NZFF

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:53 pm**

Have spent the past few evenings learning how to operate this bird from cold and dark. Also have Call! for this plane, so it's like having a co-pilot... not that he can fly the plane. I decided to hand fly a circuit as I haven't learnt the FMC or autopilot on this aircraft yet. I left NZAA just after 1645hrs and the flight took 1.1hrs.

All pics unedited.

Nosey.

Line up.

Taxying.

Let's roll!

Over the Manukau harbour.

Lining up.

Down and dirty.

Steady does it.

Pheew!

Where's my park?

Found it!

Time for some passengers... Anyone brave enough?

Does anybody know where I can find some ANZ repaints for this aircraft?

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:09 pm**

BigBird wrote:
QUOTE (BigBird @ Mar 8 2010, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Does anybody know where I can find some ANZ repaints for this aircraft?

Try ZK-NGH or ZK-FRE. They're both flagged as for FS9, but I seem to remember them working quite happily in FSX.

I'll see which one I had installed when I "flew" it for my VANZ sessions before I got an A320

BTW - don't forget to align your IRS or your EFIS/map won't work!

EDIT: Just did a check - ZK-NGH is the one I have. Works a treat - and is an excellent livery.

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:57 am**

BB, Very nice.....god i love the old 73's...all of them .Your #8 pic is great (as are the rest)....but that last few feet rushing up to meet you is always a buzz for me....that is ,when Ive planned it that way (which is about 98% of the time)

Keep them coming .....cheers

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:05 pm**

Cheers Adamski

Only prob is when I go to download either of those repaints...

Not Found

The requested URL /civil_flight/msfs/fs2004/aircraft_repaints/airnzwilco733pic.zip was not found on this server.

Darn!

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:18 pm**

going to be interesting to compare the PMDG 737X , Great Screens BB

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:28 pm**

BigBird wrote:
QUOTE (BigBird @ Mar 9 2010, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Only prob is when I go to download either of those repaints...
Not Found
The requested URL /civil_flight/msfs/fs2004/aircraft_repaints/airnzwilco733pic.zip was not found on this server.

Hmmmm ... I followed the link from the NZFSIM item .... like so ... and it seemed to download OK.

Let me know if you still can't get it.

She's a beauty ... but I prefer my A320

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:09 pm**

Cheers Adamski, I will download from that link this evening

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:30 pm**

With regards to your picture # 8. Check your "ATT" selector is enabled and your Horizontal indicator will show correctly.

Cheers,

Kelvin

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:03 pm**

I downloaded that repaint. Just can't it to work. When I try to select the aircraft it comes up with the message;

"Failed to startup the flight model..." etc

I pasted the additional info into the Aircraft.cfg file etc.

Help!

[EDIT: Was just a '_' that needed to be replaced with a '-' in the code. I just have to work out why all the textures are black now.]

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:31 pm**

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Mar 9 2010, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hmmmm ... I followed the link from the NZFSIM item .... like so ... and it seemed to download OK.

Bizzare! That link there downloaded an SJB repaint for me, but it was for a 737 by a completely different publisher.

Anyway, all sorted now. I tracked down the repaint for the 737 PIC and it's all functioning properly now

Cheers for the other tips guys... I hadn't bothered setting her up properly for the flight, but it certainly was interesting without the ATT functioning or the VSI for that matter. Still, she was fairly easy to control and straight and level was fairly easy to achieve.

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:08 pm**

BigBird wrote:
QUOTE (BigBird @ Mar 9 2010, 11:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
[EDIT: Was just a '_' that needed to be replaced with a '-' in the code. I just have to work out why all the textures are black now.]

You haven't got DX10 preview selected, by any chance have you? This is an old FS9 paint, so would probably have problems with DX10.

Strange stuff about that link ... it definitely gave me airnzwilco733pic.zip ... and here's the intro from the README:

Air New Zealand ZK-NGH
Repaint for the Wilco/feelthere Boeing 737-300 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and Flight Simulator X

Posted: **Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:28 am**

Was just because I was trying to use that repaint for the other publisher. The black 733 did look pretty stealthy though

That ANZ scheme looks a lot better than the default Boeing scheme. Cheers again for the repaint Adamski

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:48 pm**

It is a nice plane and nice screenshot i also have the FeelThere CALL its is a First Officer, Flight Attendant simulation run through the check list.
I also have a problem with the IRS system that plane they have no fix for cold and dark starts with the alignment of the IRS

So always start with GPU or APU power on

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:09 pm**

waka172rg wrote:
QUOTE (waka172rg @ Mar 17 2010, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It is a nice plane and nice screenshot i also have the FeelThere CALL its is a First Officer, Flight Attendant simulation run through the check list.
I also have a problem with the IRS system that plane they have no fix for cold and dark starts with the alignment of the IRS
So always start with GPU or APU power on

Is this in FSX or FS2004? I'll have a go in my FSX/737 (been a long time!).

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:30 pm**

Hi Guys, here's a few screenshots of my latest steed.

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:04 pm**

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Mar 17 2010, 07:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is this in FSX or FS2004? I'll have a go in my FSX/737 (been a long time!).

fsx 737 with vista update
I also use these addons... http://www.feelthere.com/2005/index.html

Nice screens where to get the blue engines? fsx i take it?

NZFF

NZAA circuit in 737 PIC