• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

The Savoia Marchetti S.73

C

casey jones

Charter Member
I think the model of S.73 Tri-Motor Italion airliner is the most beautiful Tri-Motor ever produced, the
model was built by Mr Stefano Meneghini for FS9. It is a very stable airplane, however when making
an approach on final you must pay attention to your airspeed as it will stall out on you with full flaps
so I keep an eye on my airspeed . It has a long range for a Tri-Motor and is powered by three Wright
Cyclone engines. It is slow but very stable and for me very comfortable to fly. I am a dummy and have
trouble finding my way around so I modified the panel with a default AP. The sound for the model is
just outstanding I think, I fly it a lot over BC where it is very good to get into little uncontrolled fields,
With the long range and paying attention to my mixture and prop controls I have flown from Gander
to Thule AFB...but landing at Thule is a real challenge at night. She is very forgiving except when making
a final then it is airspeed, airspeed. Thank you for allowing me to tell you about this wonderful airplane.


Cheers

Casey
 
casey jones said:
I think the model of S.73 Tri-Motor Italion airliner is the most beautiful Tri-Motor ever produced,
Click to expand...

Hi Casey,
I am happy to hear about your flying experienced with the S.73. I agree that the S.73 is a beautiful aircraft, and the flying characteristics are a joy. Since I started flying in FS9 I have taken a liking to Stefano's trimotors (and Manuele's and Milton's), the S.73 and SM.81 in particular. The historical, flying, and navigation notes for the S.73/SM.81 by FSAviator are first rate and have inspired me to learn classic era navigation techniques. I am currently preparing to fly the S.73 on the SABENA routes from Brussels to Lubumbashi (Elizabethville) in the Congo. After that, the Ala littoria routes to East Africa.

Wishing you the best of luck on all your flights.

Happy Landings,
John

During training at Ostend, Belgium
-2014-jun-2-005.jpg
 
Hi !!!
Here is an old Friend !!!







Here are the "Linea dell'Impero" (Route of Empire), the longer of Ala Littoria's routes....
On Rome - Tripoli were used exclusively C.R.D.A. Cant.Z.506 Hydroplanes (the Civil versions A & C), the S.73s were used in African part of the route.

 
Hi all,

me too I love the SM73/SM81 and use them a lot,the flight to Elizabethville lasted 35 hours,
and is very interesting,
many gracias to all who have be involved in developping this gem!!!

happy landings

Peter
 
Hi,

where is that Oostend airfield scenery from? The hangar looks like a reparation German 'Normalflugzeughalle' (standard aircraft shed) to me?

Great aircraft, by the way. Thanks, Manuele.

Best regards,
Volker
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top