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Carenado SD360 Released

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Catboat

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Hi Folks, all developers produce great aircraft that we all enjoy, for many reasons. But occasionally they produce an aircraft that we not only enjoy, but brings back many great memories, and has us reaching for old log books to remember the great times we had in that machine. Such,(with me), is the release of the Carenado SD360. It wasn't my first Turbine aircraft-that dubious honour goes to the Embraer E110 Bandeirante, but it mean't in my mind I'd just entered the "Big Time". The company I worked for was a small regional airline called Murray Valley Airlines, based in Mildura North East Victoria, Australia. (It is now part of Qantas Link). We firstly had a SD330, the older, smaller brother of the SD360, and in truth I ended up doing more time in that than the 360. The 330s had no autopilot so it was hands-on all the way. When the first of the 360s arrived we were in Heaven-autopilot equipped. The main runs were Mildura-Melbourne, and Mildura-Adelaide, with Mildura-Broken Hill for the E110. The competition was Metro IIIs and despite being 9 minutes slower on the Mildura- Melbourne run, the locals loved the Shorts-Hostie service and much quieter. We even enjoyed the comments form sleek, fast -mover crews, such as "Do you think it would perform better it you took it out of the crate first etc". Carenado got it right- I pulled out some old moth-eaten Flight Manuals and the procedures came flooding back-all of a sudden, I was thirty-five years younger.:redfire:
 
Oops Again

Hi Folks,Re my previous-Mildura is in North West Victoria, not North East. Sorry but once you get past 60, these things happen (As some of you probably know).
 
So Catboat, thanks for providing a thread we could use as a release announcement. How do you rate Carenado's model?
 
Catboat said:
Hi Folks,Re my previous-Mildura is in North West Victoria, not North East. Sorry but once you get past 60, these things happen (As some of you probably know).
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LOL, I read that and thought er, no . . . but it didn't detract from my enjoyment your OP. Thanks :very_drunk:
 
Re Carenado S360

Roger said:
So Catboat, thanks for providing a thread we could use as a release announcement. How do you rate Carenado's model?
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Thanks Roger. So far no complaints. The brakes seemed a little too sensitive at first, but in retrospect they were similar on the real thing. The bobbing nose-wheel was a sure sign of newly endorsed pilots, local passengers were very aware of this and would comment accordingly, sometimes crudely! Reverse thrust was applied by retarding the power levers, and with the long pinky of your hand, depress a lever FORWARD of the power levers before moving the power levers to the reverse position. I don't know if the T shaped lever at the base of the power levers is a change made in later models of the aircraft, or Carenado put it there for conveniences sake. The units I flew were all pre G.P.S. That position is roughly where the radar would have been. I cannot remember having Supplemental Oxygen, again that may have been a later addition. On the left side of the cockpit there was a folding seat for an extra crew member, that so far I cannot find. The nose-wheel steering lever seems to work in the right sense-in practice you got used to it very quickly. Performance wise, it all seems to go according to Hoyle. The sink rate on short final, with full flap and power reduction in the flare may be a bit excessive. but that could be my recent lack of practice with PT-6s. Generally, I think Carenado got it right-I would say it is good value for the money.
 
Re Avialogs

azflyboy said:
Since the included documentation is predictably missing several of the relevant performance charts (I swear someone at Carenado thinks it's funny to make customers hunt for it online), I found a copy of an SD-360 manual available for viewing online that's got all of the flight planning information you'd ever need.

http://www.avialogs.com/index.php/e...flight-manual-for-the-sd3-60-variant-300.html
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Yes, it seems to have all you may need. I think that's the Canadian Civil Aviation approved A.F.M. I'm trying to find some of the old training manuals I had, (assuming the silverfish have not beaten me too it),as they were very good re aircraft systems etc. It's amazing what one forgets over the years. e.g. the single point refuelling was the Left(or Right) sponson, and the hydraulic servicing panel was in the opposite sponson (Left or Right). See what I mean!!! Ho-Hum, time for a cup of tea.
 
FYI: Carenado
NEW VERSION 1.1
CARENADO S360 FSX/P3D

- Switches sounds improved.
- GA implemented.
- Engines startup and shutdown animations with the engines menu improved.
- Minor bugs fixes.

IMPORTANT:
Customers should download the package again from the link provided. Downloads and installations were increased.
You should uninstall the aircraft before installing this new version.
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Thanks for the great comments Catboat. I had a great laugh with the "crate" line. I've been to Mildura a number of times (I have lived in Seymour, Bendigo, Melbourne) so it is nice to hear from someone who has flown it "locally".

Cheers,
 
Reverse Pitch

Went through the manual and read about the "reverse pitch indication test" - first flight of the day routine, when I hit the F2 command on the key board during a landing there is no reverse thrust effect ..... pretty sure I'm doing something wrong !!!
 
I am not too sure because I do not have this plane. However, I believe that FS logic for pure jet reverse and prop reverse is totally different, and "F2" does not work for recip/turboshaft airplanes. Check to see if their is some switch/lever/throttle control dedicated to activating it. Look at the way the CalClassic later Connies have to do it, for example - a dedicated mouse click area.
 
Aircanuck said:
Went through the manual and read about the "reverse pitch indication test" - first flight of the day routine, when I hit the F2 command on the key board during a landing there is no reverse thrust effect ..... pretty sure I'm doing something wrong !!!
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it works, theres a catch that needs to be flipped prior to reverse thrust (F2 or whatever you command is)

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Re Reverse thrust

jeansy said:
it works, theres a catch that needs to be flipped prior to reverse thrust (F2 or whatever you command is)

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Yes Jeansy, you're right. I find that flipping the T lever down, then hitting F2 works reverse. Mind you if you have been using moderate braking after touch-down you're already below 60 kts, which if my memory serves me correctly, was when you started coming out of reverse, using only small amounts of reverse after that to help control taxi speed. I noticed incidentally, that just forward of the power levers Carenado have included the finger lever that had to be pushed down before reverse could be selected. I guess maybe they thought for simulation purposes, that method may to difficult. I never experienced the T lever system, but maybe it was on the 300 series only.
 
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