This weekend XEnviro 1.08 was released, so I thought I would take it for a quick test flight, using the DA62…
The weather isn’t so great at Portland Oregon and I have recently installed MisterX’s scenery for that airport, so it seemed like a good choice. I planned to fly up to Boeing Field in Seattle, about 100nm to the North…
I decided to shoot the GPS LPV approach to Rwy 10L. As I started my turn onto the final approach course I got quite a shock as I glanced out the windshield… Thanks World Traffic 3.0 and ATC
Thranda’s Quest Kodiak is a really nice aircraft module, especially if you get the expansion pack. I picked up the scenery for St Barts from X-Palne.org today, which prompted this flight. It is a huge improvement over the stock scenery and well worth a look if you like island hopping in this part of the world. The TQPF scenery was free to download from the org by a fellow called nut-nut. It is fairly close to the real thing, if you can excuse the Air Alaska and Air France aircraft parked on the ramp (they must be lost I guess .
So, now I’m thinking about the RWDesigns-DHC6 Twin Otter, which would be perfect for this area. Anyone here have that aircraft?
Yes, and very much enjoy it. I have a friend who used to fly Twin Otters in the Caribbean for Eastern Metro and he loves it, especially in VR. He says that it performs pretty much by the numbers.
I’ve got it in XP-10, and short of me fiddling for a bit each time to get the engines started it’s perfect! The twotter seems to have a mind of its own that I do not always grasp!
She flies nice! Kind of wallows in on approach, but she doesn’t need much runway! What did seem strange to me was on engine start, you are supplying fuel before you start cranking. That’s a big no-no on the PT6 equipped aircraft such as the King Air or Kodiak.
This I didn’t quite get either but perhaps there’s a management computer inbetween somewhere? Seems strange since engines are not considered part of the aircraft from a systems perspective though…
So, I found that if I started an engine as per the supplied checklist, it would start, but the ITT would spike into the red before settling back into the normal range. If I started in the way I think you should start a turboprop engine, the ITT stays within the normal range at all times. So, it is simulating the cooling effect of getting some airflow moving through the engine. The only instrument that seems to move when I crank is the oil pressure though. Once the engine lights off I get all engine instrument indications.
Your video answers the question Dan. I am seeing him start cranking at 0:30, then looking for 20% Ng before adding fuel. Pretty much identical to a King Air start.
Yeah Paul, I ran into my ex DH-6 friend tonight and he confirmed starter, then fuel. I hadn’t flown it in a while, but still not sure why I had such an inestimable brain fart. The checklist in the black book next the the left seat is correct, but the tutorial is wrong. I had also forgotten that the panel is GTN 750 ready. Great bird.
