Me n XPlane

[coastaldriver 812]

Given the screenshots went to the General Screenshots (Way they do things here at AVSIM I guess). Decided to do this and just add posts with no more than 2 pics with the title on the reply "Me n XPlane dd/mm/yy" That will do I think nothing onerous. 

[coastaldriver 812]

Me n XPlane 18092022

 

Alicala Sim C170B now XP12 Freeware. 

[Bjoern 1,004]

You can also rename the thread to "X-Plane Flight Reports" to emphasize narrative over screenshots. This would of course require every participant to write up their flight first and optionally spice it up with some images second.

[Torsen 422]

Me n Xplane 15/09/2023

short flight report... mainly flying for my VA I jumped in on the last sale a few weeks ago and got the Felis 742. On one of this aircraft cemeteries/scrapeyards in South Africa (FAUP) I actually found one for sale in our system and bought it. Transferred to FAOR, refurbished and with a fresh paint for the Queen I did a short first hop to FACT and decided then to jump over to SBGL South America for a RTW tour. I def had better checked the weather reports. Departure in FACT was already awful with a lot of shaking and windshears. Over the big water it was quite uneventful. Just to descend into a world of clouds and heavy rain again on approach. Love the plane. Especially the LTN stuck in between CIVAS and FMCs/MCDUs is marvellous.

Cheers T.

[coastaldriver 812]

Good one. Nice shots - interesting weather. 

[coastaldriver 812]

Me n XPlane 19092023

This is the Manky Dash 8 100 version 1.7.3. This is an enthusiastic rebuild of an early Riviere Dash. Fully XP12 compliant now. Lots of versions as it has been worked on by enthusiastic self taught developer Manky - started as a project to give his son a Dash in the sim. Nice collection of liveries for it and it has got better and better. A lot of under the hood stuff with systems, electrics, nav systems and instrument displays. Not completely 100% but very close to real thing. I flew the Dash 8 for real and so can lets say it now is very realistic indeed and a nice steady turboprop to enjoy. Manky also looks after the Dash 8 300 and the Dash 8 400 or Q400 all which have got the same treament. Some work to come re FMODs and texture tidy up but hey its also free so how can one complain. A very nice simulator model indeed!

Drivers seat view

Flight was early morning from Narrabri to Sydney via Dubbo, XP12 SimHeaven and Real Weather. Nothing else. 

[coastaldriver 812]

Actually this was August but hey - 01082022 - Fancy some early heavy iron the Boeing 707 in this case the 720B (ala the 138). Superb effort by Japanese modeller Shensee - All the goodies, PBR, Model selection, and a host of liveries about for it. Does the dutch roll slowly and almost imperceptibly in the cruise - that is an accurate model. 

The view leaving Sydney

[coastaldriver 812]

Me n Xplane 200923

The amazing Fiesler Storch now for XP12 - Brilliant rendition of a very interesting airplane indeed - DHopgood and a team made this one possible. Behaves like a Fiesler. Great fun so far floating around Northern Libya. Strictly VFR this one.