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Historic Dutch East Indies Route Event - Reports
EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Thanks!
I did just that :), and it got better controllable because of it.
Nevertheless, I just bought myself the DA F70/F100 for FSX. I did not like the FS9 ported model, with the Embrear cockpit with LearJet gauges very much, to be honest. I do like the paint, but that's about it. I don't trust the flight characteristics, and the AP does not seem to be able to keep her steady. A little nervous pitching, and variation of the IAS all the time... I even got an overspeed penalty today, with speed set to 260 KIAS. That can't be too much, now can it? Also, some buttons and gauges that don't work. Nah, I'd rather pay a little for a realistic model. It comes with a learning curve, though ;) So for now I used the Euroholidays fleet one, with the panel as described above. I'll be practicing the DA one the next couple of days.
Question, though:
Do I create a new plane section in the aircraft.cfg of the DA F100, for the EHM tour plane, or do I just take any livery that comes with the package, and put a remark in the appropriate field in Flogger? I ask, because Flogger reads some fields ("ui_*") from aircraft.cfg to determine if the right plane is selected, that corresponds with the PP locked flight. Do I need to "fool" Flogger, or will it accept the PIREP automatically, even if the airplane does not match the locked one?
Curious how you guys that already have the DA F100 do this.
Also: would there be an EHM livery out there that I could use for the DA one? That would be so nice ... :)
P.S. flight report will follow shortly, after I get some sleep first ;)
EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Leg 02 takes us from Avignon to Naples. I am finally getting to grips with the F100's handling, so a simple southbound STAR from rwy17 did not pose any problems. We are soon over the Mediterranian already Details, with a good tailwind (107 kts, even 111 kts at one time). DetailsOver the Med, we have a little time to get a good look at this wonderful paint Details before prepping for the STAR at LIRN.
The PZN1C STAR calls for an outbound radial 105 of PZN, followed by a 56 degrees inbound course to POM. So I dial in the two frequencies, and set up the ILS runway 24 frequency already. I will not need any other NAV frequencies for the ILS-X approach to runway 24.
Soon we see Napoli, underneeth a blanket of thick clouds. DetailsWinds are from the south-west, so it will indeed be a rwy 24 landing; we are all set.
Overhead LIRN DetailsAfter a 15 nm outbound, turn right to intercept the ILS. Let's get this caneloni on the ground :)
Established on the ILS, ready to extend the final notches of flaps
DetailsWind picked up to 220deg/33kts, so there was some x-wind component, but manageable.
After 1:50h of flight we had a relatively smooth 200ft/min touchdown.
A good flight, with an overspeed penalty I cannot really explain. Apparently 260 IAS is too much at FL310... ???
Well, never mind! I got some playing around to do with the DA F100 before I start the next leg, to LGAV.
See y'all up there!
Eric-Jan
EHM-1442 Luis:
Hi
Arriving to Naples i get very strong cross winds too and i was lucky because i have smoothing winds enabled in the fsuipc and this also avoid overspeed when the winds changes.
Leaving LGAV to HEAX
Somewhere over the Mediterranean sea
Cheers
Luis
EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Well, guys, I find myself in Greece, now, after completing the third leg :)
I do not have the paid-for version of FSUIPC, so I cannot set wind-smoothing on :(
That would probably have kept me under the 11.000 PPPP (Pro Pilot Penalty Points) mark today, as I got another 290 for overspeed...
Taxi to LIRN rwy24, with no problem.
I started using my DA F-100 for this tour today, but still with the TAM livery. I do not have an EHM livery for my DA just yet, and I don't think I'll be finding the time to paint one very soon. So this will have to do for now.
Climbing out, passing FL120
I remember having a good tailwind (some 50 or 60 kts, I believe) when the overspeed ringer called out. At that moment I had an 84 kts headwind, causing some 350 KIAS for a little while. Grrrr...
Over Patra
When I arrived at LGAV, I tried to autoland. But somewhere along the way, I had pushed some wrong buttons, I guess, and I had to disconnect AP, autothrottle, FD, the works to land manually. That worked out great, by the way, so no real problem there. I just have to get more familiarised with the DA plane.
See y'all up there!
Eric-Jan
EHM-1465 Dominic:
--- Quote from: EHM-2387 Eric-Jan on December 21, 2009, 10:42:20 pm ---Nevertheless, I just bought myself the DA F70/F100 for FSX. I did not like the FS9 ported model, with the Embrear cockpit with LearJet gauges very much, to be honest. I do like the paint, but that's about it. I don't trust the flight characteristics, and the AP does not seem to be able to keep her steady. A little nervous pitching, and variation of the IAS all the time... I even got an overspeed penalty today, with speed set to 260 KIAS. That can't be too much, now can it? Also, some buttons and gauges that don't work. Nah, I'd rather pay a little for a realistic model. It comes with a learning curve, though ;) So for now I used the Euroholidays fleet one, with the panel as described above. I'll be practicing the DA one the next couple of days.
Question, though:
Do I create a new plane section in the aircraft.cfg of the DA F100, for the EHM tour plane, or do I just take any livery that comes with the package, and put a remark in the appropriate field in Flogger? I ask, because Flogger reads some fields ("ui_*") from aircraft.cfg to determine if the right plane is selected, that corresponds with the PP locked flight. Do I need to "fool" Flogger, or will it accept the PIREP automatically, even if the airplane does not match the locked one?
Curious how you guys that already have the DA F100 do this.
Also: would there be an EHM livery out there that I could use for the DA one? That would be so nice ... :)
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E-J,
Unless I'm mistaken the DA Fokker package doesn't have a VC yet? If so, you should be able to merge the EHM Fleet F70 or F100 model with the 2D panel, aircraft.cfg and .air file of the DA version to get the best of both worlds. Normally you just need to recalculate distance values for things like the [LIGHTS] section so they show up in the right place on the visual model according to where the CofG is placed for the DA one. This has worked for me with plenty of payware stuff for FS9 ;)
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