Civilian P51 over Nelson
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:00 pmThis morning I decided it was time to take the Mustang for a spin as it hadn't been let off its leash for quite some time. I thought it would be keen to go for a run.
The troubles started with starting the engine. It took me around 20 minutes to get it up and running - eventually I noticed that there was no noise when I turned on the fuel boost switch - ah ha, no sound = no power I thought to myself. Then I had to wonder why it took me so long to figure that out as nothing else electrical had been working either. I think maybe I'm a little in awe of the stallion I was seated in and didn't want to embarrass it by appearing incompetent and having to ask for help!
Things didn't improve. Had to abort the first take off when I realised that I had dialed in 6 degrees of right elevator trim instead of 6 degrees of right rudder trim, taxi back and try again. Oops, another quick stop when I found that I was veering too strongly to the left. Hmm, oh yes - I need to remember to have back pressure on the stick so that the tail wheel is in the locked position.
Final try. Whew, everything worked fine. Climbed to 11000 feet, played with the white fluffy things and then back to earth - wow, I had forgotten how quickly this descends, the altimeter was running backwards like something demented.
A safe landing and then time to think. YES - that was great with immersive realism. I'm going to be back in this thorough breed very soon.
Don't you love A2A realism - anything else and I would have taken off with no problems, tooled around a bit, landed and though - well that was ok, what can I do next. Instead I'm lusting after another dose of this realism as soon as I can organise it with my mates.
Scenery is Rob's Real Nelson.
I saw Splitpin had posted his 'Pony' shots but after a bit of thought decided that I would post mine anyway as they are different and of course the Mustang deserves all the exposure - to me it's right up there with the Spitfire ............................... (well, the spit does have a slight edge!)
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The troubles started with starting the engine. It took me around 20 minutes to get it up and running - eventually I noticed that there was no noise when I turned on the fuel boost switch - ah ha, no sound = no power I thought to myself. Then I had to wonder why it took me so long to figure that out as nothing else electrical had been working either. I think maybe I'm a little in awe of the stallion I was seated in and didn't want to embarrass it by appearing incompetent and having to ask for help!
Things didn't improve. Had to abort the first take off when I realised that I had dialed in 6 degrees of right elevator trim instead of 6 degrees of right rudder trim, taxi back and try again. Oops, another quick stop when I found that I was veering too strongly to the left. Hmm, oh yes - I need to remember to have back pressure on the stick so that the tail wheel is in the locked position.
Final try. Whew, everything worked fine. Climbed to 11000 feet, played with the white fluffy things and then back to earth - wow, I had forgotten how quickly this descends, the altimeter was running backwards like something demented.
A safe landing and then time to think. YES - that was great with immersive realism. I'm going to be back in this thorough breed very soon.
Don't you love A2A realism - anything else and I would have taken off with no problems, tooled around a bit, landed and though - well that was ok, what can I do next. Instead I'm lusting after another dose of this realism as soon as I can organise it with my mates.
Scenery is Rob's Real Nelson.
I saw Splitpin had posted his 'Pony' shots but after a bit of thought decided that I would post mine anyway as they are different and of course the Mustang deserves all the exposure - to me it's right up there with the Spitfire ............................... (well, the spit does have a slight edge!)
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Great work Greg .... can never have too many tangs 
