Classic British Flight Sim

grum wrote:Phew!!.....There's always that slight element of relief when you recommend something and the recommendee likes it!!!

Glad you're having fun.

Regards Graham

Been away all weekend in Cubs and Robin HR200s, so last night just had to have a little tiny go before bedtime......well you know how it goes - was ages before the PC was finally turned off.

Enjoying it a lot more now. After reading the sparse guide/notes, found out the answers to a few niggles I was having (not mentioning them here, but things were exactly working well at first!) and now am quite at home with her.

Tried a wheels up landing (intentionally) last night and found that she doesnt land in this fashion and sinks into the ground. Having witnessed it for real (aeroplane was jacked up and flown out (prop stopped horizontally)), was a little disappointed that this hasnt been replicated. Only other slight criticism is that I've managed to over stress the airframe twice now, in what I would have considered to be standard aerobatics. I have never ever felt so sick before than one of my first flights in a 52. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, or have a wrong setting somewhere.

But no, on the whole, I'm very impressed and glad that I purchased her.

Thank you.

Martin

T6flyer wrote:
Having witnessed it for real (aeroplane was jacked up and flown out (prop stopped horizontally)), was a little disappointed that this hasnt been replicated.
Martin

Martin,

That wasn't the incident at Shoreham a couple of years ago was it? I think it was a 2-ship with the other following down on its wing to go around again and land beside.

As you mentioned it was jacked up, cowling secured and flown out again.

Kept me holding overhead with a duff oil temp gauge and a wobbling pressure gauge (viscosity fluctuations) for about 35 minutes, I was sweating like a hot sweaty person by the time we landed, The instructor however wasn't in the slightest flustered.

All good fun eh!

Alex

Reheat wrote:
That wasn't the incident at Shoreham a couple of years ago was it? I think it was a 2-ship with the other following down on its wing to go around again and land beside.
Alex

Nope, this happened at North Weald in the mid 90s when the 52 was all the rage there. Think must be one of the strangest things I've ever seen!

Martin