MM skyvan Version 1.0

I've got a lot of MM's vehicles, and most of the aircraft and boats are nice. This however, is in desperate need of fixing. It flies with it's nose pointing down by about 30-40 degrees all the time, with absolutely no way to make it fly level. The throttle is terrible. It really needs 5% increments instead of 10%. As mentioned in another review, this thing takes off by itself at around 30% throttle, and continues to climb unless you pitch the nose down, causing landing to look like you're crashing into the runway.
It's a real shame, as it looks nice, and even has opening rear ramp. It just really needs the script fixing. Being mod, it may be possible to add your own root prim with a working script in it, but you shouldn't really have to. At least it's free, so you don't lose anything.

I have really mixed opinions on this aircraft. On the one hand I really want to love it - it is a really handy transport plane, with loads of customizability, nice sound effects, animated components (ailerons, rudder, flaps, props, hatches and cargo ramp) and a very decent mesh model.

The problem is the flight physics - they are really, really broken and need fixing You start the plane by sitting in it (and it goes 'temporary' automatically). The throttle has a dozen incremental stages: -10% (reverse), 0% (park), 10% (really fast taxiing), 20% (take-off), 30-100% (increases rate of climb and airspeed up to jet fighter speeds).

Power is almost instantaneous, with climb kicking in the second you throttle to 20% - no need to rotate the aircraft. Consequently, landing can be really, really difficult, because the Skyvan just doesn't want to land. Even dropping the throttle to 0 or 10% won't help much, as 10% pretty much floats the aircraft in mid-air and 0% causes the aircraft to (really) slowly float almost vertically down. Once you're on the tarmac there's no guarantee that the plane will notice you've landed and will probably continue to roll and pitch as you attempt to taxi.

As with all MM aircraft, the camera can be a bit random and likes to sometimes put you into very odd angles. Since I fly mainly in mouse-look, this wasn't a huge problem to be honest, but it is something to take note of.

As I say, I *really* love the idea behind the aircraft a lot and hugely appreciate all the work which has gone into it. Michie's vehicles are always fun to try out and are definitely improving all the time. For example, the R44 helicopter is a really nice aircraft and shows how much potential MM vehicles have. With a new flight physics system the Skyvan could be a fantastic little aircraft to have fun with and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.