The PMDG DC-6 Is out!

[Jean-Paul 167]

52 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I'm not experiencing what you are claiming.

Neither does he. He's just extrapolating from a random youtube video. 

[sd_flyer 6,032]

13 minutes ago, SAPilot said:

And too high on the approach .. trying to get down .. 1000+ on the VS is the give away .. what you think ?

You know to me, one can shoot at high angle glide path as long there is stable approach: meaning a harmony between pitch attitude,VS, and IAS without forcing controls . The rest of equation is timely round up. Usually as higher approach as tougher round up.

here is a cool vid of DC-6 landing I found wow
 

 

Edited June 20, 2021 by sd_flyer

[737_800 434]

44 minutes ago, MarioDonick said:

If I had not time to watch the video, but there are two things two note which are mentioned in the official tutorial videos:

PMDG says that on approach the throttle should not be touched anymore once set due to the engines not liking that, but instead one should use the flaps to keep the glideslope (vary between 30 and 50 degrees, as needed); maybe that could look like oscillations, but I think it is quite stable actually.

And when using the autopilot approaching an altitude, one should softly reduce the climb/sink rate before engaging altitude hold, to avoid pitch oscillation when it holds the altitude.

(But again, I did not watch the video, so I don't know how he is doing things.)

Do you really think higher resolution might increase fps? I have an 3090 with 10850k but only 1920x1200px monitor. Could I get better fps when changing to 2k or 4k?

I have been really suprised how much I am enjoining this aircraft. But you're right, the real frustration will come when studying the POH, especially for those without any technical/rl aviation background. Good thing is, you don't have to study if you dont want to, it's works pretty well with the AFE.

[MrNuke 59]

7 hours ago, Matchstick said:

Why not include it as a feature to assist newer players ?

No-one would be forced to use it but it would undoubtedly make the plane more approachable .

What requires assistance on a 737, 777, etc?

[MarioDonick 752]

11 minutes ago, 737_800 said:

Do you really think higher resolution might increase fps? 

i think you did not meant to quote me, but another posting?

[737_800 434]

4 minutes ago, MarioDonick said:

i think you did not meant to quote me, but another posting?

Yeah, sorry, indeed, was going to quote this one:

1 hour ago, Aristoteles said:

Purchased, run some preflight checks, familarising myself with this labyrith of dials and to my surprise, frames are great. I barely lose 5-10 frames, but of course, I run FS on a single 1920x1080 resolution monitor with a second monitor for Charts etc, so it may change for you. Was really surprised to see how well optimized it is. P.S: Automatic Flight Engineer is...simply a "game" changer.

Problem now is, how the h*** am I gonna go thru 330 pages of POH? I have almost lost the habit XD

[SAPilot 213]

23 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

You know to me, one can shoot at high angle glide path as long there is stable approach: meaning a harmony between pitch attitude,VS, and IAS without forcing controls . The rest of equation is timely round up. Usually as higher approach as tougher round up.

here is a cool vid of DC-6 landing I found wow
 

 

Wow !! That sound !! Goosebumps stuff.

Here is one from 2010 in my country .. Final flight.

 

[RobJC 2,069]

The hangar views are a bit messed up for me.  And I had one system freeze (needed to hard reset PC) when I switched to external view while sitting at a gate. Did not do that the second time. 

Edited June 20, 2021 by RobJC

[737_800 434]

 
Wondering if that is simulated in the PMDG (people are dangeriously close to the aircraft):

 

[BostonJeremy77 519]

23 minutes ago, 737_800 said:

 
Wondering if that is simulated in the PMDG (people are dangeriously close to the aircraft):

 

What in the world happened here???

[Bobsk8 12,547]

1 minute ago, BostonJeremy77 said:

What in the world happened here???

Pilot error. 

[737_800 434]

3 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Pilot error. 

He got stuck into the gras.

[cwburnett 1,809]

6 minutes ago, BostonJeremy77 said:

What in the world happened here???

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate glidepath during the approach, which resulted in the airplane impacting rocks and dirt at the runway threshold, a separation of the right main landing gear, and a loss of directional control."

[Bobsk8 12,547]

6 minutes ago, cwburnett said:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate glidepath during the approach, which resulted in the airplane impacting rocks and dirt at the runway threshold, a separation of the right main landing gear, and a loss of directional control."

Failure to go around with an unstable   approach. 

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

Anyone else feel that pmdg dc6 is a bit squirrly on landing? My wings are straight and level, yet when the main gear touch down it almost feels like i got a flat tire on one of them. My view seems slightly diagnonal to the left (like the left side is sinking). She starts to wobble (mostly to the left) and it is extremely easy to end up in lateral oscillation and finally a 180 turn. It might be some wind impacting but i get this even when winds are calm. 

Edited June 20, 2021 by Andreas Stangenes