My First Flight With Globe Cargo VA

[scott1976]

Just completed my first flight in the PMDG 744F and need to be honest and say that if anyone was watching or could review the flight I would probably get the sack!!! Straight after takeoff I realised very quickly that the autopilot was not responding to any instructions from the FMC or the MCP. All I could get working was the auto throttle so I had to maintain my flight level manually using the trim. Flightplan was right out the window as I had no navaids either, only the magnetic compass and ADF to work from. I figured out during the flight that the cause was down to the IRS not being aligned but still could not get the autopilot or navaids to work. Lets just say I am glad visibility was good at my destination airport for the visual landing...GCVA might want to extend my probation! LOL!

[raa57]

hi scott ,

welcometo globecargo And now your fired

only joking,

touchdown rate of 282fpm not to bad the wheels will still be on then,and only an overspeed warning no stall warnings

i think theres worse pireps been entered than that

and 1200miles with no FMC well done

the navaids as in VORs should have still been accurate but with no IRS your FMC would have been as good as a man short

regards terry

[jacques]

First of all, Great job Scott!! You have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the 744 IS flyable by hand! (or at least point to point using the MCP) See that Terry? Do you see that? Hop in and get started! Seriously, I hope the rest of your flights are a bit easier...I think most of the rest of us would have called it "bad weather", hit the disconnect button , and gone down to the local pub ! Oh, and if you're still using FS9 like I am, Active Sky 6.5 is still a pretty nice weather generator, as well. I see so many problems out there with FSX I just can't seem to make the leap! See you out there!

Jay P

[raa57]

hi guys ,

not sure what im supposed to see jay. but you wont get me back in the 744 that easy...

just to say too scott that ASE works with FS9 too,i think its newer than AS6.5. and combined with REX textures makes a pretty realistic experience especially in IFR conditions

and scott if you pm me with your email address i may have something that will interest you

regards terry

[jacques]

I've heard lots about REX and also about ASE..so maybe its time I upgrade. Thanks, Terry!
Yeah, and you know that if my system and RFP could get along, I'd be flying the 742 a lot more as well. Such a fun plane to fly! I'm just jealous.

Jay P

[raa57]

I've heard lots about REX and also about ASE..so maybe its time I upgrade. Thanks, Terry!
Yeah, and you know that if my system and RFP could get along, I'd be flying the 742 a lot more as well. Such a fun plane to fly! I'm just jealous.

Jay P

hi jay,

yep 742 is the way to go

just a thought but i read somewhere that a lot of bugs people suffered in the RFP like the 4 engine losses you were getting and i had myself online over KORD.random gear down i was getting were also carrying over to the RFP/POSKY merges that people were doing and also another major problem in the posky merges was not being able to start the engines and electrical problems and the main cause some people reckoned was using the payware version of RFP for the merge.

was your RFP payware or freeware jay?

and just to point out since moving to my latest posky merge from the freeware download version of RFP with the help of michael at CARGOLUX and also disableing my yoke and configering it using REG FSUIPC i have never had any of these bugs since,the only thing i get now and again is the ASI drops to zero and i get a ALPHA SPEED warning and the autothrottle gives full power for around 20-30 secs but that is something to do with vatsims weather and not the aircraft and just disconnecting the autothrottle stops it getting out of hand.i think another way off stopping it is to turn of icing in ASE but i leave it on myself keeps you on your toes and is the same as your pitot freezing up.so more realism even though i have the pitot heat ON

so maybe give the posky version a try,the exterior model is better looking than the RFP too

instructions here the 5th post down i think viewtopic.php?f=41&t=5054

all the files you need here as the ones in the post i uploaded are out of date

http://www.yousendit.com/download/eURDN ... RTlFQlE9PQ
http://www.yousendit.com/download/eURDN ... M252Wmc9PQ

if your struggling with it im hoping justins gonna post some instructions and host files on website in 747-200 section of forum very soon

and you will need to google WINRAR if you cant open the files


see you up there

regards terry

[mattch49]

I wish I could post the Posky/RFP/ISG merge we use at British Airways Virtual... it is flawless in each way, and with the Smith's FMS added, it's much more assuring knowing I can do the RNAV approaches and such. I shall ask the creator if it is possible to share it, if so I'd be glad to.

[raa57]

I wish I could post the Posky/RFP/ISG merge we use at British Airways Virtual... it is flawless in each way, and with the Smith's FMS added, it's much more assuring knowing I can do the RNAV approaches and such. I shall ask the creator if it is possible to share it, if so I'd be glad to.

hi matt
the whole beauty of flying the 742 is in not having a silly FMC doing the work for you,kind of defeats the purpose i think.

also we have a merge a cargolux that uses the smiths FMS that i can share at globe without having to ask the authors permission as i am 50% of the author but it needs finishing:D
,and even if lorenzo nesta does allow it ,im quite sure other big cheeses at BAV will not let it be shared.
be interesting to see if they allow you to share it matt,but i wont be flying it

another point is the BAV merge is based on PAX models and is not based around freighters

in my opinion your as well flying the 744 if you fly the merge with the FMS but thats your choice,

even lorenzo s still testing the BAV merge as he is not happy with its power output yet,the last time i chatted to him

regards terry

[mattch49]

I wish I could post the Posky/RFP/ISG merge we use at British Airways Virtual... it is flawless in each way, and with the Smith's FMS added, it's much more assuring knowing I can do the RNAV approaches and such. I shall ask the creator if it is possible to share it, if so I'd be glad to.

hi matt
the whole beauty of flying the 742 is in not having a silly FMC doing the work for you,kind of defeats the purpose i think.

also we have a merge a cargolux that uses the smiths FMS that i can share at globe without having to ask the authors permission as i am 50% of the author but it needs finishing:D
,and even if lorenzo nesta does allow it ,im quite sure other big cheeses at BAV will not let it be shared.
be interesting to see if they allow you to share it matt,but i wont be flying it

another point is the BAV merge is based on PAX models and is not based around freighters

in my opinion your as well flying the 744 if you fly the merge with the FMS but thats your choice,

even lorenzo s still testing the BAV merge as he is not happy with its power output yet,the last time i chatted to him

regards terry

I understand what you're saying and respectfully disagree... I have flown well over 10,000 hours (since '93) in FS without the use of any FMC, so I've had my fill of the INS and even celestial navigation (some great mods out for propliners to allow this) and doppler navigation... to me the beauty of the 742 is not in the way I decide to navigate with it, it's simply FLYING the old gal, the cockpit procedures, etc... I understand that if I wanted to simulate flying in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s then yes I would forego any FMC as I did for years... but that is not the case now, at least not for me and our real world counterpart who I believe has FMC's in place of INS's in all of their 742's.

As for the merge, I doubt BAV brass has anything to do with Lorenzo's merge, and will speak to Lorenzo about it, even though it is PAX config, simple .cfg's changes are all that are necessary to make it compatible with the F versions.

[raa57]

ok joseph,disagreement accepted i see where your coming from but i have only been flightsimming for the last 2 years or so and started flying with an FMC and got bored off it real quick and have only moved to the 742 in november so have a lot of catching upto do,unless you check vataware stats on the 742.

your 10000hrs was that on vatsim or ivao? or all offline??

sorry for calling you matt earlier not sure why i did,

anyway incase lorenzo or BAV say no ,heres the version that we put together for cargolux with 2 FMCs + 1 INS,using a similar panel to lorenzos merge with a freighter model and GE50 engines and now an Atlas air repaint

its basically a merge of 3 different other merges from Cargolux CFGs ,BAV panels and also avsim panels and CFG tweaks

download available for a week,just drop into your aircraft folder and fly ,assuming you have the RFP installed ,civa INSs installed and obviously you need to purchase the ISG1 gauges

https://www.yousendit.com/download/eURC ... V0JjR0E9PQ

terry

[mattch49]

ok joseph,disagreement accepted i see where your coming from but i have only been flightsimming for the last 2 years or so and started flying with an FMC and got bored off it real quick and have only moved to the 742 in november so have a lot of catching upto do,unless you check vataware stats on the 742.

your 10000hrs was that on vatsim or ivao? or all offline??

sorry for calling you matt earlier not sure why i did,

anyway incase lorenzo or BAV say no ,heres the version that we put together for cargolux with 2 FMCs + 1 INS,using a similar panel to lorenzos merge with a freighter model and GE50 engines and now an Atlas air repaint

its basically a merge of 3 different other merges from Cargolux CFGs ,BAV panels and also avsim panels and CFG tweaks

download available for a week,just drop into your aircraft folder and fly ,assuming you have the RFP installed ,civa INSs installed and obviously you need to purchase the ISG1 gauges

https://www.yousendit.com/download/eURC ... V0JjR0E9PQ

terry

Thanks for the link, I'll try it out!

A good friend of mine who is painting the Posky 747-300 in its new Atlas scheme has supposedly successfully merged that model with the RFP panel, I will of course try this out first to add my own verification!

Yes I have seen your flights many times, quite the record you're achieving so far on it! My hours unfortunately are not logged anywhere, very few on VATSIM to be honest as I took a very long break between flying online after SATCO shut down and VATSIM opened.

However, I remember keenly the day I saw Flight Unlimited and Flight Simulator 5 out in stores... I bought FU first as it was (for it's entire series) always years ahead of Flight Simulator... but also bought FS5.1 because BAO had just released it's Flight Shop which allowed add-on aircraft to be installed into FS5.1, something FU never allowed... I say 10,000 hours as a safe measure, I know it would be +/- 1000 in any case, my entire childhood was focused on building as many tree-houses as I could, and Flight Simulator!

Happy landings!



Edit: Also, try out http://www.mediafire.com for uploading files, I usually upload at speeds up to 6mbits/s and they store files on their servers free for months, no sign up or anything required!

[raa57]

cool joseph seems like your a veteran of FS compared to me

ah yeh SATCO way before my time i think michael at cargolux started on that too..

as for the above aircraft the CFG is not complete, ie camera views not correctly set and a few other things but it should fly ok i think

whats the chances of your friend painting a POLAR -200 or -300 POSKY merge?? although i do think michel here at globe is interested in doing some posky repaints


regards terry