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C-97

jankees said:
funny, I never bought the A2A whale, because I thought it looked so ugly, but now I find myself liking this one...weird..
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JK You would love the A2A then , but this one I want to try some off the exotic inflight refueling , would make for some Oresome screens !
 
dvj, that is a nice shot! What scenery is that?

On that topic, I'm looking for some decent scenery that would fit with the era the KC-97 would of been used in. Anyone have any ideas?
 
I noticed there's no bump map for no.3 texture (vertical stab, engines, pylons and fuel tanks)? I realize this is a beta, so is there a bump.coming or should I make one? ;) will it even work if I do?
 
She's a beast, all right - but a beast with personality, which is all I ask for in a beast.

Just had time for a brief circuit at KADW in P3D 2.5. She handles nicely and the sounds are terrific. I did notice she's very hard to get rolling from a full stop. Reducing the fuel load seemed to help and maybe the taxi friction is what goes normally with a full load. However, I've had the same issue in P3D with a few other aircraft, notably the A2A B-17, so I mention it here for what it's worth. I have Accu-Feel running so I need to test with that turned off as well. More work to do but I'd be interested to know if others have seen the same behavior.

My testing time is limited over the next few days but I'll report back as best I can.

Bottom line: really a pleasure, looking forward to updates and to my eventual freighter.... :cool:
 
JimmyRFR said:
dvj, that is a nice shot! What scenery is that?

On that topic, I'm looking for some decent scenery that would fit with the era the KC-97 would of been used in. Anyone have any ideas?
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"Secret" Death Valley base. I think I found it on Flightsim.com or Avsim last year. Great for flying to and from Edwards for test flights. You also get a special ops training base for helos or STOL.
 
Alan_A said:
She's a beast, all right - but a beast with personality, which is all I ask for in a beast.

Just had time for a brief circuit at KADW in P3D 2.5. She handles nicely and the sounds are terrific. I did notice she's very hard to get rolling from a full stop. Reducing the fuel load seemed to help and maybe the taxi friction is what goes normally with a full load. However, I've had the same issue in P3D with a few other aircraft, notably the A2A B-17, so I mention it here for what it's worth. I have Accu-Feel running so I need to test with that turned off as well. More work to do but I'd be interested to know if others have seen the same behavior.

My testing time is limited over the next few days but I'll report back as best I can.

Bottom line: really a pleasure, looking forward to updates and to my eventual freighter.... :cool:
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FSX/DX10 no rolling start problem I can see. Feels heavy, which is what we would expect.
 
50 shades of Wow!

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Manfred-- GREAT KC-97. Are you also planning on doing a straight C-97G (no Boom, director lights or external tanks)?

This thing is AWESOME!!!!

Kent
 
I had a goof around the net after downloading this yesterday and was surprised to see how many C-97's made it to the UK. There are literally LOADS of phots:-o The majority are at Mildenhall but there are some at Brize, Upper Heyford and I noted one at Glasgow!! Would love to have seen a real one.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
TuFun said:
That's what got me on to the program knowing there will be a cargo variant. :adoration:
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+1 - using the tanker for flight training so I can be ready to haul lots of stuff around remote parts of the globe... without looking too closely at the manifests... :cool:

EDIT: and that was my SOH post number 377. A good omen, I think!
 
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