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BlackBox Simulations BN2 Trislander.

DennyA said:
Yep, both baked and "raw" varieties are available.

@YoYo, ugly planes are the best! A-6 Intruder, A-10 Warthog, Boeing X-32, A-7 Corsair II, anything designed in Great Britain between 1935 and 1980 except for the Spitfire....
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no - a reference to this - lol
essentially agreeing with Dennya but taking slight exception to putting the term 'ugly' next to the Grumman Intruder
 
Update. I woke up this morning to a reply notification to a post I made in the Trislander thread on the official board. The dev said the purchase had gone through, but I still didn't have a link. I replied back to that and within minutes I had my link and downloaded/ran the installer. I'm going to try to get a little time in her this evening when I get home from work.
 
Impressions...

Textures aren't exactly crisp up close, but that's probably the only real complaint about the modeling.

Start the middle engine first, or you'll barely be able to hear it start with either of the others already running. Flying is easy, very much like the Islander. I did a little digging, and the cockpit gauge layout is spot-on with the few good shots I could find. But one thing has me befuddled... The only gauge in the cockpit that is close to being helpful with leaning at altitude is the cylinder temp gauge trio. There's no EGT, no fuel flow (the Islander has that), and not even a torque gauge for prop load. If someone has a reliable way to lean this thing other than pulling the mix back until the RPM suddenly drops, I'm all ears.
 
The EGT gauge is to the right of the yoke and you can select each engine with a selector switch under the right RPM gauge
 
Thanks - I'll have to check that this tomorrow. I'm at work right now and tonight is the grand opening of a new "club" in town.
 
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