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Wing42 Boeing 247D released!

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KMCN to KATL IFR (I follow roads) smooth as butter, and purring like a kitten!

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This thing is super nice,  you can tell it's a labor of love.  Very impressed.    Well worth the price.👍

 

Has anyone encountered an issue with the oil temperature staying the same as ambient. I sat in the chocks with the coolers closed at takeoff power for 5 mins and none of my temps increased more than a few degrees. Tried a fresh install too. Anyone have any idea whats going on?

it looks like carb heat and oil simulation have some issues

Artur 

btw did anybody try it out with the SU9 beta yet? It looks its working mostly but having some strange sound issues looks like.

Cheers

T.

Hey,

got the Boeing 247 yesterday. On the one hand it's a great experience, but I also have some issues.

Hope some of you could give me some hints:

- I completely failed to start the engines. Read the manual, watched a youtube video, still every time I press "mesh flyweel" the build up inertia disappears, engine coughs once and thats it. Any guesses what I might be missing?

And in case someone wonders Ctrl+E works 😛

-Are there any checklists, in our out of the sim? I know they werent really a thing in the 30s but would be helpfull.

-I find the clickspot for the clipboard pretty awkward, doesnt re-/disappear half the time when I want it to.

Cheers

 

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Am i wrong or both cylinder temps and oil temps are way too low - for example cyl temps are less than 200F in flight which is only around 80C, and normal temp for cylinders should be around 200C, oil temps are also extremely low

Artur 

10 hours ago, Stoopy said:

I read that if the fuel tanks are not set to on, it may be hard to prime or use the wobble pump, because you are working against suction in the lines. 

Actually I'm speaking about the primer knob, not the pump arm. And yes, the tank and carb valves were open.

Roland

MSFS my local airport release: LFOR Chartres-Metropole

MSFS Plugins RAAS (registered FSUIPC7 required)

MSFS FX for Objects & Landmark in France (Steam and smoke) and Aerial coverage for French nuclear sites

6 hours ago, Sailor512 said:

Hey,

got the Boeing 247 yesterday. On the one hand it's a great experience, but I also have some issues.

Hope some of you could give me some hints:

- I completely failed to start the engines. Read the manual, watched a youtube video, still every time I press "mesh flyweel" the build up inertia disappears, engine coughs once and thats it. Any guesses what I might be missing?

And in case someone wonders Ctrl+E works 😛

-Are there any checklists, in our out of the sim? I know they werent really a thing in the 30s but would be helpfull.

-I find the clickspot for the clipboard pretty awkward, doesnt re-/disappear half the time when I want it to.

Cheers

 

Starting the engine takes a bit of work:

I am not going to repeat the manual but I found that I always need to prime the engine, even if it just has been shut off.
Unfortunately the levers/knob you need for priming the engine are behind the clipboard you also need to have opened so I need to close the clipboard, then prime the engine and then open the clipboard again to continue the process.

Flightsim rig:
CPU: AMD 5900x  | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL
Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 
Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking

Can you tell us which mouse gesture is working on your side for priming?

I tried in legacy or Lock mode without success.

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Roland

MSFS my local airport release: LFOR Chartres-Metropole

MSFS Plugins RAAS (registered FSUIPC7 required)

MSFS FX for Objects & Landmark in France (Steam and smoke) and Aerial coverage for French nuclear sites

The primer is wonky...I haven't found a consistant motion to pull it reliably, I have to just "hold my mouth right" to get it to work. If you use head tracking or VR you can look around the clipboard, or use instrument views to get to the panel. Hopefully this and the state saving issue will be handled in a timely fashion. Otmar is top notch so I am sure any issues will be addressed...it is a very small company though so it might be a few days.

1 hour ago, Waldo Pepper said:

Remember to add fuel with the clipboard.  

and engine oil...

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23 minutes ago, TooLowTooSlow said:

and engine oil..

and the right engine oil... 😉

Guenter Steiner
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This aircraft will almost be second nature for anyone who has owned a slightly finicky, questionably-maintained carbureted vehicle in the past (pre-1980's or thereabouts).  If you've ever used a pair of vice-grips as a shifter knob, you know what I mean.

My old '66 Mustang with a Carter 4-barrel carb and non-functional choke, an Isky race cam and a blown rear cam seal that dribbled oil down the bellhousing and onto the headers was hard to start, cold blooded, ate gas and always had me pouring in another quart of Valvoline every day (I.e.., at least every tank of gas) which would slowly go up in smoke the same way you see the smoke coming out of the exhaust while warming up the engines on this bird.  The heater core served double duty as a second, smaller radiator whenever temps were a concern, which was pretty much any day above 40 degrees F.

But she ran strong and always got me where I needed to get to, more or less.  So far the experience with this bird is oddly the same and just as fun.

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