First look at the "Famous Flyer" Cessna Stationair 8 Mk II in Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@Cold_Bay]

I've flown in 207s all over southwestern Alaska and believe me, these aircraft look pristine compared to some of the Yute Air, Grant, Ryan Air, and others I've been in flying out of Bethel, AK. You wouldn't believe how grungy these aircraft can get hauling passengers, mail and freight back and forth to over 50+ rural village airports in the region, all day long. Bethel is a hub in the region, and everything goes in and out of Bethel in order to connect to Anchorage and the rest of the world. I loved this aircraft in P3D and I am thrilled to finally see it again now in MSFS. Also, there are no leather seats in any of these aircraft out here, lol. There is a fleet of 207s in Bethel operated by the air carriers (taxis), and they are vitally important to our way of life. I am so glad to see them finally bring this to MSFS, I have been waiting and I am thrilled to be able to recreate these daily haul routes now. Everyone thinks that Beavers and Otters are the work horses of bush flying, and while they are nice, they are not. the stars of the show. The 207, 208, Cherokee Six, Navaho and even the King Air are the real stars of the bush. Great review Jon, I love your work.

[@jonbeckett]

Cheers! - great comment!

[@hennielouw6028]

Here in Africa it is the Cessna 206, the Cessna 210 and the Caravan Cessna 208 that are the workhorses in bush flying

[@EyeForKnowledge.]

Dang. You have a dream job. Flying GA aircraft in Alaska for a living. Good for you man. I would love to just live in Alaska.

[@jonbeckett]

Worth noting (I forgot to mention in the video) - you get three variants - passenger, cargo, and skydiving.

[@mikecoffee100]

passengers show or parachute people hmmm seems nice just the same

[@IslandSimPilot]

@17:40 an installed (in-dash) clock with a second hand is required equipment for IFR flight, that's why you see the clocks. :)

[@jonbeckett]

And yet not all aircraft have them...

[@IslandSimPilot]

@@jonbeckett Aircraft that are IFR certified do. Then again I've seen all kinds of illegal IFR rigs in real life so, who knows. But it's an IFR requirement, and it has to be in the panel. Can't use a watch (legally speaking).

[@IslandSimPilot]

@@jonbeckett And you got me curious... the 430, 530, 650, 750, G1000, etc. all have digital clocks that meet the IFR requirement. But on basically anything GA manufactured before the early 2000's, you will see a clock like the one you see in this plane. Very typical of the era.

[@jonbeckett]

@@IslandSimPilot That makes sense. Heh - the Bulldog has a stopwatch screwed to the instrument panel :)

[@IslandSimPilot]

@@jonbeckett That don't count 😂

[@nicknicholson1268]

... and those spins! From Sydney, Australia, Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to your family from mine, Jon. God Bless!

[@RedRuffinsore]

It sits on the ground a little nose high. I have tried several landings and am having trouble not bouncing. Beautiful landing by you!

[@4OfSpades]

just a note. your transponder goes to ALT not ON for flight. ALT means Altitude reporting. ie giving ATC your aircraft's altitude readout

[@GumperVanLier]

Nice landing. I bounced several landings before I got it right. What puzzles me is when switching fuel from one tank to another - the fuel off is between them and the plane briefly looses gas. I don't know a way around this. Another nice plane by Carenado. Happy Holidays to you, Jon.

[@martynbrinton]

You need to flip aux pumps on before you change tanks. Weird it goes via off though. Need to check real life C207!

[@entangledPhoton]

Ventilation knobs work (click spots) top left and right with sound effects

[@dillank3240]

Looks interesting! Thank you for the review!

[@focus82grothm.84]

Beautiful details on the 207 and i enjoyed the test flying very much 😊👍

[@RobisonRacing68]

It does turn sharp, maybe too sharp. It makes landing with a crosswind extremely hard. It skids so easily.

[@richardmartin706]

Sometimes, Jonathan, you concentrate too much on being a systems controller than a pilot. Nothing wrong in that but the joy of flying a light aircraft is the view and especially flying VFR. I have over 650 hours as a private pilot in both the east and west coasts of Australia, especially in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.

[@ddsdss256]

Thanks--I always thought the 206/207s were cool and it's nice this one's available for MSFS. Just like with the Beech 18, V35B, and others from Carenado/Asobo, et al, it's not quite "study-level" but immersive enough to prompt a buy. The wear-and-tear and steam gauges bring back student days. BtW, @17:28, that's a Directional Gyro or DG. Back when it was easy to tweak panels (in FS9--I loved having that ability), I often swapped those out in favor of HSIs and often added Radio Altimeters as well. Both were "luxury" items for light planes in the 70s before we had GPS. An HSI's particularly useful when (as is the case with this 207), there's only one VOR. Pre-GPS, you needed two for IFR (there's also no DME). Also, in this panel, I'd swap the "six-pack" instruments over one slot, as it's just weird not to have the ADI centered with the yoke.

[@jress9967]

Thanks for another great review, always look forward to your aircraft reviews. Where can i find a POH for the T207 that will have the V speeds also?

[@845SiM]

I do like analog. Downloading now, wish they had included the tablet and a swap to the gtn 750. But that doesnt detract from the plane at all. Carenado have modelling down, just think if they teamed up with blacksquare we would get a monster of a plane. As always great review and walk around.

[@hennielouw6028]

In real life flying, I prefer the Cessna 206. The C207 is a bit under powered. The nicest single engine Cessna to fly is the Cessna 210.

[@mikecoffee100]

210 Centurian Pressurized and non yes very nice.

[@hennielouw6028]

Never flown a pressurised 210, but do have have about 230 hours on the non-pressurized, normal aspirated, and about 20 hours on the turbo 210@@mikecoffee100

[@IslandSimPilot]

@16:40 It's a stretched 206.

[@karamhelou716]

Good day, first of all great review. I have purchased this aircraft recently, however when I turn on the avionics master, the Garmin 530 turns on immediately, does not take time to load such as in 5:22. In addition, I find the Garmin 530 to be missing many functions which appear to be working in your video and in other aircraft such as the default Cessna 172R. Could you please let me know if there is a way to fix it and get the full Garmin 530 experience? Thanks in advance.

[@stopspewinshit7878]

I gave up on it … couldn’t get throttles work right . Configured all my other aircraft just fine on Bravo but can’t make this work ….

[@jonbeckett]

Sorry to hear that. I don't have a bravo, so can't really comment.

[@davidkennedy7549]

Ha, haven't watched the review yet Jon, just wanted to be the first to comment for once! Merry Christmas!

[@jonbeckett]

Nutter :)

[@ceegnz]

Nice review thank you :) How does it compare with the 182RG - if we have that is this different enough to collect, or is it same same but famous-flyer nerfed ?

[@MarcDavison]

It flys differently as you would hope feels much bigger/heavier, is very stable in flight. I'd say the interior model isnt as good as the 182rg but it's a good enough aircraft.

[@DavidR_192]

182RG is far better because, even though it too has a very high panel, you can at least see over it in cruise! Carenado limited the height in this one, so you can't even adjust it in the MSFS settings to get an actual view out the front.

[@gtamediaproductions1]

What settings are you using to move around like that? Very nice control on the movements.

[@santiamblar]

Yo lo he comprado, muchas gracias por el tutorial, ha sido excelente y divertido. Saludos😄😂☺

[@santiamblar]

Like y suscrito Gracia YT por traducir al español

[@haseenahmad7638]

What about the fuel tank selector? Shouldn't it have a BOTH position? If not, where should I put it? Fullest tank? But if I try to move the selector, it goes through the OFF posn. The engine shuts down...any help please?

[@jonbeckett]

You toggle the fuel between the tanks to drain them - just monitor the instruments.

[@haseenahmad7638]

@@jonbeckett Thanks for replying, Jon! But if the fuel quantity in the left tank becomes low, what should I do?

[@stephensmith1118]

switch on the fuel pump before swopping over the fuel tanks, usual rule of thumb is take off and land with the fullest tank, swop tanks over every 30 mins... to keep the planes trim... otherwise you get a bank induced by the difference in weight of the fuel tanks...

[@haseenahmad7638]

​@@stephensmith1118 Does the fuel selector go to both position?

[@asthalis]

I ordered the plane and it looks and flies fine. One thing, though : it climbs waaayyy too fast. 1500 ft/mn with almost no speed lost, no real 207 can do this. Seems to climb higher than my PC-6, which is impossible in reality.

[@juancamilogonzalezva]

Hellow is this airplane free ware? Or Pay ware? Thanks

[@CmdrEsteban]

Is that steerable nose wheel lockable for take off and landing?

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

Upwind/downwind ought have no effect on how it spins.

[@jonbeckett]

Yep - I just didn't want to end up miles off one end of the airfield.

[@calaiscruiser]

Looks cool, how much was it?

[@jonbeckett]

About £8 I think ?

[@ninjalightning2631]

I've just bought an Xbox series x only for this game It looks so difficult even to take off I'm very intimated I don't think I can even take off I'm scared 🥵

[@danielpyle975]

Doesnt sound like 207 they have much different sound imo

[@joshbrickbirds]

does it come with a EFB?

[@jonbeckett]

No.

[@joshbrickbirds]

thank you for the answer. This is sad. Carenado normaly deliver a EFB, but it must be a MSFS/Asobo thing, that they dont want an EFB.@@jonbeckett

[@KevinRowe-v1h]

Hi Jon, can’t get on with head tracking. Really don’t use mine now at all. Prefer using key bindings etc. merry Xmas to you and your family. Keep up the great work.👍

[@IslandSimPilot]

This is a turbo, correct? Non-starter for me unfortunately. What people don't understand is that in the real world, non-pressurized turbos are pointless. I understand why sim pilots like them, but in the real world they're useless.

[@dillank3240]

You have a good point there.

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

Pointless? Maybe not if you needed to operate at high elevation/ short strips yet were required to carry big loads? (Ex bush pilot).

[@KDogg_96]

Its makes it more fun having your flight planing effected by oxygen requirements. Hoping over mountains within your 30 minutes is fun.

[@IslandSimPilot]

@@stephenmckinnell7791 The example proves the point: it's a niche airplane.

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

@@IslandSimPilot Yes, niche but not pointless.

[@DavidR_192]

This plane is all but unusable. The view is SO low that you cannot see over the glareshield - even in cruise! And worse; Carenado have set a limit to the height, so you can't even go into MSFS settings and increase your height. Even on max height in the settings, you still can't see over the glareshield. They must have modelled it for a 4'5" pilot! Absolute garbage.

[@MCP2002]

No issue here *shrug*

[@molliesfmfurry2284]

Is this for PC and XBOX or just a PC thing?😀👍🇺🇸🪖🙏🏼

[@jonbeckett]

It's in the marketplace - so I'm *guessing* Xbox too ?

[@focus82grothm.84]

It's for Xbox too 😊

[@focus82grothm.84]

Beautiful details on the 207 and i enjoyed the test flying very much 😊👍