I was curious where the best place to look would be for operating the various native aircraft available in P3D. I decided to try taking a P-51 out for a spin and promptly killed the engine... I'm not sure what I didn't do properly (probably something to do with oil or coolant) but it got me to thinking that good reference material would be nice to have. A repository of all of them would be great if it exists.

Mostly it's just a matter of googling for checklists, some are easy to find and sometimes it takes some effort, but most checklists are out there somewhere.

 

Have a look here:

 

http://freechecklists.net/index.asp

http://simviation.com/fs_manuals14.htm

 

These are basic checklists for FS9/FSX aircraft, those should do for default aircraft.

Search the web for AAF Manual 51-127-5 Pilot Training Manual for the Mustang

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various native aircraft available in P3D. I decided to try taking a P-51

There's a P-51 Mustang in P3D? I know A2A has a version out but I don't have a Mustang as a native aircraft.

 

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There's a P-51 Mustang in P3D? I know A2A has a version out but I don't have a Mustang as a native aircraft.

Come to think of it, I copied all the P-51 aircraft over from FSX..at least I think I did. In the "Vehicles" tab, they show as a Microsoft published item.

Come to think of it, I copied all the P-51 aircraft over from FSX..at least I think I did. In the "Vehicles" tab, they show as a Microsoft published item.

After I posted, I opened up my FSX and figured that was what you had done. It is a very difficult aircraft to fly. Since the aircraft came from FSX, you probably should take a look at the FSX Learning Center for some tips on flying it. In FSX it will catch on fire if you have it opened up too much.

 

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you probably should take a look at the FSX Learning Center for some tips on flying it. In FSX it will catch on fire if you have it opened up too much.

 

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Yeah, I'll do that before trying again... I didn't see flames but there was a whole lot of smoke!

You can see it all in spot view. Not sure if P3D has the flame effects or the P-51 can use them though. It should though as both sims are very, very similar.

 

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