A special Tu-154M screenshot thread

[eazy]

I agree, Anton. Very important to use the PT loader's calculations. Here's what I do (and recommend to do in the payload model's readme):
Load the PT editor and fill in all weights, route distance (took me a while to realize this has to be kilometers!) and cruise level (in meters,
of course), let it calculate the fuel and feed the FsP loader with about the same passenger load and exactly the same amount of fuel
which you should distribute between the tanks exactly as given by the PT loader.
If this sounds complicated, you can also press "write aircraft.cfg" in PT loader, (re)load the plane in FS, set the payload model to dummy
mode (no weight and CG calculation) and reload the plane each time because FsP won't accept the stations and wants to correct the
cfg file.
I prefer the first method.

[Anton]

eazy wrote:
I agree, Anton. Very important to use the PT loader's calculations. Here's what I do (and recommend to do in the payload model's
readme):
Load the PT editor and fill in all weights, route distance (took me a while to realize this has to be kilometers!) and cruise level (in meters,
of course), let it calculate the fuel and feed the FsP loader with about the same passenger load and exactly the same amount of fuel
which you should distribute between the tanks exactly as given by the PT loader.
If this sounds complicated, you can also press "write aircraft.cfg" in PT loader, (re)load the plane in FS, set the payload model
to dummy
mode (no weight and CG calculation) and reload the plane each time because FsP won't accept the stations and wants to correct the
cfg file.
I prefer the first method.

I use a little different technique. I took the loader, emptied the aircraft completely (no pax/cargo/FAs). Saved the aircraft.cfg
Step 1. Calculate the route in the NVU calculator. Export to Virtual Navigator if preferred.
Step 2. Enter the route length and cruise altitude in the loader and calculate fuel. Nevermind the horrendous CG. You can estimate your
CG if you add pax and cargo. DO NOT save to a.cfg
Step 3. Write down the fuel needed for the trip and close the loader.
Step 4. In the FSpassengers loading window, set the correct amount of fuel to the tanks and then load the pax and cargo. Be careful with
cargo, don't load all 100%. Start the flight and press Shift-1 to check your CG. Sometimes you might have to restart FSP to change cargo
configuration a bit.

And you're all set. I did this for B-2, but for the M you have to keep in mind that M uses about one metric ton less of fuel per hour.
Therefore, you should adjust the 'route distance' in the loader accordingly.

[aristoteles]

Thanks guys for the tips, very useful!!

@ Eazy: your payload model works even with the IGFLY Tupolev!! In fact, it works much better that the one in the Download area,...

And now, time for an unedited screenshot, some of you like them better anyway,...

[eazy]

aristoteles wrote:
... it works much better that the one in the Download area,...

The only reason I made it And thanks for the compliments

That un-edited screenshot looks nice btw! Take a lovely aircraft and a nice scenery and it will look good without postwork.

Somehow I deleted all my unpublished Tupolev screenies. So here's a déjà-vu, but since that WT thread where I first posted it
dates a while back, I put it here again because I really like it (though I know most would prefer the other one with Natalia ):

[aristoteles]

Siberian Airlines Retro look, I like the liveries of Siberian and I like the look of the screenshot BTW!!

[xhado13]

aristoteles wrote:
Thanks guys for the tips, very useful!!

@ Eazy: your payload model works even with the IGFLY Tupolev!! In fact, it works much better that the one in the Download area,...

And now, time for an unedited screenshot, some of you like them better anyway,...

Even unedited your shots are wonderful!