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Wow that video is amazing.. Its hard to get the clouds to be a thin layer like that in Xplane. I tried and got super lost in the clouds lol.. NZQN has a serious lack of NAVAIDS! I recommened alpilotx's NZ Mesh.. it really makes the area around NZQN look much more like the real thing. Even better than his normal HD mesh stuff. I dont think NZ has a square KM of flat terrain its awesome. Even the mountains are mountainous. Ive also been flying in Cami de Belli's airports in the Tuamotu Islands.. She made 33 airports! Lots of hand flying into very small runways.. lots of fun in the SAAB. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_French_Polynesia Ive been doin a circuit of the French Poly.. my method is to only shut down the left engine to 'let my passengers out' (I taxi and do the door and stairs animations.. so lame) Would this be safe?

Still flying at EGPB.. trying Queenstown NZQN aswell. NZQN is an interesting approach! Not too difficult for the SAAB.. I could probably get a jet in there. Still very nice scenery and a fun approach nonetheless. The hardest part is the short DME arc.. dont have much practice flying those. Cant say enough about this plane. I still love the autopilot in the SAAB.. its not much different than autopilots in other planes but it feels like it works so much better. Despite the complexity of the plane I feel more comfortable doing busy approaches because everything in the plane is done so well. Im more focused because it feels more immersive and like it matters than in a plane I can go 'ahh whatever' and cowboy onto the runway.

Thanks Andy for the Sumburgh suggestion.. having fun at this airport. Definitely will add it to 'the list' of SAAB flights. I hope to find at least one good flight for each continent.. we have some good Europe approaches. Looking for some good ones in BC, Canada and New Zealand right now. Queenstown, NZ looks fun.. I havnt tried it in the sim but look at the VOR/DME B & C approach chart https://charts.aero/airport/NZQN PS. Hahah just noticed there is a jumping dolphin in the EGPB scenery

Wow. EGPB. Very weather. Such windy. So scare. 1st attempt in real weather after a quick recon in a Cessna Didnt crash but I couldnt stop until I was inside that town lol. Watching the replay I think I could have had it but I flared much too early.. (not to mention the rest of the horrific approach) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0H82O5k5lM&feature=youtu.be

Lol the second video is nuts! Good job getting 'er to the ground and keeping it one piece! AJ were you able to find any charts for RWY 33 @ EGPB? I cant find any.. but I watched your videos a couple times so Ill just try to copy what I see you doing.. good thing you record in HD so I can see all the numbers heh Im also anxiously waiting for the B737.. and LES Citation!

Wow that EGPB landing looks fun, I will try to get it set up for the SAAB Nice turn at Madeira.. I was having trouble getting the plane to make a wide arc.. I ended up using full right rudder to turn.

So much snow. I mean no matter how cold or how much snow.. the show must go on lol. I understand some cities have a harder time dealing with snow hehe. Yea I saw that thread. Its funny that Sukoi_Fan pointed out the exact approach we were doing that might cause the warnings haha. Like he said thats just the way the GS is set up at Lugano. The 900FPM under 2500 AGL for the warning seems reasonable though.. you would be approaching the ground pretty quick. Have fun! I installed New Zealand and some airports so I will try to find some good landing or flights suitable for our beloved SAAB.

Hey, yea I had to set my texture graphics to 'High' to be able to fly the SAAB smoothly, but its not too bad. Glad you watched them heh, thats what they are for. Ive heard of FSE but I havnt tried it yet. Snow day? I wish that existed where I live... My landing setup sequence was a bit messed up during the video.. I was doing touch and gos so not everything was set properly at the end woops. My HP valves and Prop sync werent engaged lol. Water reflection is on Advanced. Haha I chose the co-pilot side for Madeira because I thought it would be easier to see out the right window for that long sweeping right turn.

One inside live.. one outside replay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27QNi2LNkC0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXuoVhUiaMw Also found another cool real life SAAB 340 video.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yHZbgYsIN4 You can watch the pilot start the plane up.. its just like in XPlane lol. All the sounds are perfect, engines reverbing as it gets close the the ground. It even has that random hydraulic sound that I hear sometimes..

Hey AJ, I think youre right somewhere in the middle is best. I have been using 20 flaps.. 120 IAS and -200FPM for my touchdowns this week. Doesnt feel like Im forcing it down and once Im stable it seems to just fly in nicely. I think its OK, except a little bounce on the front gear sometimes My approach of choice has been hand flying the Madeira RWY 05 visual approach, from the co-pilot seat! I got the scenery (its great) from http://www.xpfr.org/ and it includes the charts in the download. I recorded some video so Ill be sure to post them once they are processed.

Hey thanks for the videos man. Great landings actually... I notice your touch down speed is much quicker than mine. Was this just for this approach or..? I try to touch down at like 115-100, maybe thats too slow. I guess its the difference between 'floating' my plane onto the runway or 'flying' it INTO the runway. Know what I mean? Tell me what you think and what would be proper way to do it. Anyways for RWY 01 to get down low quickly I set IAS at 120 and Flight Idle.. let it take me to about 3nm from the LOC and then adjust from there. I dont use the GS..well Im not locked into it. I get some 'terrain' warnings but its nothing to worry about. Im always usually below the glideslope until the end of the descent... Category A and B? Oops.. time to do some more reading haha. I wish more people would post! Its great to see and discuss how other pilots fly this plane I will also be looking for some new fun approaches for the SAAB, take care!

Hey thanks for watching! Ill try to make some better ones in the future, with fixed sound etc. 1. Condition levers I think I put them MAX just before I started the video.. I did the approach and descent check ahead of time in prep for landing on RWY 01 but I decided to circle to RWY 19. I usually put them 1350 for climb and 1250 for cruise.. I guess I could have waited to advance them to MAX but I felt busy enough with the Prop sync, Autocoarsen and CTOT settings plus trying to fly the plane. I try to have only those three things remaining on final. Hopefully having CL on MAX for 5-7 minutes didnt damage my engines too much. 2. Hmm maybe.. I think the temp was default around 12C OAT.. I never mess with the AC knobs other than turning the Recirc fan on. I think the 'Auto' setting takes care of the cabin temperature? 3. Yea I just use my mouse to look around. I dunno I like it this way. I can whip my head around the cockpit and quickly click buttons. I also have a hatswitch on my joystick for views.. but I prefer the mouse because its more fluid and immersive. Id like TrackIR but im waiting for something like Oculus Rift For games like War Thunder I even assign throttle control to my mouse.. DCS Blackshark is hardest to play because I cant look around quickly, need both hands HOTAS. Wow awesome thanks for the diagnosis on my power failure.. you have a keen eye for all my flying details! I do remember slamming the throttle back pretty quick on that landing, that must have done it. Now I know thx! And you are right about the LOC freq.. I forgot about that I should have warned you haha. Good luck and happy flying! If you manage the landing plz make a nice vid or at least post your approach setup..flaps/speed/tracks etc and we can compare.

Here we go.. circle approach Rwy 19 @ Lugano. Bumpy landing plus bonus power failure after touchdown? Dunno what caused that.. Sry you can hardly hear me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4nBmq70Z4&feature=youtu.be

Hey man great vids. You land the SAAB with one engine better than I can with two. If you try Lugano approach from the NW direction be advised I was having trouble capturing the first VOR track (on my flight from Zurich.) It didnt capture until I was already 10km past where I was supposed to turn into it. Otherwise all the VORs published on the approach plate for LSZA worked fine. (Oops I think you need to be at 20k to capture it, I was only at 15k) I found a REAL video of the approach into Lugano in a SAAB 2000. Its cool he goes over the same approach plate... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvM3IX4YhJc Please post any other cool ideas or interesting approaches for the SAAB!

U2 Dragonlady.. blasting up to 70k like a rocket. Spying on Vancouver.. what I imagine the Americans do with their spy planes

Yea its very nice. Switzerland is amazing.. tons cities beside lakes surrounded by mountains. The Lugano approach isnt too tough until the last dive into the runway.. you cant trust the GS indicator or PAPI lights either. Plus there is a soccer field just before the runway so I try not to buzz those guys too badly. Landing with 35 flaps is harder to land than 20 I think.. it really sinks quickly. Ahh I recorded a good approach live with FRAPS but my video only lasted 20 seconds or something... I saved the replay so I will try to do a commentary or something (but ugh there will be no sound) Oh well.. heres a picture at least

Clutch landing. Looks like it flies not bad with just one engine. Nice flying you really seem to know what youre doing lol

You have a video of your 'challenge'? Oops I must have missed that in the documents, thanks! Ive been using the STAR from ODINA and then the LOC HOTEL Rwy 01 approach.. I found the charts on this site. https://charts.aero/airport/LSZA Good luck its a neat landing! I managed to figure out the mini-gps in the SAAB so I was using that along with HDG mode for the arrival. You could also try leaving from Buochs (just south of Zurich).. another airport surrounded by mountains so your departure can be fun too. PS. whats the best way to record videos like yours? Maybe I could show my attempts

Ive been flying Zurich to Lugano. Its a very steep approach and I needed 35 flaps heh.. even then I can barely make it. Cool approach though, you cant see the runway because of a mountain and you need to dive in from 7nm away @ 5000 feet.. just over the hilltop. On the approach checklist it says HP Valves set. How should I set them?

I also have trouble with overcast.. I dont get it. I put a bunch of broken clouds and low vis and make it look the same and it runs fine. But the actual overcast layer always kills my fps.

I think you also need to fill in the first page before the second page appears. You put your first waypoint on the first page.. fill in the VIA and TO lines. (This confused me too.. I know the manual says another page should appear)

Glad you started this thread. Hope you can post any tips or knowledge you learn from talking with real SAAB crew. The depth of simulation makes this plane worth learning correctly. Ive just started trying proper departure and approach procedures on my flights too, the SAAB is a great plane to do it with. You will be busy which makes it fun! Especially with no FMC gotta be quick on the radials. (i dont mess with XFMC) I find the autopilot in this plane is excellent.. I dunno it just always does what I want, smoothly. Everything is smooth. I did a four hour flight or something from Denver to San Fran in the 340A all with VOR. Cant believe I made it with no problems but it was good. Took a few power naps on the longer legs.. soothed to sleep by the cabin-muted whirring of turboprops. In a real world flight.. would the passengers be loaded up and doors shut before starting the engines?

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