NZFF

Nothing nicer than re-discovering old stuff that's just as good as ever!
Heath Wells' Timaru photoreal is very good, great autogen, sits well under Robin's excellent little NZTU.
And I've found a Porter ski-plane at last!
FSD (payware) which is a truly funky aircraft. Great glacier potential, and it virtually hovers in a good wind, you just plop it down.
Mt Cook here I come.

A very atmospheric shot there Charl!

I have considered buying that Porter before, and I'm just wondering how it is with FPS?

My rig is not a reliable indicator at present but ran happily at 25fps nonetheless.
Although I notice the texture folder is HUGE - nearly 50 MB!
The VC is not as crisp as, say, Carenado.
Dice swing for co-ordinated turns.
Superb animated landing gear which always clinches it for me.



As I said, kinda funky.

ahh, yes the FSD Porter. I've had it for a while and every flight i do in it is amazing.


P.S. 60KT vertical dive

I was just about to ask if you'd done any of those dives in it yet...

FlyingKiwi wrote: I was just about to ask if you'd done any of those dives in it yet...

Heaps. well worth a try

60kts vertical, lessee...that's, what, 10,000fpm?
No wonder skydivers love these things, they are back at the DZ waiting to collect before the foolish ones hit the ground!!

...so can a Porter employ reverse thrust in flight??

Charl wrote: No wonder skydivers love these things, they are back at the DZ waiting to collect before the foolish ones hit the ground!!

...so can a Porter employ reverse thrust in flight??

One of the Fastest Jump Ships. less then 15min for a 14,000ft op.
And the big door is good for students



As for reverse, i`m not too sure

60KT vertical dive

Now I remember Craig telling me that these things chase the last jumper back to the ground, but that really is impressive!

I wonder what sort of G force the remaining PAX and pilot are receiving in those vertical dives? I'm definitely putting this one on my Christmas List

Vertical into Timmy , Charl , great little plane , NOW they are the close's to a Helio ya ever going to get , , When I 1st view'd ya Screenie .. I thought Whoops! and just cranked my head level to my shoulder !? then WHOOPS .. I only do that when im really going down ! Great Pic!

Trolly wrote: I wonder what sort of G force the remaining PAX and pilot are receiving in those vertical dives?

I`ve come down in a PAC750XL, 6000fpm ( and that was on a good day )

As for PAX on a drop thats a no-no, unless there`s a refuseal and then the pilot wouldnt go hard. As for the pilot, you`d do dive's in your drop training or CPL

Most turbines like the porter, cresco etc have whats called Beta mode which is essentially 'reverse' pitch on the prop. Good for slowing up on landing or in a dive. There wouldnt be any G force in a dive as there is no acceleration, only on the entry and on the recovery, I think in the dive, you would just be hanging by your harness. Dont know about going into a dive like that, I dont like the onset of weightlessness!

chopper_nut wrote: I think in the dive, you would just be hanging by your harness.

Lucky pilot. Funjumpers & Tandems aint got good seatbelts ( if any in some jump ships )

chopper_nut wrote: There wouldnt be any G force in a dive as there is no acceleration,

hehe....errr...well there would be 1 g unless you were decelerating at 9.8 m/s/s.
There is similar a/c as a default in FSX.....quite cool (Maule M-7-260C)

Timmo wrote:

chopper_nut wrote: There wouldnt be any G force in a dive as there is no acceleration,

hehe....errr...well there would be 1 g unless you were decelerating at 9.8 m/s/s.
There is similar a/c as a default in FSX.....quite cool (Maule M-7-260C)

Yeah well you knew what I meant!