiastic enough to make me check for headwinds. What I have to conclude - and I'm absolutely blown away by this -is that cylinder 6 had been slowly failing for a real world week. It wasn't broken enough to show up as a problem in an inspection but it was broken enough to make the plane not sound or fly right, and it got slowly and noticeably worse - OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK !!! - even though the tablet was showing no problems, until it failed. I am truly in awe. I think I bought the Comanche within 15 minutes of it releasing (spot the old A2A customer LOL), I hope not to be so slow to get the Aerostar when it releases.
@@Huddison The Comanche is the first plane where I've left failures on, I sim to fly and gawp at the scenery, not to follow non-normal checklists. But it seemed sacrilege to turn them off in this. I was expecting to encounter a blown bulb or a popped circuit breaker or something, but really ? The first failure I get is a blown out cylinder, marked by a warning light I have to to download a real world manual to diagnose, which slowly failed and noticeably and increasingly affected the plane for at least 12 real hours of sim flying without being bad enough to even register as a problem then suddenly let go ? That's just insane. When I'm flying this now I pay attention to any changes in the engine note. I know how it should perform and I notice when it doesn't. I scan ALL of the gauges every couple of minutes. I get genuinely twitchy about flying over open water. There's no other plane in the sim that comes even close to this.
This is also my experience with this beautyful aircraft. I totally agree, that if you fly this aircraft for a while, you will be able to hear the difference and the wear and tear of the engine. My first fault was one of the very rare ones, where the oil pump fails... however, before it happend, I had the same experience like @ceegnz mentioned. I felt that something didn't sound right and the aircraft was behaving differently then usually. Unfortunately it happened in the middle of nowhere and I had to perform an emergency landing on a field. It felt so real. This is by far the most detailed GA aircraft for MSFS2020 and not the easiest one to fly. Landings are most of the times a big challenge, because even the ground effects are modelled so well. I love this aircraft ❤
@@thomaspichelmann You were lucky you had a field ! That's another thing that I only ever do in the Comanche - I don't just admire the scenery in this one, I keep looking for places I could land if I had to.
I'm late to this party as well. Just got it a few weeks ago but haven't played it much so interested in this video. The problem with the flight sim community is that lots of old videos so I appreciate when people do new reviews for aircraft that have been around a while.
I purchased this earlier this week on xbox, its a fantastic aircraft, best purchase yet for me, I like how in depth it is but most of all the flight model is great, the trim on this thing is so precise.
Great AC in the sim or real life. While the gear can do down below 150mph most of us paying upkeep bills try to put it down at 125mph or less to save wear and tear on the gear motor. The A2A version properly models the challenge of slowing down such a clean aircraft and the need for good planning on descents and pattern work. It lands with much less trim at 2/3rds flaps 85mph final heavy vs full flaps at 82mph. With the low to ground wing, raising flaps before heavy breaking is important to avoid wheel lockups. The sim Comanche brakes are a lot better than the real ones.
We have some great new addons recently but with this, A2A basically set the bar for GA aircraft. It's still he overall best, in my opinion, but I love The Duke, DA42, etc. I feel like creators really had to raise their game after this came out. Not that there weren't quality releases before, but not like this one. And it sounds amazing! Nice video, by the way.
Great video! wanted to correct you at 12:53 about the landing gear, the actual landing gear lever is just under the throttle, the little orange switch. Amazing video aside from that minor mistake, thank you a million times for making a video on this aircraft!
Best aircraft I’ve bought for the Xbox, I fly it every day and every time it can be a different experience even when doing the same route day after day. The wing flexing in rough weather along with the sun visor dropping in air pockets make it the more immersive. I’ve had rags in the air intake, I’ve run out of fuel because I didn’t fill up after the last flight and I even had to use the emergency undercarriage handle because the switch wasn’t working.
This video appeared at the right time. I am on a prowl to get a new plane. I haven't been able to pull the trigger on the 777 yet (I am concerned that the long-haul is not for me). That Comanche looks the part. I am already flying the C414, the C182RG and the P34T Seneca. I love these (maybe, I am just a GA kinda guy). I think the Comanche will be the next one in my hangar. Thank you Huddison for the recommendation. Edit: It is being delivered to my hangar, I got a good deal through the market place around USD36.
Thanks for the video, I've had the Comanche for a few months now. Some observations 1) It's hard to slow down, as it's a very slippery aircraft, so you need to think ahead 2) the simulation is so good you won't want to fly any other GA aircraft, because they're just not in the same league. It's remarkable 3) the realism makes for very interesting flying. Carburettor icing etc etc!
I bought it earlier on, graphically one of the best looking GAs but haven't flown it of late, you have inspired me to fire it up again. I recommend trying the falcon71-kln90b mod for an old school GPS, A2A added support for this in the latest version
I absolutely agree 100%, an absolute must have for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Hands down my favorite GA aircraft in the sim and probably holds #1 spot for all time favorite aircraft. The A2A Comanche if you don't have it go get it, it's a must have. P.S. Scott has put a lot of love into the design of this addon and it shows in the final product.
This plane has a lot of top-notch features. Excellent sounds, good handbook, excellent tablet, great visuals, but I don’t like how hard it is to maintain an attitude and the landing technique is way too difficult. It’s one of the few I have to trim constantly to keep it consistent in descent. Landings are almost never very good either. The flight dynamics are probably closest to how a real aircraft handles, however, the effect of wind on a plane in this sim is so exaggerated that it’s just ridiculous. So you try to point to the nose down the runway and aileron into the wind, but you’ll almost always look like a toy trying to get down comfortably. In the Black Square aircraft, they look visually better, and most of all, they are so much easier to land. I can land them like a real plane with much less struggle. I think it comes down to stability. You don’t fight with the BlackSquare GA airplanes nearly as much. They actually glide through the air, whereas the A2A is just a constant battle with the yoke to maintain stability.
Not sure if you mentioned it but there is also sound proofing to make it quieter via the tablet, and also on the headphone cable there is another switch to dampen noise more, so in all there is 3 options you can use. If one so wishes, I personally love the sounds.
Wonderful presentation...Superb aircraft... Definitely top of my list... Thank you for demonstrating it... I totally missed it on Xbox Marketplace... Roger.. Pembrokeshire.
Great video as usual but Sorry I need to correct you on one thing the GTN 650/750 is available on Xbox it’s available in the 414 and also all three Navion‘s by Hanger Studios 713
@@Huddison pretty much the only difference the Xi adds in the sim is it has TAWS. Everything else between that PC version and the one on Xbox is the exact same. The TDS SIM version or (XI) just uses the Garmin Trainer module. Probably wont be on Xbox anytime soon because of this. I have the PMS50 version
@@Huddison Oh didn't think to disable the msfs in built turbulence, didn't think it would conflict, will disable that next time im on, thanks, do you disable default msfs wear and tear, collision settings as well?
@@Huddison I’ve since read on A2A forums from a dev that they base the turbulence on the msfs turb set at realistic, so does need to be enabled, if desired of course.
Make sure to watch allll the Scott videos an actual pilot of the Comanche and his Comanche livery is included. must warn you though you will download several liveries like I did lol . ( and each one a difference persistance )the fuel needles move tooo. You and your friend thought the 310 was Spot on.... wellllll once you fly the A2A you and your friend will put away the 182 and perhaps from time to time fly the 310
Just wait until you've had it a while and you discover how wear and tear works on the plane, its incredible. Things like spark plug management, pre warming the engine, the effects of dirty oil. It really is as close to having your own aircraft, without the hassle of time sharing and real world expenses. The pushback feature is total genius!
If you want to fly real world procedures this is the aircraft you want, absolutely perfect for circuits, stable approaches, dme arcs etc.
I would have been happy if it was double the cost and I wish that A2A programmed the whole simulator!
Wow, what a testament Peter.
To give you an example of exactly how deep this goes ... I flew nothing else for several weeks after getting it so I was very familiar with how it should sound and perform. Over a period of about a week I slowly started to think it didn't sound QUITE as smooth as it had, and it wasn't QUITE as fast as it was. I ran the inspections after every flight and there was never a problem, not even fouled plugs.
I was about an hour into a flight cruising at 2500' 22" 2200 RPM which is a very normal cruise setting for me. Normally I can pull the gas back to 11 gph and cruise all day at ~170mph. The weather for this one was pretty ordinary, above 10c and sunny but I spent a lot of time flying through thin and occasionally thick clouds. Suddenly, alerted by the trim screaming at me to crank it up, I realised the airspeed was down to about 100 and dropping. Banging the power and mixture forward didn't do much so I tried full carb heat and all was well again. Sounds like carb ice, right ? I'd heard (and confirmed in the manual) that carb ice shows in the analyser so I had a look and no, no carb ice. Carb heat had to stay on for the remainder of the flight, every time I turned it off the engine immediately almost stopped so whatever it was didn't go away.
As I was approaching the runway to land I pulled the power back and the Engine Monitor started red flashing CLD which I've never seen before. In fact it's not even in the A2A POH, I had to go back to the real world manual for the EDM-830 to see what it was - it's a warning about shock cooling, something was cooling at 66F / minute (normal is 40-60) which can crack a cylinder. That was unexpected !
When I was parked I ran the inspections in the tablet and there was almost no compression in cylinder 6. It's been low in a couple, but not that one, that cylinder had always looked totally fine. The message that came with it said the cylinder probably had worn rings or valves and would still produce full power but it would use oil and I might notice some roughness at low RPM. I'll say I did, had I really had carb icing or did the cylinder drop its guts in the middle of the flight ? So I went outside and dipped the oil. Well, what was left of it, which wasn't much.
Then things started to click into place. The analyser had shown oil smoke from the cylinder 6 when I looked during the flight. I hadn't thought much of it because the EA in the POH also shows oil smoke from one cylinder and I figured it was normal. There have been absolutely zero signs of any problems in the pre- and post-flight checks, but I'd been thinking for half a dozen flights that the plane just didn't sound as smooth as it used to while it wound up for takeoff, and the cruise has been unenthusiastic enough to make me check for headwinds. What I have to conclude - and I'm absolutely blown away by this -is that cylinder 6 had been slowly failing for a real world week. It wasn't broken enough to show up as a problem in an inspection but it was broken enough to make the plane not sound or fly right, and it got slowly and noticeably worse - OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK !!! - even though the tablet was showing no problems, until it failed.
I am truly in awe. I think I bought the Comanche within 15 minutes of it releasing (spot the old A2A customer LOL), I hope not to be so slow to get the Aerostar when it releases.
Thanks for sharing your adventures; it all sounds quite terrifying.
@@Huddison The Comanche is the first plane where I've left failures on, I sim to fly and gawp at the scenery, not to follow non-normal checklists. But it seemed sacrilege to turn them off in this. I was expecting to encounter a blown bulb or a popped circuit breaker or something, but really ? The first failure I get is a blown out cylinder, marked by a warning light I have to to download a real world manual to diagnose, which slowly failed and noticeably and increasingly affected the plane for at least 12 real hours of sim flying without being bad enough to even register as a problem then suddenly let go ? That's just insane. When I'm flying this now I pay attention to any changes in the engine note. I know how it should perform and I notice when it doesn't. I scan ALL of the gauges every couple of minutes. I get genuinely twitchy about flying over open water. There's no other plane in the sim that comes even close to this.
This is also my experience with this beautyful aircraft. I totally agree, that if you fly this aircraft for a while, you will be able to hear the difference and the wear and tear of the engine. My first fault was one of the very rare ones, where the oil pump fails... however, before it happend, I had the same experience like @ceegnz mentioned. I felt that something didn't sound right and the aircraft was behaving differently then usually. Unfortunately it happened in the middle of nowhere and I had to perform an emergency landing on a field. It felt so real. This is by far the most detailed GA aircraft for MSFS2020 and not the easiest one to fly. Landings are most of the times a big challenge, because even the ground effects are modelled so well. I love this aircraft ❤
@@thomaspichelmann You were lucky you had a field ! That's another thing that I only ever do in the Comanche - I don't just admire the scenery in this one, I keep looking for places I could land if I had to.
I'm late to this party as well. Just got it a few weeks ago but haven't played it much so interested in this video. The problem with the flight sim community is that lots of old videos so I appreciate when people do new reviews for aircraft that have been around a while.
Thanks. I wasn't sure how such a video would go down, but it seems to be well received.
I paid 50$ U.S. for this and I was happy to do it.
I purchased this earlier this week on xbox, its a fantastic aircraft, best purchase yet for me, I like how in depth it is but most of all the flight model is great, the trim on this thing is so precise.
It's a thing of beauty.
Great AC in the sim or real life. While the gear can do down below 150mph most of us paying upkeep bills try to put it down at 125mph or less to save wear and tear on the gear motor. The A2A version properly models the challenge of slowing down such a clean aircraft and the need for good planning on descents and pattern work. It lands with much less trim at 2/3rds flaps 85mph final heavy vs full flaps at 82mph. With the low to ground wing, raising flaps before heavy breaking is important to avoid wheel lockups. The sim Comanche brakes are a lot better than the real ones.
Great info - thanks.
We have some great new addons recently but with this, A2A basically set the bar for GA aircraft. It's still he overall best, in my opinion, but I love The Duke, DA42, etc. I feel like creators really had to raise their game after this came out. Not that there weren't quality releases before, but not like this one. And it sounds amazing! Nice video, by the way.
Thanks. These type of releases are so important for hopeful future high quality aircraft.
Great video! wanted to correct you at 12:53 about the landing gear, the actual landing gear lever is just under the throttle, the little orange switch. Amazing video aside from that minor mistake, thank you a million times for making a video on this aircraft!
Thanks for the correction and the pleasure was all mine for this wonderful aircraft!
@@Huddison no problem! bob. :)
Best aircraft I’ve bought for the Xbox, I fly it every day and every time it can be a different experience even when doing the same route day after day.
The wing flexing in rough weather along with the sun visor dropping in air pockets make it the more immersive.
I’ve had rags in the air intake, I’ve run out of fuel because I didn’t fill up after the last flight and I even had to use the emergency undercarriage handle because the switch wasn’t working.
Absolutely - it is like a new experience every time you take it up for a flight. Other developers could learn a lot form this one.
This video appeared at the right time. I am on a prowl to get a new plane. I haven't been able to pull the trigger on the 777 yet (I am concerned that the long-haul is not for me). That Comanche looks the part. I am already flying the C414, the C182RG and the P34T Seneca. I love these (maybe, I am just a GA kinda guy). I think the Comanche will be the next one in my hangar. Thank you Huddison for the recommendation.
Edit: It is being delivered to my hangar, I got a good deal through the market place around USD36.
Wonderful to hear Fred; I'm sure that you're going to enjoy this one ;)
Thanks for the video, I've had the Comanche for a few months now. Some observations 1) It's hard to slow down, as it's a very slippery aircraft, so you need to think ahead 2) the simulation is so good you won't want to fly any other GA aircraft, because they're just not in the same league. It's remarkable 3) the realism makes for very interesting flying. Carburettor icing etc etc!
Other GA aircraft now do feel somewhat amateurish in comparison.
Great to see a review after some time and a few updates from the manufacturer.
Thanks for commenting.
I bought it earlier on, graphically one of the best looking GAs but haven't flown it of late, you have inspired me to fire it up again. I recommend trying the falcon71-kln90b mod for an old school GPS, A2A added support for this in the latest version
Well worth learning the Comanche properly. I'll have to look up that mod.
Huddison You have peaked my interest In This GA aircraft.. Will look into purchasing this one. ThANKS FOR SHARING.
It's well worth buying Bob, especially if you enjoy flying GA aircraft.
I absolutely agree 100%, an absolute must have for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Hands down my favorite GA aircraft in the sim and probably holds #1 spot for all time favorite aircraft. The A2A Comanche if you don't have it go get it, it's a must have.
P.S. Scott has put a lot of love into the design of this addon and it shows in the final product.
His passion shines through.
This plane has a lot of top-notch features. Excellent sounds, good handbook, excellent tablet, great visuals, but I don’t like how hard it is to maintain an attitude and the landing technique is way too difficult. It’s one of the few I have to trim constantly to keep it consistent in descent. Landings are almost never very good either. The flight dynamics are probably closest to how a real aircraft handles, however, the effect of wind on a plane in this sim is so exaggerated that it’s just ridiculous. So you try to point to the nose down the runway and aileron into the wind, but you’ll almost always look like a toy trying to get down comfortably. In the Black Square aircraft, they look visually better, and most of all, they are so much easier to land. I can land them like a real plane with much less struggle. I think it comes down to stability. You don’t fight with the BlackSquare GA airplanes nearly as much. They actually glide through the air, whereas the A2A is just a constant battle with the yoke to maintain stability.
It is certainly a handful to land; they constantly keep updating it, so I can see further improvements forthcoming.
Not sure if you mentioned it but there is also sound proofing to make it quieter via the tablet, and also on the headphone cable there is another switch to dampen noise more, so in all there is 3 options you can use. If one so wishes, I personally love the sounds.
I did mention the headphone option later on in the video.
Wonderful presentation...Superb aircraft... Definitely top of my list... Thank you for demonstrating it... I totally missed it on Xbox Marketplace... Roger.. Pembrokeshire.
Thanks Roger; well worth pickling up when you can.
Great video as usual but Sorry I need to correct you on one thing the GTN 650/750 is available on Xbox it’s available in the 414 and also all three Navion‘s by Hanger Studios 713
Yes my friend, but the 'GTNXi' is a PC only addon Garmin system.
@@Huddison pretty much the only difference the Xi adds in the sim is it has TAWS. Everything else between that PC version and the one on Xbox is the exact same. The TDS SIM version or (XI) just uses the Garmin Trainer module. Probably wont be on Xbox anytime soon because of this. I have the PMS50 version
In before Hud! Neener neener...
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In built turbulence!!! that explains getting actual turb in clouds, wasn't sure if that was an SU15 addition! immense.
You can access the turbulence settings for it in the PDA; I have the general MSFS turbulence turned off, as I find it more distracting than realistic.
@@Huddison Oh didn't think to disable the msfs in built turbulence, didn't think it would conflict, will disable that next time im on, thanks, do you disable default msfs wear and tear, collision settings as well?
When I do livestreams or group flights, yes. I'm not sure the default MSFS turbulence does conflict - I just don't have it enabled in general.
@@Huddison I’ve since read on A2A forums from a dev that they base the turbulence on the msfs turb set at realistic, so does need to be enabled, if desired of course.
There is more liveries coming out on the Xbox by the developers, just waiting for MSFS to check them.
The sooner they get there the better - let's hope the price is right for them 🤞
oh I think I will go and purchase it ( 6 months agao perhaps )
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Soo with another world update..... does that mean Huddison International and the surrounding area as well ??
I'll be making a video on that Mike.
@@Huddison guess ill be hanging out in the uk then in the sim carriban flying got a virtual sun burn lol
@Huddison what avionic system are you using there? looks different to the options I have via the tablet on Xbox?
Do you mean the GTNXI? Check the description for a video link to it.
@@Huddison Ah thanks.
@@tel7625I'm fairly sure that the PMS 50 is coming to the Xbox in an update.
@@onegoodknock Thanks, that would be good, not much glued up on all the different avionic systems just noticed the one in the video was different.
Make sure to watch allll the Scott videos an actual pilot of the Comanche and his Comanche livery is included. must warn you though you will download several liveries like I did lol . ( and each one a difference persistance )the fuel needles move tooo. You and your friend thought the 310 was Spot on.... wellllll once you fly the A2A you and your friend will put away the 182 and perhaps from time to time fly the 310
I will still be flying my C-182; if only to chill and have a very relaxed flight. I'll have to look those videos up Mike.
@@Huddison h Scotts plane white with green stripe
It’s a quiet aircraft
Outside it is at least.
How is it on the Xbox?
Its very very good, performance is great!
It’s a joy to fly, flying nothing else at the moment
It’s excellent on the Xbox, my favourite GA for the past 2 months.
It's perfect. Puts everything else to shame. It's incredibly complex programming, but you never get a stutter
Works great on my series S !