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Sparky's 744....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMcFzG00Ik

should probably be in the "videos" section, but here I am sure it can call for more viewers 🙂

Looks like a very well ( AND FREE !!! ) modeled 744 for XP11.

The guy flying it doesn't look like being very profficient, he even starts with wrong flap settings for takeoff and asks why the hell he's getting an alert, but..., other

than that the video nicely shows this very very interesting 744 !

 

BTW: Anyone ever heard of this mSparks guy the youtuber mentions ?

Edited by jcomm

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

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3 hours ago, jcomm said:

Anyone ever heard of this mSparks guy the youtuber mentions ?

You are effing kidding us, right?

42 minutes ago, Janov said:

You are effing kidding us, right?

😂

39 minutes ago, Janov said:

You are effing kidding us, right?

Apparently he has a habit of dragging people into nonsensical arguments. 🤪

Some people even believe he can get angry

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Personally I, and I think also they, are just jealous of his toys

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3 hours ago, Janov said:

You are effing kidding us, right?

So embarrassing and painful to watch. No justice at all for that 744 software.

747 Captain for the last 39 years, and still learning. 

So, if anyone hasn't, download the MASTER branch from his GitHub... The official release is WAY behind on features and the master branch has a TON of new features and is much, much nicer. I got it last night and it's a wonderful update for the default 747. Been digging into some XP stuff lately. Also found a lovely 737 MAX built upon the Zibo base but with native MAX cockpit and avionics. 

@BostonJeremy77

Thank you for the heads up. I can't find this 737 MAX though. Would you mind posting the link to it, and eventually the links to the 747 master branch/release page?

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23 hours ago, killthespam said:

So embarrassing and painful to watch. No justice at all for that 744 software.

Jan was referring to me 🙂 joking that it appeared as if I didn't know mSparks ...

Of course I know him very well from AVSIM, from his work on the AutoATC app, now this 744, and because I share most of his oppinions on technology and flight simulation platforms.

Edited by jcomm

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

4 hours ago, RXP said:

@BostonJeremy77

Thank you for the heads up. I can't find this 737 MAX though. Would you mind posting the link to it

Please don't. That aircraft allegedly violates multiple copyrights or, at the very least, sits in a grey area of copyright violations. If anything, it's a backroom subject.

 

The 747 repo is here: https://github.com/mSparks43/747-400

7950X3D + 7900 XT + 64 GB + Linux | 4800H + RTX2060 + 32 GB + Linux
My add-ons from my FS9/FSX days

  • 2 years later...

Maybe this is too old already, but I can't get the Sparky 744 to work. It doesn't illuminate the VNAV and I get the FMC message  "DESTINATION NOT SET". I got the latest "master" from Github. 

Help?

Thanks.

Part2 - I think it may be a sequence thing. I pushed VNAV early just to see what happens, and it did the same weird thing (blinks and turns off). When airborne, it illuminated and it's working now. So....I have to push LNAV - VNAV before taking off on the 747-400, yes?

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10 hours ago, axmiha said:

Part2 - I think it may be a sequence thing. I pushed VNAV early just to see what happens, and it did the same weird thing (blinks and turns off). When airborne, it illuminated and it's working now. So....I have to push LNAV - VNAV before taking off on the 747-400, yes?

Not necessarily, but usually as soon as you, still at the gate, have your route and performance set in the FMC, and FD turned ON, you push the LNAV / VNAV buttons in the MCP...

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

On 3/31/2024 at 8:52 AM, axmiha said:

"DESTINATION NOT SET"

where did you download the destination scenery from?

This seems to be scenery related - corrupting XPs NAV data, but I have never got hold of an actual example scenery to recreate it with.

Basically, XP nav stuff is telling the aircraft the destination is not an airport.

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On 4/1/2024 at 11:33 AM, jcomm said:

Not necessarily, but usually as soon as you, still at the gate, have your route and performance set in the FMC, and FD turned ON, you push the LNAV / VNAV buttons in the MCP...

On the 747 too? The newer Boeing planes have the VNAV arm on the ground function but older ones like the 757 or 767 don't.

Edited by threexgreen

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1 minute ago, threexgreen said:

On the 747 too? The newer Boeing planes have the VNAV arm on the ground function but older ones like the 757 or 767 don't.

I guess so, at least from my experience in the Aerowinx PSX... 🙂

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

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