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stealthchef Full Member Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2011	Over my head....by about 20K' Jul 21^st, 2012 at 5:55pm	Print Post
	Hey gang. Is there any kind of tutorial for the B-52 like the one for the C-130? After a year or so I can handle the 130 alright. I just downloaded the BUFF yesterday and, yup, I'll call it. Way out of my league. GF is gonna be lonely tonight cause I'll be reading the literature a ton, but I really got a lot out of the 130 tutorial. Is there something like that for the 52? Appreciate the forum. Thanks as always.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #1 - Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 7:36am	Print Post
	No. Unfortunately there is no tutorial for the B-52. I just fly it as best as I can. There is some advice in this forum from a few former real world B-52 pilots that have helped me quite a lot.

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stealthchef Full Member Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2011	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 12:56pm	Print Post
	Eh well. Can't hurt to ask. I'll read up the rest of the forum and see what I can get out of that. Surely will have some good stuff. Thanks man.


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stealthchef Full Member Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2011	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 1:20pm	Print Post
	Can you suggest a short-ish flight to use for practice?


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2012 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	Not really. The only short flights I do, are usually leaving from KNKX and flying around for a while, then returning to KNKX. Just load the B-52 Cleared for takeoff (KNKX) and pick a destination of your choice. The range of the B-52 is good, I have done 5000nm round trips in it with fuel to spare. If you want to simulate taking bombs and a reduced fuel load, then you cant go as far, but you can add more fuel later (pretending that you met a tanker to do in-flight refueling.

	Mark Fletcher PC: i7 10700K @3.8/5.1GHz \| 64GB DDR4 3200 \| 12GB RTX 4070 Super \| 32" LCD Monitor \| 1TB SSD & 2x2TB SSD \| Win 11 Pro - FSX/FSX-SE/P3D3/P3D4/P3D5/P3D6/MSFS2020 15.6" Gaming Laptop: i7 7700HQ \| 32GB DDR4 \| 6GB GTX 1060 \| 256GB SSD & 1TB HDD \| Win 10 Pro 64bit - FSX-SE/P3D4
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stealthchef Full Member Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2011	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #5 - Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 4:52am	Print Post
	I get what you mean. I got spoiled because I can go from Yeager to Tri-state and that's a nice little hop to learn things. It's very different with the buff. Hate the left coast of the US anyway. Their girls all melt in the sun. I can try Dayton, OH to Baltimore or something like that. Clue a guy in if you would tho, where is the autopilot on the console? I learned how to turn the terrain radar on. But I can't find the thing to figure it out. Maddening really.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12364 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #6 - Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 5:58am	Print Post
	Here is an image of the VC, showing the Autopilot on the Aft Pedestal. The circle object is the Flight Director Switch. Turn it on or the Autopilot won't engage. I hate to think of how many times I have wallowed around the skies in the B-52 trying to figure out why the Autopilot won't engage. If you haven't already got them, get the manuals from here: http://www.captainsim.com/products/x520/manuals.html.

	Mark Fletcher PC: i7 10700K @3.8/5.1GHz \| 64GB DDR4 3200 \| 12GB RTX 4070 Super \| 32" LCD Monitor \| 1TB SSD & 2x2TB SSD \| Win 11 Pro - FSX/FSX-SE/P3D3/P3D4/P3D5/P3D6/MSFS2020 15.6" Gaming Laptop: i7 7700HQ \| 32GB DDR4 \| 6GB GTX 1060 \| 256GB SSD & 1TB HDD \| Win 10 Pro 64bit - FSX-SE/P3D4
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stealthchef Full Member Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2011	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2012 at 4:27pm	Print Post
	Sorry for the late reply, but thank you very much for the help.


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Don-P1126 Full Member Offline Posts: 78 Joined: Jul 7^th, 2011	Re: Over my head....by about 20K' Reply #8 - Sep 8^th, 2012 at 12:52am	Print Post
	you can search youtube for videos. There are some good video's explaining how to do things to include engine start on the B-52.


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