Is the Antonov AN-2 the Best Value Addon in Microsoft Flight Simulator? MSFS

[@steveunwin830]

It's only available at this price if you bought the deluxe premium version of MSFS. You now get a 30% discount on the famous flyers and local legends. For everyone else it's the usual price.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks for the info. I pinned your comment for others to see right away. Cheers!!

[@Republic3D]

Good video! Thank you. The AN-2 is still in use in several air forces, as well as civilian operators, including parachuting clubs and such. Awesome aircraft. Such a great view out of that "greenhouse" cockpit. (And thank you for the wide aspect view, it fits my monitor perfectly!)

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks! I really wish KZbin would embrace more ultra wide features. They won’t let you add certain of recommendations to your videos if they are ultra wide.

[@chuck176]

@@sprocketsimulations I’m on series x do you think I should get it! And the other beauty!

[@sprocketsimulations]

@@chuck176 I can’t see why not. Especially since the newest Sim Update provides WASM for Xbox.

[@pi.actual]

A friend of mine flew an AN-2 from Oklahoma to California several years ago. He said they averaged 60 mph ground speed and it burned 1 gallon of avgas per minute.

[@sprocketsimulations]

East to west is never kind on aircraft. I took a Bonaza A36 in the sim with live weather and my indicated was 175knts and ground speed was barely 100. I can also remember a time IRL flying a 172 and we had to significantly adjust our course/altitude because we were literally just staying put over the ground despite showing 110KIAS. I’m surprised it made it there burning that much fuel at those speeds!! Thanks for sharing, I love hearing these stories!

[@lvwpy]

This airplane is definitely a steal right now! Already purchased! Thank you for this review, fantastic as always.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks for watching! Absolutely a steal!

[@roberthemingway7691]

Nice review very well done. This is a gem of an aircraft. The detail the flight characteristics the beauty everything about this plane screams quality. If they can turn out this kind of new aircraft on a regular basis I would be buying them all for $10. !!!!! Kudos!!!

[@sprocketsimulations]

Right!!? I love under $20 aircraft but this one really jumps out for how much functionality it has! Thanks for watching!

[@jackbailey3156]

Your videos are great ... thank you for taking time to make them and introduce us to new products.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks so much for watching and the kind words!

[@WorldAviationTravel]

У нашей небольшой авиакомпании есть 3 настоящих АН 2) мы работаем в ролях. Иногда работаем в других городах.

[@sprocketsimulations]

That is awesome!

[@mikecoffee100]

AWESOME and again thank you for the tail dragger video again

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks for watching Mike! Appreciate the continued support!

[@antonioiozzi291]

I always see a couple of them at airshow here in Switzerland. Stunning big aircraft, fly and climb wery slow. At startup the bigbus produce so much smoke, burning oil like mad.

[@sprocketsimulations]

I do wish that there was some more smoke effects as I’m there would have been a lot of smoke! Some times these big engines will need more oil before they need more fuel!! Thanks for watching.

[@Jackson12438]

Аmmazing! I saw this baby in Moscow, when worked on airport! Very good work! Good Sounds!

[@sprocketsimulations]

That great!!! Thanks for sharing and watching.

[@Jackson12438]

@@sprocketsimulations You should learn russian language to read everything, now! ;) )))

[@Jackson12438]

Today I wanted to buy this plane from MSFS 2020 market place, but I cant buy in any different ways at all! That is what this stupid goverment did with sanctions! ^( We can't buy nothing and the seller loosing his money for next product development progress! I already downloaded it free - I have no other way to get it by money!

[@PablosCZ]

Did a tandem parachute jump from this beauty. Sure it climbs very slowly, but boy does it dive... The plane was already back at the airfield loading another bunch of skydivers by the time I was still hanging on a chute.

[@sprocketsimulations]

That is awesome! My local airport uses the DHC-6 and it can get back down at just the same time as the jumpers. That is crazy the AN-2 is already setting up for the next run!

[@outdoorsdelmarva5691]

Nice video my friend. Have about 30 hrs now. Love it. Got to sit in a real one, they nailed this one.

[@Nor0252]

Great video style, subbed! Greetings from Norway.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks!! Greetings from Colorado!

[@gerzsonpongracz938]

Great video, helped a lot to decipher the Ancsa!

[@sprocketsimulations]

Glad to hear it!

[@OscarDiaz-nn9ch]

Amazing plane truly. Very resent a Cuban pilot stole one and flew from the providence of Sancti Spirtus Cuba to Florida. Later some called “experts” came by to move the plane to another nearby airfield and crashed the plane after a few min from taking off. Not so good on gas but very reliable piece of machinery. Made for rough conditions, Manual has it that when there’s an engine failure the pilot should extend the flaps to 45 degrees and pull the yoke all the way back Once the plane is about to reach the Critical angle of attack the Slats will deploy automatically making the pane drop as a parachute. So technically I cannot be stalled.

[@sprocketsimulations]

That is hilarious! I heard the slats CLUNK when I was learning to land it and didn't know what it was. Figured it had to do with stall speed and pitch. The thing is basically a parachute in normal configuration when landing! Thanks for sharing!

[@Ozieneercs]

the level of detail is incredible! i will get it

[@sprocketsimulations]

You won’t be let down! So much fun. Thanks for watching!

[@chuck176]

@@sprocketsimulations me too getting it tonight!!!

[@WilliamBugeater64Simpson]

Highly informative and well done. Very nice aircraft.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks!

[@hmr171]

The tooltips and in-sim checklist have the oil temp gauge and the cylinder head temp gauge misidentified. The cylinder head temp is the gauge just to the left of the nav light panel. The triple gauge near the bottom is oil temp, oil pressure and fuel pressure. That is why we are thinking the oil temp is too low. I confirmed this in a real world POH.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Ahhhhh, That makes sense! Thanks for the clarification!

[@captaincasualmusic]

Fun fact: Getting into the AN-2, that's one of the few things in this rather foreign cockpit that i immediately knew. Because the GotFriends Wilga uses that same oil/fuel pressure and oil temp combo gauge. Same primer handle too, i believe. :p

[@richardparrott7192]

Over $22 here in Oz! Exchange rate must be quite different to real world! Great review, this looks like a must-get!

[@sprocketsimulations]

Oh wow, that is a discrepancy! I didn't think there would be an import tax on a digital aircraft! Ha!

[@TrueBlade-1889]

That 15 GBP. Typical cost of a 12" deep pan pizza.

[@sprocketsimulations]

@@TrueBlade-1889 I love putting the cost of things in relatable ways like this. How many beers does this equate to and does that mean I just need to have one less down the pub!

[@TrueBlade-1889]

@@sprocketsimulations In the North of the UK that's a good 4 pints of decent beer in a hostelry ... or a good restaurant curry with poppadums !

[@BuntyDave]

Great vid. Really useful too.

[@donaldholman9070]

It is a work of art

[@sprocketsimulations]

Really is! Is a great aircraft! Thanks for watching.

[@adambanks8753]

Super video - many thanks!!! Just one (unrelated)question: how do you get to see the extended info in the instrument tooltips? Mine don't show that 2nd (mouse) line at all.

[@sprocketsimulations]

The setting right under neither the tool tips will need to be turned on as well. I think it says something like "Description" and can be set to instant or delayed.

[@adambanks8753]

@@sprocketsimulations Aaah ... thanks for that! I have "Legacy" mode on, so that option was greyed out.🙂

[@DanBirasi]

Thank you!

[@sprocketsimulations]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@99snubby]

Have you seen any life like cockpit controls that interface with simulator like that?

[@sprocketsimulations]

I'm not sure I follow, like the steam gauges and toggles? I use all Logitech panels and com/nav stack. They make little LCD displays to add on with switches to display different gauges. Other than that you would be looking at custom panels which a lot of people make. Hope that helps. This is my setup kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHXKaHWlnaiSotE

[@briancrawley8440]

Thank you for the video. Is there a manual?

[@sprocketsimulations]

Not one that is in game but here is a link to an official POH that can be used ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/antonov-an-2-flight-manual.38386/

[@SVS96DAN]

Excellent tutorial, what is your ATC mod ?? Thanks

[@sprocketsimulations]

Thanks! This is a mod called ATC chatter, it doesn’t tie in directly to ATC. It is real recordings that play at different variables and what type of frequency you are tuned to. Check out this video for some more explanation and an excellent program called pilot2atc that is a great ATC program. One step down from using VATSIM which I also recommend.

[@Republic3D]

AN-2 is the largest prop aircraft that is certified for single pilot operation in the US. At least it used to be.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Such a cool aircraft! So many record breaking designs.

[@gervanwilliams1409]

If you think the fans are cool, did you know that you can actually feel cool breeze on your face while flying an open cockpit using the Quest 2? I cool way they using the built-in fans to aid immersion.

[@sprocketsimulations]

That is awesome and hilarious! Thanks for sharing!

[@Danieldereinzigwahre]

how did you get the yokes to vibrate?

[@sprocketsimulations]

Not sure, no setting was changed/set to make this happen.

[@andreasschmidt2540]

A lot of plane for the price of a pizza. Plus are the looks, the cockpit and the attention to detail for this price. When it comes to flight characteristics, I have stomachaches here and there. It's amazingly agile, the elevator trim is a bit light and sensitive, and the slats and flaps create less drag than expected. But the manufacturer will definitely do something about that.

[@sprocketsimulations]

I think it is even less than a pizza now a days!! The slats don't seem to do much besides make a loud "thunk" when retracted.

[@richardturner5228]

Based on your review, I’d like to purchase this aircraft for only $10, but the marketplace has it listed for the regular price of $14.99

[@sprocketsimulations]

I can't see the current price as I have purchased it and it is listed as OWNED. But if I click on the SALES part of the marketplace it comes up. Are you in the US?

[@arnaultlaville4648]

@@sprocketsimulations From what I heard , you need to have the deluxe version in order to get the specials

[@sprocketsimulations]

Ahhhh that is interesting! Or do you just have to own a version and not the game pass version. Still lame on their part for that one. For what it’s worth it is still worth $15.

[@richardturner5228]

Yes, I am in the US. I bought the standard version for my PC on Steam.

[@arnaultlaville4648]

@@sprocketsimulations They wanted to make a gift to people that supported the game by getting the more expensive versions. Which make sense since most of the aircraft we got as extras were utter crap

[@STLOUGHOST]

It's a steal on Xbox.. everything works study level indeed

[@sprocketsimulations]

That’s great to hear! I think with SU12 Xbox users are finally going to see a lot more functionality!!

[@wollaminfaetter]

Somebody please make a translation mod for this awesome plane!

[@sprocketsimulations]

It would help, I have found after a handful of startups and shutdowns I have the switches pretty much memorized for my flow but I still question myself on some!

[@thatguy7085]

Practice fleeing Cuba in one. 😂

[@sprocketsimulations]

Ha! Someone else commented about that story! Hilarious!

[@DieTabbi]

If you ever heard an AN2 you can´t imaginge that the sound in cockpit is right. What I dont like in MSFS is the engine sounds while you are in cockpit. All sound the same dumb and far away nothing to do with real sound.

[@sprocketsimulations]

Yeah it is a shame as some aircraft definitely suffer from this. I have found that a good headset can help make the best of a bad situation but the older aircraft seem to miss that hard loud “thump”.

[@dennis.p3893]

only prob is..the altitude you see on your meter is not the reaal altitude you flying...its garbage

[@sprocketsimulations]

It’s in metric and not feet. It does show the correct altitude, it’s just no one uses meters for altitude, it is correct for the aircraft model though.

[@dennis.p3893]

@@sprocketsimulationsyeah I was just to dumb to notice it…iam sorry it’s a great plane