A2A Spitfire - Tutorial startup, flying, landing, shutdown
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2014
- From PANT (Annette Island) to PAKT (Ketchikan International)
- Walk around
- Start-up
- Take-off
- Landing
- With exterior views
- With subtitles & spoken
Scenery and add-ons used:
- Orbx - FTX: NA Pacific Fjords (PFJ)
- Orbx - FTX: NA PAKT Ketchikan International
- REX 4 - Texture Direct HD
- PILOT'S - FS Global Real Weather
- Plan-G freeware add-on Tasoftware (map)
- A2A Simulations Accu-Sim Spitfire
- Lockheed Martin Prepar3D 2.4 simulation software, academic license
Computer configuration:
Recorded: i7-4770 3.4-3.9Ghz | 8GB DDR3 1866MHz | Nvidia GTX770 2GB | Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Superb tutorial. Always such a pleasure to run through the checks and get this beauty up in the air and your video shows these steps so well.
Thank you very much! Glad it can help you. If I didn't fly an airplane for a while, I use my own videos to familiarize myself again. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you Gunther - this was so good to watch.
Bill1949 WT
Thank you very much for your comment! I'm glad you liked it.
What a great video. Thank you for sharing as this was really enjoyable!!!
Thank you for the nice comment. Glad you liked it. The A2A airplane simulations are among the best & most realistic. Thanks
Great explanation, as always. Congratulations.
Hagux Virpilot
Thank you for your support!
Excellent. Thanks Gunther.
Thank you! Glad it helped you.
Gunther
Excellent video, thank you
+Richard O'Malley
Thank you for the second comment too :-) Thanks for posting and the support!
A very nice tutorial! Thanks for making it :)
Alex's Flying Club
Thank you for your kind remarks! I appreciate it!
Hi +Tyler Styles . You made a linked comment. I cannot reply to it.
Not all airplanes use knots for airspeed. Allot of older airplanes used miles per hour (mph) like the Spitfire in this simulation. If you look in the official documentation, you will see that all speeds are in mph. Also in the middle bottom of the altimeter is written m.p.h.
Thanks Gunther
+SERGIO GARCIA
Thank you for letting me know and thanks for commenting!
Awesome video man
Thank you very much! I love this plane very much.
you are best i love plane games
Career Knight
Thanks for your comment and support! This airplane simulation is absolutely worth your time :-)
Thanks for the lesson!!!
:D
+Romulo M
Lesson is a too big word ;-) I'm glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment!
wow this is alot more complex than the Cliffs of Dover start up for the Spit.
I follow the procedures as close as I can. The procedures come with the installation. The manual has 100 pages.
Awesome video thanks Friend :-D
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad if it can help. Thanks
Fascinating video Gunther. I never realised there was so much to do before takeoff. I have a spitfire and a mustang in my FSX hangar but in both, the engines catch fire at startup. Do you have an answer?
Not directly. Are it the A2A versions? Did you try the full automatic startup?
just for clarification the air speed indicator is in kts or knots not mph or miles per hour a mph is 15% faster then a kt. hope it helps :)
Thank you! Less math to deal with. :)
A little math test :-)
1 kt = 1.1507 mph
Comparing 1.1507 mph with 1 mph.
Indeed, your statement is correct.
Hi Gunther, awesome tutorial and nice video, In my installation in P3d, my a2a spit leaves, when connecting the navigation lights, like a rare effect behind the red or green lights, like small spheres that are detached of the lights and are suspended and static in the air when the plane advances, one green and another on the opposite side, red, is a bug, your spit does the same thing? cheers!!!.
Thank you! You can check with my video if you see the same effect. But I don't think I saw that. Be sure to install the latest update: a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=57819
You always have to follow the procedures in the airplane manual. For this engine, the documentation from A2A has:
Throttle set to just above rough running
Move both fuel cocks down to OFF
Allow to run for approximately 1 min
Immediately rough running begins SWITCH OFF AND PULL S.R.C-O (=slow running cut-out)
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Hey mate... Good video.. But i have a question.. How do you manage the engine temperature?
pana71197
Hi pana71197,
I always fly the Spitfire Mk II. Most data is the same for the Mk I. I knew the answer, but double checked it to be sure:
In summary: Always check the radiator and oil temperature gauges. Change the radiator shutter lever to maintain normal temperatures.
Max temperatures: radiator 120°C, oil 90°C
On the ground:
Keep the radiator shutter lever full open!
Keep your RPM as low as possible. (800-1000 RPM)
Once the engine is started, you only have 5 to 10 minutes to takeoff. Otherwise the engine will become too hot. You cannot do anything to prevent this. If the temperature is too hot, shutdown the engine immediately! Wait for it to cool down or reset the simulation.
This is one of the reasons why the canopy must be open on the ground until after takeoff to be able to jump out if all goes wrong.
Climbing:
Keep the radiator shutter lever full open. (at very low exterior temperatures, you can close it a bit)
Mixture at auto-rich.
At takeoff, throttle at max +7 boost. As soon as possible set throttle to max +4 boost and 2400 RPM
If the temperature becomes too high, level off and reduce the throttle to cruise speed until the engine cools off.
At cruising speed:
Set the radiator shutter lever at the red triangle (=normal flight) (minimum drag position, most efficient aerodynamic/cooling setting) or as required to maintain normal temperatures. Set mixture to auto-lean (weak).
Advised to 1800 RPM.
At slow flight:
If with the radiator shutter fully open the temperatures are too high, lower the nose and increase airspeed to force cooling air into the radiator.
After landing:
Keep the radiator shutter lever full open!
Gunther Willems
wow great answer... thankyou... p.s. i had a look at your cahnnel... good videos mate ;-)
pana71197
Thank you !!!
Are you not supposed to land with the canopy open? I see you landed and then opened it. If not, in which cases should we and in which cases we shouldn't or it's not necessary?
+Daniel Sarmiento
Yes, for safety, the canopy must be opened in the circuit before landing. This is the text from the manual: "at all times when on the ground, the canopy is to be opened and locked and is to be opened and locked when in the circuit before landing for the same reason".
It would have been better if I had opened it before landing. Thanks for the remark!
Hello Gunther.
One question: do you know if A2A P51 Mustang (with AccuSim) can be used with Prepar3D? I'm susprised because I thougth Spitfire only works with FSX, as well as P51.
Hagux Virpilot
Hi Hagux,
The Spitfire, P-51 and P-40 work fine in P3D. I have them installed. I have read that the others also work in P3D.
You probably need 'Estonia Migration tool' or copy an FSX.exe into the P3D program folder. I use the Migration tool. ( www.flightsim.ee/products/migration-tool )
First install the airplane, then Accu-Sim for the airplane.
At the end install the latest Accu-Sim Core Update.
Goto www.a2asimulations.com/product_updates.html
Microsoft Flight Simulator X / A2A Accu-sim Aircraft
In the description you will see they also update it for P3D. It will find all your A2A airplanes and update them.
If Accu-sim doesn't work after this, you need to install simconnect (included in the P3D program folders)
I only use P3D. All the airplanes I fly work as expected in this simulator.
Ok. I will try. Thanks. And happy new year.
Gunther Willems Ok. I will try. Thanks. And happy new year.
What Spitfire model was used in this? I cannot tell which one to use since A2A uses 3 - 4 models.
It is the A2A Spitfire Mk IIa P7308 (Mark II)
Thanks! Now I can fly one of these beauties for once on FSX.
When/How often should we change oil and cooler in the A2A Spit? Thanks
You have to check your oil level before every flight (shift+4). When you change the oil, you could also change the oil filter. You can see the status of the filters and other components in the maintenance hangar (shift+7).
I have read that the Spitfire has an oil change interval of around 25 hours or if it isn't used for a long time.
In some A2A Accu-sim airplanes you can see the color of the oil change over time (pre-flight inspection window) if it isn't changed or if the airplane isn't used for a long time. How real does it get :-)
Gunther Willems Thanks for the tips ;)
I'm not sure about this... but why she keeps beeping after I retract the landing gear? Did I do something wrong before takeoff?
This could be a cause: A warning horn is provided and will sound if the undercarriage is up when throttled back. The warning horn may be silenced by pushing the warning horn button. When the throttle is advanced to around its one-quarter position, the warning horn will be enabled again and will sound if the throttle is pulled back when the undercarriage is up.
Otherwise, did you follow how I started it up in the video? Did you check the Maintenance hangar (shift+7) if all is OK?
I don't know where the horn button is but yup, I've done everything include the compression check. So there must be something I forgot to do, I'll check it next time I fly with her!
Really creepy voice
Excellent video, thank you
+Richard O'Malley
Thank you very much!