Is there only 1 Nav (ILS/VOR) radio in this MU-2?  I can't tell for sure from the posted pictures above. The GNS530 has a Nav and Com, and I can see two Com radios in the panel with the WX radar. And I would guess there is an ADF radio with each panel. Maybe someone with the plane could clarify, please.

Thx,

Al

Edited November 1, 20232 yr by ark

ADF in the vintage panel. Probably in the modern panels too, I'm not sure.

Jonathan Becket demonstrates old AP and radios and the weather radar. The old school version of radar will show regions ahead of rain (yellow or red) but not clouds (because it's old school).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx6eIn-m1rk

 

1 hour ago, ark said:

Is there only 1 Nav (ILS/VOR) radio in this MU-2?  I can't tell for sure from the posted pictures above. The GNS530 has a Nav and Com, and I can see two Com radios in the panel with the WX radar. And I would guess there is an ADF radio with each panel. Maybe someone with the plane could clarify, please.

Thx,

Al

Well yes and no. As you saw, there are 3 com radios and 2 nav radios in the classic version. In the "modern" cockpit (which it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, modern) there is only what you see, the single GNS530 unit.  And here's where the modern cockpit defies all logic. In the classic cockpit, Nav 1 runs the captain's HSI and Nav 2 runs the copilots. That's fine, I can live with that. But in the modern cockpit, the copilot's HSI is still being run by the frequency you have set in the classic cockpit. There is no way to change the frequency for the copilot's HSI when you are in the modern cockpit, you can change it only from the classic cockpit. I would love to know why the developer wouldn't have included a second radio head for Nav 2 in the modern cockpit. There are no TO/FROM flags in the HSIs, either.

4 minutes ago, air-ick said:

Well yes and no. As you saw, there are 3 com radios and 2 nav radios in the classic version. In the "modern" cockpit (which it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, modern) there is only what you see, the single GNS530 unit.  And here's where the modern cockpit defies all logic. In the classic cockpit, Nav 1 runs the captain's HSI and Nav 2 runs the copilots. That's fine, I can live with that. But in the modern cockpit, the copilot's HSI is still being run by the frequency you have set in the classic cockpit. There is no way to change the frequency for the copilot's HSI when you are in the modern cockpit, you can change it only from the classic cockpit. I would love to know why the developer wouldn't have included a second radio head for Nav 2 in the modern cockpit. There are no TO/FROM flags in the HSIs, either.

Thanks for the info!

Al

That window mounted iPhone has more processing power than the entire panel in this thing...

A basic axiom for me is to choose what I think I will love, not what I think is probably best. And to never fool myself and think that if I love it, then it must be good. I have some doubts about how good this plane actually is, but pretty sure I'm going to love it.

Some of my favorite movies I think are actually bad (Heaven's Gate). Some of the very best things I don't like and won't buy (PMDG Boeing).

 

 

9 hours ago, Fielder said:

 

This has to be the worst camerawork in the history of cameraworks. 😄

7 hours ago, Fielder said:

...The old school version of radar will show regions ahead of rain (yellow or red) but not clouds (because it's old school).

I honestly thought weather radar only ever did show precipitation anyway, not clouds.  Do newer radars show clouds then?

Carenado have had the precipitation radar working for a long time in their aircraft, but there seems to be a perpetuated myth that MSFS doesn't have weather radar capability.

I think this is because some developers won't use what is currently available because it is missing the tilt function.

what a shame - I would have prefered the Mu2B - having survived just over1500hrs doing night freight on them

we had a lot of losses in them here in Australia when they were first introduced - as a previous poster said they required serious attention at all time when flying them - they tended to fly with a slight nose up attitude & when icing conditions were encountered the ice built up on the underside of the fuselage - where you couldn't see it - the only real indication was the slow degradation of airspeed & a rather quick departure from controlled flight.

Flysimware's MU2 for FSX was one of my favourite aircraft and I would have preferred a later version to have been selected for MFSF ,but given the price point, I'm very happy to have this idiosyncratic airplane. It is different and for me well worth having but I'd love to hear what Rattso thinks.

Really my only gripe is lack of noise when reverse is used

 

1 hour ago, Rattso said:

what a shame - I would have prefered the Mu2B

So, you recognize that this is a different version? Do you know which one? 

Yes, I would have loved a later version (like the ones available for FSX and 'the other simulator'.  This one is so sparse in the panel and avionics that it's just too far of a departure from all the joy I had in other sims with MU-2s, with not modern, but more modern avionics fits. 

Still, if you like really old school and very basic APs, I'm sure this would be fun.

14 hours ago, air-ick said:

 In the "modern" cockpit (which it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, modern) there is only what you see, the single GNS530 unit. 

If there is no ADF radio in the panel with the GPS, what might the second needle in the RMI be for?

Al

My first impressions:

it has a nice worn cockpit. It looks fine in VR and what I like most is the pilots view to the left onto the giant powerplant. Off course, the TPE331 turbine model is not right. Those of you who had the PMDG Jetstream in FSX days will remember how to instantaneously kill the engines: pull back the condition levers past 95% rpm. This would slow down the gas stream and the accumulated heat would melt the hot section within seconds. (Remember: this is a geared turbine.) Not so in our new MU-2. One can pull back the condition levers to taxi, and it does not even affect the exhaust gas temperature.

My recommendation: Keep the condition levers in flight between takeoff and cruise position and fly it in VR. It is real fun for the price.

Michael

Edited November 1, 20232 yr by michaelth

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If there is no ADF radio in the panel with the GPS, what might the second needle in the RMI be for?

ADF is in both panels.
I like this aircraft a lot 🙂