RealAir Duke B60 and Pressurisation

[EmmaAtkins]

I purchased this for fsx over the weekend, I think its generally a great light twin product.Great panel (no 2D though). Seems a little too over
eager to liftoff at stall speeds (fully loaded to MTOW).Needs holding down quite a bit to 100kts before rotation. The coupled AP works well
above 8000ft. e.g. going to EGLL 27R via BIG. I use the AP from 25,000ft down to 9,000ft(ie wait for passing BIG VOR and turn) before
disconnecting AP NAV,VS,ALT. Frankly I feel happier flying it by hand from there to the tarmac. Also I noticed that when using a weather
addon (ASA) I got a correct MP of 30inches, when trimmed for cruise as opposed to 26 inches(25,000ft,29.92) without a weather program.
So I guess ASA is a must with this. Also a yoke n pedals, and a quadrant are highly recommended, and make it a pleasure. It beats the
default MS Baron 58 model by a mile, but apart from a couple of annoying bugs its almost but not quite for light twins the PMDG-MD11 of
the heavy jet world. My main thought though, and the point of the post after the literary diarrhoea above, is would it be possible to include
pressurisation failures as part of FSP with say a 10minute lag time from initial notification, for the airplane to dive to 12,000ft. Since
altitude detection seems to work for lights, barometer points scoring etc, A small routine would be possible?
The other matter is demand for it. Does anyone else like the idea or have any better ideas?
Screenies to follow in the screenies post.

[fruitfly]

I do!
BTW, where did you find the payload model????

[Joeflyer]

Nice find there, Emma I wonder if this product is of the same caliber as Digital's Piper Cheyenne. Based on the slideshow on
RealAir's web site, this airplane has alot of detail to it.

Please do post as many screenshots as possible of the interior/exterior....since I'm a VC kind of person, I could care less about a 2D
panel anyway


Update: Darn it, Emma, I couldn't hold out any longer. Bought that bird today...VERY nice indeed! I hope I can find a nice polished aluminum repaint some place



Post Edited ( 05-27-09 21:26 )

[Joeflyer]

fruitfly wrote:
I do!
BTW, where did you find the payload model????

I forced the use of Piper Seneca's payload model in FsPX...does a decent job.

[EmmaAtkins]

I made my own model from the aircraft data and received a CG 128ft aft of where i thought it might be. My resolution was to put the pilot
seats 5ft in front, 2 passengers 3.5ft in front 2 passengers 3.5ft behind CG and the cargo 5ft behind. Oddly enough i get a lovely balanced
plane :D
I'm glad someone likes it too. What does it for me is the turbocharging, and the way it flies 30inches MP(75% throttle), 2400RPM (66%
prop), 100pounds/hr fuel(19% leaning) at 22,000ft . I would go higher ie 25,000ft but with 4deg pitch up on a full tank dropping to 1 degree
pitch up (Maybe worth a step climb?)
My favourite features after another flight have to be the sound when its leaned and you hear the engine rasp, its so smooth the transition
from virtual engine cutout and rasp, to the roar when properly leaned. The other favourite is stalling to a lesser extent when you can feel
the yoke shake and the aircraft as the aerodynamics fall off, and spinning it at 12,000ft. Fail one engine, feather it,give the aircraft an
incentive to spin inverted, and it falls over not well but its at least it looks like a spin, thus practicable for engaging brain on recovery
process.

[poden]

Sounds nice! How is it doing for fuel consumption? I know you had problems with the consumption on the '58.

For the failure part, you would need to edit the manual_failure.cfg file to set up a forced failure. I haven't worked with this, so I'm not sure if there even is a pressurization failure. But anyway, remember the guy who had the fuel leak problem earlier? That's how this whole failure thread got revived. I haven't heard of timing the occurrence of a failure; I wonder if that's a built-in feature? Anybody know?

Sorry I can't help more on this.

Links:

http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...p?tid=7938

and

http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...p?tid=7412



Post Edited ( 05-28-09 19:15 )

[Joeflyer]

I just posted some shots of the fine airplane in the screenshots thread