Carenado Fokker F50 Released

**mgchrist5** · February 19th, 2018, 07:01

I'm very tempted. Curious to hear the feedback from those who've purchased...

http://www.carenado.com/CarSite/Port...uct&correl=207

***jankees*** · February 19th, 2018, 10:41

and I'm curious about the texture layout...

**jeansy** · February 19th, 2018, 14:56

Originally Posted by jankees

and I'm curious about the texture layout...

Its pretty straight forward and simple with a bit of curvature around nose

Im comprassion to the others this one looks the easiest one in a long while

**Aircanuck** · February 19th, 2018, 18:22

Ok, I'II get the ball rolling ,

A very short over view, installation went quickly and as with most Carenado a/c lots of eye candy. Reviewed the many PDF files and went for several VFR flights with no real concerns,very stable, taxi, take off and landings were straight forward. Must admit the landing was much like the Aerosoft Twin Otter, you need steady pressure on the yoke when landing or one finds that it wants to float when you cross the button of the runway. Having never heard the roar of a F50 in real life I will suggest a thumbs up on the engine's sound files ... it gets the job done. One concern I will mention is the nose wheel landing light, when it's on it covers the entire top portion of the wheels in a bright white light, very unrealistic in my opinion.

Just a few thoughts

Cheers for now

***wombat666*** · February 20th, 2018, 05:06

I think I'll hang back on this for a while, not quite my Carenado type.

**Aircanuck** · February 21st, 2018, 15:32

Originally Posted by wombat666

I think I'll hang back on this for a while, not quite my Carenado type.

.... looks like ya got lots of company !!!

**warchild** · February 21st, 2018, 22:21

I've been very impressed by Carenado's X-Plane offerings, and the one Cessna Mustang i have of their for FSX/P3D ( except for their resource hog G-1000 ). I'd be curious as well to know about this..

***Cees Donker*** · February 21st, 2018, 22:27

I'll wait for a sale. 45 dollars is a lot of money!

Cees

**mgchrist5** · February 23rd, 2018, 07:47

Ok, I'II get the ball rolling ,

A very short over view, installation went quickly and as with most Carenado a/c lots of eye candy. Reviewed the many PDF files and went for several VFR flights with no real concerns,very stable, taxi, take off and landings were straight forward. Must admit the landing was much like the Aerosoft Twin Otter, you need steady pressure on the yoke when landing or one finds that it wants to float when you cross the button of the runway. Having never heard the roar of a F50 in real life I will suggest a thumbs up on the engine's sound files ... it gets the job done. One concern I will mention is the nose wheel landing light, when it's on it covers the entire top portion of the wheels in a bright white light, very unrealistic in my opinion.

Just a few thoughts

Cheers for now

Thanks for that, Aircanuck. I checked the Avsim forums and the general consensus seems to be that this is one of Carenado's better offerings - relatively free of bugs out of the box. I think I'll pick this up once it hits the vendors, since I have a PCAviator coupon burning a hole in my pocket.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if a Icelandair/Flugfelag Islands livery is included? I didn't see one on the Carenado site, but wasn't sure if it was 'in hiding'. Many thanks.

http://www.airlineupdate.com/content...airiceland.htm

**Fireball6** · February 23rd, 2018, 08:25

No - unfortunately the Icelandair/Flugfelag Islands livery is not included. Maybe Jeansy will have it on his list ....

Kind regards

Dirk

**mgchrist5** · February 23rd, 2018, 08:36

Originally Posted by Fireball6

No - unfortunately the Icelandair/Flugfelag Islands livery is not included. Maybe Jeansy will have it on his list ....

Kind regards

Dirk

Thanks Dirk. Hopefully!

***jankees*** · February 24th, 2018, 01:33

so far, so good..

**StormILM** · February 24th, 2018, 02:19

Jan, can you advise me on the file size of the VC Mdl and external Mdl files? Just curious as I bought the Cheyenne III back when it came out and I have horrendous VAS consumption issues with that model. I have discovered it's internal Mdl files are huge and likely are a big part of the VAS over-usage.

***jankees*** · February 24th, 2018, 02:46

the F50.mdl is 80 Mb, the interior MDL is 231 Mb, and there are two of them, one in 64 bit

**menef** · February 24th, 2018, 03:43

Originally Posted by jankees

so far, so good..

**RKinkor** · February 24th, 2018, 04:14

Originally Posted by StormILM

Jan, can you advise me on the file size of the VC Mdl and external Mdl files? Just curious as I bought the Cheyenne III back when it came out and I have horrendous VAS consumption issues with that model. I have discovered it's internal Mdl files are huge and likely are a big part of the VAS over-usage.

So that is why I have been having trouble with the Cheyenne 3! Is there any way to fix it short of taking it up with the developer?

**chet twowolves** · February 24th, 2018, 07:23

I hope someone would do an American paint . For the F50 Fokker.

**Bjoern** · February 24th, 2018, 08:36

Originally Posted by jankees

the F50.mdl is 80 Mb, the interior MDL is 231 Mb

WHAT?!

No way I'm ever gonna touch this one.

***jankees*** · February 24th, 2018, 09:04

Originally Posted by Fireball6

No - unfortunately the Icelandair/Flugfelag Islands livery is not included. Maybe Jeansy will have it on his list ....

Jeansy...no, but Jankees, yes, I hope that's allright?

Originally Posted by chet twowolves

I hope someone would do an American paint . For the F50 Fokker.

I checked, but could not find a single N-registered F50.
Panama, Colombia, Peru, does that count?

**Julio Garcia** · February 24th, 2018, 09:29

Amazing work Jankees. Please please Inselair Aruba.

**Fireball6** · February 24th, 2018, 09:44

Jankees - it is absolut allright - fantastic job, thanks for doing

**StormILM** · February 24th, 2018, 11:33

Originally Posted by jankees

the F50.mdl is 80 Mb, the interior MDL is 231 Mb, and there are two of them, one in 64 bit

Are you running the Fokker in FSX here or in P3Dv4?

**mgchrist5** · February 24th, 2018, 11:39

Jeansy...no, but Jankees, yes, I hope that's allright?

Indeed! Many thanks for doing the Icelandic repaint, Jankees. Looking forward to it...

**StormILM** · February 24th, 2018, 11:39

Originally Posted by RKinkor

So that is why I have been having trouble with the Cheyenne 3! Is there any way to fix it short of taking it up with the developer?

I have taken the issue up with them and so far, to no avail. I am of the belief they never properly tested it in FSX seeing the issues I am seeing. I am almost certain the large internal MDL file size (which I understand is for PBR usage) is behind the problem. With the full Cheyenne model, I can't get out of the traffic pattern without have a VAS/OOM. The lite model works better but even with that one I usually began using up VAS by the end of the flight. IMO, they should offer a regular sized model with various texture options to customize VAS & Memory usage. As it stands, I am out $40 until I go with P3Dv4. For now I won't be buying the Fokker 50 which is a pity.