May 2, 20206 yr [Note: This post is a quick mixture of a Polish LOT Airline livery upload, that I caught my attention, today, in the Library, and my last week's SimMarket (Freeware) pick-up of St Petersburg Airport (ULLI), that I'd not installed till today - certainly a good find, especially for me, who had, so far, pretty much, only the Moscow Airport scenery...in this very large country to fly....] The city of St. Petersburg had my fancy, since, a long long time ago, as the (somewhat "depressing") setting for the characters (and crimes), (so marvelously) portrayed in Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic (and a bit disturbing) novel "Crime and Punishment", which book I recall, I had (finally) finished...(not sure about his The Brothers Karamazov, though...too many pages and and too hard to keep track of the complex flow...may pick it up again....🙂...). But, more seriously, here, Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Leningrad, is the 2nd largest city in Russia, and the site of (Russia's) deep-rooted history and culture. Founded by Peter the Great, it had served as the capital of the Russian Empire, for more than two centuries. The city's central (historic) portion is, now, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and obviously, the city has now transformed a lot, to keep pace with modernization.... Next, a bit about the Aircraft: An-24 (NATO=Coke) is/was an interesting (and highly successful) Soviet twin turboprop (>100 are still flying today!), that had flown first, in 1959, was produced for 20 years, and evolved to many (successful) subsequent variants as part of the series (-24/-26/-30/-32). Please note that the (-28) variant, for which, we had very recently seen, here, an excellent post, is conspicuously absent in this (mentioned) series. That's because An-28, a derivative of An-14, is a different (looking) design, with e.g. its characteristic twin rudders. An-24 was meant to replace the An-14 (which, itself, was the un-successful attempt (i.e. it failed!) to replace the iconic and "irreplaceable" An-2)!. The An-28 was the derivative of An-14 (An-14 also had twin rudders). These are all fairly interesting planes, if you are a Russian propliner fan, of which we have several right here...🙂... And, on a minor note, from my perspective, the "Green" hubcaps, often, seen on the wheels of the Russian aircraft...look rather interesting...(the set of pictures below show one example of it).... [Final Note to Ed (our resident expert on Russian aircraft...🙂...here...): I picked this up from the Russian website AVSIM.SU....(had not visited that site in years..). But, so far, I've been unable to (fully) integrate the panel into my FSX/SE, otherwise, these planes look good and are indeed nice to fly and good fun...I can see...] The few screenshots below are for takeoffs at St. Petersburg (ULLI) - (daytime (Rwy 28L), and, night-time (Rwy 10R)). Hope you all enjoy the images, even if you're not a big fan of Russian aircraft! Good weekend! [Digital Design (ULLI), Samdim (An-24), REX]
May 2, 20206 yr One thing I tip off my hat to you, asides from the superlative screenshots, is your adept mastery of the different methods of flying these various aircraft. Oddly enough, just dragged the Quality Wings Avro RJ70 out today, and boy, what a learning curve that was just to get to the take off runway! And I immediately, thought of you having such mastery over all these wide and varied ranges of aircraft in your hangar.👍 I have the LOT in a different aircraft, not sure which. I too picked up that ULLI from simMarket. Edited May 2, 20206 yr by vc10man Rick Almeida
May 2, 20206 yr Author Appreciated the comments, Rick! But, Rick, let's be honest...🙂...we shouldn't call it "mastery"...because these are (SIM) aircraft....and I notice you skipped "SIM" while referencing to...various aircraft...above... The Avro RJ has helpful Tutorial/Documentation, if I recall, and we should always (and seriously) heed those disclaimers there, "For entertainment purpose only but not to be used for RW flying..."....so, the pressure is off, on us, so to speak...🙂...but, yes, agree, one can make things quite realistic these days, whether it's an FMS or INS guided..aircraft...it all depends on you... Have fun with that QW Avro/146...good plane...for our purpose...!!..
May 2, 20206 yr 3 hours ago, P_7878 said: [Final Note to Ed (our resident expert on Russian aircraft...🙂...here...): I picked this up from the Russian website AVSIM.SU....(had not visited that site in years..). But, so far, I've been unable to (fully) integrate the panel into my FSX/SE, otherwise, these planes look good and are indeed nice to fly and good fun...I can see...] Lovely set!. Believe it or not I have never flown Samdim's lovely An-24. She is on my drive but has been waiting in my panel shop for what seems like an eternity. My favourite twin turboprop is the Fokker F-27...that may change once I get my teeth into the An24/26 as my Fokker F-27 model is not so exiting. My FS Videos
May 3, 20206 yr Author Ed: Here are a five other liveries, from the (same) Samdim AN-24/B/RV package (in the order shown below). UT air Aeroflot Perm Airlines INTERFLUG Sibir Airlines I've also given snapshots of their 2D-Panel and Autopilot...the labels, on them, are, of course, in Russian...(And, to reach your level of "perfection", these panels will need lots of "custom" work)....!! There is good documentation (in English!) of the panel descriptions, along with a Tutorial, which seems very similar to VOR/NDB based navigation. It says e.g.: "RSBN should be more familiar to those who had used VOR navigation already. The big plus is that you can follow non-radial tracks also using the SRP mode. After setting the RSBN gauges based on data from the Route Planner you use PPDA to check distance (and possible aircraft bearing), RMI to see station bearing and of course KPPM to drive the plane on the track. When close to the next waypoint, you set next segment data on RSBN and you capture the new course using KPPM as you would capture a VOR or ILS radial. Generally you are not flying over the waypoint, you start turning in advance." I did also notice a "kln90b" unit/pop-pup in the panel, but, it's not coming up for me now, which unit will probably make navigation automatic, easier, and a blessing.....🙂..., similar to the kln90b you had used on the IL-62, for part of your route.... The author(s)/translator(s) of the document admit (they seem like real An-24 pilots, or quite knowledgeable about it). "If you are challenged enough to read Russian documents (which I am!!) you will realize that they are generally very precise in terminology. It is rather difficult to translate the terms to English." etc. Fair enough...! Maybe, later, sometime, I'll see if I can get these panels to show up properly on my system....currently, I've just aliased to another simplified An-24 panel, I'd used in the past...it works for me, here, but, of course, not authentic, as in this package... Edited May 3, 20206 yr by P_7878
May 3, 20206 yr Fantastic pictures & story. Particular at these times when the airport near my house is almost quiet (except a rescue heli then and when) I remember noisy Interflug An-24 and Tu-134 starting at Dresden, almost failing to rotate before the runway ended... and of course Leningrad was one of the destinations. I'm practicing with the An-24 then and when, too, but couldn't decide to take off for a serious attempt so far. Perhaps these pictures will speed up the things. Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
May 4, 20206 yr Author Patrick: Thank you!! BTW, I wish these Antonov (SIM) planes had a quick Config Option to switch between Russian and English cockpits...(like you have in the DCS, if I recall correctly)...now, I've to keep a cheat-sheet for its Autopilot panel...🙂... Harald: Appreciated the note! That's interesting, "...almost failing to rotate before the runway ended...."..... I noticed An-24 does have sufficient range to make all the way to Leningrad w/o refueling... Yes, I can surely imagine the noise of those Russian Engines on those planes would have given a good challenge to the JT8Ds of the 727s...🙂... (And, finally, It'll be good to see some An-24 action along with your (exciting) travelogues...whenever possible...i.e...) Edited May 4, 20206 yr by P_7878
May 4, 20206 yr That's interesting, "...almost failing to rotate before the runway ended...."..... I have to admit that this was particularly so with the Tu-134s. When I was there - with my bicycle - I remember thinking "will he make it over the fence" more than once. The An-24 surely was better at take-off. Will test it. Harald Geyer Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.
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