Cessna 172 differences in FS2004 and X-plane

I wish that I could give you a definitive answer but I don't have X Planes. Some of the feel of the aircraft can be attributed to your controller and settings. I fly with the realism set to max and my personal settings for sensitivity. Also make sure you're using IAS not TAS for airspeed. I've heard that FS and X-Planes compute the flight models differently, that can also account for the differences. Which is better? I can't say without flying X-Planes. 🙂

CRJCapt wrote:

I wish that I could give you a definitive answer but I don't have X Planes. Some of the feel of the aircraft can be attributed to your controller and settings. I fly with the realism set to max and my personal settings for sensitivity. Also make sure you're using IAS not TAS for airspeed. I've heard that FS and X-Planes compute the flight models differently, that can also account for the differences. Which is better? I can't say without flying X-Planes. 🙂

🙂 thanks!

I have both FS2004 and X-plane realism set to max. I have to say when you know how to fly the FS2004 Cessna you can also fly the X-plane Cessna in my experience, but the difference is the way the yoke/rudder pedals react so you will have to adjust!

But I think the X-plane version reacts very agressive compared to the FS2004 version, which is weird if they are the same plane!

Any X-plane + FS users over here?

...oh, another difference is the way the ball of the bank indicator reacts. In FS the ball moves left or right very easily, while in X-plane the ball hardly moves!