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I have not as yet purchased any A2A products...yet, however I am looking to buy the Boeing 377 with Captain of the ship extra module. My question is...

On the B17 it would appear that starting the Engines can be a bit "tricky" as the temperature conditions and results on the enigne appear to be simulated.

Does the same apply with the Boeing 377 ?

Many thanks

Kev.

If you dont want to mess around starting the engines then you can just select the auto start option availible with the accu-sim aircraft.

thanks,
Lewis

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The B377 will 'keep you busy' with the depth of the simulation.

Flying it is a very rewarding experience, once you master the 'essentials'
I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys the 'realism' of Accu-Sim. With
the COTS addition, you can had off a lot of the details to the crew.
Reading the manuals is essential for this aircraft, and the other Accu-Sim birds.

Myself, I prefer to do most of the work in the cockpit.

But, as Lewis notes, you can use the engine autostart feature and you are
also able to switch off Accu-Sim and some of the COTS features if things get
a bit 'too much' for you.

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Paul


i5-2500K @4.3Ghz OC - GA-P67A-UD7-B3 - 8GB Corsair 1600mHz

Paul, could not have put it better. It is very indepth. True you can use auto-start as Lewis stated,but it is a whole lot more fun too crank those big massive engines manually. The Boeing Stratocruiser has a fairly steep learning curve too it,especially landing smoothly, and as Paul aluded too, maintaining those engines,plus flying smoothly(passengers can be somewhat critical on you)and you got a "Larry the Flight Engineer for help" handles very nice in the air at all speed's. Word of warning "don't get discouraged by the airplane,it's slow flying character takes abit more practice to master" I don't mean too be all negative she is a blast too fly, and you will love her in the end having a handle on the B-17G Accu-Sim will help some.

Just Enjoy,Have Fun
Mark S.

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress-Accusimed/Boeing 377 Stratocruiser-COTS/ Piper Cub-Accusimed
Windows Vista 32 Bit/Quad Core 2.4GHz/4GB Ram/Nvidia 8800GTX
SSgt/USMC 82-94 "Retreat Hell"

Thanks for your help.

What I should have said was. "I hope they are tricky to start" !

I shall purchase it at the weekend and sit for 3 hours trying to start them im sure !

Kev

In that case you have picked the right Accu-Sim aircraft to begin your 'immersion'!

Wait until you have a few hundred hours on the engines and they are using oil almost
as fast as you can top off the tanks. Unless you are letting 'Larry' take care of that task, you
will be plenty busy on long flights.

On one of my flights from the US West Coast to Honolulu it wasn't having enough fuel that I
was worried about but having enough OIL! I landed with the bare minimum of oil in each of
the engines but plenty of fuel remained.

Be sure to check the forums here should you encounter any difficulties. There are lots of
folks here that can help you out if there isn't already a thread which addresses whatever
you need help with.

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Paul


i5-2500K @4.3Ghz OC - GA-P67A-UD7-B3 - 8GB Corsair 1600mHz

I bought this last week and the time I've had with it so far has been just sitting at the gate fiddling around and getting those props moving and then monitoring the systems. I'm not ready to take off yet. The time will come
With COTS it's great.

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Kind Regards
Simon

P-51 Mustang + ACCU-SIM - Spitfire MK1&MK2 + ACCU-SIM - P-40 Tomahawk + ACCU-SIM - Piper J3 CUB + ACCU-SIM - B377 Stratocruiser + COTS - ACCU-FEEL V2

Just to add to what others have said......

I spent some time on the ground too, turning props and playing with the systems before my first takeoff. I think it was my third or so takeoff when an engine on the right wing caught fire. I was completely unprepared for this and it caught me completely off guard. I did manage to get the fire out while making a 180 back to the field and landed without incident. As I recall the pax were actually cheering. After my roll-out was complete I noticed that my heart was beating fast. I had that same white knuckle feeling that I used to get in flight school. This simulation is THAT good. You will love it.

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Hello,Hawks570
Be sure too set that ADI too "AUTO" it will engage at 46" Manifold on before your t/o roll. I have flown around the world 4 times(Pan Am route) using static real world weather and varies passenger loads and cargo,runway length's and have never had an engine fire. Also what I do on t/o is set that RPM lever too 2500 or alittle below(5 clicks of the lever using Ctrl-F2). Try that and see how that works for you. Keep those Emergency checllist handy as well. You cannot just shove these throttles full foreward,without taking some precaution's.
Nice work getting the aircraft down safely.

Mark S.

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress-Accusimed/Boeing 377 Stratocruiser-COTS/ Piper Cub-Accusimed
Windows Vista 32 Bit/Quad Core 2.4GHz/4GB Ram/Nvidia 8800GTX
SSgt/USMC 82-94 "Retreat Hell"

Thanks Mark. That was some time ago and no problems with the ADI now.

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Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA. [KAVP]