HotStart Challenger 650 First Impressions

[jon b 2,054]

58 minutes ago, tull said:

Im just up the m18 from Doncaster😁👍 in York

I would have flown over your house on the way back then😁. What's the EGCC referring to then?

59 minutes ago, tull said:

obviously you know your stuff

It's just trivial things, I know nothing about this aircraft but I'm familiar with those little tricks with that particular HUD symbology. As pilots flying the same aircraft type all the time we soon discover these little tricks and cheats in the instrumentation to make our lives easier. The trouble is once you're aware of them their omission in a sim aircraft tends to jump out at you, where as 99% of users wouldn't even be aware of them.

For example in icing conditions on the ground the 747-400 requires a 30 second  static run up at 60% N1 before take off. Putting the commanded thrust marker on the  vertical N1 tapes opposite the NAI memo on the upper EICAS engine display will give you ... exactly 60%, it allows you to quickly select the desired thrust without fumbling around. These little tricks have obviously been put in by the avionics designers deliberately but they're not usually  documented, they're almost like Easter eggs !

While test flying the original PMDG QOTS ver 1 747 they reprogramed the upper EICAS as I flagged up it didn't have the above behaviour, I remember R.R sent an email to the development and testing group saying it wasn't nit-picking and these were just the sort of things real pilots look for and so were important.   

It's this sort of attention to the tiny details that makes the difference between the mass market add ons and something really special like I believe we are seeing here with the CL650. 

[tull 290]

Yes you’re right Jon, it is all in the detail for sure and that’s what makes the aircraft shine I guess…another interesting detailed post! Regarding EGCC I am originally from Manchester and I’ve flown out of Ringway airport many times (as a passenger)  so that’s why I put EGCC 😃 Also had many a flight lessons at Barton coming into land over the M62 in a Cessna!! That was fun ha! 

[Andistio 44]

Hot Start released update 1.1.0 and added several new features next to squashing some bugs as well. The list is quite extensive. Make sure to do a thorough pre-flight check 😉

Hot Start Challenger 650 Update 1.1.0

[jon b 2,054]

10 hours ago, Andistio said:

Hot Start released update 1.1.0

….But wait , there’s more !

 

version 1.2.2 is now out 😀

[jcomm 5,982]

This is probably going to be my only payware add-on for XP12, until Hoststart releases some other tempting stuff 🙂

[Andistio 44]

9 hours ago, jon b said:

….But wait , there’s more !

 

version 1.2.2 is now out 😀

….But wait , there’s more !

 version 1.2.3 is now out 😀

[jon b 2,054]

2 hours ago, Andistio said:

….But wait , there’s more !

 version 1.2.3 is now out 😀

HAA HAA👍😁 Brilliant, see you same time tomorrow?

[Andistio 44]

1 hour ago, jon b said:

HAA HAA👍😁 Brilliant, see you same time tomorrow?

😂 Same time same place 

[jenijek 0]

Good day everyone! I will definitely buy this plane

I want something serious

 

[alexcolka 183]

10 hours ago, Janov said:

 

Oh please, don't say later that SHE will say "we need to talk" if SHE doesn't like that flying technique.. Not my case BTW !!! 🤣🤣🤣

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[Janov 2,383]

Hehe, Alexander 🙂

I have really no idea why the mod deleted my comment or your quote of it, it was just a bit of a joke in the spirit of the original 

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thats-what-she-said

...probably misunderstood it for critique of the poster I quoted?

Oh well, it wasn't important, and I guess humor does not always transfer true in the written word, only.

Cheers, Jan

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by Janov

[alexcolka 183]

9 hours ago, Janov said:

Hehe, Alexander 🙂

I have really no idea why the mod deleted my comment or your quote of it, it was just a bit of a joke in the spirit of the original 

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thats-what-she-said

...probably misunderstood it for critique of the poster I quoted?

Oh well, it wasn't important, and I guess humor does not always transfer true in the written word, only.

Cheers, Jan

 

Hi Janov, no worries! phenomenal link and movie... Humor is a must, I always fly my sims just for the fun of it. 

Cheers,

[Jacoba 56]

Do you need rudder pedals to operate this?

the TBM is impossible to steer on the ground without a set of pedals due to the way its coded. 
 

Most planes if not using a set of rudder pedals the rudder is auto coordinated to the yoke.

[Alec 370]

41 minutes ago, Jacoba said:

Do you need rudder pedals to operate this?

the TBM is impossible to steer on the ground without a set of pedals due to the way its coded. 
 

Most planes if not using a set of rudder pedals the rudder is auto coordinated to the yoke.

Dont you have a Joystick with a Twist Grip? Its what I used as Rudder, before I got mine.

[Jacoba 56]

47 minutes ago, Alec said:

Dont you have a Joystick with a Twist Grip? Its what I used as Rudder, before I got mine.

no just a yoke