My latest toy :)

[HighBypass 2,339]

Decided to purchase this beastie from Virtavia - North American's XB-70 Valkyrie. Quite a challenging plane to fly in that you cannot horse it around - more than 2Gs and it gets upset. More than 450 knots at low level and you get an overspeed warning, followed quite soon by another overstressed crash However, speed, range and altitude?? You've got those!

 

 

 

That's how you buzz the tower (couldn't resist). Or at least the virtual tower & fire station of an updated EGCC for FXS:SE. Probably annoyed Manchester, not to mention most of the north west of England.

[Alpha Floor 237]

WOW!

 

How accurate is the simulation? I guess it must have been difficult for the developers to find real pilots who would test-fly the thing. Only 2 units built

 

Care to share some pictures of the cockpit?

[HighBypass 2,339]

I guess the simulation fits the idea of how a big fast, slippery heavy delta should fly, at least to a total layman like me!

 

Here's some cockpit shots. I've moved the viewpoint back somewhat in the virtual cockpit so you can see the clamshells in which the ejector seats were encased.

 

 

Here's the moveable visor frames - lowered

 

Raised

 

Here's the 2D panel

 

2D panel with pop up windows activated - throttle quadrant, overhead (lights), and autopilot

 

[HLJames 2,568]

Great looking shots of a fantastic aipcraft....I have the Virtavia SR71. Keep your speed under 350K climbing to 40000ft then push the nose over @ full power to exceed mach 1 compressability. Speed builds rapidly after that. Don't let that AOA get to 10.

 

HLJAMES

[Phantom88 3,284]

Nice :smile: 

[Commander Diaz 0]

Awesome, have fun and enjoy!

 

Try to make a more deep review soon if you can

 

M,Duarte

[Alpha Floor 237]

Thanks for those interior pics Marks!

 

Here's some real pics for comparison, doesn't look bad!

 

 

 

[WingZ 547]

50 years on and it looks like something out of the future... nice pics!

[JAT 185]

Nice.

 

nebojsa

[HighBypass 2,339]

....Try to make a more deep review soon if you can

 

Well, there is this proper AVSIM review from 2007 for the FS9 version. I would assume the flight dynamics haven't changed (very little visual change, if any):-

 

http://www.avsim.com/pages/1107/Valkyrie/Valkyrie.htm

 

Thanks for the input, guys!

[Commander Diaz 0]

Well, there is this proper AVSIM review from 2007 for the FS9 version. I would assume the flight dynamics haven't changed (very little visual change, if any):-

 

http://www.avsim.com/pages/1107/Valkyrie/Valkyrie.htm

 

Thanks for the input, guys!

 

Thank you sir! Yeah mybad not looking for the AVSIM review.

 

Have fun

[HighBypass 2,339]

No worries, Cdr. The review is for the FS9 version and Virtavia says the plane is updated for FSX (I don't know what they've done, unless it's DX10 compatible?).

[basementflyguy 156]

I had a chance to see one of the two real birds at Wright-Patterson when I was a kid. I've never forgotten it. It's an amazing thing up close.

[TuFun 426]

I lived on WP airbase and I would walk to school (6th grade) and back passing right under the big white bird! That's the old museum was near one of the base gates.  I would be there almost every day at the museum. This was 1969.