Classic British Flight Sim

Better get that changed pretty sharpish then.......



Tony

The first two repaints have become available at the PAD website:

http://www.premaircraft.com/shorts360_FS9/index.html

Emerald Air: http://www.premaircraft.com/shorts360_FS9/img7.gif

HD Air: http://www.premaircraft.com/shorts360_FS9/img9.gif

Techy111 wrote:OK i got the 330...wonder if we can use the 360 VC and pit for the 330..?


Tony

yes you can, they've modelled the -200 variant 360 which had a common flight deck. The later -300 360 had a semi-glass
layout with an EADI and EHSI: as well as the aforementioned 6-blade props and different PT6 engine variant...( I used to fix 'em,still got the type rating on my licence ;-) maybe Jon Stratful (360Shed) can help with other questions.)

And while we're on the subject of paints, Manx G-LEGS and/or G-ISLE would be nice too, as would
G-BKKT in Genair's BCAL Commuter scheme, Maersk's OY-MMB, British Midland's G-BMHX, and BAF's G-BLTO

http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1061396/

http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1022567/

http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1029034/

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Pete

Hi Pete,

You've put a smile on my face there with that comment "I used to fix 'em". I guess one tends to forget unhappy memories, but did they really break that often ;-)

As you say the -300 had/has the EFIS-cockpit, the 6-bladers and PT6-67R engines, 3-extra seats if you used the low-profile seat sets (awful seat-pitch/legroom compared to the 36-seat config, Michael O'Leary would have been proud) and improved runway performance, though it still owed its aerodynamic prowess more to a brick than a bird.

I'm intriged by Ben's comment "as I have pure-unadulterated access to BAC Express's fleet". Pete'll know why.

I had a look at the PAD model a few days ago, looks OK from the outside, but at first glance I'm not impressed with how it "flies". Otherwise I'd be tempted to give Dai Griffiths a call and ask him to consider dusting off his old masterpiece cockpit for the 360, the grandaddy of all the procedural cockpits we're so used to these days in FS.

Cheers
Jon

Hello Jon, changed your user name I see ;-)

Taking this off-topic here, but hey, whats' new here OFFTOPIC

No they didn't break that often, but I do remember on one occasion telling one of the Capts' not to fly the plane until I'd fixed his 'only a little problem' as it was dangerous to fly in that condition (the low blade angle stop had failed :o ) , Capt just figured the lamp had failed...
but he took my comments to RTFM well; (we'd both worked in a previous outfit).

IIRc Ben works for one of the handling agents at Luton ;-)

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Pete

Pete,

Yeah going back to my roots ! After I posted I guessed Ben was talking about HD Air. The "real" BAC went when the AOC was sold five years ago, personally i'm pleased the name has finally been changed.

Back on topic nice to see that the Shed is still a candidate for Flightsim designers. She was used by a lot of UK operators over the years and as for many of us the cost of a new paintjob was money best spent elsewhere there are a lot of livery combinations to keep the painters busy

Cheers
Jon

Ok some early work in progress on my photoreal basepaint.............
;-)
Rgds

Ben

Thats the Mutts Nuts Ben... looks like a photo ;-)

Your a git Ben...and i really...."Dislike you"... ....Bloody excellent...i shall stop painting now...... :000:

Well done mate...i love that basekit....you may wanna give it to Tony Madge....mine is very poor compared mate..... ;-)

Hi Ben,

Very nice indeed, I've got a list if you want one

Regards

John