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NEWS! - COWS DA-42 closer to release Very early into 2023 there was an an announcement from a new development team COWS... COWS? Yes an odd name but it represents "Creator Of WorldS", still odd, but anyway. It is a new development team that consists of four developers; Mitchell (3D artist), Jacob (Programmer), Boris (Sounds: FMOD & WWise) and Peter (3D, branding & admin). Their first product for the X-Plane 12 Simulator is a Diamond DA-42, later to be also ported to the MSFS platform. For Diamond aircraft we have always revered Aerobask, known for their excellent quality, and value pricing. No price or release date of the forthcoming COWS DA-42 has yet been announced, but that date is now finally getting closer... via the release of new new images of the aircraft and a comprehensive look at the custom avionics. Notes on the release of the Diamond DA-42 are breathtaking in a little bit of promotion. But the aspects are sound, from "The project brings the best of both worlds rarely seen together in X-Plane: a robust bespoke system simulation and a beautiful, and accurate visual model". The flight model, electrics, fuel, engine control units, de-ice system are all carefully recreated based on the aircraft’s manuals and first hand experience flying the real life aircraft. The flight model has been tuned to accurately match performance tables and it is now performing so close to the real plane, you can handle it just as anyone would in the real world and it will do the exact same things. The performance of the flightmodel is validated through the shared experience of flying the real aircraft from me, Jacob, and our testers. All flew DA42s in the real world, and the experience is used to fine tune the flight model appropriately. Notable is the major feature of the custom Garmin G1000NXi. This avionics package has been recreated using manuals, first hand experience and Garmin software. This means it can be as accurate to the real Garmin as possible. Everything that the real Garmin can do, our Garmin will also do. A big proclamation, but it will be very nice to move on from the standard installation of the Laminar G1000 default installation. Here is an excellent video demo of the G1000NXi's capablities. The Garmin G1000NXi does indeed look quite impressive, and obviously once released... X-PlaneReviews will do a comprehensive review of the DA-42. Keep an eye on X-PlaneReviews NEWS! for more announcements of the COWS Diamond DA-42. Images and videos are courtesy of COWS ________________ News! by Stephen Dutton 10th August 2023 Copyright©2023: X-Plane Reviews Disclaimer. All images and text in this review are the work and property of X-PlaneReviews, no sharing or copy of the content is allowed without consent from the author as per copyright conditions) All Right Reserved.