mutley 4,497 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Our first review of 2016 is Andrew Godden's appraisal of Alabeo's Cessna 400 'Corvalis' TT. As usual, Andrew puts the product through some very stringent testing. Read on... Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Thanks for the review Andrew, sounds like a nice sporty aircraft. Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Very nice review! Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thanks, Brett and Rosario. This really is a beautiful GA aircraft. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
Dean33 29 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Great review Andrew thank you. Despite pretty average reports elsewhere on the Internet and YouTube I purchased this aircraft last night. (Who do we trust if we don't trust Andrew - no pressure there then Andrew!) Problem is I am using P3D V3 and despite it being "compatible" there is no installer. (Yet). I'm currently re-downloading P3D V2.5 - as I understand this is needed to support V3 in the installation. If anybody can point me to any easy way to deal with the installation of this Alabeo add-on into P3D V3 it would be much appreciated. (I have EMT). Cheers. Dean Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,497 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hi Dean, I've never used the Estonia Migration Tool so cannot comment on it but wouldn't that be your answer? If you know how to use the registry editor you can copy the P3Dv3 entries in HKLM/Software/Lockheed Martin/P3Dv3 .... and HKCU/Software/Lockheed Martin/P3Dv3 (if it exists) and rename it to P3Dv2.5 and edit the entries to point the 2.5 installer back to the v3 folder. This is a very high risk solution and if you don't understand my brief description above then I wouldn't attempt it. (This method is OK for aircraft but not for scenery like ORBX who have their own way of telling the installation paths) Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thanks Dean (and no pressure felt). I can't offer anymore on the P3D installation as I don't have any P3D versions. I make a point of not reading other reviews (I don't even search for them) so that my impressions are not influenced in any way other than by what I experience during the 15+ hours of flight testing I generally do on each aircraft under review. For those reviews which have been less than favourable about the 400 'Corvalis' TT, I think the reviewers must have some unreasonable expectations - damned if I know what they expect for US$34.95! Cheers Andrew 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dean33 29 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Hi Joe and Andrew EMT worked great into P3D V3 - just in case anyone else was wondering. What a beautiful plane! Hope to get some hours in this weekend and need to get used to G1000 procedures. Thanks again. Dean Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,497 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great news Dean, thanks for letting us know. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 That looks great, been after one of these since I saw one at Goodwood last year, we've a couple of regulars in there now. They are indeed beautiful aircraft. I wonder why Cessna has gone away from their high wing designs. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Alan, They haven't, as the 172 'Skyhawk', 182 'Skylane', and 206 'Stationair' are still in production. The 162 'Skycatcher' was a failure and was dropped from production for a range of reasons. As was mentioned in the review, Cessna purchased Columbia Aircraft in 2007 and the 400 'Corvalis' TT was a design from Columbia Aircraft which Cessna inherited. What the future holds for new Cessna high wing designs is anybody's guess, but the market is harsh. In the short to medium term, I suspect it will be further development of the established models mentioned above. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
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