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Post by teacher on Jul 1, 2009 11:45:15 GMT -5
I've noticed that my 707 is producing white smoke. Although I'm not that old, I seem to remember the smoke used to be black... How can I change this?
By the way, it's a truly superb aircraft!
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Post by Alejandro on Jul 1, 2009 17:55:21 GMT -5
I try to emulate a few smoke on each engine and I attach a smoke FX poligon ,it supposed to be white like vapor trail , no black something and add.on FX was add it into you main effect folder and change it into black.
I thinking to update this airplane without the copilot and fix few other things I want to fix including to remove those smokes (that was a bad idea) but will be by the next year
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Post by teacher on Jul 2, 2009 0:42:19 GMT -5
Thanks Alejandro! Is there an add-on that I can put into my main effect folder to change it to black?
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Post by Alejandro on Jul 2, 2009 8:29:51 GMT -5
the smoke Normally it has to be white as I set it ,not black examples:  If you want it black should be engines on fire like this  I really don't know teacher ,there are texture for every single effect of fSX ,would you take a shot for me of the plane in a low altitude and posted here You can use the uploader images Above or here www.simviation.com/fsnd/fsndupload.htmlif doen't look like this I would like to see what type of smoke did it switch into,could be also the FSX.CFG too |
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Post by teacher on Jul 3, 2009 6:28:21 GMT -5
I'll leave it as is, I think. The smoke resembles the upper image. Another question though, when the plane is all fuelled up and filled with pax, it still accelerates like a bat out of hell and I get overspeed warnings in no time. Is this normal behaviour?
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Post by Brett_Henderson on Jul 3, 2009 15:59:53 GMT -5
I'll leave it as is, I think. The smoke resembles the upper image. Another question though, when the plane is all fuelled up and filled with pax, it still accelerates like a bat out of hell and I get overspeed warnings in no time. Is this normal behaviour? Not really normal, but not as far from realistic as you'd think. I had to work within the limits of the FSX flight model. You're alway chasing these key paramters: Takeoff-thrust / climb performance / cruise speed / fuel consumption ... There are always compromises, but with the old 707 the over-thrust was a real issue. It's like those old turbo-jets had power to spare, but at 100% thrust, they didn't last long.. and could "rocket" the plane if asked to. Piloting the 707 (especially this one), means strict thrust management.. (especially if you plan to cross an ocean without in-flight refueling). A normal takeoff, at Vy; ~80% N1 yields a pretty realistic experience.. and just like any jet.. you're WELL under 100% power until above 10,000msl (250kias)... |
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Post by teacher on Jul 4, 2009 1:12:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the in depth reply Brett! I'm learning every day. I was under the impression that those turbojets did'nt have much power at all. By the way, I was searching around the VC for a control to jettison fuel. Is there any?
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Post by Brett_Henderson on Jul 4, 2009 6:20:46 GMT -5
No.. there is no fuel dump.. you gotta do it the brute force way  Open the 'Fuel and payload' screen.. ;D |
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Post by teacher on Jul 5, 2009 2:14:33 GMT -5
Got it! Thanks Brett!
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