May 9, 20215 yr The 747 is not the best airliner in MSFS. It's got lots of bugs and shortcomings, and VNAV can be a nightmare. When things fall into place however, it's great fun to fly. I usually disconnect both AP and AT around 1000' AGL to get a feel for the airplane before landing. Also I'm using the Salty Simulations 747-8 Mod which can be found here: https://github.com/saltysimulations/salty-747 The awesome 747 City of London livery is available here https://flightsim.to/file/5030/boeing-747-8-british-airways-city-of-london Not to forget - there is an absolutely awesome freeware version of Gatwick that IMO is better than most payware airports. It can be found here https://flightsim.to/file/2774/gatwick-airport-egkk Edited May 9, 20215 yr by Cpt_Piett 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
May 9, 20215 yr Wonderful series...plane and scenery...Gatwick, indeed, looks marvelous...! Thanks for sharing...!
May 10, 20215 yr Very nice and very low (for a 747-8). Hopefully all the little bugs will be dealt with. Trevor
May 10, 20215 yr Nice set of shots ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
May 11, 20215 yr Author 20 hours ago, TrevorS said: Very nice and very low (for a 747-8) Thanks. I flew the ILS 36R approach to EHAM. There’s a short stretch, maybe 3-4nm flying level before intercepting the glide slope at 2000ft. I kept the speed up and didn’t go gear down until just before capturing the glide slope. It is actually an interesting approach, especially in a 747. The approach requires you to overfly EHAM, fly outbound roughly opposite to rwy direction, then at 8nm do a course reversal (teardrop turn) whilst descending from 3000ft. That really gets busy flying the 747 single-handed. Great fun though! 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
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