Piper Warrior Vs Archer

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Gladys Anick

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Aug 5, 2024, 2:55:53 AM8/5/24

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Amazedthat I fell for the looks, amazed that I bought this Archer after the reviews on your Warrior II. I had hoped that since there were no bad remarks or reviews on your archer that I could take a chance. Wow was I wrong!

The ground handling is very sensitive. The flare and landing handling is terrible. Hello chiropractor. Landings are probably a bug in X plane itself, not this Archer. See link in additional post below.

" There are no major performance changes from that of older Archers and Cherokee 180s. On a warm South Florida morning, we wrung out the Archer III to a maximum of 140 knots true at full throttle (2,700 rpm) and 5,500 feet. Backed off to a more realistic 2,450 rpm, the Archer III managed about 120 knots true. The manual says that the Archer can achieve 128 knots at 75-percent power at 8,000 feet."

If you are going to leave your aircraft up for sale, I suggest you convert them to trial ware. (Sort of like what X plane does with their demo version.) I would like my money back, or this thing fixed. It is a lemon.

I'm getting used to the ground handling (although imo still too sensitive, it is doable) and the landing is feeling better once I concentrate a bit harder. It does float in ground effect like a warrior/archer should at least. Anyway, since no refunds, I'll either use it, or not....

Also on the flaring, AFTER landing the Archer, or the Cessna 172, I can hold stick back to bleed off air speed and drag tail of plane on ground down to about 20 knots, that ain't realistic and is a flaw in the game. Flaring and settling to runway in X plane, either 10 or 11 is not realistic, however with Archer I did practice more and I got it closer. A no flap landing feels more "real". You should be able to gradually pull the stick back and use the wing for aero braking, which can be done in x-plane, but it can easily be over done and go unrealistic at slow speeds where tail should have no possibility to hit ground, yet it does.

I have to admit this plane is essentially unflyable, and a waste of money. I fly a Warrior II in real life, and mercifully it flies nothing like this. So twitchy, this sim version of the Piper is impossible to fly.