Virtavia Handley Page Hampden - First Look Review! - MSFS

Virtavia releases their Handley Page Hampden for MSFS. They've claimed it's better, is it a step forward?
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[@ericm.1245]

Thank you for the review. My uncle was a wireless operator and manned the lower rear gun position during the war with coastal command. He flew on pre-bombing weather reconnaissance missions and in September 1943 the plane and crew never returned and declared missing in action. It was likely shot down over the North Sea. Apparently it was a tight fit and very cramped inside which is probably why he was assigned there because he was a short man. God bless you Uncle Wes.

[@RayKit]

RIP brother. Much love.

[@philgreen815]

Sometimes known as the suitcase bomber due to its narrow fuselage, a very nice old warlord.

[@baomao7243]

I love the throaty sound of those engines. Awesome.

[@Capriboy1972]

This was the very first airfix model I ever built 😅, think I'll buy this one 😎, nice review.

[@petersmith4423]

Thanks for the review. Yes, it's pricey, but I've wanted a Hampden for years - my old dad flew in them. Only real downer is that the pilot doesn't look like John Mills, (The Way To The Stars)

[@scotty6346]

You greased that landing AvAngel! 👌

[@edthorne4806]

Love it thanks for sharing.

[@Russell_G]

Those engine sounds are awesome, might get it for that sound alone!!

[@peterbassey9668]

The Lanc, the Lanc, we want to see the Lanc !!!!! 😅😅

[@AvAngel]

There is one coming

[@peterbassey9668]

@@AvAngel Yaaaayyy!!! 😆😁😆 Hip-hip-hip - Hooraaay!!! 🎈✴️🎉

[@rogerrees9845]

Thank you for another interesting presentation, as always your time and effort is much appreciated.... It's great that a relatively little known W.W.2. Aircraft the “ Handley Page Hampden", known as the “Flying Suitcase" can be resurrected so effectively like a phoenix with M.F.S...... I'm pretty sure Handley Page however didn't include a tail hook in their original. !!!!... Roger... Pembrokeshire

[@AvAngel]

The hook in this isn't a hook its the bomb door controls :D

[@stevenbond2891]

Wow, a much nicer quality from Virtavia. I usually avoid them but this one seems really nice. And i would love to try and pull the audio out of this aircraft and use it into the Beaver. It's got a very nice rumble to it. Thanks for the review.

[@AZFlyingCook]

Holy cats, saying this for real for once - *FIRST* (edit: As always, good review, clear, salient points, and an aircraft I might've otherwise never thought to look at)

[@joncoughlin_dev]

I love this airframe. I own the XP11 module and it's one of my favorites for short cargo hauls (fantasy cargo lol). I never care much about art and texturing, so if the systems all feel good, if it's interesting to start/operate/fly/shutdown I'm in :)

[@dionjennings2379]

Hi again. I just wanted to ask you, in view of the fantastic videos you grace us with, what PC specs do you work with to generate such stunning graphics and sim play?

[@AvAngel]

Ryzen 9 5900x, ASUS x570 Crossfire VIII motherboard, 32gb corsair vengence ram, rtx 3070Ti Graphics :)

[@graeabarth2227]

Great presentation as usual 👍 Unusual choice given the range of British WWII twins but a nice visual model all the same. I think I’d wait for a Blenheim or Beaufighter rather than add this to my hangar.

[@AvAngel]

I really want a Blenheim MK IV... Or A2A to wheel our their old Anson :D

[@graeabarth2227]

@@AvAngel Now you’re talkin’ 😀

[@greenranger2764]

Great review. I will personally be holding off on this for the price. It literally looks like it came out of FSX. There's a very lacking attention to detail for the listed price. Especially the engines, the cylinders, etc. literally look very subpar compared to many other aircraft out there. If it had more detail maybe but as is nope. This is the very reason I watch your videos!

[@blaumupi]

exactly my thoughts!

[@cornishbuddha]

My dad trained on them, said they were awful to fly and couldn't carry enough weight. Should have done a Halifax or Wimpy Wellington

[@ThijsF28]

This is awesome 😍😍 if i heard correctly this will come to the marketplace?

[@AvAngel]

Eventually apparently

[@ThijsF28]

@@AvAngel awesome 😁

[@commandosolo193]

there is a movie on Amazon with this airplane in it. 1941 USSR bombing Berlin. I just watched it last night.

[@PoochAndBoo]

Those were not Hampdens. The Soviet Union never used them. Go back and watch the movie. You'll see they don't even have twin rudders like the Hampden. They are Soviet DB-3's.

[@commandosolo193]

@@PoochAndBoo 100% were and also if you look, they even give you the russian naval livery for the plane

[@PoochAndBoo]

If you're talking about "Wings Over Berlin"....you are wrong! They are DB-3's. One of the officers even says, "The DB-3 may not be the best plane or the fastest plane, but it's all we've got!" Go back and watch it, and pay more attention. They don't even look alike!

[@commandosolo193]

@@PoochAndBoo I looked at it again and you are 1000000% correct. I am sorry.

[@090giver090]

@@PoochAndBoo Soviets did use Hampdens, but only as Navy bombers and only in Northern Fleet aviation.

[@TheSlugstoppa]

If this module could migrate to IL2 Cliffs of Dover/Great Battles I'd gleefully pay £22.00 for it.

[@Hornet24]

You have given me a cold

[@stephensmith1118]

well i guess thats not to be sneezed at ....

[@rustyneedles3743]

Where is the Landcaster! arggggggggg ... please developers!

[@rustyneedles3743]

oh, she sounds grouse! niiiice

[@Burstix]

It was neat being there to witness the beginnings of this video. "I'll bite the bullet for you guys" AvAngel in the Gravel Discord, July of 24' Spoken like the true warrior she is. God bless AvAngel, for she takes the bullet for many of us and saves us all money! Edit: I changed my mind, i am not going to buy it damnit, i want the sound, but the textures and the price are putting me off

[@AvAngel]

When you flying? might come along!

[@Burstix]

@@AvAngel tonight, about 6:00pm Est 10 UTC if I'm out of work in time. Come along!

[@garysmith5256]

Sort of cartoonish FSX-type cockpit, but sounds very good, looks to have a decent flight model and is a fascinatingly different aircraft. Regardless of the steeper price I might spring for it save for one thing - no failure modeling. Yet another toy which looks and sounds the part alright but has no soul. Fly it all day at full throttle, closed cowl flaps, whatever mixture/RPM, no problem. Even the Just Flight turbo Arrow with hardly what one could call failure modeling is going to punish you for throwing takeoff power at it cold. Then along comes Milviz with the C310 and the marvelous Black Square creations, the awesome Comanche 250 and others which will readily spit up on ham-handed gamers and may challenge even those who take the time to learn things properly. There is still a long way to go. I haven't yet seen any consideration made for shock cooling - even the Black Square Duke can be idled down through subzero weather at 200 knots with no consequence, which is of course ridiculous. But no failures at all? Not even for extreme abuse? Sorry but count me out.

[@AvAngel]

funnily enough 90% of addons have zero failure modeling. it's nice, but i wont expect it with most addons. The cockpit is decent... enough. I would like more systems or at least full function

[@garysmith5256]

@@AvAngel Agree on the 90%, but then again failure modeling has not been around long. Back decades ago I was fortunate enough to own a 1958 J35 Bonanza and, besides the constant money, there was plenty of attention given to every detail in preflights. The automatic and constant scanning for "what if" airstrips and emergency landing spots while underway, because things go wrong. It got plenty stressful at times, and I guess that's what spoiled me. MSFS has done a magnificent job of modeling weather, arguably the most important ingredient to flight realism. It's just a shame, at least IMO, that many developers choose to market good aircraft sanitized of even basic mechanical/physical use and maintenance considerations, the "nervous factors" that (again IMO) transform arcade into simulation. Fortunately for those developers there is apparently a large audience, perhaps the vast majority, who don't care about that dimension. Thanks for the great review and my apologies for long winded comments! 🌹

[@AvAngel]

Oh we had it in fsx a lot and one or two in fs2004!

[@Burstix]

Where is Virtavia based? Why dont companies like Virtavia just get a decent texture guy, and that flickering, most likely coming from the 3D.

[@WWXspartan058]

From my understanding its just one guy so not really a company per say

[@Burstix]

@@WWXspartan058 makes sense, it could be a company, if he has an LLC, or S-Corp, her in US, but I get what you mean. Well then by the way I still think he needs to get someone who knows how to do textures because why release something that's halfway decent and have s*** textures! And then charge $22 for it on top of it!

[@theflyingfreja]

Sadly, their reputation preceeds them. I really want to like this, we need more WW2 era bombers in MSFS. Aeroplane Heaven seem to have no plan for releasing the Lancaster, Flying Iron's B-17 is a LONG way away, as is Microprose's. But their Short Stirling flight model was terrible and it required the community to fix it for the longest time. Their B-1B Supersonic Bomber, that couldn't go Supersonic. The P6-M was a joke. Their Skyhawk is a terrible Conversion. Their F7F however was very good. They just ask far too much money for what is essentially an FSX conversion. They need to do better for the money they're asking for. It's a hard "Maybe" from me. Flying Iron's Focker Wulf is coming and that WILL be worth the money. ________________________________ Edit/update: I bought it. Whilst I'd prefer closer to €15, this is hands down their best release. I hope they maintain and improve upon this quality.

[@MsFrostitute]

@@theflyingfreja Your reputation proceeds YOU! Amazing job on the Horten IX V3 by the way ♡

[@theflyingfreja]

@@MsFrostitute Awww, thank you

[@MsFrostitute]

@@theflyingfreja Of course darling! I agree.. only if I had a PC to appreciate the work to it's full extent (sob)

[@PoochAndBoo]

Never really cared for Virtavia's texturing style. I like the photo real texturing that most devs are using for MSFS 2020. Virtavia's products look as though they belong back in FSX.

[@pgm1673]

I bought this and it has incredibly poor textures, so poor it could be a FS10 model. Pilot/crew are also low quality. Inside the cockpit is well done but that's it. Price should be no more than 5 quid

[@AvAngel]

Yeah, its still not what I'd call anywhere near good, but it's far better than their prior direct copy fsx textures.