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Meljet Boeing 747-400 FREEWARE

The Boeing 747 is a long-range, wide body commercial passenger jet aircraft. The Boeing 747-400 was launched in 1985 and entered service in 1989. The -400 version introduced improvements like winglets, tail fuel tanks, new more powerful and fuel efficient engines, new interior, and new glass cockpit with six large CRT displays. The stretched upper deck that was introduced with the -300 version was standard for the passenger and combi variants, while the new cargo version kept the smaller upper deck, which was useless in freighter configuration as no cargo is placed on this deck. As is clearly visible on screenshot #1, this Boeing 747-400 suffers from a major design flaw: the nose is very strange, it looks like a dog took a bite in it. This model is originally developed for FS2002, but also works in FS2004 and FSX. There are various models available like GE, RR or PW engine variants and passenger and cargo variants. The flight dynamics are alright, but the climb performance is too extreme.

Panel [?] : No Compatibility [?] : FS2004 & FSX Virtual Cockpit [?] : No Wingflex [?] : Yes, gear compression based. Wingview [?] : Yes Landing gear behaviour [?] : Unrealistic and floating at touchdown. Sound [?] : No Rudder effectiveness [?] : Insufficient Pros : - Frame rate friendly Cons : - Ugly shape of the nose - Unrealistic behavior of the main landing gear - Rudder effect insufficient - Too much climb performance Download locations : AVSIM Library (747-400 house colors) (search for "b744_7e7_hc.zip") AVSIM Library (747-400F house colors) (search for "b744f_7e7_hc.zip") Meljet website (paint kits) Liveries : AVSIM Library (search for "meljet 747-400" in Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications)

COMMENTS

yup, you're right about the nose and the steep climb... how come you didnt review meljet's award winning 777 series? those are as good as payware.. (not sure abt the flight dynamics) #1 - Vinod - 05/15/2007 - 09:28 Still working on them, the 757,767 and 777 series are now 50% done. Will be added soon #2 - Chris - 05/15/2007 - 11:26 Name Comment -(" title=">-(" border="0"/> To prevent automated Bots from spamming, please enter the text you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly. Powered by Comment Script