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CWT09, 016-018 - vic365 - 03-03-2009

Tried a little experimenting with the Posky 737-700C (convertible)...but first the great PMDG MD-11:

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Decided to try the Project Opensky 737-700C with it aliased to the PMDG 737-700 panel. I could not find any "exclusive" 700C repaints...so I took some liberties and used an Air China repaint for the Posky 700.

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It worked..."OK"...I had some issues with the CG...PMDG window opened saying it was "unflyable" (CG was 41%!!). Obviously a conflict with the Posky aircraft.cfg and its weight loading. I ignored the PMDG warning window ( I was at 250 AGL and retracting gear!!) and it flew OK. I also had an issue with turns when in AP...the thing turned S-L-O-W...would not bank much past 12 degrees. Not sure what's causing that.

Anybody using some type of OS737/PMDG737 merge which works?

Anywho, I went back to my trusty TinmouseII 737-200 for leg 18...with a load of new Porsches to carry on their final leg to Taiwan.

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Vic

- Leemazz - 03-03-2009

Nice shots Vic great choice of aircraft

- robfuller - 05-15-2009

how did you like those little tf-33 engines. were the sfx loud like the real thing. and how was the acceleration? significantly less than the larger engines (not sure what those are, but think they are CFM-56).

- vic365 - 05-17-2009

robfuller Wrote:how did you like those little tf-33 engines. were the sfx loud like the real thing. and how was the acceleration? significantly less than the larger engines (not sure what those are, but think they are CFM-56).

If your talking about the 737-200, Rob, those are Pratt & Witney JT8D-17R low-bypass engines? It was also available with -9 and -15A versions of the JT8D.

The TinmouseII freeware is one of my favorite in my hangar, free or pay. Yes, it is nice and loud and the sound set is better than (IMHO) some highly touted 737-200 add-on sounds I've tried. The performance of the JT8D is quite noticeably less than the later -300, -400 etc with CFM56 engines. Normal cruise is .74 mach instead of the .78 that the "classic" (300, 400 & 500) or NG's (600, 700, 800 & 900) provide. It did, however, have a shorter take-off run than any of the later versions at MTOW, helped by it's lower MTOW, for sure. For this reason it's still flown, with the gravel kit, in northern Canada to small fields by Canadian North and First Air (last I heard). The TMII uses a fully analog panel, Sperry 77 AP with CWS and adds a Carousel IV-A single INS navigation system.

Alas, the demise of Avsim means the support forum is gone (for now). I believe you can still find the files at Flightsim, though. This part gets a bit tricky as we were looking forward to Bob's "all in one" installer. As is you must download several versions to get the latest aircraft...7 files if I remember...and install them in order, which is a pain. You must also have the unregistered (free) version of the latest FSUIPC and, to take advantage of the INS, the latest freeware Delco Carousel IV-A INS from Simufly.com.

Vic