Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:45 amHere are some shots from my Three Flights thread.
First the 767 ...
Up up ...
... and down.
Then the 747. Yes they're from different flights - activesky and this plane don't play well together, I had a few goes at it while I worked that out ...
And finally the 727. Can't find any NZ paints for this (it's a -200 so an RNZAF paint for the shorter -100 would have looked a bit odd) so I went with a paint that I have a model of
No departure or cruise shots, it was a tad busy ... (and I loved it!)
Well I found Sydney, must have been doing something right ...
Golly, I even found the glideslope. The autopilot is flying at this point. I don't think I've ever been in a plane where I've been flicking the autopilot on and off so much as I did here. I found that autopilots with no LNAV functions other than heading hold and the standard radio beacon tracking don't handle DME arcs very well. Actually neither do I
And we won't go into why there are bits poking out of the top of the wing as well as hanging off the back ...
I've taken over the flying here. You can tell that just by looking at what the trim has had to do with the tailplane.
Gawsh, ain't she a purty thang !
Runway ... Runway ... I know there was one here somewhere ... Where the heck di-Oh, there it is. Way up ahead. Way WAY up ahead. Oops.
And onto the runway. Note how I accidentally forgot to upload the shot showing where the main gear touched down.
Whoa baby whoa ! God, the tailplane ... that's so embarassing
So my landings need a lot of practise, and oh my that was such a blast ! Yes Charl, I do enjoy my nice steam-gauge aeroplane. Lots.
Gary
First the 767 ...
Up up ...
... and down.
Then the 747. Yes they're from different flights - activesky and this plane don't play well together, I had a few goes at it while I worked that out ...
And finally the 727. Can't find any NZ paints for this (it's a -200 so an RNZAF paint for the shorter -100 would have looked a bit odd) so I went with a paint that I have a model of
No departure or cruise shots, it was a tad busy ... (and I loved it!)Well I found Sydney, must have been doing something right ...
Golly, I even found the glideslope. The autopilot is flying at this point. I don't think I've ever been in a plane where I've been flicking the autopilot on and off so much as I did here. I found that autopilots with no LNAV functions other than heading hold and the standard radio beacon tracking don't handle DME arcs very well. Actually neither do I
And we won't go into why there are bits poking out of the top of the wing as well as hanging off the back ...I've taken over the flying here. You can tell that just by looking at what the trim has had to do with the tailplane.
Gawsh, ain't she a purty thang !
Runway ... Runway ... I know there was one here somewhere ... Where the heck di-Oh, there it is. Way up ahead. Way WAY up ahead. Oops.
And onto the runway. Note how I accidentally forgot to upload the shot showing where the main gear touched down.
Whoa baby whoa ! God, the tailplane ... that's so embarassing
So my landings need a lot of practise, and oh my that was such a blast ! Yes Charl, I do enjoy my nice steam-gauge aeroplane. Lots.
Gary