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Well damn, this thing is *fast!*
So fast, in fact, that I was caught quite unawares on the runway and for
the first time in my short FS2004 career, I had a pretty bumpy takeoff.
Never mind, once I was up in the air I started to have fun.
Is it just me, or is the KA somehow configured for a smooth flight? It
handled absolutely beautifully all the way home, and made me look like
an expert! Unprepared though I was for the raw power - that thing
actually /wants/ to go fast and won't take no for an answer - flying it
was a dream. Isn't the cockpit odd though? It looks simultaneously
older and newer than the Baron's. Like the radio stack, for example.
There were some other things I wasn't prepared for. Where has my
throttle indicator gone?! I assume I'm now supposed to be adjusting
that "torque" stuff, whatever that is. As if manifold pressure wasn't
complicated enough...
Oh, and how about the engine starter thingies? I like to end every
flight by properly parking the aircraft and shutting down the engines,
but I couldn't find a way to do that in the KA. I ended up having to
just use the fuel mixture levers to cut the engines (something that I
guess makes the real pilots in this group shudder).
All in all, though, it was a glorious flight. My first time past the
10,000 feet barrier too! I was looking down on clouds and everything!
I think it might not be long before I start on the jets - can't wait for
that!
Huw
Well damn, this thing is *fast!*
So fast, in fact, that I was caught quite unawares on the runway and for
the first time in my short FS2004 career, I had a pretty bumpy takeoff.
Never mind, once I was up in the air I started to have fun.
Is it just me, or is the KA somehow configured for a smooth flight? It
handled absolutely beautifully all the way home, and made me look like
an expert! Unprepared though I was for the raw power - that thing
actually /wants/ to go fast and won't take no for an answer - flying it
was a dream. Isn't the cockpit odd though? It looks simultaneously
older and newer than the Baron's. Like the radio stack, for example.
There were some other things I wasn't prepared for. Where has my
throttle indicator gone?! I assume I'm now supposed to be adjusting
that "torque" stuff, whatever that is. As if manifold pressure wasn't
complicated enough...
Oh, and how about the engine starter thingies? I like to end every
flight by properly parking the aircraft and shutting down the engines,
but I couldn't find a way to do that in the KA. I ended up having to
just use the fuel mixture levers to cut the engines (something that I
guess makes the real pilots in this group shudder).
All in all, though, it was a glorious flight. My first time past the
10,000 feet barrier too! I was looking down on clouds and everything!
I think it might not be long before I start on the jets - can't wait for
that!
Huw
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