I made an accurate flight model of the Eclipse for use in FS2002. But I used the engines from a Cessna T-37 because Eclipse was having trouble deciding on an engine. These are proven engines. But the performance was that of a turboprop - good under 30,000 ft. In flying it around in the sim, I had the impression this type of aircraft could be very useful. It climbs and descends well making it easy to use altitudes in the 20's on trips as short as 150nm. I suspect many people would find these very nice for trips within 600 nm of home base.
I also thought the Eclipse claims were a bit of a stretch. But I thought similar things about the Raytheon Premier and they made it work. Shooting for specific performance goals from the start of a design and publicizing that fact is a very big gamble. It's one I would not take. But I made a flight model of the Eclipse for FS2002 (something I do now after retiring as an aeronautical engineer) and it looks reasonable if you accept reduced performance.
I put the engines of a Cessna T-37 on the Eclipse - proven performance and produceability. I found climbing to and cruising in the high 20's very reasonable. 300 KTAS is not bad for a small plane. Of course investors might be alarmed if Eclipse changed their goals. But then worse can happen to those investors.
There is no way to model the effect of cuffs or anything else that affects spanwise flow in FS. The wing dropping seems to be a dynamic effect and is seen mainly in stalls from a climbing turn when uncommanded roll rates can exceed 95 degrees per second.
As for spin tendencies, once again I have not seen evidence that normal aircraft spinning is properly modelled. Planes can be made to rotate after a stall but not in the mnner of a normal aircraft spin. There is one exception to this. A F4U Corsair supplied with FS2002 PRO does seem to spin realistically. This is related to moments of inertia and basic dynamic effects rather than aerodynamics.
The cause of normal spins is unequal lift on the wings - lift in one wing will drop significantly causing that wing to drop. I have not seen any evidence this is modelled in FS. You cannot do a snap roll in most cases. The Columbia does come close to it, however.
I put the engines of a Cessna T-37 on the Eclipse - proven performance and produceability. I found climbing to and cruising in the high 20's very reasonable. 300 KTAS is not bad for a small plane. Of course investors might be alarmed if Eclipse changed their goals. But then worse can happen to those investors.
As for spin tendencies, once again I have not seen evidence that normal aircraft spinning is properly modelled. Planes can be made to rotate after a stall but not in the mnner of a normal aircraft spin. There is one exception to this. A F4U Corsair supplied with FS2002 PRO does seem to spin realistically. This is related to moments of inertia and basic dynamic effects rather than aerodynamics.
The cause of normal spins is unequal lift on the wings - lift in one wing will drop significantly causing that wing to drop. I have not seen any evidence this is modelled in FS. You cannot do a snap roll in most cases. The Columbia does come close to it, however.