±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 728
Total: 728
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Home
03: Community Forums
04: Community Forums
05: Community Forums
06: CPGlang
07: Downloads
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Photo Gallery
11: Home
12: Community Forums
13: Home
14: Home
15: CPGlang
16: Community Forums
17: Community Forums
18: Community Forums
19: Community Forums
20: Home
21: Community Forums
22: Community Forums
23: Community Forums
24: Community Forums
25: Community Forums
26: Community Forums
27: Community Forums
28: Community Forums
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Community Forums
33: Downloads
34: Community Forums
35: Statistics
36: Your Account
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: Downloads
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: CPGlang
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: CPGlang
52: Community Forums
53: Community Forums
54: CPGlang
55: Member Screenshots
56: Community Forums
57: Member Screenshots
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Community Forums
61: Home
62: Community Forums
63: Community Forums
64: News
65: Community Forums
66: Community Forums
67: Home
68: Downloads
69: Community Forums
70: Photo Gallery
71: Community Forums
72: Home
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Photo Gallery
76: Community Forums
77: Photo Gallery
78: Photo Gallery
79: Community Forums
80: CPGlang
81: Community Forums
82: Community Forums
83: Photo Gallery
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Downloads
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: Photo Gallery
92: Home
93: Photo Gallery
94: Community Forums
95: Member Screenshots
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Home
99: Photo Gallery
100: News Archive
101: Community Forums
102: Photo Gallery
103: Community Forums
104: Downloads
105: Community Forums
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: Community Forums
109: Downloads
110: Community Forums
111: Home
112: Community Forums
113: Photo Gallery
114: Community Forums
115: Photo Gallery
116: Photo Gallery
117: Community Forums
118: Community Forums
119: Photo Gallery
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Downloads
125: Downloads
126: Home
127: Member Screenshots
128: Photo Gallery
129: Community Forums
130: CPGlang
131: Community Forums
132: CPGlang
133: CPGlang
134: Photo Gallery
135: Downloads
136: Photo Gallery
137: Community Forums
138: Photo Gallery
139: Community Forums
140: Home
141: Home
142: Community Forums
143: Photo Gallery
144: Photo Gallery
145: Home
146: Community Forums
147: Community Forums
148: Photo Gallery
149: Photo Gallery
150: Your Account
151: Member Screenshots
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Home
155: Community Forums
156: Your Account
157: CPGlang
158: Community Forums
159: Community Forums
160: CPGlang
161: Downloads
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Photo Gallery
165: Photo Gallery
166: Community Forums
167: Community Forums
168: Photo Gallery
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: Photo Gallery
173: Community Forums
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Downloads
178: Community Forums
179: Community Forums
180: Member Screenshots
181: Community Forums
182: Member Screenshots
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Photo Gallery
186: Community Forums
187: Community Forums
188: Community Forums
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Home
192: CPGlang
193: Community Forums
194: Photo Gallery
195: Your Account
196: CPGlang
197: CPGlang
198: Photo Gallery
199: Home
200: Community Forums
201: Photo Gallery
202: Community Forums
203: Downloads
204: CPGlang
205: Community Forums
206: Community Forums
207: Community Forums
208: Photo Gallery
209: Community Forums
210: Community Forums
211: Downloads
212: Photo Gallery
213: Community Forums
214: Downloads
215: Community Forums
216: Photo Gallery
217: Community Forums
218: Community Forums
219: Community Forums
220: CPGlang
221: Home
222: Community Forums
223: Community Forums
224: Photo Gallery
225: Community Forums
226: Photo Gallery
227: Home
228: Community Forums
229: Downloads
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: Community Forums
233: Downloads
234: Community Forums
235: Home
236: Photo Gallery
237: Community Forums
238: Photo Gallery
239: Home
240: Community Forums
241: Home
242: CPGlang
243: Downloads
244: Community Forums
245: Member Screenshots
246: Photo Gallery
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Community Forums
250: Community Forums
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Community Forums
254: Photo Gallery
255: Home
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Home
259: Community Forums
260: Member Screenshots
261: News
262: Community Forums
263: Member Screenshots
264: Community Forums
265: Community Forums
266: Community Forums
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Community Forums
270: Community Forums
271: Community Forums
272: Community Forums
273: Community Forums
274: Downloads
275: Community Forums
276: Your Account
277: Community Forums
278: Photo Gallery
279: Community Forums
280: Community Forums
281: Your Account
282: Member Screenshots
283: Community Forums
284: Community Forums
285: Home
286: CPGlang
287: Community Forums
288: Home
289: Photo Gallery
290: Home
291: Community Forums
292: Community Forums
293: Community Forums
294: Community Forums
295: Home
296: Community Forums
297: Community Forums
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: Community Forums
301: Community Forums
302: Community Forums
303: Community Forums
304: Community Forums
305: CPGlang
306: Community Forums
307: Photo Gallery
308: Community Forums
309: Home
310: Photo Gallery
311: Community Forums
312: Community Forums
313: Community Forums
314: Downloads
315: Community Forums
316: News Archive
317: Photo Gallery
318: Member Screenshots
319: Home
320: CPGlang
321: Community Forums
322: Community Forums
323: Community Forums
324: Photo Gallery
325: Your Account
326: Community Forums
327: Community Forums
328: Photo Gallery
329: Member Screenshots
330: Photo Gallery
331: Photo Gallery
332: Photo Gallery
333: Home
334: Community Forums
335: Community Forums
336: Photo Gallery
337: Community Forums
338: Home
339: Community Forums
340: Community Forums
341: Community Forums
342: Community Forums
343: Community Forums
344: Photo Gallery
345: Home
346: Community Forums
347: Community Forums
348: Community Forums
349: Community Forums
350: Community Forums
351: Photo Gallery
352: Downloads
353: Community Forums
354: CPGlang
355: Community Forums
356: CPGlang
357: Community Forums
358: Photo Gallery
359: Community Forums
360: Photo Gallery
361: Photo Gallery
362: Photo Gallery
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Community Forums
366: Community Forums
367: Community Forums
368: Photo Gallery
369: News Archive
370: Community Forums
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Community Forums
374: CPGlang
375: Home
376: Member Screenshots
377: CPGlang
378: Home
379: Statistics
380: Home
381: Home
382: Community Forums
383: Downloads
384: Community Forums
385: Photo Gallery
386: Community Forums
387: Community Forums
388: Community Forums
389: CPGlang
390: Community Forums
391: Photo Gallery
392: Community Forums
393: Downloads
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Community Forums
399: Community Forums
400: Photo Gallery
401: Your Account
402: Community Forums
403: Home
404: Community Forums
405: Home
406: Community Forums
407: Community Forums
408: Photo Gallery
409: CPGlang
410: Community Forums
411: Photo Gallery
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Photo Gallery
415: Community Forums
416: Community Forums
417: Member Screenshots
418: CPGlang
419: Community Forums
420: Community Forums
421: Community Forums
422: Community Forums
423: CPGlang
424: Home
425: Community Forums
426: Member Screenshots
427: Photo Gallery
428: Home
429: Community Forums
430: Your Account
431: Community Forums
432: Community Forums
433: Photo Gallery
434: Home
435: Community Forums
436: Community Forums
437: Community Forums
438: CPGlang
439: Community Forums
440: Community Forums
441: Community Forums
442: Home
443: Photo Gallery
444: Community Forums
445: Community Forums
446: Community Forums
447: Community Forums
448: Community Forums
449: Downloads
450: CPGlang
451: Community Forums
452: Community Forums
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: Community Forums
456: Downloads
457: Community Forums
458: Community Forums
459: Community Forums
460: Community Forums
461: Community Forums
462: Community Forums
463: Downloads
464: Community Forums
465: Home
466: Community Forums
467: Photo Gallery
468: Community Forums
469: Community Forums
470: Community Forums
471: Community Forums
472: Community Forums
473: Community Forums
474: Community Forums
475: Photo Gallery
476: Community Forums
477: Community Forums
478: Member Screenshots
479: Community Forums
480: Community Forums
481: Photo Gallery
482: Community Forums
483: Photo Gallery
484: Community Forums
485: Photo Gallery
486: Community Forums
487: Community Forums
488: Community Forums
489: Downloads
490: Community Forums
491: Community Forums
492: Community Forums
493: Home
494: Community Forums
495: Community Forums
496: Photo Gallery
497: Community Forums
498: Community Forums
499: Community Forums
500: Photo Gallery
501: Community Forums
502: Photo Gallery
503: Community Forums
504: CPGlang
505: Photo Gallery
506: Community Forums
507: Community Forums
508: Home
509: Home
510: News
511: Community Forums
512: Community Forums
513: Your Account
514: Photo Gallery
515: Member Screenshots
516: Community Forums
517: Community Forums
518: Photo Gallery
519: Community Forums
520: CPGlang
521: CPGlang
522: Community Forums
523: Photo Gallery
524: Community Forums
525: Community Forums
526: Photo Gallery
527: News
528: Community Forums
529: CPGlang
530: Home
531: Community Forums
532: Member Screenshots
533: Community Forums
534: Community Forums
535: Your Account
536: Community Forums
537: Photo Gallery
538: Member Screenshots
539: Downloads
540: Community Forums
541: Home
542: Member Screenshots
543: Photo Gallery
544: Community Forums
545: Home
546: Photo Gallery
547: CPGlang
548: Community Forums
549: Community Forums
550: Your Account
551: Community Forums
552: Community Forums
553: Community Forums
554: Community Forums
555: Home
556: Community Forums
557: Photo Gallery
558: Community Forums
559: Photo Gallery
560: Community Forums
561: Home
562: Community Forums
563: Community Forums
564: Photo Gallery
565: Home
566: Community Forums
567: Community Forums
568: Home
569: Community Forums
570: Community Forums
571: Photo Gallery
572: Community Forums
573: Your Account
574: Home
575: Photo Gallery
576: Photo Gallery
577: Community Forums
578: Community Forums
579: Community Forums
580: Home
581: Home
582: Photo Gallery
583: CPGlang
584: Downloads
585: Community Forums
586: Home
587: Member Screenshots
588: Community Forums
589: Community Forums
590: Community Forums
591: Community Forums
592: Your Account
593: Community Forums
594: Photo Gallery
595: Community Forums
596: Home
597: Community Forums
598: Photo Gallery
599: CPGlang
600: News
601: Photo Gallery
602: Community Forums
603: Home
604: Home
605: News Archive
606: Statistics
607: Community Forums
608: Downloads
609: Home
610: Home
611: Community Forums
612: Community Forums
613: Community Forums
614: Photo Gallery
615: Community Forums
616: Photo Gallery
617: Photo Gallery
618: Photo Gallery
619: Community Forums
620: Home
621: Home
622: Community Forums
623: Community Forums
624: Community Forums
625: Photo Gallery
626: Community Forums
627: Community Forums
628: Photo Gallery
629: Community Forums
630: Downloads
631: Community Forums
632: Community Forums
633: Member Screenshots
634: Community Forums
635: Your Account
636: Community Forums
637: Home
638: Community Forums
639: Community Forums
640: Community Forums
641: Home
642: Home
643: Community Forums
644: Photo Gallery
645: Home
646: Downloads
647: Your Account
648: Community Forums
649: Community Forums
650: Community Forums
651: Community Forums
652: Community Forums
653: Community Forums
654: Home
655: Community Forums
656: Community Forums
657: Community Forums
658: Community Forums
659: Community Forums
660: Downloads
661: Community Forums
662: Home
663: Home
664: CPGlang
665: Community Forums
666: Member Screenshots
667: Photo Gallery
668: Home
669: Community Forums
670: Community Forums
671: Your Account
672: Photo Gallery
673: CPGlang
674: Community Forums
675: Community Forums
676: Community Forums
677: Community Forums
678: Community Forums
679: Community Forums
680: Home
681: Community Forums
682: Community Forums
683: Community Forums
684: Community Forums
685: Community Forums
686: Community Forums
687: Community Forums
688: Community Forums
689: Community Forums
690: Home
691: Community Forums
692: CPGlang
693: Home
694: Community Forums
695: Statistics
696: Photo Gallery
697: CPGlang
698: Community Forums
699: Community Forums
700: Community Forums
701: Community Forums
702: Community Forums
703: Community Forums
704: Community Forums
705: Photo Gallery
706: CPGlang
707: Photo Gallery
708: Community Forums
709: Community Forums
710: Community Forums
711: Photo Gallery
712: Photo Gallery
713: Home
714: Photo Gallery
715: Community Forums
716: Community Forums
717: Photo Gallery
718: Photo Gallery
719: Community Forums
720: Community Forums
721: CPGlang
722: Photo Gallery
723: Community Forums
724: Community Forums
725: Home
726: Photo Gallery
727: Community Forums
728: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :) :) :: Archived
Discussions about the FS2004 game.
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  FSXFS2004 :: Archives

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:02 pm
Post subject: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :) :)

OK, man, so, like........I been on the hunt for a reeeeaaalllly good miltary jet to tool around FS9 with, to burn some holes in the sky and make some serious tracks with when I get that itch. And, I dunno, man, but it's like.....well, no offense to the freeware developers but I'm kinda particular about some stuff. And for some reason, lots of these jets have stuff that doesn't seem to work right...must be a complex task, So, instead of gettin' all excited about every jet that comes along and looks good, I've been really putting some of the more promising ones through the paces to find "The One".....and man, I tell ya, thanks to a great tip from good ol' JG300-Lurps, this is IT for me!!!

It's the FSD T-38 Talon, and you can get it from this link right 'char:
library.avsim.net/esea...DLID=33097

I know she's been around awhile and lots of ya may have it already, but sometimes ya gotta point out these planes lest they be forgotten. So for anyone who didn't know about it, I'd be happy to tell ya all about it before you head off to download her!

Had a few criteria to meet, which were:

1) Coolness factor, of course.....gotta look good and be a beechin' plane,
2) Gotta install with a minimum of fuss. Minimum file manipulations and all that,
3) Gotta be available from a reputable source, and easy to download for others,
4) Gotta fly good, I mean GOOD......
5) Gotta have a VC, and lotsa detail and readable intruments,
6) GOT to be ILS-capable. This sucker's for all-weather flying and you never know what's under that cloud blanket below.
7) Gotta have stuff that works in any normal plane. I mean autopilot, spoiler, all that jazz. A VERY cool F-18 has a 'super spoiler' that acts as a carrier trap by bringing the speed down to zero in nothing flat. That's cool, but makes it impossible to use spoilers in normal flight. A real nice F-14 has no ILS indicators anywhere in the cockpit - go figure.

So anyways, coupla nights ago I was flyin around with Lurps and Drafty (aka "Hoppa Jr") and Hoppa.....Lurps says hey go get this plane...so I check her out, skeptical at first, and have been flying her ever since to see if she's really up to snuff on the above needs.

Well this baby meets those criteria fully. I mean, she's beautiful, cool, shapely and sexy.....she got a one-click install from an self-installing executable in the ZIP fle......she's from FSD and available at Avsim, so it's quality goods bro......flies like she's on rails, got a serious roll rate too, just THINK about rolling left and she's there ......VC is just as readable as the 2D panel, and offers better visibility than the 2D panel for landing......and her instrumentation is 60's vintage but accurate and capable, LOL man I had to learn her ILS instrumentation the hard way while landing in an unexpected blizzard (dumb me, I was doing a Britain hoplist with real weather, for this time of year).......this gal pulled my @ss out of that jamb with grace and style, SUUUUUWEEEEEEEEEEE!

Here's some photos and yak about the lil'sweetheart......

Like 'the Manolo" says, "Some pictures, they do not need the caption"......


I use the VC for landing, and for some reason I had an initial tendency to land WAYYYY nose-high....and when I let the nose down too fast, she scalded me with an authentic-sounding "BANG" from the nosegear, just to let me know she didn't like it.....but she's a tough gal and hasn't broken on me yet, and I treat her much nicer these days.


With the small wing area, I keep an approach speed of about 140 knots as per Lurps' advice, but she's got excellent brakes and accelleration, and can actually get in and out of some surprising airstrips. The animated oleo struts on the gear are cool, as you're taxiing along on rough ground the plane is stable and gently rocking, but outside view shows those little wheels busily bouncing up and down on the gravel....


I've put A LOT of miles under her wings already and this is just one of many refueling stops that've been necessary. Which is saying a lot becuase she actually gets fairly good fuel economy and I cruise her at FL150 at about 0.9 Mach. Here's me and the GIB takin' a smoke break between hi-speed legs.....


Here's the virtual cockpit......looks great, eh?? As you can see, the visibility over the nose is GREAT (probably why I'vebeen landing her so nose-high at first). This was an ILS approach, and the glidepath needle (vertical position) is on the left side of the artificial horizon (small white arrow), and the runway centerline needle (horizontal position) is the usal segmented line in the middle of the HSI just below that. I've found I really like this arangement compared to having both indicators on the same instrument....it enforces good panel-scanning practices, as opposed to staying fixated on just one instrument.


"So there I was....".......flying along at FL150, enjoying a nice hoplist over Great Britain with excellent (real) weather. Or so I thought........as I slowed and descended down to the destination, we sank into heavy cumulus and ground fog....okay, what was that ILS frequency and where th'heck are the needles on this thing........at FL100, we're totally engulfed by the gray stuff.....at FL050, the snow kicked in...intercepted the ILS needle and set up on final approach.....getting closer...closer......FL005 now.....where the hell is that runway....

It was at that point I noticed I was juuusssst a little bit below the glideslope.....and WHOAAA......I swear to gawd, out of the corner of my eye, through all the muck and snow, I saw a CHURCH STEEPLE flash by on the right.....and the top was above me.....YYYEEEEEEOOOOWWWW!!!!

Of course, at about this time, the periodic "FSHOST Server yada yada yada" thing came scrolling across the top of the screen...just what you need when you're sweating out the final seconds of a tight approach in mimums, LMAO!!!!

After a tiny slight climb and a few fractions of a second, I figured I had to be on top of the damn runway, so lowered the nose a bit more...STILL nuthin!!!....then suddenly..BANG....dropped out of the fog about 10 frikkin' feet above the runway, and dang me if I hadn't already passed the threshhold!

Set 'er down, hit the brakes, took this pic before turning off the runway, and went outside for a smoke...MAN I haven't had such an exciting time with a new plane like this for so long!!!!!!



A coupla caveats, and not bad ones at that:

1) When you install this plane, there's a "T-38 Paint Scheme Manager" program that gets installed in your Start->Programs menu. You gotta run that to get the extra two liveries, otherwise all you'll see is the default NASA scheme. This is explained in the README.

2) The autopilot is certainly 60's vintage, which means it'll do the job but isn't like the AP's you might be used to. However, I found that figuring it out (not hard, and Lurps helped me out there a bit) was kind of a pleasure. Gives the plane some unique character, and you get a little sense of accomplishment out of it too.

3) Haven't had her supersonic yet, just up to 0.99 Mach. Don't know if it's because this is originally an FS2002 aircraft, or if I haven't had her high enough, or what. There's an operating handbook for her that also gets installed in the program menu, just been havin' too much fun to read it yet!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."


Last edited by JG300-Stoopy on Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:19 am; edited 5 times in total
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Hoppa
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 10, 2005
Posts: 583
Location: vernon BC
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:13 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

WELL THANKS BOSS,,,,you sold me,,,,,going to get it right now,,,hehe

_________________
_

______________________________________



-----------------------------------------------------
Many thing's in life are dirt cheap.........
"Dirt"
is not one of them.....
Back to top
View user's profile
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:21 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

Coolarino, Hoppa!!!!! Lookin' forward to makin' some tracks with ya!!

Might put up a little quick guide to the quirks on the A/P.......like I said, Lurps helped me figger it out, so am happy to pass any info along....think I'll look over the POH frst to make sure I'm not missing anything.

S!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Hoppa
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 10, 2005
Posts: 583
Location: vernon BC
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:48 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

well just took her out for a rip and this is a definite to add to the essentials,,,,,,I love it,,,,,,took off from the sty,,,,,as soon as gear was up I punched it,,,,,did a vertical climb and a rolling loop,,,,came outa the loop ,hit the speed brake, flaps and gear and brought it in for a suuuuwwweeeeet landing like I'd done it a thousand times,,,,,,I love it!!!!!!,,,also dig the blue, grey camo paintjob,,,

_________________
_

______________________________________



-----------------------------------------------------
Many thing's in life are dirt cheap.........
"Dirt"
is not one of them.....
Back to top
View user's profile
{92}Warhawk
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 14, 2004
Posts: 430
Location: In the clouds
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:57 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

WOW!! thats a keeper!!! thanks for the heads up stoopy!

_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
Kitform
Bar Maid

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 22, 2005
Posts: 2011
Location: Cleveland. UK.
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:54 am
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

You sold me...:) Downloading now...
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Holmes
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 211
Location: Straight Outta Jersey
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:42 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

well SUUUUUUWWWWWWEEEEEEE!

I've always had a thing for the T-38, always thought it was a little too good for a trainer, lol we should get someone with painting skills to make a JG300 livery for this sucker

i'll download her when i get off work, but yea man looks awesome...

- JG300-Stoopy
3) Haven't had her supersonic yet, just up to 0.99 Mach. Don't know if it's because this is originally an FS2002 aircraft, or if I haven't had her high enough, or what. There's an operating handbook for her that also gets installed in the program menu, just been havin' too much fun to read it yet!


as for your supersonic attempt...were you straight and level? or diving and still couldnt get it? i know it's supposed to be supersonic on it's own, but hey, every bit helps

plus maybe the mach indicatr is just off, if you hit 660 knots on the airspeed indicator though that should put you over it

also, damn man, ILS approaches, reflueing, etc, etc, one day stoop i'mma have to find you on FS9 and have you teach me something about all that hehe

~S~

_________________
-Holmes
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Guest






PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:22 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

Well I did a little research and found a couple of things......

The T-38 performance specs I've found list a top speed of Mach 1.08. So, heck I can give up that 0.09 mach.

Found reference to an "afterburner" key.....man alive, learn something new every day, IS there such a thing in FS9? What key is it, anyone know?

Also.....I didn't think this autopilot could be slaved to the GPS, but in mid-flight last night, I switched from another plane (that was on A/P slaved to GPS route) into the T-38 and it was following the GPS, even circled over the destination when it got there. There's just no "Nav/GPS" switch to be found anywhere on the panel(s). Guess the crew chief didn't want to drill any holes in the nice vintage cockpit.

Is there an FS9 key command that does the same thing?

And Holmes.....hehe refuleing is easy, pull up next to the gas pump, set the brakes, and shut your engines off. Fuel tanks fill right up! And I can show you just enough about ILS approaches to be dangerous, lol!!!
Back to top
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:26 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

D'oh! The nimrod that posted that last bit -- yeah that was me......

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
BooRay
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 06, 2005
Posts: 144
Location: Des Moines, IA
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:56 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

I might add that there are some cool add ons for this aircraft too.

One you can update your panels and guages and that adds a slot on your throttle control for after burners. The effects package also gives you an after burner glow and some other sound effects.

Also, I updated my sounds for the whoom of the engines firing and the wind effects in canopy and other effective sounds for the T-38.

Last I have 4 repaints of this bird in my collection including, Thunderbirds, Tiger and 2 more I can remember off the top of my head.

I have the zip files for the addons if you want those names on AVSIM. I just did a search there and added them. They work fine for me so far
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:35 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

Thanks Boo! I was eyeing some of that stuff, and shied away form it only becuase I didn't want to mess with a good thing....or even start talking about more files, lord knows the Saus'r probably about ready to make me walk the plank if I suggest too much more....:D

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Holmes
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 211
Location: Straight Outta Jersey
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:36 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

- Anonymous
And Holmes.....hehe refuleing is easy, pull up next to the gas pump, set the brakes, and shut your engines off. Fuel tanks fill right up! And I can show you just enough about ILS approaches to be dangerous, lol!!!



lol where's the gas pump...hehe some things i noticed though


and Stoop she'll get up to 1.08 Mach in a dive, but the Mach guage is all messed up, just go by the knots

it's about 660 knots for mach 1 under normal circumstances

but here's me lettin out a good ol' loud Phobbbbbbt over our airstrip



as for the guage inconsistencies check the next two pics and note the needle reading knots and the associated Mach number, seems a lil off to me Smile



and




and Stoop you forgot the most needed pic of any new plane, lol inverted at the Sty!




i'll have to check those other add ons and stuff like that out too, but yea this plane's a blast to burn up the skies with


~S~

_________________
-Holmes
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:09 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

LMAO!! VERY nice Holmes!!! When you can see the roof inside the hangar...that's an inverted pass baby!

Hey I was wondering....doesn't Mach change with altitude? I mean, the speed of sound is listed as 700-something at sea level, and different at higher altitudes, isnt it?

Dumb question from a propellor-driver......

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Holmes
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 211
Location: Straight Outta Jersey
PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:36 am
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)

it probably does, cause speed always seems to depend on temperature and pressure, but since you got me thinkin on this one i google'd it real quick and it seems that it's more temperature here

but i think that's cause maybe they're taking for granted seas level

www.school-for-champio...ed_gas.htm

that's the link though about that...and it's easier to read, lol but i knew pressure had to do with it too (which is why it would change in altitude) so here's another link although it's kinda worse so i'll quote the part i was looking for, it's the last entry on this page:

www.eng-tips.com/viewt...amp;page=1

- BrianR
The speed of sound also decreases at altitude and for this aircraft there is an altitude where the decreasing speed of sound curve crosses the increasing TAS curve.


which is basically saying that actually if the aircraft couldn't go supersonic at sea level it'd have a better chance doing it at a higher altitude because

1) the true airspeed will be higher since the air is less dense
2) the speed of sound is slower since the air is less dense

hehe remember that old thing where speed travels faster through like water than air?

if that doesn't sound familiar it's due to sound being a pulse wave

these pages explains that some more if your interested
www.le.ac.uk/se/centre...y/snd3.htm
hypertextbook.com/fact...kyDu.shtml

and this page here is a great site I use to convert every kind of unit immagenable....lol well almost

home.flash.net/~lorint...onvert.htm

hehe, kinda went wild and had some fun looking this one up Stoop, hope that answers you pretty good, hehe that's that engineer in me gettin all pysched up with questions like that

~S~

_________________
-Holmes
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
JG300-Lurps
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 11, 2005
Posts: 167
Location: In back of the sty .... sighting in my Luger ....
PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:25 pm
Post subject: Re: This frikkin' T-38 ROCKS!!!! THANK YOOO LURPS!!!!!!! :)


Ok guys ..I have my own story to tell .... and it starts like this ......

Ya see, the Boss Hawg needed someone to run him up to Vancouver
so he could meet up with his ... errr....ugh ... friend ...yeah .....

Soooo ...anywhooo ...after dropping him off for a covert liason .. Cool .. I had to bug out for KSFO to do som non-similar a/c tactical maneuvers
with the Navy F-18 jocks .....

Yee Haaaw Maverick ... we're going ballistic !



and settled into a nice comfortable mach 1.20 cruise at FL32 .... a cold Molson in one hand and little Elvis in the other .. ..



Anywhooo ... after the virtual flaming of two of the Navy jocks, with another hightailing it back to Miramar like a scalded rabbit ....
I decided to do a touch and go on the Navy's flat-top cruising outside San
Fransisco Bay .... just so they could get a good look at a REAL fighter
pilot .... Wink




and then it was off to Vancouver to pick up the Boss Hawg after his much
needed R&R .....

ahhh .... what a way to make a livin .... Mr. Green

p.s. - to answer the Afterburner question : shift F4 turns on the afterburners ... but you have to be at full Military power ..... if you check
the throttle window you will see the afterburner light come on .... retarding
the throttle a bit will pull it out of afterburner ..... kinda like in the real thing, because you have to advance the throttles around a notch at full
military power to go into afterburners .... keeps the pilot from lighting the
burners and sucking up fuel w/out realizing it ! With the burners on Mach 1.20 is no problem at altitude .. about what the book says for a T-38 .

Have fun with her fellas ! ~S~
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  FSXFS2004 :: Archives
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.