B-17 on the way.

[Bass]

A few pics of this heavy and beautifull aircraft

[Flying Trucker]

Well done on the set...

[wifesaysno]

This B-17 (the real one) is flying this weekend at the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow in Ypsilanti, MI.
Nice shots!

[FoxThree]

Lookin' good.

[BlackAce]

Nice set.  Here's what one looks like.  I took some of her when she landed at Nampa Mun about 12 miles from my house: http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb25/Ya ... 1322085932

[CHUCK79]

Great shots of a legendary aircraft 8-) 8-)

[Bass]

Thank you all.

[scalper_new]

I like the last shot the best.. but shot 2 is cools shows the nice detail of the plane.

[Daube]

"Captain ? I've got some music on the radio for you..."  8-)

I just love flying this big bird. And when the radio starts playing some cool vintage music, it become one of the best sim experiences ever (for me). The B-17 is just perfect for crossing the PNW areas for example.

Great shots Bass, especially the second one.
The last one is from too far, and the red text is your ennemy

[Bass]

Thank you.

Well Daube, i'm fighting the red, thats why i'm on the way, but missed the hit
Next time i'll get two 500kg bombs with me to get rid of it

[Bass]

"Captain, i got some interesting for you on the radio"!!
Holy makrell... hearing this again

[Daube]

It's funny to hear these old radio transmissions. But honnestly, everytime it's a speech, I'm a bit dissappointed. I prefer when it's music. Flying this bird while listening to that old music is something special. Immersion, that's the word.

[Bass]

Well, it were the first time i turned on the radio for that, and i must say, i looked at my clock, asked the wife what date it is and turned my eyes to the window, just to place where i was in my flying
Astonish is my word.

[Bass]

For the first time i got a fire in engine 2. Now thats a problem.
I turned of fuel aso and did a dive to turn it off. (Saw that in THE movie). Success.
Then a fire in engine 3 but now i'm too low!
Turned that one off and made it back with 2 engines!
Luck i werent that far away.
Scary as hell. Dont want to hear the crew screaming (they will if we are crashing)

[Daube]

Engine fire ?Did you forget to assign the cowl flaps and intercoolers controls to your copilot ? I do that everytime. And I keep an eye on the temperatures nevertheless, sometimes I have to lower the RPMs a bit to let the engine cool down for a while. Happens sometimes after or during a climb.

But once I'm set at 25.000 feet on cruise, the engine temps are not a problem anymore. The only real problem I had once was a broken cylinder on engine 4. I didn't notice it until I got in the maintenance hangar after reaching the parking. I suppose my descent was too fast and engine 4 suffered from shock cooling.

Another problem I had, last winter, is that I could not take off anymore during my tests in Norway. The weather was too cold and the engines refuse to accelerate. Then someone explained me that I had to set the turbo wheel to 7 or 8 for takeoff, because my carb temps were much too low, preventing the engine to produce enough power.