The Chilton DW-1A by the A1R Design Bureau came as a nice surprise. I've been a fan of A1Rs Yak-12, Yak-50 and Yak-55 in FSX and quite enjoy their Ryan STA for MSFS. I heard rumors that they wouldn't release any new aircrafts, and since the Ryan came out shortly after the release of MSFS and nothing followed, I thought those rumors were sadly true. So, I'm very happy to see the release of the Chilton and hope many more aircraft will follow.
In my opinion A1R really stepped up their game from the Ryan. The Ryan was beautiful and sounded great, but the ground handling needs work and the flight model could use some attention too. The Chilton on the other hand, is in my opinion visually one of the best aircraft in MSFS so far, the sound is great and it is an absolute blast to fly. As you can see in the video there is also no nasty and excessive swing on takeoff. I would categorize the Chilton as an aircraft that is easy to fly, but hard to fly well. As you can see, I still need quite a lot of practice with it, to keep the ball in the center, especially when throwing it around.
But what is the Chilton DW-1? It's a light British aircraft design from 1934. It was designed to be cheap to build and to get the most performance out of a small engine. Overall, 4 were built before the second world war and further 3 after the war. Despite only being powered by a 65hp Walter Mikron-III it performed very well. So well in fact, that they were often used for racing. At least 3 Chiltons survived/got restored and can be seen flying for instance at the Shuttleworth Collection.
I'm very happy to see another lesser known aircraft in the sim and can highly recommend it to everyone who enjoys racing, low level flying, aerobatics, local flying or even for short sightseeing trips.
Hardware used:
Ryzen 7 5800X
32GB RAM
RTX 3080
00:00 Intro
00:19 Startup
01:55 Taxi
02:49 Runup
03:25 Takeoff
04:04 External Takeoff View
05:17 Low passes
08:26 Aerobatics
14:00 Landing(s)
14:45 External Landing View
15:30 Taxi
16:08 Shutdown
16:37 Spectator View Takeoff
17:06 Spectator View Low passes
19:38 Spectator View of Aerobatics
23:59 Spectator View Landing
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