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| Seelochan 2005-05-23, 8:33 pm |
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Hi I was just thinking about my fav FS2004 plane. Not the one I spend
most time in. When I have a spare half hour I like to jump into the
Air-king 350 and go for a Buzz around.
But when I have a spare couple of hours I fire up the BAe 146-200 using
the BAe-146 panel project Or the Eurowings version. Starting from cold
going through start-up, pre-flight taxi, following the correct
Departure/Arrival routes flying routes that real 146 aircraft fly, is
what for me flight simulation is all about. The joy of the 146 (Not the
RJ versions) is the Auto-pilot. Which really isn't an really an auto
pilot in the modern sense. It will either hold your V/s, hold your IAS
or Mach speed or hold your ALT but not all three. So when flying in
restricted speed zones you use the AP to hold your speed and you have
to manually hold your ALT. During approach there is no dialling in the
approach speed and letting the plane glide on to the runway. You must
manually adjust the throttle carefully watching the airspeed and V/s.
Combined with it's great short runway performance it's an aircraft that
really makes you feel involved in flying.
So what's your favourite plane?
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| Trip Lane 2005-05-23, 8:33 pm |
| Didn't we just do this?
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"Seelochan" <Seelochan@forums.simradar.com> wrote in message
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> Hi I was just thinking about my fav FS2004 plane. Not the one I spend
> most time in. When I have a spare half hour I like to jump into the
> Air-king 350 and go for a Buzz around.
>
> But when I have a spare couple of hours I fire up the BAe 146-200 using
> the BAe-146 panel project Or the Eurowings version. Starting from cold
> going through start-up, pre-flight taxi, following the correct
> Departure/Arrival routes flying routes that real 146 aircraft fly, is
> what for me flight simulation is all about. The joy of the 146 (Not the
> RJ versions) is the Auto-pilot. Which really isn't an really an auto
> pilot in the modern sense. It will either hold your V/s, hold your IAS
> or Mach speed or hold your ALT but not all three. So when flying in
> restricted speed zones you use the AP to hold your speed and you have
> to manually hold your ALT. During approach there is no dialling in the
> approach speed and letting the plane glide on to the runway. You must
> manually adjust the throttle carefully watching the airspeed and V/s.
> Combined with it's great short runway performance it's an aircraft that
> really makes you feel involved in flying.
>
> So what's your favourite plane?
>
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| Seelochan wrote:
During approach there is no dialling in the
quote:
> approach speed and letting the plane glide on to the runway. You must
> manually adjust the throttle carefully watching the airspeed and V/s.
> Combined with it's great short runway performance it's an aircraft that
> really makes you feel involved in flying.
Yes, flying an approach (VOR, ILS, NDB, etc) by hand gives a person a
good feeling that can't be felt by letting the aircraft fly itself down
the approach. But for every good hand flown approach there can be some
frustrating attempts. But hey, save the flight way out on final and if
a pilot screws it up terrible, just reset and fly it again. 
--
boB,
Master_Caution_70
U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)
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| Craig 2005-05-25, 12:31 am |
| Seelochan <Seelochan@forums.simradar.com> wrote in news:1114505460.22132
@forums.simradar.com:
quote:
> So what's your favourite plane?
My favorite plane to fly lately is not a high quality visual masterpiece.
I love flying Bjorn Buchner's Dorner 228. It was designed for FS2002, but
it works fine in FS2004. I have been flying it for about three months and
I love the way it handles, and I love the STOL! I have downloaded other
aircraft (FFX 737-800, Posky 767-400), but have not even flown them yet.
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