Detailed panel screws are 3d and not prints or bump textures, are also nicely done, but the shiny exhaust although is well done but a bit too shiny. The flat nose to accommodate the odd shaped diesel Austro Engine AE 300, looks a little odd on an aerodynamic aircraft, but the twin high air-intakes are really well modeled. The fuselage, tail and wings are all very well crafted and contoured nicely smooth. Composite aircraft are very hard to model correctly as they can come out very toy like, even false looking, but that is not at all the case here. Notable the effects in X-Plane 12 really bring out the quality and detail, compared to the X-Plane 11 version. the quality and detail of SimSolutions DA40 really surprised me of how very good it it really is. So in other words don't expect the extreme detail and quality of Aerobask when selecting this aircraft, Comparisons are hard as well. In coming to purchase the SimSolutions DA40, your only paying US$24.95 and not the usual US$39.95 Aerobask base price, so the SimSolution aircraft is in another completely category of quality and features. That was obviously for X-Plane 11, but this release is for X-Plane 12, and the (.acf) comes in two separate versions for both X-Plane11 and X-Plane12. This is not a brand new aircraft from SimSolutions for the X-Plane Simulator, as the DA40 was released originally back 20th November 2021, or just over a year ago. NG probably refers to the Garmin G1000 instrument installation. By December 2020, 500 NG models had been produced. It is powered by an Austro Engine AE 300 165.6 hp (123.5 kW) a Diesel running on JET A-1 fuel. The DA40 NG (New Generation) is the latest model and offered only in selected markets (DA40 standard model is still offered in other markets). It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and a T-tail. The DA40 is a four-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane made from composite materials. The first flight of the Diesel DA40D was made on 28 November 2002. In 2002 the production of the Lycoming-engined variant was moved to Canada and the Austrian factory concentrated on diesel-engined variants. JAR23 certification of the IO-360 production variant was obtained in October 2000. Four more test aircraft were produced followed by the first production aircraft in 2000. In 1998 a third prototype DA40-V3 flew powered by a Lycoming IO-360 engine. The Rotax 914-powered prototype DA40-V1, registered OE-VPC, first flew on 5 November 1997 and was followed by a second prototype DA40-V2 (registered OE-VPE) which was powered by a Continental IO-240. Built in both Austria and Canada, it was developed as a four-seat version of the earlier DA20. This is the DA40NG Diamond Star, which is an earlier version of the model line. That is good, but it also creates an extremely high benchmark if anyone else wants to tackle the same design and manufacturer in comparison.
We are all very familiar with Diamond Aircraft, but to date the majority of Diamonds have come from Aerobask.
Aircraft Review : Diamond DA40NG XP12 by SimSolutions
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