Real Life CL650 pictures

[Zhivko]

Thanks a lot @FYG001! Really appreciate it! I am sure this will be helpful for a lot of other people. 

Thanks again! 

[FYG001]

My pleasure, If you have some pictures of your project, our Pilots would love to see them! 

[Zhivko]

Not yet, I am at the phase of gathering data and investigating options!

[FYG001]

Got a few more from a recent flight showing the aircraft easing into Le Bourget

[bpcw0001]

Great pictures! How did you get them to look so close to the Hot Start Challenger 

The only thing I am wondering is about the blue color of the ADI sky on the PFD with SVS on. On all these shots, it seems to be a much darker blue than in the HS Challenger, where it looks very light blueish and washed out.

Is this a camera / lighting thing? 

Edited July 28 by bpcw0001

[FYG001]

Hi bpcw, good point, it is definitely much more like in the pictures which have been taken with different lights and camphones. I have made the point before to Hot Start, but Pils wrote in January that this was not a priority for them. 

[bpcw0001]

11 hours ago, FYG001 said:

Hi bpcw, good point, it is definitely much more like in the pictures which have been taken with different lights and camphones. I have made the point before to Hot Start, but Pils wrote in January that this was not a priority for them. 

Interesting. Thanks for the info. At least they know about it.

Edited July 29 by bpcw0001

[bpcw0001]

On 9/29/2022 at 8:43 PM, FYG001 said:

Interesting picture of our Challenger working its way westbound to 45N050W battling against an unusual strong westerly, although not any longer visible here

Crawling along at M0.72

maxing out range, our just saving fuel?

 

[FYG001]

Both, you see we still had 3h27 to go to KBGR, using roughly 1850lbs per hour, so very rough 6300 lbs, leaves 2400 for alternate and holding

[bpcw0001]

21 hours ago, FYG001 said:

Both, you see we still had 3h27 to go to KBGR, using roughly 1850lbs per hour, so very rough 6300 lbs, leaves 2400 for alternate and holding

I see.

[bpcw0001]

On 8/18/2022 at 10:45 PM, FYG001 said:

A few more for today

That wheel well looks remarkably clean. 

Very new bird, or recent wash? Or is it that it just doesn‘t get that dirty?

Edited August 2 by bpcw0001

[FYG001]

Business jets fly not nearly as much as airliners do, and also are kept much cleaner than the big ones. And this applies even more so for the interior 

[bpcw0001]

18 hours ago, FYG001 said:

Business jets fly not nearly as much as airliners do, and also are kept much cleaner than the big ones. And this applies even more so for the interior 

Does this apply to the flight deck as well?
Seems to be pretty worn and scratched in the HS Challenger.

Thinking of popping out my old Photoshop and doing a little touchup work on those scratched and smudgy cockpit elements.

[bpcw0001]

On 8/7/2022 at 10:20 PM, FYG001 said:

I took some more pics the other day, these levers are not as worn as in the Hotstart!

 

While the HS650 textures certainly are superb and lively, I personally find the level of wear and tear modelled in the HS cockpit a bit over the top. The cockpit looks more like that of a beaten, old early-MSN 605 with a PL21 Advanced and SGWAIS upgrade slapped in, rather than that of a genuine 650 with at most 8 years under its belt.

If I recollect correctly, the 650 is available since 2015?

Anyway, worn or new, this bird is so addictive in X-Plane. 

Edited August 25 by bpcw0001

[Pils]

On 8/25/2023 at 12:18 PM, bpcw0001 said:

The cockpit looks more like that of a beaten, old early-MSN 605 with a PL21 Advanced and SGWAIS upgrade slapped in, rather than that of a genuine 650 with at most 8 years under its belt.

It was modelled after an IRL airframe, but I don't know how kind of artistic license @Goran_Mtook.

[Goran_M]

Many people want some kind of damage, grunge or dirt.  They don't want something too "clean".  So yes, I did add some imperfections to give it "character".

[bpcw0001]

On 9/6/2023 at 2:29 AM, Goran_M said:

Many people want some kind of damage, grunge or dirt.  They don't want something too "clean".  So yes, I did add some imperfections to give it "character".

I understand.

Still, I would have appreciated a little less "old 727 freighter" feel in the cockpit.

But hey, the CL650 is my favorite in any case, grubby or not.

Edited September 18 by bpcw0001