First look at the IRIS Simulations T6 Texan II in Microsoft Flight Simulator

A first look at the T6 Texan II from IRIS Simulations in Microsoft Flight Simulator - taking it for a test flight from RAF Waddington in the north of England. Enjoy!
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[@spatialpro]

I can confirm the RAF wear white flying gloves. I still have one of my pairs.

[@cdyjv118]

Looks like a great prep tool for us UPT/UCT hopefuls!

[@donaldholman9070]

nice flying..thank you for the great video.

[@DodgerBlue189]

I have both the Iris PC-21 and T-6 and their flight characteristics are completely different. I don't expect them to be the same, but they are completely different. The PC-21 is a set it and forget it while the T-6 feels more like flying a vintage plane. The red pin between the legs is supposed to be pulled prior to flight and it will be placed in the locking lever of the canopy. Hopefully they'll fix the flying characteristics, because it is unstable. I'll be waiting for Blackbird's T-6 to see the differences.

[@hotdogg268]

I want to buy only 1 of these which would you recommend?

[@DodgerBlue189]

@@hotdogg268 PC-21 is my favorite out of the two

[@donnieweston3249]

Spent some cold months at RAF Washington back in the early 90s with the USAF.

[@KyleCowden]

I own Bryce's T-6A and B for FSX. I also have a Dash 1 for the T-6 A and the NATOPS for the B. Both of those performed by the numbers except the original AoA indexer which I re-coded for myself. If this is half as good, it'll be worth it.

[@Iseeyou67]

What are your opinions after getting ahold of it?

[@KyleCowden]

@@Iseeyou67 The aircraft? I own the dash 6 for the A model and the NATOPS for the B model. I beta tested the A model, which is why I recoded the indexer. Also I've shared coffee with a few IPs and SNAs and SNFOs. The testing I did with the A model was flying it through the different regimes and according to TOLD and envelope cards. It was about perfect there. The experience I had talking with the real dudes helped inform the various opinions I had about ground handling, etc. For instance, you have a vertical stab essentially the size of a sheet of plywood, so the resultant squirreliness on the ground in a strong crosswinds and the tendency to weathervane absent some significant trim, lines up with the subjective input I had. I could not, for the life of me figure out how to get the B model's pitch control to work as it was supposed to. I temporarily used the prop axis manually and eventually created a profile for the controller to take the axis out. Handling wise, speeds, etc. were spot on as well. It's been years since I've flown either one so I don't know if the AoA indexer was addressed or the prop pitch on the B model.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

I believe it's Primacord, which is a modern version of Cordite.

[@oisiaa]

Wish it had the USAF style cockpit.

[@CaptainB109]

Hi i also baught this plane and it wont fly stright keeps banking to the left does it have rudder trim i am using xbox remote works very well after setting the sensitfity .It only whem i put auto rudder on it fly stright.Thanks for this awsome video

[@Skeeter06]

HOW did you get the nose wheel to turn?!?! Mine doesn’t, even with the axis AND The “set” buttons bound. Help please 🙏

[@jonbeckett]

You have to taxi very slowly.

[@jjsoko6393]

I bought this and quite frankly very disappointed. NWS is pathetic at best and any kind of crosswind situation is uncontrollable without jamming the brakes. Roll is incredibly sensitive, with constant trimming needed. HUD is just useless. Speed brake (not a spoiler btw) is erratic. Stall/spin issues really need to be sorted in the flight model.

[@S1baar]

now they can finally work on the damn pc24

[@einherz]

with alt enough it recoverable leg to ground stick pull to ground and belly direction... it's kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3jIZHeGptuZma8 long time i thought it's not real in msfs, but this thing exist... it's recovering in the fi spitfire, in the fi bf109, so probably in iris texan2 6b must be same way recovering. if pedals and stick to the ground/belly direction won't work you can do opposite, and move from opposite to the same - belly/ground stick, ground direction rudder. similar what you'd do in inverted spin.

[@LuisArgerich]

Not very excited about this it looks almost identycal to their PC21 which I already have.

[@kelarius98]

Old wine in new bottles...

[@rymdskrotet]

Where to Place IRIS as a developer? JF's Vulcan or Hawk-class or sometning else...below..or way below that? Edit. Just saw the whole video. I'll pass!

[@Canadus]

Owner of the PC-21 from Iris here. Would say, definitely below JF. But not so low, as some will most likely point out.

[@jonbeckett]

@@Canadus Completely agree.

[@antonioiozzi4301]

The Texan is nothing more then the Pilatus PC9 manufactured under licence in the USA, probably with some modification for US need.

[@jonbeckett]

I asked the mighty Google Bard the question - it said: The Texan II is heavily based on the Pilatus PC-9 Mk II. Raytheon licensed the design of the PC-9 and subsequently modified it extensively to meet the specific requirements of the US Air Force and Navy. These modifications include a more powerful engine, upgraded avionics, a redesigned cockpit, and a strengthened airframe. So, while the Texan II is not technically a Pilatus aircraft, it shares a strong genetic lineage with the PC-9. You could consider it a heavily modified and significantly improved version of the Swiss trainer.

[@IceNein763]

Gotta be honest with you, a developer blaming the anti-aliasing is a pretty bad look. All the aircraft in the game have to deal with the AA, and I don't hear every developer blaming their problems on it.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

I bought this aircraft - not impressed. I find it hard to believe that the flight model is accurate. For a training/student aircraft real aircraft are usually quite docile and easy to handle. To enter an uncontrolled flight attitude so easily would be a killer for a low hours student pilot. RAF pilot white gloves - they do wear white gloves - in fact they are more cream coloured than white. They are made from thin leather so there is still some element of feel when touching switches and buttons. There main purpose is in being fire retardent, should it become unpleasant in the cockpit. Aircrew gloves are quite prized possessions for ground crew, as it means most of your work can still be done but not get your hands dirty. I have 2 or 3 pairs from my days in a blue suit. Woe betide any student pilot putting his gloves down in the flight line office , as he 'signs' the aircraft back over to the ground crew after a flight. A moments in attention and the gloves disappear and everybody denies all knowledge of the gloves. Alternatively you need to get to know the survival equipment/flying clothing guys who might just give you a pair of flying gloves.

[@jonbeckett]

I love the line "fire retardent, should it become unpleasant in the cockpit" :)

[@williammoffat6321]

As ex aircrew, we can have white/grey, green or black depending on what aircraft type you fly. They are superb gloves.

[@SHOCKSTRUT]

Maybe it's me but... I don't own any military aircraft in FS2020 because they don't do what they're designed to do. It's like having a commercial aircraft, and the autopilot doesn't work. Military aircraft are designed to track the air and ground and neutralize enemy threats. These aircraft don't do any of that, so I'm not wasting my cash. I spend that money on aircraft in DCS. That's just my two cents.

[@richardstoffel6585]

I mean in real life I old war birds, and you know what? It’s just as fun to fly into an airport for airplanes & coffee without shooting anything. 😊 they are good to just go and check out sites

[@richardstoffel6585]

MSFS is not about combat. It’s about enjoying the aircraft and its capabilities while doing some fun cross country stuff and shooting approaches into interesting places.

[@SHOCKSTRUT]

I know all about what flight simulator is about. Been playing since FS98. I've got 700 hrs in FS2020 alone. I've done tons of tours and autolands. I just think military aircraft should do military things. It's all good, though. Like I said in my last post, DCS is for that.

[@zorbakaput8537]

@@richardstoffel6585 Correct so what's the point of having neutered military aircraft in it? A kitfox or a Beaver makes much more sense in FS20. That's why military aircraft work and fly so well in DCS and most flight simmers enjoy both sims for what they excel at not what they are mediocre at attempting to deliver

[@ByronLina]

Each to their own. I enjoy flying my Hawk from Valley, through the Mach Loop and around Scotland, none of which can be done in DCS. And flying is flying, the training skills developed in MSFS will mostly transfer to DCS.

[@m3atballdisaster785]

Hey, what keybinds do you use for the Nose Wheel Steering? Because I've tried Set Nose Wheel Steering to limit but that didn't work, any tips? Than you in advance

[@jonbeckett]

I just taxi slowly. You have to bind keys yourself - it's covered in the documentation.

[@christianpankratz]

After some very great addons recently, currently addons seem to be very mediocre at best.

[@kjc9378]

Can confirm this is what's flown before moving onto the Hawk 👍 Typically you'd start at Cranwell on the Grob Tutor, then move to Valley on these and the Hawk

[@Wilber913]

Think they’ve replaced the tutor with the prefect t1 now. Tutor still used for UAS and AEF flying, prefect for elementary flying training now I think

[@kjc9378]

@@Wilber913 still see tutor being used all the time

[@Wilber913]

@@kjc9378 oh yeah, 16sqn out if wittering still use them. My mistake

[@kjc9378]

@Wilber913 don't quote me but I think there's a few at Warton aswell, may have been visitors though. All depends on the training route you were given and what you were assigned to, that's how it was back in my day anyway

[@Wilber913]

@@kjc9378 👍🏻 did you end up on a frontline sqn in the end? Cheers for the info

[@darreno1450]

When you said, 'I'm dead!" I had a good laugh. I liked the spin. I could just imagine the terror of actually being in one.

[@ceegnz]

Nice video :) Pretty sure the F35 HUD works even if you don't have the F35 installed. The speedbrake works just fine, but you need to know that the Texan enforces speedbrake + flaps = bad by disabling and retracting the speedbrake while flaps are extended. It didn't work for you on the ground because you'd just set takeoff flaps, and it came down after takeoff because you still had it set to extend and you retracted the flaps. Wonder if it would have interrupted that unrecoverable spin ? Stranger things have happened, might have a go. I think it released with the F35 HUD because the Texan one wasn't finished, that was added a few days after release. Or I might be thinking of the PC21 :)

[@jonbeckett]

Ah - good point about the flaps and speed brake! The F35 HUD no longer appears to work - which is why I wondered if you need it installed, to "borrow" it.

[@zombiejase]

Ace reveiw out of intrest where is the nose wheel steering switch? I buggered if I can find it?

[@jonbeckett]

I think I had to map it to a joystick button.

[@RWalt-lp6ie]

How does this version fly compared to the X-Plane version?

[@jonbeckett]

I don't have the X-Plane version.

[@adonisjp7466]

i don't think you need to ride the brakes just put the power lever to beta and it should slow down a bit

[@jonbeckett]

The only way to get it back to beta (the way they have implemented it is to go through cutoff first, which of course kills the engine).

[@oisiaa]

The T-6 doesn't have beta under pilot control.

[@regurkot]

do you own premium deluxe

[@jonbeckett]

Yes.

[@urgentsiesta7606]

CFS = Canopy Fracture System. Blows the plexi apart rather than the canopy frame (look further "up", just above pilot's heads. Ensures the ejection seats can clear the airframe.