Flight Sim Screenshots

[IanM]

IanM - i didn't have to pay

not sure what's going on there

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The first link takes me to a page where there are Aircraft listed but no Lancaster. You have to log-in to download one and it costs $5 a month or something.

The other ones to the zip files asks me for a username and password.

[Mayfly]

SM have a look at the website again please, I'm sure it changed this afternoon because I was looking at it earlier & it said 'free downloads'

[Saracenman]

i just have, and there doesn't seem to be a problem. i DID have to register last night, but i DIDN'T have to pay

anyway, I'm just chatting to Wedgy about it all - PM him and he'll see what he can do

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[Mayfly]

just wondering if you were lucky SM as I'm sure there was an area on left handside that asked for donations, so it wouldn't surprise me if it changed this afternoon

[Saracenman]

you might be right Mayfly - i usually miss these sort of things by a day, not get them by a day!

if i had a pound for every time I'd heard, "well if you'd come in yesterday, we had three and no-one wanted them so we threw them out!" ..........

i think Wedgy has a plan for the missing a/c anyway

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[IanM]

Just a very quick question... how does one start the engines on a Vulcan?

ETA: I've now got no3 started... how the hell that happened I don't know lol

[Cluny]

Just a very quick question... how does one start the engines on a Vulcan?

ETA: I've now got no3 started... how the hell that happened I don't know lol

Ctrl + E Ian .
They should then start in sequence [rapid 4 engine start does not work in FSX ]

[IanM]

Just a very quick question... how does one start the engines on a Vulcan?

ETA: I've now got no3 started... how the hell that happened I don't know lol

Ctrl + E Ian .
They should then start in sequence [rapid 4 engine start does not work in FSX ]

That's what I thought I did, maybe I didn't wait long enough

[Wedgy]

Here we go! The flight sim event of the year. Got Dawnie to do her first flight

I was actually extremely impressed - hasn't caught any of the "porridge stirring" from me

Nice takeoff from Brize


Aiming for Farnborough


She actually landed well, but then made the mistake of putting full right rudder on, when she was already on the ground


And buried it


Next up ... the Vulcan


Very smooth




Nicely lined up for a first-timer




Shame she lost too much speed and height and fell short.


2nd attempt at landing, she landed on her left wing-tip and smashed it


Danwie has asked me to pass on her deepest apologies to DT for crashing his beloved Vulcan

[Saracenman]

blimey mate - i think Dawnie missed her true calling

well done Dawnie - keep at it..............[whisper mode]if you hog flight sim, he'll have to do the painting![/whisper mode]



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[IanM]

It's a much better effort than my go last night. The damn thing just wouldn't fly level then just fell out of the sky. Something not right methinks!

[Saracenman]

the secret with the Vulcan is trimming it

get it to fly roughly straight and level with about 60% engine RPMs (any higher and it overspeeds, any lower and she drops out of the sky like a brick)

once at a stable speed, trim up/down so that the vertical speed reads as close to zero as possible. the trim takes a wee while to take effect, so do it one click at a time. very fiddly on the Vulcan

overspeeding gives Vulcan dreadful 'Mach tuck' - almost impossible to pullout of an overspeed dive

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[Mayfly]

the secret with the Vulcan is trimming it

get it to fly roughly straight and level with about 60% engine RPMs (any higher and it overspeeds, any lower and she drops out of the sky like a brick)

once at a stable speed, trim up/down so that the vertical speed reads as close to zero as possible. the trim takes a wee while to take effect, so do it one click at a time. very fiddly on the Vulcan

overspeeding gives Vulcan dreadful 'Mach tuck' - almost impossible to pullout of an overspeed dive

sm

hey that was my problem

well done Dawnie - you go girl

[IanM]

the secret with the Vulcan is trimming it

get it to fly roughly straight and level with about 60% engine RPMs (any higher and it overspeeds, any lower and she drops out of the sky like a brick)

once at a stable speed, trim up/down so that the vertical speed reads as close to zero as possible. the trim takes a wee while to take effect, so do it one click at a time. very fiddly on the Vulcan

overspeeding gives Vulcan dreadful 'Mach tuck' - almost impossible to pullout of an overspeed dive

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Ahhhh, maybe I overcooked it a little

[IanM]

Well tonight was more successful with the Vulcan. This time I borrowed 824 and took off from Duxford.

Finally figured out the landing lights when I got to Heathrow



Got fed up of flying in the dark so made it daylight, still at Heathrow



Thought I'd go for a fly over London and then spotted City Airport



City Airport with Canary Wharf, etc in the background



Parked up

[Mayfly]

must admit when I first started I found it useul to fly either at dawn or dusk as it was light enough to see where you were going but the runway lights were on so the the airfields were easy to spot

[Saracenman]

nice one IanM - glad you got it sorted

not impressed though - why fly OVER Tower Bridge?

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[Wedgy]

My first night time sortie - brief, but some of the best formation flying (according to SM).

Mayfly joined us, before Gamespy seemed to cock up


Some formation flying with SM




Formation landing at Cosford

[Mayfly]

just the 2 from me ...... before FSX decided to show me doing things I didn't and then kicked me off

[Saracenman]

shame your FSX misbehaved Mayfly - it was looking to be a good sortie

indeed it was THE best formation flying that Wedgy's done to date

as my pictures testify..............





Mayfly, Wedgy and me parked up



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[Mayfly]

how come I've never seen you formating on anyone SM ??????????????

[Saracenman]

simple answer really - Wedgy can't fly straight and level long enough to give me a chance!

[Mayfly]

[RLN]

Were you being a runway hog again SM?

[Saracenman]

as the Queen of the Skies, VC10s deserve to hog any runway, wherever and whenever they want!