I absolutely love that this isn’t an airplane you can launch on the runway, firewall all the levers, and fly off into the sunset in. I’m sure it’s some sign of OCD, but I find checklists and things with a definite procedure to doing them very relaxing.
Picked up the 247D on launch day and haven’t even pushed her out of the hangar yet. I am hoping that I can get all my work and “extra” stuff completed tomorrow (wait, that’s today as it’s 0050 local) so that I can finally give ‘er a go. IF I manage to wrestle the fire breathing dragon into the sky I’m hoping to do a lap of the Island of O’ahu. Definitely some practice before I start loading ‘er up with virtual cabbage to fly between the islands.
Been reading the manual slowly. I know I’m going to have to read it at least a few times and then keep it open on my 2nd monitor while using the aircraft. Thankfully you folks that are posting here are seeming to chip away at any real or perceived ambiguity in the operating ranges! “Hive Mind” is going to get this bird figured out!
No modern radio? That just means the default ATC won’t tell me to climb back to cruise altitude as I hit the IAF on my arrival!
Oh, as for the INOP flares. Sheesh. Literally unplayable!!!
Thanks for the advice it was actually very helpful. I was able to complete a flight without the engines seizing or flaming out by carefully controlling the oil temp with the shutters as you pointed out. I still think there is either an issue with the oil modeling in the aircraft or an issue with the documentation because the oil temp never even approach the reported limits before losing viscosity . From reading the manual you get the impression that the oil would be much more stable at the temps indicated on the gauges.
Regarding point 8. I personally would love to see (and this goes for any classic aircraft) a “restored” version of this aircraft that is equipped with a radio and gps. Before the pitchforks come out from the purists, please hear me out. While I appreciate the efforts made by the developers to give the immersion factor everything they could, the fact remains that we are flying a sim that is a very accurate recreation of our modern world. The airports are bustling with modern airliners. We lack the ability to turn the sim back to 1940 unfortunately. For this reason, I would love to bring this fantastic aircraft into the modern world. Not as a weathered and worn tired lady, but as a well-loved beauty that has seen untold hours and dollars poured into her to make it pristine. It would be a blast to own a module that is a recreation of an aircraft that would turn heads at Oshkosh. Anyway, I am really enjoying this for what it is and certainly do appreciate what Wing42 has given us.
AvAngel’s review is up, and it was amusing to watch her “cheat” to start the engines by turning off Realistic Starts, lol. Don’t blame her for the purposes of a video overview.
It was also fun to see an inadvertent demonstration of a landing gear collapse, bent props and use of the ditch hatch in the cockpit, but she should’ve gone back and opened the passenger escape hatch on the left aft side of the cabin.
Amazing bird!
Did the tutorial flight with morse/radio navigation. Awesome experience!
At the end i thought i‘ll never see cleveland. Than suddenly radio was completely dead.
Checked all fuses: seemed ok.
Then i took a look on the msfs map to see if i‘m completely lost: i was 10-20 minutes away - cleveland straight ahead.
A long flight and tiring in the end. But really inspiring.
Will do east to west across usa with the radio nav but shorter hops
I turned of realistic damage.
My observation: turning realistic damage off leads to low oil and cylinder head temps.
With realstic damage settings my temps were much higher resulting in engine fire xD
Am I the only here for who the engines seem EXTREMELY hard to start?
OAT is around 80’F. I open the fuel valve, turn on the battery, push the ignition master in, set mags to both, mixture and props full forward, pump 5psi using the wobble, open the primer valve and set the selector to appropriate engine, prime 3-4 times, crack the throttle about 10%, spin the flywheel at the same time pumping as far as the gauge goes with the wobble (6-7psi), then mesh the starter. Even if the left engine catches and I advance the throttle until it runs at about 1000 rpm the right one won’t ever.
I set throttles, mixtures and props for both engines at the same time since I only have three sliders on my hotas
I’m getting extremely frustrated to the point of clicking the wobble, the primer and the keyboard to death for 30 minutes and failing. It’s undoubtedly realistic since I’ve got a vintage motorcycle and it behaves identically lolz, but I must be doing something wrong. Maybe the engines are just worn since I did treat them rough the first few flights, albeit not to the point of total failure. Is the loss of compression due to damaged pistons and cylinder walls simulated?
I have no problem starting the engines but its literally impossible for me to get my oil temperature to rise above ambient air temperature! I know others have been experiencing this issue. Has anyone discovered a fix? I deleted the config file and reinstalled the plane as well as rebooting my computer and nothing seems to work! Its so frustrating when so much detail has been molded but I can’t interact with it because there’s a bug.
Agree with this. I’d appreciate having the option (as with the Flying Iron warbirds) of either being period correct or of flying a restored aircraft in modern airspace. Both are realistic, depending on what you’re trying to simulate. Hope some discrete modern avionics can be added for those days when we’re not flying the radio range.
Yeah I’m experiencing this more or less. If I recall correctly, the manual mentions that the oil temp is taken at the INLET to the engine, so if it’s only around ambient temps or a bit higher, that’s probably good. It means the oil cooler is working.
My personal problem is oil PRESSURE. If I use a thinner oil, appropriate for the OAT range, pressures look good at start and then the engine fails in flight. If I use a thicker, more viscous oil, my oil pressures more or less stay pegged high, with maybe some weird drops and rises back to pegged over the course of a longer flight. Makes me wonder if there’s a units error bug in the code or something that I’m missing.
I noticed last night that the Clipboard specs (which I have not paid perhaps as much attention to as I ought) says carb temps should be OVER 100F. So I think maybe I need to add carb heat and pay close attention to carb temps in flight to see how things go.
Can anybody direct me to the documentation folder/file(s)? I’ve purchased and installed with no problem but where on earth is the documentation? All that came in the zip folder is the setup program which installed to my Community folder but nothing else.
Never mind. I’m a dummy. I never thought to actually look in the Community folder. I found it.
My success rate at startup is 100% while throttles are all the way to 50%. Then immediately after both engines are on, i set it back to around 15%. I think the default 10% is way too low from my experience and has caused engines to shut down for me in some occasions.
Just did a cruise flight around Vegas, hovering around the area for like 30 minutes at 10,000 ft, then landed at a random airport called 'Searchlight" successfully. No failures, temps in check, all is good. And those sounds on touchdown, wow, puts the A32NX to shame
I’m still parked at Searchlight, changing oil and adding fuel if anyone wants to visit me
Interesting. I’m a bit confused becuase I tested it where I went full throttle with the coolers closed stopped on the ground (all realism options checked) and neither my cht nor oil temperature would rise much. Def would expect at least 10 degrees above ambient even at the inlet in that case lol. I’m fairly convinced there’s a bug as I can’t get the engines to cook themselves no matter how hard I try. Once again with all realism options checked.
No. I still have yet to get both engines started (I’ve been working on this for three days) and I’m following the book procedures exactly and doing nothing different from anything shown in the various videos. I’ve got the correct oil for the temperature. My fuel flow gauges have never behaved properly and looking at the LVAR for the fuel flow needles, it isn’t even readable because it is so unsteady. I’m guessing that is the problem (that is, I’m not getting correct fuel flow) and I’m currently investigating whether it is possible that I have some sort of add-on conflict.
