I’ve bought the polystorm3d 8k 787 cockpit textures , will they work with this , does anyone know ?

32 minutes ago, jon b said:

I’ve bought the polystorm3d 8k 787 cockpit textures , will they work with this , does anyone know ?

Checked, they work fine.

Thanks Matej 👍

On 10/27/2023 at 9:08 AM, pmplayer said:

Do you have a link, please post ! 🥳

cheers 😉

From a simple bing search,   Home - Headwind Simulations

On 10/27/2023 at 9:20 AM, regis9 said:

Stock is -10, Kuro is -8, this is -9.  

I get it now, but the forum will not allow me to delete it.....

Edited October 28, 20232 yr by Tierborn

On 10/27/2023 at 9:34 AM, Wise87 said:

Which is preferred, HW Installer or FS.TO?

People cant make up their own minds ... use the installer

23 hours ago, RJC68 said:

"....This is turning out quite the weekend, I am so close to pulling the trigger on the HPG H160, I don't normally fly helicopters ... "

All in all Happy Days 🙂

Dude, don't shoot the H160 😁

Edited October 28, 20232 yr by Tierborn

Just an observation from watching Vatsim CTP the nose slams down like crazy on touchdown for everyone, why is that? Nose heavy?

Edited October 28, 20232 yr by JBDB-MD80

31 minutes ago, JBDB-MD80 said:

Just an observation from watching Vatsim CTP the nose slams down like crazy on touchdown for everyone, why is that? Nose heavy?

I’m holding off until they get it sorted. The default 78X works fine in the meantime.

Here are my thoughts:

I set it up with total SimBrief intergration, using the EFB to send TO calculations to the FMC.

- Take off is awful. Needs a huge amount of yoke (I rotated around 165 knots when my Vr was calculated at 147). Got tail strike indication
- Had to apply a huge amount of nose down trim after TO (even though my TO trim was 4.25)
- Was challenging to control in the initial stages of the climb (mainly trim issues)
- On approach, passing through 4000ft (on VNAV descent), I switched to FLCH keeping speed as it was (220 knots) and reducing altitude to 2500ft. Suddenly engines spooled up sending the aircraft speed to 270 knots despite selecting a lower speed and altitude. This needs looking at as well.
- The EICAS checklist warnings are really annoying and keep popping up despite checklists being complete
- On landing the nose gear came down so quickly despite me having a very smooth touchdown and holding the nose up a little

In cruise the aircraft is fine, but it needs a lot of work to cope with the more challenging phases of flight (TO, climb, approach and landing)

I tried several flights mid range (USA coast to coast) with GE engine variant. All flights with simbrief value and I do not have problems with take offs or landings so far . I downloaded 787-9 directly from flights.to and manually placed in the community folder. I also downloaded and installed livery pack.

The only issue I have  is speed management which AT sometimes keep a bit higher 

6 hours ago, JBDB-MD80 said:

Just an observation from watching Vatsim CTP the nose slams down like crazy on touchdown for everyone, why is that? Nose heavy?

The real aircraft is awful for the nose slamming in, you can get the smoothest main wheel touchdown but then the nose always clatters into the ground. The correct technique is to smoothly fly the nose wheel to the runway and not try and hold it off like we used to on the 747.

I’ve not tried the -9 yet so can’t comment on it , there is the  chance that this harsh de rotation has been deliberately modelled due to input from type rated pilots , or it may just be a glitchy flight model, I don’t know.

I'm looking forward to trying this aircraft though.

I've done 4 flights in the 787-9, no tail strikes, yes I've had the nose pull up faster than it probably should, but not badly enough to hit the tail on the runway.

2 hours ago, jon b said:

The real aircraft is awful for the nose slamming in, you can get the smoothest main wheel touchdown but then the nose always clatters into the ground. The correct technique is to smoothly fly the nose wheel to the runway and not try and hold it off like we used to on the 747.

I’ve not tried the -9 yet so can’t comment on it , there is the  chance that this harsh de rotation has been deliberately modelled due to input from type rated pilots , or it may just be a glitchy flight model, I don’t know.

I'm looking forward to trying this aircraft though.

Get what you are saying but it just seems the nose on this mod is a little aggressive on the touchdown nose behavior. but looking forward to more of your input and thoughts.