Classic British Flight Sim

Now I can finally show where Handbrake Hill was.

Hi John,
Thanks for that, still can't actually remember Handbrake hill, but I do remember driving our Karrier Bantem around the peri track trying to charge the battery on a lovely -10C Gutersloh winter's morning

Regards
Geoff

ps like the link, will keep an eye on that site.

When (frequently) flying the 1-11 in FS9 - I tend to switch off the Top Temp switch in the vc after climbing through say, 3-5,000 feet then, keep slowly increase the throttles to keep the egt near or at the top of the yellow sector on the appropriate gauge. As the oat decreases, when you climb higher, you can continue to increase the throttles accordingly, so as to maximise performance. I personally find there is a small performance improvement, between the top temp switch limitation and, the top of the yellow sector of the egt gauge (i.e., before the overheat lights come on!).

Was that how it happened in real-life?

No!

Running the engines hot reduces life significantly.

That's why TTL is there to stop you overheating the engines and why on take-off you only aim for 100 on the TSI/P7 gauge, you only work the engines as hard as they need to, no more.

Nige

During climb I always look for about 90% on the N2 Percent RPM gauge.
That's what I picked up from my Ryanair jumpseat flight DVD...
Hope that'll be fine?

Cheers,

Nick

Trawling into the depths of my memory (25 years) from my days at BIA, it was 91.5% for the 500's and 92.5% for the 400's.

N

I seem to recall reading somewhere that reducing the temp by just 20C below normal values significantly increased engine life and saved a fortune in parts replacement to the point that carrying slightly less payload made more money.

NigelC wrote:Forget the VSI, climb at 280KIAS/M0.72.
N

Careful where you do that speed at or below FL100. London TMA doesn't allow it.

J0hn wrote:Of the four classic jet liners that Dave M has offered, the 1-11 is the one I've flown the most.



JD

I'm trying to fly the 1-11 in FSX. I can successfully fly the Comet and Trident using Autopilot in VC in these FSX craft, but I am having difficulty getting the autopilot to work in VC. The pitch wheel doesn't respond, - and yes I adjust the elevator trim , but that makes no difference.
Also, in the Trident the "acquire" and "hold " work in autopilot but not in the 1 11. When I get to the input height should not the height become locked and the key move from acquire to hold?
Because it don't !

Any ideas what i am doing wrong? Or is it an FSX thing.

As I say I fly in the VC - I don't bring up "panels"

Pretty sure you need to start in the 1-11 with 2D view and then switch to the VC for the AP to work. Its been a while though so I can't remember exactly.

That rings a bell Ben