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1959 Comanche has manual flaps

NOTE: Page 10 1959 Owners Handbook

A green light on the instrument panel below the landing gear switch indicates all gears down and locked. An amber light above the switch indicates gears up. These lights are AUTOMATICALLY DIMMED when the NAVIGATION "LIGHTS" are turned "ON".

Interesting, and it'll be exciting to see what can come out of this for Accu-Sim and flight sim.

However, this does not explain the secret panel with the yellow line on it seen in the teaser screenshot on Facebook?

Here's another nice pict taken when we landed at Ohio University:

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Gongrats on the new business! Sounds like an excellent plan.
Maybe you could release an Accusimmed version of your Comanche somewhere in the future and offer comparison rides in your real Comanche. I would be thrilled to fly and get to know the Comanche in FSX and after a while have some time in a real one just to see what the difference AND similarities are between the two. I'd pay for it for sure!

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Congratulations Scott, and only made better by the fact you will get to share the experience with your son.

Steve

Well done. No small decisions there, all the best!

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Ok. So how soon will we see some pictures of the Accusim Comanche?

Congratulations and happy flying !
This news looks very promising for A2A simulation's future.

Kind regards,
Romain.

I hope this doesn't divert too much attention away from the upcoming projects
Only joking, congrats Scott.
I hope one day to be in a position to afford a PPL, possibly with an instrument rating, and a light aircraft myself. These European licences are a mess however. JAA, EASA, etc. everything is always changing

I wonder if they will ever re-produce the Comanche, Viking Aircraft were talking about re-producing the DHC-5 Buffalo primarily for the Canadian Air Force.
It's a shame Piper is owned by Imprimus, likewise Cirrus Aircraft by AICC and Diamond Aircraft's Medrar Financial Group. Only Bombardier and Cessna are left and they both have grand designs of their own, including Cessna's poor sighted deal with AICC which will see them manufacture business jets in China, and if that goes well Cessna's entire fleet potentially.

I guess AICC will do what every smart 'Joint-Venture' subcontractor has done. Wait till you are on a better financial foundation and once you have established the correct business contacts sell your own (basically identical) models and ditch the idiotic short sighted partner (Cessna) This is a recurring event happening in all industries, notably the micro-electronics industry (Samsung anyone?), as a musician some of the best guitars money can buy are manufactured by Ibanez and ESP, and others of course, it was however the business practices of Gibson and Fender that enabled these companies to grow and now Gibson and Fender are in a worse position as ESP and Ibanez ripped into their market share.

I hope A2A reflects upon on this reality and holds tight its competitive advantage, Accusim and of course Lewis (he is worth his wage allegedly) - what would the community do without him?

M-D, after chatting with my CFI, many of the big changes will be a part of our flying around 2014, I needed to ask due to IMC ratings - UK side.

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Thanks Rusty. I hope the new rules allow an easy transfer without wholly or too much cost your behalf. The worst thing I could imagine is paying tens of thousands of pounds for a PPL any other ratings and an IMC rating and then upon that having to drop several thousand pounds to catch up with new European legislation.

Awesome! I love the comanche. I really love this one which takes the comanche to a new level.


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I have always wondered, what is it like maintaining aircraft such as the Cessna 172 and Piper Comanche? What are the costs?

When the engine (for example a Lycoming 160hp) needs replacing it is replaced whilst an engine replacement in a car is typified by replacement of the entire vehicle. I have always wondered how other aircraft components impact on this cost. I assume the following:
Engines replacements and general component replacement are less common in car's and more common in aircraft because:

1. Manufacturers tend (GM and others excluded) not to offer new condition replacement engines unlike Lycoming which offers all parts.
2. The market, advertising and automative design and technology change frequently enough to make it worthwhile to consumers.
3. The cost although potentially equal in ratio (£1000 for a new engine for a £15,000 car and £22,000 overhaul for a £330,000 aircraft are 15:1) but finding £15,000 is easier than £330,000.
4. Once a car engine goes, the other components rapidly deteriorate.
5. Car components are less centralised, this combined with the higher number of components increases costs through labour and replacment values. Car components are also more open to wear and tear and failure. (eg. brakes on an aircraft used less frequently. Also an aircraft engine is more simple than a car engine + transmission, and all the other gadgets.
6. Aircraft are just so much better

Correct me.