Orbxtreme Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hi, this set is about landing the MD-11 in Innsbruck, now that the airport and region had been redone under Orbx. Airborne from Innsbruck (with not much runway to spare) and gaining altitude before doing a 180 back to the airport. Gear out, 50 degree flaps out on final. The only problem in using runway 08 (for the view ) is that there was a prevailing tail wind with about 40 degree crosswind. The approach was made with all auto flight system "off" since the MD-11 technology allows the airplane to decide over the pilot if it does not like something. The speed on landing was hovering around 150 - 155 kts. Full reverse and braking. The area at the end of runway 08 is just large enough to allow the MD-11 to turn around without having to break one or two sets of runway lights... You can see the windsock near the taxiway. Runway 08 would not have been exactly the right runway in real life with that tail wind. Jarrad has planned a very nice spot for big aircrafts, with staff waiting and all. All in all, a very nice flying experience. Too bad there are fewer MD-11s in the sky these days... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 First class Francois! I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 A-OK set of shots from this approach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Smith Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I love this airport, looks great and a real challenge. What MD11 is that, PMDG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Wow - What a incredible set of shots Francois and a even better landing . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune6 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 hello maghificiant Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 hour ago, R Smith said: I love this airport, looks great and a real challenge. What MD11 is that, PMDG? This is the MD-11 that PMDG did years ago. But they do not offer the product anymore (unless maybe there are enough customers who would write them and request it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Some magnificent weather and scenery in these images. Some very skilful flying too. Yes too bad there are fewer MD-11s flying these days but very thankful that they are all freighters. By far the worst passenger jet I have flown on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, VH-KDK said: Some magnificent weather and scenery in these images. Some very skilful flying too. Yes too bad there are fewer MD-11s flying these days but very thankful that they are all freighters. By far the worst passenger jet I have flown on. Why was it so bad? Because of the seats or maybe the inside space? Or did you have to deal with something special? Because in bad weather, for example, many pilots were known to be "behind" the aircraft, getting used to "autoland" and overreacting when caught with turbulence or crosswind (like the one who crashed in Japan, overreacting after the first rebound when the pilot was supposed to wait for the nose to go down progressively. So many crashed because the pilot pushed on the nose after a rebound due to a hard landing, creating a more important rebound that led to a loss of control. I guess your comment was possibly because of the amenities offered to the passengers, including bad food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Excellent shots, enjoyed looking at them!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 41 minutes ago, Orbxtreme said: Why was it so bad? Because of the seats or maybe the inside space? Or did you have to deal with something special? Because in bad weather, for example, many pilots were known to be "behind" the aircraft, getting used to "autoland" and overreacting when caught with turbulence or crosswind (like the one who crashed in Japan, overreacting after the first rebound when the pilot was supposed to wait for the nose to go down progressively. So many crashed because the pilot pushed on the nose after a rebound due to a hard landing, creating a more important rebound that led to a loss of control. I guess your comment was possibly because of the amenities offered to the passengers, including bad food? The seats were so uncomfortable and just looked so untidy as when upright they never lined up in the rows giving a bad impression. On take off there was always a smell of jet fuel which was concerning at first but with my wife being a bad flyer this scared her no end and it did alarm me the first time as I had never come across this before. From memory we did 4 return flights to Thailand in the MD-11 and we almost let out a loud cheer the night at YMML when a 773 arrived from YSSY to take us to Bangkok. On descending every time we got very bad ear ache. We do get this on other airliners but not every time. I never take the cabin service into account or any other external factors as this is not the planes fault. A great shame as I liked the appearance of the MD-11 and I do hate to be critical as flying is a big part on my holiday. The DC-10 on the other hand was beautiful to fly in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Beautiful low hanging clouds in those shots Francois, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Smith Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 11 hours ago, Orbxtreme said: This is the MD-11 that PMDG did years ago. But they do not offer the product anymore (unless maybe there are enough customers who would write them and request it?) I had a feeling it was , I really like tri engine planes and enjoy flying my CLS DC10 but have been wanting a good MD11, could never find one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Fantastic set of screen shots well done regards stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 2 hours ago, R Smith said: I had a feeling it was , I really like tri engine planes and enjoy flying my CLS DC10 but have been wanting a good MD11, could never find one though. I have the CLS DC-10 too and enjoy the multiple liveries, but the level of complexity reached by PMDG with the MD-11 was outstanding. Thanks to everyone for your nice comments, I am glad you liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 These were some of the finest shots of scenery and weather but also some of the finest flying of a big jet into Innsbruck I have ever seen. I was enthralled on each and every shot! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Fantastic set of shots these. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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