The call came only a few years later, but though the 172 project went ahead with the full backing of the board, it was shrouded in secrecy and most of the flight tests were conducted out in the boonies at a farm strip. Fortunately for the company, the team squirreled their work away, secure in the knowledge that one day it would be needed. When a successful after-market nosewheel mod for the 170 appeared, a team at Cessna responded by starting work on an official upgrade, but unbelievable though it may seem, they were told to destroy the project by the senior sales manager. Piper's success was irritating to the conservatives who ran the aircraft industry in those days, the majority of whom believed that real airplanes ought to have tailwheels, despite the fact that many pilots had difficulty taxiing and landing them and ground accidents were frequent. Though it had its drawbacks - including a poor rate of roll and an eye-watering stall - this plane was to sire one of the most successful light aircraft of all time, the Cessna 172.Ĭessna might have stuck with the170 had it not been for Piper's Tripacer, which was stealing the market. The 170 was a four seat version of the 140 but although Cessna sold over 5000 hulls it was yet another rag-wing taildragger at a time when every plane was a rag-wing taildragger.īarely a year into the run, the design was updated with metal clad wings and bigger flaps (which extended to an impressive 50 degrees) and given the designation 170A.
But that being said, the Flight1 Cessna 172 was one of the best releases ever made for FS2004 - now that we have a new version, the question is, have there been many changes and will it be as good in FSX? In 1948, when Cessna ran the first 170 up on its assembly line, it had five airplanes in production, the other four being the 120 and 140, the radial engined 190 and the 195. I gave the 172 an AAA gold at the time, which it richly deserved what the addon did not deserve was to be ripped apart in the forums by people who failed to appreciate that Flight Simulator puts fundamental limitations on flight model design and that the 'aircraft' we fly in the sim can only be as real as Microsoft allows them to be. FSX with SP1 and SP2.įlight1 Cessna 172 For FSX By Andrew Herd (27 October 2007) he last time I reviewed the Flight1 Cessna 172 was back in 2004, at which time I thought the developer was pretty brave releasing a plane which so many people had flown, because anyone who does so leaves themselves open to a storm of criticism - which duly arrived.
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