Black Square Baron and Bonanza released

[hangarrat101]

Just Flight - Black Square - Baron & Bonanza Professional Bundle

Black Square's Baron & Bonanza Professional together in a money-saving Bundle for MSFS 2020/2024 - on sale from from Just Flight!

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[DennyA]

TimHH already has a couple of attractive repaints up on fs.to. He's a manaic!

These look great, but and though expensive the bundle's a pretty good deal if you'll fly both given how detailed they are. Might pick them up down the road -- there are still a lot of recent planes in my hangar I need to sign off on first. I'd have broken down and bought the package if there had been a V-tail Bonanza, but alas, it's the modern version.

 

[Paul K]

I've always loved the Baron; the best looking GA twin of all, I think.

 

[DennyA]

@ryanbatc quickly followed @Tim-HH with a bunch of beautiful repaints! Thanks, guys! Would love to hear your impressions.

 

[jmig]

I bought the pair. I received a 20% discount because I had the 2020 version. I haven't flown them, however. I am having trouble getting my Quest 3 to connect with 2024. Maybe today?

 

[Twice43]

I have both running in MSFS2024 & so far am quite satisfied with how they are flying. Using the PMS50-GTN750 Lite GPS I can run ILS approaches without any issues.
Installation was a bit lumpy. Initially the installer was looking for some obscure files in my C:/---- Community folder, which it couldn't find, but after I pressed 'Ignore" several times, the installation continued successfully.
You get 3 types for the Baron & Bonanza & all can be flown in MSFS 2020 & MSFS 2024 so you could argue you are getting 6 different aircraft.
T43

 

[Javis]

Ok, i give up...

Can any of you barons or baronesses please explain where the heck these 3 spoiled princesses of the skies are supposed to have setup their royal chambers because i can't for the life of me find them anywhere....?!

According to the Contrail installer they both installed fine but nothing to see in the FS2024 aircraft menu, just the default Baron and Bonanza. (i flipped the sim selector to FS2024 in the Contrail thingamabob). No Baron nore Bonanza folders in Community or StreamedPackages. Checked FS2020 too to be sure. Also searched for 'Black' : Blackbirdsim is all i got.

Anyway, the installation via Contrail installer seemed to work flawlessly, even took a minute or two, but all i still have is the two Baron and Bonanza zip files (manually installing them returns an error message) and nothing, zero, nada to fly.... These Contrail boys & grils have to seriously get their installer act together. Same thing happend before (can't remember with which product)... prettty irritating

 

[tiger1962]

Ok, i give up...

Can any of you barons or baronesses please explain where the heck these 3 spoiled princesses of the skies are supposed to have setup their royal chambers because i can't for the life of me find them anywhere....?!

According to the Contrail installer they both installed fine but nothing to see in the FS2024 aircraft menu, just the default Baron and Bonanza. (i flipped the sim selector to FS2024 in the Contrail thingamabob). No Baron nore Bonanza folders in Community or StreamedPackages. Checked FS2020 too to be sure. Also searched for 'Black' : Blackbirdsim is all i got.

Anyway, the installation via Contrail installer seemed to work flawlessly, even took a minute or two, but all i still have is the two Baron and Bonanza zip files (manually installing them returns an error message) and nothing, zero, nada to fly.... These Contrail boys & grils have to seriously get their installer act together. Same thing happend before (can't remember with which product)... prettty irritating

Do you have more than one Community folder by any chance? Addon Linker creates one of it's own and that often seems to catch people out when installing new aircraft and scenery.

 

[Javis]

Do you have more than one Community folder by any chance? Addon Linker creates one of it's own and that often seems to catch people out when installing new aircraft and scenery.

Thanks Tiger ! (i love gorillas myself ;-)

Checked both my C and D SD's for Community and Baron as well but no dice (brand new machine so didn't take long) Sure found the Community folders for FS2020 and FS2024 of course and some other 'community' stuff but all even before 2025. But actually i don't use Addon Linker. Works perfectly for me to just get zip files and install the stuff directly into the Community folders of FS2020 and 2024. Works fine everytime because it rhymes.

Where the heck did Contrail park my baron and bonanza ?? ..... ( i selected the bundle to be installed, not the seperate baron and bonanza and i noticed just now this little dark red placard underneath the names : not installed.... . How about that, huh....) Oké then ! Installed again but this time the seperate Baron and Bonanza. According to Contrail installer again installed fine, both of them. Checked the Community folders : again nothing, niente, zero, nada....

Thanks anyway, Tiggie

I have both running in MSFS2024 & so far am quite satisfied with how they are flying.

Where exactly did the Contrail Installer place your Baron and Bonanza folders, Twice ?......

(i didn't see Contrail looking for files or anything like that so i couldn't click 'ignore'..... ;-)

 

[Twice43]

Thanks Tiger ! (i love gorillas myself ;-)

Checked both my C and D SD's for Community and Baron as well but no dice (brand new machine so didn't take long) Sure found the Community folders for FS2020 and FS2024 of course and some other 'community' stuff but all even before 2025. But actually i don't use Addon Linker. Works perfectly for me to just get zip files and install the stuff directly into the Community folders of FS2020 and 2024. Works fine everytime because it rhymes.

Where the heck did Contrail park my baron and bonanza ?? ..... ( i selected the bundle to be installed, not the seperate baron and bonanza and i noticed just now this little dark red placard underneath the names : not installed.... . How about that, huh....) Oké then ! Installed again but this time the seperate Baron and Bonanza. According to Contrail installer again installed fine, both of them. Checked the Community folders : again nothing, niente, zero, nada....

Thanks anyway, Tiggie


Where exactly did the Contrail Installer place your Baron and Bonanza folders, Twice ?......

(i didn't see Contrail looking for files or anything like that so i couldn't click 'ignore'..... ;-)

Do not have Contrail, but the JF installation for MSFS 2024 put the Baron & Bonanza in 1 of my 2 Community folders.
They went onto the:
C:\Users\YrName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Community
folder.
I also found I had to put the PMS50-GTN750 in there too before the Bonanza & Baron would recognize the PMS50 GPS. (An option on the EFB/ set up menu)
It looks like downloads may have to go in the C:---- Community folder. My other Community folder, which is on the S:\G\MS2024 drive does have content such as the A2A Comanche, Inibuilds A300 & so on, so I am not sure what determines which Community folder should be used, but if I install manually in the S:\G\MS2024 & I can't see the aircraft, moving it to the C:\ Community folder usual works.
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PS - I should have mentioned the folders you will be looking for, the ones that hold all the aircraft data, are:
bksq-aircraft-bonanzapro and bksq-aircraft-baronpro

 

[Javis]

Ah, Ok, maybe this Contrail installer can't handle a Steam FS2024 installation ??...... (would be remarkable, wouldn't it....) Although the Community folder is at C:\Users\Jan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Packages\Community. Keeps on listing the few aircraft models i have installed but still NO Baron nore Bonanza.

I have now also noticed that 'Installed' underneath the aircraft piccie in the Contrail Installer main menu remains greyed-out no matter how many times i tried installing. It should have a green color like i see in f.i. the Piper J3 and Nellis that i just installed via Contrail and went perfectly.

I have searched my whole (new) system for 'bksq' this time, nothing, nada, niente, zero again...

I have sent them a message via that Contrail thingy.

Thanks again Twice !

Edit: heard back from the Contrail shop. Getting funnier and funnier : don't use the Contrail Installer, use the setup.exe in your downloaded files.... to quote Manuel: ¿QUE !!???

Btw, tried that already but all i got was an error message.... Now tried the other setup.exe (Baron) et voila, worked fine and finally got the Baron in FS2024. Phewwww!! Sjeeezzzzz.....
Now to get that other princess to behave !

Trick to install the Bonanza is to NOT select INSTALL after clicking the setup.exe but UNPACK and THEN click INSTALL........ that's the second Phewwww!! Sjeeezzzzz....

Anyway, better than the other way around: sweet as honey installation process and then utter dissapointment after selecting the model ( as recently experienced with a certain 4 engined WWII bomber..) ( Baron and Bonanza are amazingly beautiful ! Instant forget about the awkward installation process ! )

 

[DennyA]

The bundle is only $54 US on SimMarket. Had $9 in PayPal credit so I caved.

 

[Twice43]

Ah, Ok, maybe this Contrail installer can't handle a Steam FS2024 installation ??...... (would be remarkable, wouldn't it....) Although the Community folder is at C:\Users\Jan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Packages\Community. Keeps on listing the few aircraft models i have installed but still NO Baron nore Bonanza.

I have now also noticed that 'Installed' underneath the aircraft piccie in the Contrail Installer main menu remains greyed-out no matter how many times i tried installing. It should have a green color like i see in f.i. the Piper J3 and Nellis that i just installed via Contrail and went perfectly.

I have searched my whole (new) system for 'bksq' this time, nothing, nada, niente, zero again...

I have sent them a message via that Contrail thingy.

Thanks again Twice !

Edit: heard back from the Contrail shop. Getting funnier and funnier : don't use the Contrail Installer, use the setup.exe in your downloaded files.... to quote Manuel: ¿QUE !!???

Btw, tried that already but all i got was an error message.... Now tried the other setup.exe (Baron) et voila, worked fine and finally got the Baron in FS2024. Phewwww!! Sjeeezzzzz.....
Now to get that other princess to behave !

Trick to install the Bonanza is to NOT select INSTALL after clicking the setup.exe but UNPACK and THEN click INSTALL........ that's the second Phewwww!! Sjeeezzzzz....

Anyway, better than the other way around: sweet as honey installation process and then utter dissapointment after selecting the model ( as recently experienced with a certain 4 engined WWII bomber..) ( Baron and Bonanza are amazingly beautiful ! Instant forget about the awkward installation process ! )

Bit more to this story. I have been loading them into MSfS2024 using the Just Flight installer. However the process has spat out some error messages re missing 'common' files in the C:\---Community folder, that the install is looking for before proceeding. They relate to the EFB , including the page/data that lets you see the engine functioning as a live schematic. By hitting 'Ignore' I can get the aircraft [& recent update] loaded, but the EFB is deficient in its functionality. Anyway, I queried this on the JF forum & the Black Square owner came on & said it is a JF issue that he would appreciate them fixing. In the meantime he gave me a link to a work around that I have yet to try, but it involves avoiding the JF installer.
So if you have issues installing the Baron & Bonanza Pro's, this Link may help.
T33

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