22 minutes ago, PilotPete99 said:

I have done one circuit around ESGG and then I did a short flight from KORD to KRFD and managed both times to land successfully. However, I literally did nothing other than take off, fly the plane, and then land it. I have not yet had time to watch the YouTube tutorials so I am sure I am doing everything completely wrong, but at least I didn't crash. One thing I notice is that the plane climbs at only about 160-180 knots indicated airspeed, and doesn't climb very fast. Is this correct or will I learn from the videos that I am doing something wrong? Just curious as to how poorly I am operating her at the moment. Also, is there a way to view the GPS with the normal virtual cockpit view? It seems like I have to keep changing views to see the GPS and so I am not able to fly by just following the route.

Cheers, Pete

Climb speed with climb power should be around 160-175 knots at around 1500 fpm. 

Just now, 737_800 said:

DC-6 will need 5NM to loose 1000ft. You need also to calculate round about 20NM extra to slow the aircraft to landing speed.

I watched a video last night where the pilot didn't apply flaps and started a 1500 FPM descent, he must have been going around 290 knots. When starting descent, using the AFE, power is reduced, let the aircraft  slow down to 175 knots or so, then put out some flaps, 10-15-20, then set 1000 ft descent and the airspeed will stay around 175. 

16 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Climb speed with climb power should be around 160-175 knots at around 1500 fpm. 

Thanks, I guess I wasn't too far off then. My next step is to watch the videos to I can really do it right. It is far to neat of a plane to try and fake it. It sure is pretty to look at, and I can't wait for a Braniff livery to go with it.

Cheers, Pete

Edited June 21, 20214 yr by PilotPete99

5 minutes ago, PilotPete99 said:

Thanks, I guess I wasn't too far off then. My next step is to watch the videos to I can really do it right. It is far to neat of a plane to try and fake it. It sure is pretty to look at, and I can't wait for a Braniff livery to go with it.

Cheers, Pete

One mistake I made in the beginning was to not let the aircraft attain a high enough speed when climb power was set, by pitching up too much. I had about 145 knots, with climb power, and it just wouldn't climb past around 400-500 fpm. The trick is to lower the nose to at the most 5 degrees of pitch up, let it accelerate to around 160+, and climb rate will go well over 1200 FPM. Too slow an airspeed, and you are really behind the power curve. 

This DC6 is really something else! I watched all the tutorial videos just after they released, and couldn't resist to buy it on release day, a PMDG plane at that price is a steal. Back in my old FS9 days I really enjoyed the DC-3 (when I still had no clue about system depth), but this is so much better, it takes you to a different time. 

I took my time learning the basics, re-watching Rob's tutorial videos, and I've flown it for 3-4 hours already. I've experienced very few issues so far.

Does anyone know how to use the push-back truck? The default one doesn't appear in the ATC ground service window... I'm asking because in one session the reverse thrust wouldn't work while at the gate - no matter how high I revved the engines. I made sure the parking brakes were released, and the reverser handle was also in the correct position, also the reverse indicator lights lit up. Not sure if I missed something here, but on other occasions this worked just as expected.

In a different situation the throttle lever got stuck, my take on this was that the AFE didn't release his artificial grip correctly, although I deselected all AFE modes and pushed the Abort button. Couldn't move the throttle with the mouse, nor with my throttle lever, it just stayed in the same position. Only by repeatedly pressing the F1 key I reduced the manifold pressure a bit, and the landing was a bit difficult, so I decided to feather the props just before touchdown. I have the feeling my brakes need servicing 😁 Any ideas what might've gone wrong? My feeling is it was a bug, as it didn't happen to me in my first 4 flights, or is there anything else that could cause this?

Edit: And PLEASE stay on topic, discussing who may or may not be a troll is NOT on topic here... Just ignore any post that seems about people, trolls, accusations, rather than the DC-6 - I'm glad we have a thread to discuss the DC-6, and I would really hate to see this one getting closed too...

 

Edited June 21, 20214 yr by pstrub

3 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

One mistake I made in the beginning was to not let the aircraft attain a high enough speed when climb power was set, by pitching up too much. I had about 145 knots, with climb power, and it just wouldn't climb past around 400-500 fpm. The trick is to lower the nose to at the most 5 degrees of pitch up, let it accelerate to around 160+, and climb rate will go well over 1200 FPM. Too slow an airspeed, and you are really behind the power curve. 

That is exactly what happened to me. I was stuck at around 140 kts so I adjusted to a very shallow climb and the airspeed starting making its way up. Funny thing is that on my flight from O'Hare to Rockford I had decent airspeed once I adjusted my climb rate but never even got to 6,000 feet. 

Cheer, Pete

Relevant: Gonna try a belly landing in the DC-6 now and see how it fares. 🙂

Not-so-relevant: I am really getting frustrated with how segregated the flight sim community is. Whether you prefer XP, MSFS, P3D, we are ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I don't understand this stupid sim war. I have all three and find all of them to be enjoyable for different reasons. As Rob from PMDG always says "be good to one another". Let's make this stop, please. Everyone do your part, I beg ya. 

If the OP has heard the "rumours" just now, can you imagine his reaction to the breaking news that Abraham Lincoln has been assassinated. All hell is going to break loose.

Tony

30 minutes ago, PilotPete99 said:

Thanks, I guess I wasn't too far off then. My next step is to watch the videos to I can really do it right. It is far to neat of a plane to try and fake it. It sure is pretty to look at, and I can't wait for a Braniff livery to go with it.

Cheers, Pete

This should help you get going. I made this for myself but uploaded it here.

https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/pmdg-dc-6-cloudmaster-forum/129605-roberts-tutorials-made-into-a-simple-to-follow-pdf-for-the-msfs-dc-6

21 minutes ago, pstrub said:

Does anyone know how to use the push-back truck? The default one doesn't appear in the ATC ground service window... I'm asking because in one session the reverse thrust wouldn't work while at the gate - no matter how high I revved the engines. I made sure the parking brakes were released, and the reverser handle was also in the correct position, also the reverse indicator lights lit up. Not sure if I missed something here, but on other occasions this worked just as expected.

Thats happened to me at KORF.

12 minutes ago, himmelhorse said:

If the OP has heard the "rumours" just now, can you imagine his reaction to the breaking news that Abraham Lincoln has been assassinated. All hell is going to break loose.

Tony

I am the OP and obviously you missed part of today’s movie 😏. Never mind. 

This is a plane that really shines when you start off cold and dark. So much of the fun comes from being able to get this girl fired up and operational. The Artificial Flight Engineer is brilliant too, as it allows you to gradually learn the systems without feeling overwhelmed. There is an emersion aspect to the AFE as well, as they click switches and turn various knobs, calling out what they are doing. It gives you a plane that is everything from simple to full on study level, with you deciding precisely how much or how little you want to take on. It is really well done. 

And as a bonus, I find it really no more heavy on the FPS than other planes.

Edited June 21, 20214 yr by RobJC

2 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

The only issue I had was cracking each throttle at a time. Using the mouse was cumbersome after so many years  using the warthog for mono or bi-engines. 

There should a way to toggle the throttle to assign it a to a specific engine as required. Now it is all the four at the same time with the Warthog... or the mouse.

You can assign all the throttles to one lever on the Bravo, I am sure on any throttle quadrant actually. Just assign one axis to all throttles in device setup.😃

I did not do that I like all throttles individually on the Honeycomb Bravo.

 

17 minutes ago, Nyxx said:

This should help you get going. I made this for myself but uploaded it here.

https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/pmdg-dc-6-cloudmaster-forum/129605-roberts-tutorials-made-into-a-simple-to-follow-pdf-for-the-msfs-dc-6

That link does not work for me, I am logged in but get an error file not available...

33 minutes ago, BostonJeremy77 said:

Relevant: Gonna try a belly landing in the DC-6 now and see how it fares. 🙂

Not-so-relevant: I am really getting frustrated with how segregated the flight sim community is. Whether you prefer XP, MSFS, P3D, we are ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I don't understand this stupid sim war. I have all three and find all of them to be enjoyable for different reasons. As Rob from PMDG always says "be good to one another". Let's make this stop, please. Everyone do your part, I beg ya. 

This because some humans are tribal  by nature!

Edited June 21, 20214 yr by sd_flyer