Beechcraft B1900D HD Series for FSX/P3D

The best thing about Carenado is the realization. Its appearance and sound is second to none. I find it difficult to buy aircraft from any other supplier, because they all seem blocky and angular by comparison. Once you're used to Carenado's airplanes, everything else just looks like a computer program rather than an airplane.

This is great as long as you only want to fly small aircraft, because that's all that Carenado does. Should you aspire to greater things than puddle-hoppers, you're going to have a problem, because you'll have been soundly spoiled by Carenado.

I've had a great time flying the B1900 for months now. I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase. Countless hours of fun. I'd recommend it to anybody who wants a virtual prop airplane. I'd like to go on to greater things, but all the larger aircraft I look at seem so amateurish by comparison to Carenado's realization.

I have a handful of technical criticisms. Sometimes the aircraft doesn't realise properly, and you'll discover that you're flying the internal cabin, the tail and the wheels; everything else being missing, although the plane is functioning well enough. Sometimes the door will close immediately every time you try to open it. Sometimes the door will make and opening and closing sound constantly, although you're not doing anything with it, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Often a dialog box will warn you that the fuel "in the selected tank" is critically low, although you have ample fuel. It's nice to be able to adjust all the controls, but adjusting some controls seems to have no impact whatever. I can't see that the autofeather changes anything, nor do the anti-icing controls actually seem to affect anything at all. You can take off from an airport in Greenland in January just as easily as you can from Tahiti in the height of summer. You can move the sun visors, but this won't actually alter what you see. Why can you see a co-pilot from the outside, but the seat next to you inside is empty?

But this is a great product, unquestionably the one that I have been happiest with. You definitely need to learn how to fly a virtual airplane before you take it on, but you don't need much knowledge beyond the basics, and it's easy enough after that. Beyond that, flying this airplane is a lovely experience, and I'm very pleased with mine. Well worth the money. If Carenado did a larger airplane, I'd upgrade without a second thought.

The Carenado team have created yet another great aircraft for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D. Available as an immediate download, this wonderful representation of the Beechcraft B1900 passenger turboprop will make a great addition to your private hangar, for use as a regional airliner or a corporate aircraft to fly your executives all over the world.

This package comes with six liveries, including five in a range of colors and designs, as well as a plain white one that you can use as a template for creating your own unique liveries. All of these liveries are HD quality (2048 x 2048) and come brimming with detail that will make them stand out against the sky or the tarmac. A further six liveries are available as a separate download that is absolutely free, so you can be sure that you will find something to suit your tastes. Beautiful lighting effects on both the interior and exterior textures bring the aircraft to life, especially during night flights; with separated lighting for the cockpit flood, instrument and panel, the cockpit can become incredibly atmospheric.

Numerous effects are in place to ensure that your flight experience is a real as possible, without putting a strain on your frame-rates. Visual effects such as scratches on the windows that can be seen when the light hits it at the right angle, add a degree of depth to cockpit, and help you to stay connected to the environment outside of the aircraft. While a volumetric side view and dynamic shines on the propellers, help to make the aircraft feel both tangible and authentic. A vibrating cockpit effect has been implemented to improve the feel of the aircraft under certain conditions. For instance, when on your takeoff run, the vibration effect allows you to feel the surface of the tarmac beneath you.

High quality 3D stereo sounds help to blend all the visual elements together, resulting in a truly realistic experience. The quality of the model is amplified further by the customized flight dynamics, that have been tested by real pilots to ensure that they accurately mimic both the performance, weight, balance and behavior of the Beechcraft B1900's real life counterpart.

All relevant information and checklists are provided in the form of PDF's, making this aircraft accessible to pilots of all skill ranges.

A really lovely airplane, beautifully rendered, easy to handle, and a lot of fun to sim-fly. It's a good airplane to upgrade to having learned the basics.

There are a few bugs which are tiresome. Not sure if this is down to FSX or Carenado's software. Often, the plane's exterior is only partially realised. Inside the cockpit, everything is normal and operates as it should, but it's a bit of a shock to switch to an outside view and discover that the plane doesn't have a surface or wings, and the tail is floating in the air somewhere behind it.

Sometimes, when you try to open the door, it doesn't work, but the sound of the door opening and closing continues incessantly.

Reversing the engines sometimes results in no movement from the plane, and you have to cheat with a pushback.

To all these problems, the only solution I can find is to shut down the game entirely and start over, which is irritating.

The only check list provided by Carenado appears to be a copy of Beechcraft's actual checklist. This might some people, but it does seem odd wading through page after page of instructuions to, for example, check the tire pressure when, in this game, there is no possibility of the tire pressure being low.

If Carenado could fix these issues, I'd happily rate it a 5. The sounds, the lighting, the interior, the view from the cockpit are all great. It's my favourite of my FSX airplanes.

The Beech 1900 D is one of the best aircraft I have flown recently. I was greatly impressed with my first test flight, so much so, that I flew it on our Sim Group flight the same day. The controls, flaps and gear were smooth to operate and the reaction of the flaps and gear on approach did not cause any pitch reaction. As yet, I have not looked at the pop-ups and that will be something to look forward to. A great aircraft!

I bought the B1900, but the panel has an error, I can see the panel like transparent with the instruments