CraftySimulations | SimSolutions DA20-C1 Eclipse | Review Flight
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
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Hello and welcome to my latest flight sim video. As I seem to very much like the Diamond Aircraft here in the sim I thought I would review the SimSolutions DA20 Eclipse and take her for a flight.
Where to buy...
Aircraft - secure.simmarket.com/simsolut...
Scenery - burningbluedesign.com/product...
My Kit...
Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog -
TrackIR -
Saitek radio and autopilot panels -
Logitech G432 Headset
My PC...
i9 13900KF
64gb DDR5 RAM
Nvidia 3090 GPU
2 x 1tb M.2
Win 11 64 bit - Hry
Nice video. I just discovered your channel and have subscribed.
Couple of thoughts: Martha's Vineyard. Also JFK Jr's destination the night he became spacially disoriented and nosed into the Atlantic. Very sad.
Secondly, there are 5 Diamonds in MSFS I believe. The DA20, 40, 42, 50 and 62.
I haven't tried the 50 yet but I tempted. Too enamored with the COWS42 currently.
Thanks.
@@lancepeltier1081 welcome to the channel. I am planning on reviewing all the Diamond aircraft in future videos.
Thank you for this review. We appreciate your feedback and hope you are enjoying your experience. With over 150 hours in the DA20, I really hope it brought the feel that the real thing does to myself. One thing to note is that all Diamond aircraft, especially the DA20 and DA40 have their nose gears of centered due to the molding construction of the airframes. Basically, two molds are made for the fuselage. One for the right side, and one for the left side. They are then glued together into one fuselage piece. Hence, the reason for the off centered gear. It makes for a weak spot in the mold if it is dead center. Fun fact, there is actually a video showing all of this, and to say the least, the DA20 is meant for entry level training and really is a start and go kind of plane for this purpose. Another funny bit of the DA20 is that it is built off of the Diamond (Formerly Dimona Glider) and really just has an engine on the glider (hence the glider like long wings). Anyways, thanks for reviewing our product, and your considerations have been noted!
@@SimSolutionsFS thanks for reaching out to me. I did think that you as a company had done alot of work with a real DA20 and it does show. Yes the wings do look a tad odd but understandable now you've given me the explanation.
I really do look forward to any of your new projects and really do look forward to featuring the DA20 and other aircraft in future videos.
Concerning that the trim indicator seems to have been broken for a long time?
@@ianwilliams7740 yes apparently it hasn't been working for a while now.
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The reason you can´t see the trim indication is that it´s just not working. It´s a know bug from the beginning, that was forwarded to @SimSolutionsFS on different platforms many times and for ages in the meantime. But, well, although there have been some updates, even 10 months(!) after release this (big!)one still hasn´t been fixed. That´s disappointing, because it would render the aircraft to be grounded in reality. Being able to see the current trim setting is absolutely essential, because not seeing it can potentially lead to fatal accidents.
So a hard review would be: This aircraft is not airworthy in it´s current state.
@@schmo78 thanks for letting me know about the trim issue. Hopefully one day it will be fixed
The awful Rotax sound is very realistic. Generally the sounds are great and spot on.
@@Kaefermicha yes I thought the sounds would be realistic. Its just an odd sound. But the rotax engine does sound like that.
@@CraftySimulations yeah. It has relatively low displacement and a reduction gear.