Jack Sawyer Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 First flight. Don't even have the cameras set up properly. And since I do not use FSUIPC to control my Saitek yoke, both throttle quadrants, rudder pedals, and TPM I was at a loss. Because I have two quads and I usually fly two engine planes how could I control the #'s 3 & 4 engines? So as soon as I pulled out on the TPM throttle they all moved together. It's better than using the mouse I guess. But I had it do an autostart and had the engineer control everything. I took off from KPSP in 6500 ceiling, first time I have ever seen that in KPSP but it looked cool. Usually it's always sunny. So I took off and went around the pattern and made a perfect landing the first time. What a thrill, this plane is ginormous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Top-dandy captures from the desert spa Jack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Scrumptious set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colbert Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That Connie is ginormous AND gorgeous! Congrats on the new purchase and great shots (and flying) Jack! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakashi Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Stellar shots of your Constellation there Jack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Smashing shots of your new Connie !! . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Jack, you succumbed! This one the engineer flies. Bit like conducting the orchestra, with the engines being the violins. Have just started to get to grips with juggling RPM, Manifold Pressure & The BMEP. Anyway, couldn't hit the shift 2 table Power Setting #'s on climb out & cruise & figured out after reading the manual that Carb de-icing & heat are important. (See P 118, last section on Carb Anti-ice & Heating) My Manifold Pressure & BMEP were down & I think P.118 has the answer. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Dang those are nice shots of your new Connie Jack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Wonderful shots of your first and very successful shot Jack, you are now a Connie Captain. I had a feeling you would soon buy this plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Great set these. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 13 hours ago, Bermuda425 said: Top-dandy captures from the desert spa Jack! Thanks Erik! 12 hours ago, RJ said: Scrumptious set! Thank you RJ! 12 hours ago, Republic DC-9 said: That Connie is ginormous AND gorgeous! Congrats on the new purchase and great shots (and flying) Jack! Steve Thanks Steve, I see some fun in my future. 11 hours ago, Wakashi said: Stellar shots of your Constellation there Jack! Thanks Roger. 10 hours ago, BradB said: Smashing shots of your new Connie !! . Cheers John Thanks you John. 9 hours ago, TigerTigerM said: Jack, you succumbed! This one the engineer flies. Bit like conducting the orchestra, with the engines being the violins. Have just started to get to grips with juggling RPM, Manifold Pressure & The BMEP. Anyway, couldn't hit the shift 2 table Power Setting #'s on climb out & cruise & figured out after reading the manual that Carb de-icing & heat are important. (See P 118, last section on Carb Anti-ice & Heating) My Manifold Pressure & BMEP were down & I think P.118 has the answer. TTM Nice way to put it TTM. I will take note of your page numbers as I have been reading the manual. This first part with the history is most interesting. 8 hours ago, adambar said: Dang those are nice shots of your new Connie Jack! Thanks Adam. 8 hours ago, VH-KDK said: Wonderful shots of your first and very successful shot Jack, you are now a Connie Captain. I had a feeling you would soon buy this plane. You nailed it Martyn. I was on the fence buy good friend in the UK kept sending me YT videos and I was sold. 6 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Great set these. cheers Iain Thanks Iain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune6 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Hi Jack Sawyer for the first palm trophee ? yes you are ! this plane is in my first plane after Breguet 2 bridges AF, when i was young and the crew service on board, was 5 stars . Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1252 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Great shots of a great 'plane in a great setting. Hope you have lots of fun with Connie! Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Jack An addendum re tweaking the engine settings - the throttle controls MP pretty well, RPM & BMEP, not so well. For those 2, have read that you can get RPM & BMEP down & by hitting F2 then F3. When you hit F2 the RPM just drops in freefall, so have to hit F3 to stop the drop. & vice versa. Hit F3 to up the RPM & hit F2 to stop the increase. Its the way the L049 prop systems are set up. So its a bit of try it to figure out the F2 & F3 dance. Also, manual p.138 has some flight settings. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Thanks TTM! More for my file I was gonna print for this plane. I didn't know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 2 hours ago, andy1252 said: Great shots of a great 'plane in a great setting. Hope you have lots of fun with Connie! Happy New Year! Thanks Andy! Happy new year to you too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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