Post by LOU on Jul 23rd, 2011 at 2:08am
Bruce - GREAT landing! :o I really likes the Summertime video too!
You do a great job on the videos. Too bad you live sooooo far away... :'( We would have fun riding our bikes around.
Harley FSTDN and Indian Roadmaster Chief
BrianG - 1/4 mile in the old beast with all that wind - would scare me! :P
Remember, the 707 was really a CAT-I plane that was up-graded to CAT-II maybe. A half mile would be more realistic with a bit less wind.
The FSX 747 is just OK - nothing like the CS planes. If CS ever comes out with a 747 this would be a fun approach to try. The gusty winds and heavy rain make the approach to Singapore tough. If you get a sudden shear like the one in this mission, in real life you would be going around. As you found out if you give it a big amount of thrust to catch the sink and the shear all of a sudden stops, you are left with a lot of speed to get rid of before you can land. We would simulate shears like the one in this mission in the Level - D simulator, in either the 747 or 757 and 767. It's a very hard approach to salvage.
You do a great job on the videos. Too bad you live sooooo far away... :'( We would have fun riding our bikes around.
Harley FSTDN and Indian Roadmaster Chief
BrianG - 1/4 mile in the old beast with all that wind - would scare me! :P
Remember, the 707 was really a CAT-I plane that was up-graded to CAT-II maybe. A half mile would be more realistic with a bit less wind.
The FSX 747 is just OK - nothing like the CS planes. If CS ever comes out with a 747 this would be a fun approach to try. The gusty winds and heavy rain make the approach to Singapore tough. If you get a sudden shear like the one in this mission, in real life you would be going around. As you found out if you give it a big amount of thrust to catch the sink and the shear all of a sudden stops, you are left with a lot of speed to get rid of before you can land. We would simulate shears like the one in this mission in the Level - D simulator, in either the 747 or 757 and 767. It's a very hard approach to salvage.