NZFF

...from the new Kiwiflightsim Hokitika. Quite a nice first up payware scenery with a well detailed main terminal. Need some trees clipped as approaches are difficult with some high trees. Have now loaded some tree height adjustment addons, which i think i had before i reloaded MSFS.

The Blackbird (Milviz) 310 was one of my earlier addons. It has a lot of depth (failures, some easter eggs, plane gets dirty etc) great sounds and character. Some of the avionics are a bit lightweight but overall this is a cracker addon.

One of our members was a beta tester I believe.

Great post Naki. I think the 310 was , and maybe still is the most elegant Cessna made.
You screen it well. As I've said before, its great having you back

Naki wrote:...from the new Kiwiflightsim Hokitika. Quite a nice first up payware scenery with a well detailed main terminal. Need some trees clipped as approaches are difficult with some high trees. Have now loaded some tree height adjustment addons, which i think i had before i reloaded MSFS.

The Blackbird (Milviz) 310 was one of my earlier addons. It has a lot of depth (failures, some easter eggs, plane gets dirty etc) great sounds and character. Some of the avionics are a bit lightweight but overall this is a cracker addon.

One of our members was a beta tester I believe.

Awesome pics Naki - I was a tester for him

Re the tree height in HK I use this add-on which makes it heaps better

https://simplaza.org/taburet-trees-resize-v1-0-0/

From memory the 310 was quite squirrely in pitch. It earnt the unfortunate reputation of "Widow maker". That was probably more to do with the fact that it was an entry level twin aircraft and had a lot of inexperienced operating it.

cowpatz wrote:From memory the 310 was quite squirrely in pitch. It earnt the unfortunate reputation of "Widow maker". That was probably more to do with the fact that it was an entry level twin aircraft and had a lot of inexperienced operating it.

CP, did one of these crash in NZ ? ...I remember something from years ago.

Splitpin wrote:CP, did one of these crash in NZ ? ...I remember something from years ago.

I think there was more than one. I seem to recall that the fuel system was a bit complex.
The crash I’m thinking was one out of Queenstown many years ago. A young and very low twin time pilot tried to out climb terrain and ended up stalling and crashing. I believe that it was heavily loaded.

cowpatz wrote:

Splitpin wrote:CP, did one of these crash in NZ ? ...I remember something from years ago.

I think there was more than one. I seem to recall that the fuel system was a bit complex.
The crash I’m thinking was one out of Queenstown many years ago. A young and very low twin time pilot tried to out climb terrain and ended up stalling and crashing. I believe that it was heavily loaded.

That's the one I remember CP ....linked to a TV personality I think.

TAIC report

A tragic and avoidable loss of young lives.

Verges on ghoulish, but I gave it a go in the stock MSFS Baron, 90% loaded.
This has a comparable climb rate to the 310.

Turning left out of Rwy 14 to clear the Remarkables sounds like a Grand Plan if you're going North.
This was never going to work out.

Hauling back on the controls and ignoring the stall warning, you were going to miss the mark by a few hundred feet.
Continuing the left turn while so doing, immediately stalled the port wing: instant Darwin award.
Tragic that the passengers were in his hands.

I'm always a tad hesitant about watching recreations of fatal incidents...so, thanks Charl for leaving it as a non visual post.

Dash8captain wrote:

Naki wrote:...from the new Kiwiflightsim Hokitika. Quite a nice first up payware scenery with a well detailed main terminal. Need some trees clipped as approaches are difficult with some high trees. Have now loaded some tree height adjustment addons, which i think i had before i reloaded MSFS.

The Blackbird (Milviz) 310 was one of my earlier addons. It has a lot of depth (failures, some easter eggs, plane gets dirty etc) great sounds and character. Some of the avionics are a bit lightweight but overall this is a cracker addon.

One of our members was a beta tester I believe.

Awesome pics Naki - I was a tester for him

Re the tree height in HK I use this add-on which makes it heaps better

https://simplaza.org/taburet-trees-resize-v1-0-0/

Thanks Dash8...will give that a try

I was referring to the aircraft...I think Andrew (our founder) was a Milviz beta tester.

cowpatz wrote:TAIC report

A tragic and avoidable loss of young lives.

Ohh I remember that now...yeah if the Sim plane was about the same as the real one it will bite....

That's a shame, such a good looking aircraft...but with a sting.