Salty 747 Mod - I'm impressed

[Max Kraus 339]

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.

 

[pmplayer 9,459]

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 😉

[Max Kraus 339]

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 🙂 

[CharlieDont5urf 17]

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, 2022 by CharlieDont5urf

[jcomm 5,929]

Thank you @flyhalf for your thumbs up !

I really have to give it a go again !

[Alpine Scenery 1,609]

Thanks for the recommendation, trying this one out very soon!

 

[peloto 213]

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, 2022 by peloto

[Ricardo41 5,949]

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. 

[Paul K 1,327]

Guess what's coming next, folks...🙄

[MDFlier 2,031]

36 minutes ago, Paul K said:

Guess what's coming next, folks...🙄

Okay... A 737?

[overspeed3 410]

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!

[Max Kraus 339]

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.

[jcomm 5,929]

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, 2022 by jcomm

[Max Kraus 339]

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.

 

 

[forshaw 47]

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.