As requested: A380-F into Princess Julianna Intl

**JetBlast** · 03-30-2003, 06:17 PM

So, as requested by Darren, I attempted the famous Princess Julianna International approach in a A380-F. She was a beast to handle but I think the images will speak for themselves.

A spotter grabs this pic of me holding on Runway 9:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...170131de7e.jpg

After flying my circuit I begin my approach. I tourist heading to the Tiki bar grabs this awesome pic of me coming into Julianna:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...5801632667.jpg

At that same moment, a swimmer with a waterproof camera grabs this picture from the water:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...8d0197782c.jpg

As I descend closer, a local plane spotter grabbed this stunning picutre of me passing over the fence of Princess Julianna Intl:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...f601df19b9.jpg

A heartbeat before touchdown I snag this shot. This is definitely one for the postcards:
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...36022400e9.jpg

The A380-F had a smooth landing, though I applied heavy breaking at the end to slow it down (sorry no pics). I highly recommend this challenging landing. It was a great time!

Enjoy, and comments are always welcome and very appreciated!

:-wave JetBlast :-wave

**panzerschiffe** · 03-30-2003, 07:42 PM

Just as an aside, the default weights on that A380 (A380-817F) are WAAAAY too low. Open up your aircraft.cfg and delete the weight_and_balance section in there. Replace it with this:

[weight_and_balance]
max_gross_weight = 1300000
empty_weight = 555741
reference_datum_position = 0, 0, 0
empty_weight_CG_position = 0, 0, 0
empty_weight_pitch_MOI = 63557241
empty_weight_roll_MOI = 29059579
empty_weight_yaw_MOI = 50526900
empty_weight_coupled_MOI = 1300
max_number_of_stations = 2
station_load.0 = 180000, 60, 0, 0
station_load.1 = 120000, -30, 0, 0

This gives you a nice hefty plane with zero fuel weight of about 855741 pounds. MTOW is 1,300,000 lbs for this particular version of the A380 that CAMSIM did, so you can load about 440,000 pounds of fuel to be at MTOW.

Fly these beasts how they are meant to be flown! Try and land at Princess Juliana now }>

Awesome pictures!

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Flashpoint · 03-30-2003, 07:45 PM

Good shots.

Everytime I see that plane I just have to laugh .....

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**vladk16** · 03-30-2003, 08:26 PM

Absolutely wonderful shots,hope to see more soon. I have a question. With the addon scenery for P.J. when i install it, I end up with 2 runways not aligned, what do I need to do.
Thanks,
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**joby** · 03-30-2003, 08:45 PM

thanks I always thought it flew pretty lightly also. But it's a good model.

**jasonb482** · 03-30-2003, 08:47 PM

[font color="100" size="2" face="Tahoma"]Yeah me too?!? :-hmmm

Either way its impressive, nice shots! :-)[/font]

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**JetBlast** · 03-30-2003, 08:49 PM

Try doing this!

Scroll to the SCENERY.CFG (root director of FS2002) file and locate the last record, which will be labeled with the name you assigned to your Julianna scenery. It should appear in this format, where 'xx' is a variable assigned by Flight Simulator:

[Area.xx]
Title=St. Maarten 2002
Local=SCENERY\stmaarten2002
Active=TRUE
Layer=xx

Below the 'Layer' entry, add the following two lines of information:

Exclude=n18 3.1,w63 8.,n18 1.8,w63 5.2,objects
Flatten.0=12.8,n18 3.1,w63 8.,n18 3.1,w63 5.2,n18 1.8,w63 5.2,n18 1.8,w63 8.

DarrenAB6 · 03-31-2003, 02:21 PM

Yeah ... good effort! :) Now all you have to do is fill in the holes on the runway :-lol Then again, Camil Valiquette did make that plane very light!

Thanks ! :)

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