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Post by hurricane91 on Aug 4, 2011 11:57:29 GMT -5
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Post by beana51 on Aug 4, 2011 14:26:20 GMT -5
Thanx hurricane91...install OK..looks great on the ramp...however .it sits there Cranking it self into Cast iron DUST....this with no switchs thrown!!.....what did I do wrong?..Would like to fire up this "CONNIE" in FSX!!....
any thoughts???..Vin...
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Post by hurricane91 on Aug 4, 2011 15:28:10 GMT -5
Hey Vin, I have been flying in Golden Wings and just getting around to installing in FSX. I will check it out.
In the meantime, bring up the engineer's panel and turn on the external power switch (left side, about half-way up, number 42 in the manual). Then go to the rights side and hit the key icon. I don't know if you have to do ctrl-e or not at that point.
I 'll get right back to you.
John
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Post by bhk on Aug 4, 2011 15:54:04 GMT -5
One of history's most beautiful aircraft.  Bruce |
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Post by beana51 on Aug 4, 2011 16:04:39 GMT -5
Thanx much!..Yep!....John YOUR recommendation worked!! ....It looks just Grand in FSX!.....Fired up in clouds of Exhaust smoke,and great rumbles........NICE ..Vin
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Post by hurricane91 on Aug 4, 2011 16:16:48 GMT -5
Vin, Glad it works. I get a start with all engines running, but the "fast start" seemes to work ok from a shut down condition.
Watch your prop pitch after takeoff. Bring the pitch back to about 73%. You can click either the prop pitch lever, or the icon. Use the "status" pop-up to monitor your R-3350s (right click checklist icon). White numbers=OK. Yellow=take action. Red=start forced landing proceedures.
When you get a chance, check out the manual. Take care.
Happy Landings,
John
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Post by beana51 on Aug 4, 2011 17:36:12 GMT -5
Yes John,its always Gratifying to go buy the book...with a CONNIE?..yer like a one armed paper hanger!.
.I think however ,the great Howard Hughes ,did solo this beautiful plane.,,Howard Hughes was the only airline president to personally take delivery and pilot the “Connie” airship off the production line from Lockheed. Hughes was noted for climbing aboard any unfamiliar four engine airplane, study the flight manuals, review the cockpit and emergency procedures for hours, then take off and fly it himself without incident. He was an extraordinary pilot who logged over 30,000 takeoffs and landings in his lifetime...
Loved it since 1959,when my brother ,boarded the TWA, it ,on his honey moon trip to Non stop ROMA!... Left IDLEWILD,as it was known then,soon to be JFK..fully loaded...seemed it took forever to get off...again Thanx for the memory, my friend!....Vin!
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Post by Dan on Aug 5, 2011 3:43:00 GMT -5
I got it the other night and it is great!! ;D
As with the others from this dedicated group, it looks and flies like the Connie it is - "One of history's most beautiful aircraft", as Bruce noted.
Thanks to the dedicated team that worked on it!!!
Dan
…it’s great being a kid again – without the glue! ;D
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