Carenado Saratoga SP (PA32R 301)
Airplane Background
Built by Piper Aircraft, the Saratoga first flew in 1974.
The Saratoga is a six seat, single engine, high performance aircraft, that was a variant of the Piper Cherokee Six.
The airplane has a length of 27 ft 9 in, a wing span of 32 ft 10 in, and can cruise at 14,600 ft. It has a range of 1000 miles, with a maximum speed of 190 mph.
Carenado Package
The PA32R 301 Saratoga package is an add-on for Microsoft FSX.
Included are four different paints schemes yellow, beige with red, navy blue and light blue with black, plus a blank texture.
Flight Test
For this flight test, we posited the airplane on runway 300 hp Lycoming engine
Other Features
ONLY FOR FSX. PA-32R-301 SARATOGA SP. SUPPORTS SP2, ACCELERATION PACK and DX10. FSX features: external dynamic shadows, internal dynamic shadows on VC, volumetric normal mapping, specular mapping and bloom lights – Polygon optimized model – Friendly FPS – IFR certification – - Original Autopilot Altimatic IIIC (Century III) installed with an operation manual – Original Collins radios and instruments - Maximum details and realistic textures - Original HQ digital stereo sounds recorded from the original aircraft - Includes: Interactive virtual cockpit - Full moving parts: Ailerons, elevators, rudders, flaps, rolling wheels and trim tab – Animated sections such as: doors, sun visor and vibrating antenna - Lights: Navigation lights, strobe lights, landing lights - Transparent windows - 3D modeled pilot and cockpit area - Many details as: pitot, antennas, chocks, cowl plugs, baggage area - Custom VC panel and gauges – This model doesn’t have a 2D panel - Realistic light effects on gauges - Nightlight effects on panel – Built-in zoom gauges - Separate switches for instruments lights and dome light – Toggle yoke at VC – Full checklist and reference text about the procedures - Real behavior compared to the real airplane - Real weight and balance – Pilot, copilot and passenger views - PDF manual of VC - By CARENADO
Summary
This is another great add-on from Carenado, who clearly produce fully featured, highly realistic add-on's.
This add-on is frame rate friendly, and there was no noticable FPS loss at all.
Available directly from Carenado (www.carenado.com).
