Why change the realism settings?

 

To match the developers recommendation as to how the plane was designed to perform. See the manuals. If you check the RA manuals for the Dukes versus the Spitfire versus the Scout package, you'll notice differences in the slider settings. Then compare to A2A's recommendations for their planes, different again.

Well, certainly anywhere there's an overlay approach you're OK, but while I thought that restriction was gone, I'm less sure now after a second look, so your Key West example may require an ADF. There are some caveats in any case, including the need to have a non-GPS approach available at your alternate, that the NDB must be in the database you have loaded and the database must be current - mostly common sense sorts of things. 

 

Looking at Key West, however, if you've got an IFR certified GPS on board I'm not sure why you'd even consider the NDB approach, as there are precision (LPV) GPS approaches to 9 and 27 available.   All of this assumes all is well with GPS, of course and with that in mind and being (quite literally) old school my preference would still be to have both DME and ADF as backups.

 

Scott

 

Yes, I am sure most, if not all airports with NDB approaches also have GPS approaches with likely better minimums.  I think the main reason to shoot an NDB approach still is for the sake of practice.  It's an old skill, but still a relevant one I think.  Come to think about it, I just flew the departure procedure for Nampa, ID (KMAN), it actually calls for holding on the nearby NDB until reaching a particular alt.    Also, should you take your T-Duke to countries where NDBs are stll common, it would be wise to maintain NDB navigation skills.

 

Cheers

TJ 

To match the developers recommendation as to how the plane was designed to perform. See the manuals. If you check the RA manuals for the Dukes versus the Spitfire versus the Scout package, you'll notice differences in the slider settings. Then compare to A2A's recommendations for their planes, different again.

I think we have been through this all before.

 

Last I recall as long as the general realism slider is at full right, the rest don't really matter with ra stating that p factor and torque at 1/2 to 3/4 Is respectable although can be higher if you so wish.

 

 

Last I recall as long as the general realism slider is at full right,

 

Mine goes to 11..  Sorry... couldn't help myself.

Yes, I am sure most, if not all airports with NDB approaches also have GPS approaches with likely better minimums.  I think the main reason to shoot an NDB approach still is for the sake of practice.  It's an old skill, but still a relevant one I think.  Come to think about it, I just flew the departure procedure for Nampa, ID (KMAN), it actually calls for holding on the nearby NDB until reaching a particular alt.    Also, should you take your T-Duke to countries where NDBs are stll common, it would be wise to maintain NDB navigation skills.

 

Cheers

TJ

Rcently, I flew to Narvik Framnes (ENNK) and as in real life, if there is a LOC approach to RWY 19, the approach to RWY 01 is NDB only. And that was a great practice, with pleasure ! You have to intercept a VOR with DME, follow a radial to an NDB while descending according to the distance from the VOR, then, once you have passed the NDB, manual left turn to align on the RWY.

 

Everybody should try it ! This is the approach I flew a few days ago

 

By the way, is this version of the Duke equipped with the PT6A-21 or the 35 chaps?

-35"s

Well I've added the turbine to my turbo Duke after reading all the praise.

Wish I hadn't. It's a lot to pay for the same model with slightly different engine handling.

 

Having recommended Real Air products from the first SF260 for FS2004 I'll not be buying from them again as they join Carenado by using the simming community as cash cows.

To support developers putting out quality products / addons for FSX - P3D and  X-Plane ... IMO, is a good thing.

There seems to be quite an extensive list of upgrades for this new version, Nippa. I am not quite sure what you were expecting of an updated version of the same plane, but I am betting that those modifications took a considerable amount of time and effort to code, in an attempt to make the aircraft as accurate as it is possible to get in FSX.

 

 

Well I've added the turbine to my turbo Duke after reading all the praise.
Wish I hadn't. It's a lot to pay for the same model with slightly different engine handling.
 
Having recommended Real Air products from the first SF260 for FS2004 I'll not be buying from them again as they join Carenado by using the simming community as cash cows.

 

There are some significant differences.

• The FDE is much more subtle and nuanced.  It really is much more refined...there's only one other plane I've simmed with that gave me that feeling of flying.  Seriously, compare the two very carefully.
• The gauges on this version are much more accurate.  You get a real amount of turbine lag...much more so than the previous.  And you now have to monitor all three gauges very carefully.  In the previous I could sneak by being lazy about it.  No more.
• GTN750 integration.  An amazing piece of equipment.

 

It's like the 80/20 rule for me...it takes a lot more work in that 20% to get closer to realism and I want it as close to real as can be done.  I'd rather have 1 or 2 airplanes that get this close than 10 or more that don't get this close.  Other folks may talk about the way the flaps flutter, the airspeed indicator has a working dial and the gauge needles wiggle...stuff I like too...but the FDE and handling are edged significantly closer to what I get when I'm in a real airplane and that's what I'm after.

It's a lot to pay for the same model with slightly different engine handling.

 

It's not the same model, load up the old one and take some screenshots inside and out, then load up the new one and do the same. Compare. If you can't see the differences you're blind.

 

RE: cash cows, you need to spend about 10 years learning how to do this stuff, then put a year or more into making something you can sell. When sales drop off to one or two units a month do the math and figure out how much you made per hour.

My only request is, please make taxi turns less sensitive.

 

Thanks.

I hardly think one can accuse RealAir of "using the simming community as cash cows". In fact I wish more developers would take a leaf out of their book and offer older products at a substantial discount. For example, the RealAir Legacy currently represents the best value pay-ware that can be had in my opinion.

 

That being said, I've yet to go for the updated turbine Duke. That's largely due to the fact that I'm trying to improve my instrument flying skills is lower performance aircraft - I really don't need any more distractions! I always preferred the piston Duke as well for some reason...

 

Cheers,

Nick

Temptation was to much.....

 

I have been drooling over screenshots of the Real Air Turbine Duke V2.

 

But alas I have succumbed and gone the whole hog and got the F1 GTN750 to go with it.

 

Here's lookin at you:

 

 

Taxing at Palm Springs with 2 GTN 750's installed.

 

 

Lift off and the terrain changes:

 

 

Terrain alerts on both screens:

 

 

Tracking on 1 and checking charts on the other. Oops going to fast..:

 

 

Now the learning curve.. Oh and awaiting the paint kit..