Boeing 377 Stratocruiser FSX

[Ian Warren]

Some will call it the real ugly duckling , the thing that intrigues me with this model is the engine and power management
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FyUSPfpF77E
a couple of brilliant videos at the A2Asimulations forum , best to d/load the hi-res
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hB59-CPz5Hw
This is is a definite for me , and really will require those Navigation Charts , I hope A2A dont put in a cheat GPS mode in .

[creator2003]

HHHmmm yes thats one word for it ,i suppose that apart from the nose on her the rest looks ok ,very werid looking to say the lest

[Charl]

"Corncob" eh?
Folks, Wingman is going to submerge in Nuts 'n Bolts in a little while.
Do not be concerned, they are a part of his normal diet...
Love the 50's - style instruction movie

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"The copilot is there to help the pilot fly the aircraft..."[/quote]I am told by a very experienced copilot that he is in fact there to stop the pilot makng a complete hash of it...

Wasn't there a tanker version??

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Jul 20 2008, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

HHHmmm yes thats one word for it ,i suppose that apart from the nose on her the rest looks ok ,very werid looking to say the lest

Sorta the 50's A380 Mike

[Peppermint]

It's already on my list for my first FSX paywares! Hopefully they make a tanker version with it too.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Charl @ Jul 20 2008, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Love the 50's - style instruction movie
Wasn't there a tanker version??

Its almost like every crewman having a set of controls .... who needs the Captain other than turn left , turn right , and the other importants ones ........ um ... oh yeah , Up and Down

The Variants range from the 50 connie compieition , the airliner to the the tanker KC-97 and its models to the C97 transports , even electronic EC's to HC rescue , even going as far as a designated MC medvac .

For people not quite sure , it lineage comes from the B-29 Superfortress / B-50 .

[Ian Warren]

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Sorta the 50's A380 Mike[/quote] you read my mind thats exactly what i was thinking but i like the shape of the A380
This one im not a lover at first site, it really is ugly and looks like a flying boat with gear down ,the shape in the under carriage looks like it was suppose to float to me ,really i havent got much else to say about it ..
thanks for the heads up though it really is good to see more and more coming out for FSX just dont really know the market this one was aiming for ? over 80s LOL just being a smartass
come to think of it and quickly looking at it again it looks like the guys that designed it were at a trailer park in the 50s ,can you see that shape like a caravan ??

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[Ian Warren]

................................BOEING PARADE OF PROGRESS

Boeing the period, a great help for persons interested, pre 727 at this was restricted information .

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Jul 20 2008, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you read my mind thats exactly what i was thinking but i like the shape of the A380
This one im not a lover at first site, it really is ugly and looks like a flying boat with gear down ,the shape in the under carriage looks like it was suppose to float to me ,really i havent got much else to say about it ..
thanks for the heads up though it really is good to see more and more coming out for FSX just dont really know the market this one was aiming for ? over 80s LOL just being a smartass
come to think of it and quickly looking at it again it looks like the guys that designed it were at a trailer park in the 50s ,can you see that shape like a caravan ??

Mike 180 , no your right 80 ..... what Century is this .........

[jastheace]

that looks great, takes real men to fly those, not the press a button and fly guys theses days brings a whole new meaning to beaten with the ugly stick, but it is strangely attractive too

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (jastheace @ Jul 20 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

that looks great, takes real men to fly those, not the press a button and fly guys theses days brings a whole new meaning to beaten with the ugly stick, but it is strangely attractive too

They also have a Large NZ history Connection with the USAF C-97 transports in the 60s for 'Operation Deep Freeze' and of all things ! Pam Am flew the first civil flight from Christchurch Oct 1957 ! and as you said , nothing automated here , every flightlevel required very dynamic adjustment to the engine settings .

[jastheace]

i had a picture of a pan am clipper 377 when i was growing up, wish i could find it now, it was one of my favorites. never saw one, bit before my time, but i wish i had

[Ian Warren]

MEMORIES .. Postcards and Times gone by

[ZK-MAT]

Awesome postcards Ian , the scenery almost looks like Flight Sim generated though!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (ZK-MAT @ Jul 20 2008, 08:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Awesome postcards Ian , the scenery almost looks like Flight Sim generated though!

I thought the same , be worth a compare pix with the release of the Stratocruiser

[Ian Warren]

B377...... If you really want a challenged to operate a heavy laden 1950s airliner , this Boeing is as close to the possible for a PC

With the Accusim addon you really can break things and go no were quik , a real period sim !

love the navigation setup .. not the MS GPS .. near every switch and knob works .. go the wrong way , you get told off buy the engineer

you seriously have to watch the instruments as your ALT climbs .. correct and adjust or ......

autopilot is a dream to operate , NO 2D the entire models cockpit is VCcontrolled so you are required to go to each crew
position if you start playing around with things you should,t touch

each one off these windows do fog up in temp changes , you can see i turned the gauge up (left pilot armrest ) and a slightly fogged
glazed panel , ha ! i was told to turn the defroster on by the copilot ..

mmm Boeing 377 .... .... Boeing 737 ... .... Just Boeing

[Naki]

wow looks amazing Ian! The PMDG of piston airliners??

[Peppermint]

I want! I want! I want! Grr... I'm running out of patience for a good FSX computer now

[Charl]

Was wondering what you'd been up to...
A2A really went for it on this one, by all accounts.
You flying it with Accusim on?
If so, we'll understand if you go a bit quiet - those aircraft didn't have multi-crew positions for no reason, y'know.
EDIT: I just realised - this thing sits under the Super Guppy!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Naki @ Jul 30 2008, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

wow looks amazing Ian! The PMDG of piston airliners??

PMDG/LD and few others , so very different in operation .. and had Applause on landing a lot of fun

QUOTE (Peppermint @ Jul 30 2008, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I want! I want! I want! Grr... I'm running out of patience for a good FSX computer now

New PC first