Compliments and Paintkit
Posted: 14 Nov 2010, 02:14
Tales from "EagleSkinner's most Embarrassing Moments"
Hi guys, I have finally found the muse to take a look at the 377 - my normal flying precludes this beast because there are three engines too many and flying tubes is wayyy beyond my capability or interest level
I knew I'd have some form of learning curve as this is only my second Accusim (The Cub being #1), but heyyyy... first of all, there I am sitting at the engineers panel, chin on the desk, drool in the keyboard, and that annoying numty in the right hand seat complains that he can't see out of the windows ("Stop breathing then, damn you!" was my first remark)... PoH... leaf, leaf, leaf... AHA! the defogger is on the auxiliary panel...
...and so it goes on.
Bremerton National
Slowly losing patience, but I had read that 25° flaps was OK - what? That many clicks on my flaps button??
Buggrit, buggrem, millenium hand and shrimp - throttles up! Whoa - damn! You can push this into the "pop, splutter, bang, deadstick zone!"
Reset flight
Throttles gently forwards. Hmmm that gate on the Saitek X52 gets in the way... "We're rolling" - "Hey thanks, numbnuts, I can see that, now why don't you take your foot of the right pedal so's I can keep this thing straight!" Buggrit, buggrem, millenium hand and shrimp Damn! way of the runway and all the guy on the right can say is "Number three is running a bit warm" and "Eighty"....
Reset flight
Throttles gently forwards. Feet on the rudders. Darn!!! Bremerton is not really long enough - the end of the runway is getting awfully near "One hundred, rotate"
Thank the lord for that, Ease back on the stick. "We're stalling" in my right ear...
Reset flight
More reading
Throttles gently forwards. Feet on the rudders. Darn!!! Bremerton is just long enough but remember not to crash...
(In all this, I have also been experiencing the novelty of sitting in the back seat and twiddling with all sorts of NEW things)
"The cowl flaps have jammed open" Yeah? So what... keep flying... Damn! There's so much drag there "We're stalling"
Reset flight
The EagleSkinner now has a split-squared personality and is considering treatment in one of those hospitals with comfy cells where banging you're head is like head-butting treacle...
I'll keep you posted...
Now... on to the paintkit
Seriously A2A, I am impressed! And yet I must raise a finger and ask a question and/or comment or two that may have been answered already...
I note with pleasure that you/someone/whoever created the PSD textures in at least 2048 square format - this is one excellent paintkit, but I am not surprised at seeing various comments here along the lines of "Why aren't there any or many repaints for this old lady" - I think you've created a Sophia Loren or Joan Collins here, A2A. Beautiful still, despite the age and make-up but you aren't going to find too many painters with the patience and skill to do what Sophia or Joan's personal plasterers do every day...
OK, So I am looking at the Airbus Super Guppy (although that was the turbo-prop powered variant) because this is the closest possible model to it. But even I am daunted by the amount of foundation cream and polyfilla that's going to be needed - that really is one helluva paintkit there.
My verdict so far?
I am glad I have acquired this monster! Despite the fact that there are too many engines and I need to be of four minds about flying her, I really enjoyed my two dozen "reset flights" so far.
My only regret
The pdf handbooks aren't in 8" by 4" format for me to print and trim for the "Flight Crew Check List" book I won a few years ago for flying 125 miles and landing only three seconds off forecast in a single engined plane. This is really the first FS Plane I really NEED the printed check lists for!
Hi guys, I have finally found the muse to take a look at the 377 - my normal flying precludes this beast because there are three engines too many and flying tubes is wayyy beyond my capability or interest level
I knew I'd have some form of learning curve as this is only my second Accusim (The Cub being #1), but heyyyy... first of all, there I am sitting at the engineers panel, chin on the desk, drool in the keyboard, and that annoying numty in the right hand seat complains that he can't see out of the windows ("Stop breathing then, damn you!" was my first remark)... PoH... leaf, leaf, leaf... AHA! the defogger is on the auxiliary panel...
...and so it goes on.
Bremerton National
Slowly losing patience, but I had read that 25° flaps was OK - what? That many clicks on my flaps button??
Buggrit, buggrem, millenium hand and shrimp - throttles up! Whoa - damn! You can push this into the "pop, splutter, bang, deadstick zone!"
Reset flight
Throttles gently forwards. Hmmm that gate on the Saitek X52 gets in the way... "We're rolling" - "Hey thanks, numbnuts, I can see that, now why don't you take your foot of the right pedal so's I can keep this thing straight!" Buggrit, buggrem, millenium hand and shrimp Damn! way of the runway and all the guy on the right can say is "Number three is running a bit warm" and "Eighty"....
Reset flight
Throttles gently forwards. Feet on the rudders. Darn!!! Bremerton is not really long enough - the end of the runway is getting awfully near "One hundred, rotate"
Thank the lord for that, Ease back on the stick. "We're stalling" in my right ear...
Reset flight
More reading
Throttles gently forwards. Feet on the rudders. Darn!!! Bremerton is just long enough but remember not to crash...
(In all this, I have also been experiencing the novelty of sitting in the back seat and twiddling with all sorts of NEW things)
"The cowl flaps have jammed open" Yeah? So what... keep flying... Damn! There's so much drag there "We're stalling"
Reset flight
The EagleSkinner now has a split-squared personality and is considering treatment in one of those hospitals with comfy cells where banging you're head is like head-butting treacle...
I'll keep you posted...
Now... on to the paintkit
Seriously A2A, I am impressed! And yet I must raise a finger and ask a question and/or comment or two that may have been answered already...
I note with pleasure that you/someone/whoever created the PSD textures in at least 2048 square format - this is one excellent paintkit, but I am not surprised at seeing various comments here along the lines of "Why aren't there any or many repaints for this old lady" - I think you've created a Sophia Loren or Joan Collins here, A2A. Beautiful still, despite the age and make-up but you aren't going to find too many painters with the patience and skill to do what Sophia or Joan's personal plasterers do every day...
OK, So I am looking at the Airbus Super Guppy (although that was the turbo-prop powered variant) because this is the closest possible model to it. But even I am daunted by the amount of foundation cream and polyfilla that's going to be needed - that really is one helluva paintkit there.
My verdict so far?
I am glad I have acquired this monster! Despite the fact that there are too many engines and I need to be of four minds about flying her, I really enjoyed my two dozen "reset flights" so far.
My only regret
The pdf handbooks aren't in 8" by 4" format for me to print and trim for the "Flight Crew Check List" book I won a few years ago for flying 125 miles and landing only three seconds off forecast in a single engined plane. This is really the first FS Plane I really NEED the printed check lists for!