July 18, 20223 yr I took a break from 737's and A32NX's and had another go at the Salty 747 and flew a full, gate-to-gate flight from Sydney to Singapore, without any issue, CTD or anything. I am actually pleasantly surprised by this mod. It is (dare I say) with a bit of give or take, Payware quality and pretty much is the same standard that a certain other payware 747 got to in the FSX days. And this one is community driven. Pretty good stuff. The FMC (and simbrief integration) is very well done and this alone lifts it out of default class. Not every knob works but who cares I am sure this will flow through eventually. Yep impressed. Regards, Max (YSSY) i7-12700K | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte RTX4090 24Gb | Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 | Corsair HX1200 PSU
July 18, 20223 yr I am on yours, a very well done mod for the Asobo 747-8 from the Salty Team, i am very enthusiastic about this mod.. cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
July 18, 20223 yr Author Just don't rotate as fast as you would in a 737 or you will hear the sound they have modelled in for a tail strike 🙂 Regards, Max (YSSY) i7-12700K | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte RTX4090 24Gb | Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 | Corsair HX1200 PSU
July 18, 20223 yr Combined with the beautiful 748F model/liveries from fs.to I fly the salty queen regularly on FS Economy and like her too. Edited July 18, 20223 yr by CharlieDont5urf
July 18, 20223 yr Thank you @flyhalf for your thumbs up ! I really have to give it a go again ! 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)
July 18, 20223 yr Thanks for the recommendation, trying this one out very soon! AMD 5800x | Nvidia 3080 (12gb) | 64gb ram
July 18, 20223 yr Deserves actually the stable vs experimental version? I tried some weeks ago and I didn´t notice nothing different? Any hint for the next update and when? What I liked of the 747 in VR and was a surprise, was the "small" cockpit-windows of the 747s, it is like an sportive car and like you was piloting a much more small aircraft. I am waiting illusioned by the moment to the next update to fly it again, I really enjoyed my cargo flights over the world. Edited July 18, 20223 yr by peloto
July 18, 20223 yr You should also try the 787 Heavy Division mod. Simbrief integration works flawlessly there, also. Kind of amusing how freeware modders can deliver features that payware companies - with, supposedly dozens of years of experience, 30 different real world captains, etc. - are unable to deliver.
July 18, 20223 yr Guess what's coming next, folks...🙄 Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting. https://rationalwiki.org
July 18, 20223 yr 36 minutes ago, Paul K said: Guess what's coming next, folks...🙄 Okay... A 737? i9-10850K, ASUS TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI), 32GB G.SKILL DDR4-3603 / PC4-28800, GIGABYTE RTX5080 16GB WF OC 3 FAN running 3440x1440
July 18, 20223 yr Alas, I believe they are ceasing all production of the Queen of the Skies... Amazingly, we went from a crude wooden flying machine to an aircraft that weighed several hundred thousand pounds in just 60 years!
July 18, 20223 yr Author I do think the flight model needs some work. It takes off like an F16 and needs some dialling back so you get that long, lumbered take-off roll and gentle lurch into the sky at 10-15 deg rather than 20-25 like the smaller planes. But you end up having to put more pitch in so that the speed doesn't get away from you. Approach and landing though is really nice. I don't believe it has a TO/GA switch modelled either (which I map to my throttle quadrant) although I am still researching this. Regards, Max (YSSY) i7-12700K | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte RTX4090 24Gb | Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 | Corsair HX1200 PSU
July 18, 20223 yr 26 minutes ago, flyhalf said: I do think the flight model needs some work. It takes off like an F16 and needs some dialling back so you get that long, lumbered take-off roll and gentle lurch into the sky at 10-15 deg rather than 20-25 like the smaller planes. But you end up having to put more pitch in so that the speed doesn't get away from you. Approach and landing though is really nice. I don't believe it has a TO/GA switch modelled either (which I map to my throttle quadrant) although I am still researching this. Depends on GW ! A 748 is REALLY powerful at takeoff thrust... Haven't tested it since a couple months. Will give it a new go ... Boeing 747-8F Maximum Performance Departure - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 - YouTube Edited July 18, 20223 yr 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)
July 19, 20223 yr Author Yes you're right I need to interrogate the simbrief output. I think what has happened is that you still need to manually add your fuel via the FS menu (not the FMC) and same would go for the payload I would think - so I have been taking off light because I haven't matched FS to the ZFW in the simbrief flightplan. Regards, Max (YSSY) i7-12700K | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte RTX4090 24Gb | Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 | Corsair HX1200 PSU
July 19, 20223 yr On 7/18/2022 at 1:08 AM, pmplayer said: I am on yours, a very well done mod for the Asobo 747-8 from the Salty Team, i am very enthusiastic about this mod.. cheers 😉 Yes, absolutely love it. This and the 787 Heavy Mod are the only 2 aircrafts I fly in MSFS 2020. And that is saying something coming from some who used PMDG 747-8 and QW 787 in FSX. The only thing I don't like with the Salty mod is that the airport map in not modeled in the Nav window. The default has it but somehow the Slaty Mod eliminated it. The 787 Heavy Mod kept it. Cheers.
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