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CRJ700 Mini Adventure

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Lionheart

SOH-CM-2014
Hey all,

I live under the Sky Harbour approach pattern for jets coming into Phoenix from the North. Its great seeing the birds fly over, even if they are way the heck up there.

So... Its been getting me wanting to do another tube flight, something I hadnt done in a while. So I decide to fly one of the new jets in FSX, (I usually fly FS9 for fun flights). I select the CRJ700. But... Man.. The color selections are just not me. Purple? Pure white? Fiesta colors? hmmm.... I decide to make up a quick Executive looking version, slap on the company logo, add a little racing stripe. Voila... My own custom ride.

Next, I dial up a flight, IFR (yep.. going bold here. I want ALL of the effects of a tube flight). I select Phoenix to San Diego and boot up at a gate in my new ride.

I take off and during my climbout, I am relearning the semi-sophisticated AP system all over again, which dial does what, etc. Soon I am heading to California properly at FL 200, scooting along at a nice 320 knots. Very nice...

Coming into San Diego airspace, I am told to drop to FL 080 and begin a city size pattern entry, just as I am coming over the mountain ranges outside of town. ( I used to live here, many many years ago as a kid. An awesome city. Back then, it was cooler, not as much smog. So much so, we didnt have an air-conditioner in our house. Those were the days).

I am routed over the ocean in a direct approach at KSAN International, (Lindberg, named after the great Aviator that crossed the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis).

Just as I am about to touch down, my frame rates, which were starting to go south over the city, are now really low, and bang, I hit the tarmac a bit hard from the planes controls stuttering.. But....! I made it! My bird decellerates to a stop, I exit the runway, and shut down.

Aside from frame rates dropping and stuttering occuring, it was a smooth flight. Awesome job Aces did on those CRJ's. Brilliant VC's.



Bill
 
YUP...They are my fav tube when I do fly them....


Just gotta love the frame drop ....:isadizzy:

Happens to us all...
 
Lionheart, just in case it's not already done: when approaching the runway for landing, switch your FPS limit to "unlimited". It might give you some more FPS than if you were running on a limited setting.
EDIT: oh, and very lovely paint, sure looks better than the default ones (I always select the total white one).
 
I have to run unlimited all the time on my rig. If I set it to say. . .20fps. . .I get no more than 10-12, if I set to unlimited it stays around 18 to 19.

Bill, amazingly, I have never flown any of the default tubeliners. That sounds like fun though, so I may give it a try here today sometime.
 
Nice plane, but I like the older "propeller tubes" like the DC-7......

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falcon409 said:
I have to run unlimited all the time on my rig. If I set it to say. . .20fps. . .I get no more than 10-12, if I set to unlimited it stays around 18 to 19.

Bill, amazingly, I have never flown any of the default tubeliners. That sounds like fun though, so I may give it a try here today sometime.
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The default liners in FSX have one of the major issues that the default FS9 liners had: there's not much clickable stuff in the virtual cockpit.
But appart from this:
- the external models are really nice
- the virtual cockpits are beautifull
Two features that were missing from FS9 default liners. It compensates a lot. I fly those default tubes from time to time, and it's always a pleasant experience (I mean, for somebody like me that is not used to payware ultra detailled PMDG-style aircrafts, of course).
 
Beautiful paint Lionheart. Yep the frame bounce game gotta love it. mine are only minor unless you land in the Arctic then its a dreaded russian frame roulette.
 
I haven't tried to fly that aircraft, I am still a learner, maybe one of my days off, hmmmm, like today!

Love the new Paint of that plane, (I think it needs a little touch of red ... a little)...

Air Lionheart Creations.... Lionheart Air...

Thanks for sharing your adventure!!! :applause:
 
Lionheart said:
(yep.. going bold here. I want ALL of the effects of a tube flight).
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You're missing Active Sky X, Radar Contact 4 and an extensive flight planning phase. ;) :d


Brilliantly looking VC's.
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Fixed. ;) :d


Nice to see you trying your hands on a tube though. If done right, recreating standard commercial airliner flights can be one hell of a satisfying experience.

However, I strongly recommend taking that CRJ up to 30000ft or more. They're much more efficient up that high.
 
Bjoern said:
However, I strongly recommend taking that CRJ up to 30000ft or more. They're much more efficient up that high.
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the learning center talks about that. they say that it's rarely done unless to take advantage of extremely (their words) favorable winds. they claim the fuel burn to reach higher than (i think they said 22K) usually isn't worth it on commuter flights like what the crj usually does.

hey mr. bill, you gonna upload that sweet paint? please?
 
cheezyflier said:
the learning center talks about that. they say that it's rarely done unless to take advantage of extremely (their words) favorable winds. they claim the fuel burn to reach higher than (i think they said 22K) usually isn't worth it on commuter flights like what the crj usually does.
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CRJs usually operate 200nm+ routes which justify a ballistic flight path to a good extent. The higher you go, the more efficient your turbojets are and the fuel efficiency on descent isn't to be neglected either.
The CRJ-700 also climbs better than its smaller brother, the CRJ-200, so why wouldn't you want use that to your advantage?

I'm pretty sure Bone (who's a real life CRJ-700 jockey) won't tell you anything much different.
 
Bjoern said:
CRJs usually operate 200nm+ routes which justify a ballistic flight path to a good extent. The higher you go, the more efficient your turbojets are and the fuel efficiency on descent isn't to be neglected either.
The CRJ-700 also climbs better than its smaller brother, the CRJ-200, so why wouldn't you want use that to your advantage?

I'm pretty sure Bone (who's a real life CRJ-700 jockey) won't tell you anything much different.
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of all the people here who would know, i wouldn't be one of them. i was just repeating what they said in fsx. not like they were ever wrong... (cough, choke) :wavey:
 
Hey all,

I'll see about finishing that paint scheme and upload it. It has one cool reflection in it, via the Specular input. I only colorized the purple one and added some bits. The Spec adds a jade or turquoise reflection in the sun in the paint color. Awesome. Looks like Land Rover green back in the early Discovery days.



ChaCha,

Flying tubes (big jets or heavies) can be learned in the FS Learning Center (built in courses with training missions). I learned on the 737 and 747 in the sim courses. When you practice touch and goes, your loop pattern is about the size of half of Phoenix, lolol... You get used to it. Nothing but a giant Cessna... or really fast Zeppelin.. :d



Roger that Bjoern on the Alt. I'll give that a try. Its been a while for me. I used to fly tubes back before I went into FS as a business. I was a big time VA guy, with British Airways Virtual, BAV738. Almost made it to Senior Captain.



Bill
 
Bjoern said:
CRJs usually operate 200nm+ routes which justify a ballistic flight path to a good extent. The higher you go, the more efficient your turbojets are and the fuel efficiency on descent isn't to be neglected either.
The CRJ-700 also climbs better than its smaller brother, the CRJ-200, so why wouldn't you want use that to your advantage?

I'm pretty sure Bone (who's a real life CRJ-700 jockey) won't tell you anything much different.
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Inter-island here between Honolulu to Hilo, about 200nm, they range between 17,000 to 24,000 in the CRJ-200, but I imagine if the distance is any further they would definitely climb higher.
 
Here in Phoenix, when doing a hop to LA California, they only get time to get to FL 200, and then they are dropping back down again. 25 mins to half way point, 50 min flight.

Takes longer to drive to Sky Harbour then to fly to California, lol.....



Bill
 
the 2 times i have flown on the crj (air canada jazz cyyz to kphl) they never got above 18k. however, that's only a 500 mile trip, so maybe that's why.
i went on a 737 to cleveland and once to detroit from here, and i think both of those was still kinda low, about 20k, but that was 5 yrs ago, i'm not positive.
 
cheezyflier said:
the 2 times i have flown on the crj (air canada jazz cyyz to kphl) they never got above 18k. however, that's only a 500 mile trip, so maybe that's why.
i went on a 737 to cleveland and once to detroit from here, and i think both of those was still kinda low, about 20k, but that was 5 yrs ago, i'm not positive.
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Weird.

I had a one hour hop from HAJ to STN in an A320 and and that thing went up to FL390 and almost immediately back down...
 
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