First look at the Ford Trimotor in Microsoft Flight Simulator
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2023
- The Ford Trimotor has appeared in Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it's FREE! You can download it from the marketplace right now. I'm not sure how long it will remain free for. I work through starting it's engines, and doing a short flight from Wycombe Air Park over to Elstree. Enjoy!
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Omg, this is the first plane I ever flew in. A guy brought his '28 tri-motor to the local airport and was doing 30 minute flights over the city and surrounding areas. One of my favorite memories with my dad and grandpa... Going to have to recreate that flight in their memories. ❤
If you turn the brass nob to the right of the primer, you can change the gages. There are three sets to choose from.
Fantastic! Will take a look at that next flight :)
Got to take a ride in a Ford Tri-Motor at an air show in Texas. Truly epic aircraft.
There are two knobs on the left side of the center console that open the cabin and cargo doors respectively. One high, one low. Cargo door comes with an old Ford truck.
I just saw this in the marketplace and while it was downloading I said "I bet Beckett's already made a video" lmao good stuff, my guy.
Also I love how they added the ability to switch between what kind of instrument panels you want without having to exit the sim and selecting a whole different plane like with the DC-3
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While cycling through the camera views, one of the views is an exterior view of the left engine. I use the right arrow key to pass through the fuselage into the passenger cabin. I let the AI pilot takeover for awhile and I sit in the back and enjoy the views. I knew I wouldn't have to wait long for you to post this beauty. Your channel remains my go-to for all things MSFS! Thank you!
You don't play in VR? I honestly don't recommend the sim unless you're in VR. It's the most incredible experience.
@DietCoke88 there are plenty of people playing the sim that don't have VR and it's just as enjoyable. I'm sure there are sim set ups with multiple screens and all the applicable hardware that's more immersive than fumbling about with hardware with a VR headset on, or worse...keyboard and mouse 🤢
I come to you for every tutorial, no series, just high quality videos with well explanation. Please keep doing tutorials and keep it up!
I have 1.3 hours right seat, IRL on a Tri-Motor. Logged and signed. My flight instructor owned one... A long time ago.
That wing is so thick! And anther well done piece of work by you, Sir.
Fun fact: the wing is so thick because that is actually where the luggage was stored…up to 300lbs per wing. Definitely a neat plane!
I had the privilege of flying one of these Fords awhile back, got to sit in the copilot's seat and right after takeoff the pilot let me fly it for a good 35-40 minutes and got it lined up for final and he did the landing. Have to use A LOT of rudder for coordinated flight, those long ailerons....The most awesome experience in my life, apart from getting my PPL beforehand lol
Another GREAT review!
Thank you! 🙂👍
Thanks for sharing this video!
Very nice video, thanks!
Thanks for this interesting Video, i can say like always. Your Videos helped me a lot.
I downloaded it, but had no time to try it. Looks fine to fly. Keep up your fantastic work and have a nice weekend.
Y’all know about the secret teddy bear in the left wing. Idk if I’m the first one who found it but you can only see it in VR.
Really enjoyed this video and the fact that it is free at the moment - VH-USX - is an Australian rego because Papua New Guinea was an
Aussie territory where this actual aircraft finished its life - maybe Asobo used some of the existing photos for the texture
Very nice. 👍🏻
from what i understand, the trimotor is a quite docile aircraft.
i think the big Easter egg would be the 1 and 3 engine gauges. the engine gauges on the dash would be the center engine, and the gauges for 1 and 3 are on the engines themselves, you look out the window to read them. they dont seem to work though, there doesn't seem to be needles on the gauges.
I've actually flown in it. It comes to my town once a year. It lives up to it's Legend.
Three engines… 1 temp gauge, 1 rpm indicator, 1 oil temp gauge. What do they refer to… just one engine?? AH! They’re on the engine mounts!!
Nice video...she looks good in the 1935 airfield mods..Philly,Balt,Newark and Ohio. Great for air mail routes.
It would be fun to try this airplane at the Ford Dearborn test track which used to be an airfield.
Can't wait to get that i'v imagining what it was like to fly this big bird in the 20s
Nice looking plane. I've just downloaded it too I'll have to check it out! Things that stand out for me are the great spinning prop animations, especially when viewed side-on. Not many addon developers get this right and when viewed from an angle, their spinning props look '2D' in appearance; nothing like that here. One thing though (and this is an MSFS thing I'm certain) is that no one has seemed to get the stopping engine animation quite 'natural' looking yet. Props either just slam stopped...or in this case, you can see they have tried to put some 'compression kickback' into the animation as the prop stops...but it still looks a bit forced. I'm nit-picking though! Great video!
Fantastic video. Thank you.
Great video, the cold and dark start is very useful. It's free to download until the 30th of June.
Jonathan, thank you for all of your great videos. Which are some of your favorite airplanes?
This airplane is a dream. I would like to fly and sleep in it all day. :)
The same plane in Temple of Doom I think!
Gotta Luv this Johnanthan gets on things right away Thank You and don't realy know would motoring in the English country side would be loads of fun or perhaps in an aeroplane hmmm perhaps aeroplane.
Autopilot does work and I did an RNAV successfully with it best landing so far I’ve done
autopilot in trimotor?
....incredibly beautiful
These videos are sooo relaxing and interesting at the same time! Anyone feel the same? Or am I weird lol
Very Indiana Jones. Cool video. Thank you.
What a beauty. I'd like it to be a bit more complex to fly. One thing I like about Aeroplane Heaven's "premium" a/c is that they have a nice feel to them, but this one feels a bit vanilla.
Can't complain about free though. Still a lovely for a relaxing flight.
Engine sounds surely cannot be that muted in the real aircraft. Sound immersion means better immersion so what is going on with this model, I wonder.
Im overseas away from home for a month and all this fantastic stuff is coming to msfs while I’m gone 😅
You can change panel type on the knob right to Priming Control Engines
I'll be flying on one of these tomorrow. EAA is bringing it to my local airport
Would love a improved sound, after the beaver im spoiled
Not sure why the engines on all these asobo planes sound so thin/tinny. It's like there's no low-end or substance to them at all. Even the stratoliner sounds super thin, nothing like how it's supposed to sound. Maybe they have a deaf sound guy or something, but it'd be nice if we got some engine noises that actually represented the real thing :)
simplemente hermoso 🎉
Sound has been fixed, cockpit geometry and nose geometry fixed! maybe you can do a comparison?
I got the left engine going but the right and centre starter/energiser buttons were bugged locked. Couldn't press them or activate in any way. This was a good video though. Perhaps I should revisit?
The manual is pretty good. Aeroplane Heaven also did the DC3. One of the easier tail draggers to take off and land from my experience.
Yeah - it seems a bit simplified - but Asobo often set that as a requirement - so beginners don't get discouraged.
@@jonbeckett It probably is simplified but at the same time I have a hard time believing that a lot of existing tail draggers in this sim are as difficult to keep straight in real life as they are in this sim.
Looks like a load of fun. I still enjoy my JU-52 and I'm guessing from their set up that they would be quite similar.
It more or less feels the same to fly. Easy, floaty, and forgiving.
Too arcade-like for me to want to mess with often but the plane model itself looks fantastic.
Whats good king
Did you notice you can change the front panel by twisting the knob just to the right of the fuel primer controls. There is an old school panel, old school panel w/ gyropilot and a modern panel with GPS screens.
Did not know they had gps screens. Informative comment! Thanks.
@@Blxzaka "glass cockpit" or "primary flight display"
@@tissuepaper9962 yeah, I'm aware of the terminology. Thanks for double checking.
@@Blxz oh, it wasn't a double check, it was a passive agressive correction. "gps screen" is inaccurate.
@@tissuepaper9962 good on you. Passive aggressive is the first step to coming out of your shell. Wish you the best with your journey.
MSFS has been quite slow for me with downloads and data loading within the sim recently. Confirmed my connection is running at optimum speeds so guessing there's some server issues going on. Anyway, did see this plane and hoping to try soon.
Edit: Just had a flight with this very impressed for a free add on. A great plane to go sight seeing in the visibility is the best I have seen. Only downside and to be expect given the age of the aircraft (no criticism) is I wouldn't want to be flying this to far given there's no autopilot but very stable to fly at least. It does have another panel with a GPS but I find flying with the vintage panel and cheating a bit by bringing up my PMS750 toolbar is a nice combo for modern navigation.
"It has no flaps"
Bro it has too much drag already you were 10 degrees nose down and airspeed was chilling at 70 mph
If you enter flight plan from main menu , just engage AI flies and it’s good as AP
Where's the inflatable raft Indy uses to jump out with?
During starting, the pilots seem to pump the throttles or mixture controls.
Following further experimentation, you may need to trigger the solenoid BEFORE the starter pops back up. Any further expertise on this would be helpful :)
I have only had luck starting them if I let the starters pop up first
There is documentation in the install directory. Prime 4 pumps, starter on, wait around 10 seconds, solenoid, then mag. Will fire up every time.
The hoses between the engine cylinders are missing.
Turn your mags on before the solenoids, they are just grounded/not grounded. Your loosing your prime with every turn of the prop. Unless it was written in the checklist for saftey or something
I'm following the checklist (which I'm always doubtful of - the checklists in MSFS tend to be wrong - I actually had a real DC3 pilot help me get it right for that aircraft) :)
Hi Jonathan. I have just subscribed to your channel. May I ask, what system are you using for MSFS ?
If you look at the bottom of the video notes it tells you :)
@@jonbeckett how do you find that setup ? Do you have any issues with performance etc ?
hoping for duckworks to get ahold of this one
Novelty adventure, to quote you Jon, thank you. I won't fly it much unless they offer autopilot integration. Same problem with the equally beautiful C195 Businessliner. I like it low and slow, but for the stretches that I like to cover I am too lazy to hold the yoke, my bad.
Haven't tested it but there is apparently a glass cockpit option built in and that might come with the standard autopilot.
@@Blxz Thanks, that is great news! I will try.
heard of trim?
@@tissuepaper9962 Yes, tissuepaper, (I have) "heard of trim", thank you for your question. If I may kindly ask, do you think a good trim alone will keep the aircraft on its intended flight path without any input from the yoke, rudder or throttles? Would you switch, on relatively long flights, on an external view for a longer period of time in your sim and be sure your aircraft will maintain your intended flight path? (In order to admire the scenery). Also, do you think that a good trim in general is a good substitute for an autopilot? (In aviation). All the best, cheers.
It was a lovely free gift and flying it was just beautiful
Hi Jonathan, is there any difference between entering a flight plane in the MS world map and in the glass cockpit as one of your video's shows?.
The more accurate aircraft don't allow the route from the world map - because there's more involved than it can provide.
@@jonbeckett Oh right, thank you👍.
How do you access the model T truck and load the luggage like I see some people doing?
Good question!
Sixteen hundred RPM rather than “sixteen thousand” I’d imagine but great vid
Yep - I often say one thing, and mean another (usually because I'm recording at some ridiculous time at night)
It is free until June 30th according to the marketplace.
Ford stands for Found On Ramp Dead or Found On Runway Dead.
does your autopilot in gps panel version works?
I'll try it next time I load the aircraft.
Just noticed that yours has Australian registration...Maybe Orbx was involved.
I'm not sure - I thought it was Aeroplane Heaven.
@@jonbeckett VH- is Australia.
I think you mean 1,600 rpm, not 16,000.😂 Otherwise, yreat video!
So the issue I have with this plane is that, in the market place, at least one picture was from the inside of the cabin, but as all who have this can see, you cannot access the cabin, which is probably the biggest downside to this
You can use the drone camera to get into the cabin.
@@jonbeckettwhat liveries does this plane have?
@@S.G.A.R.C.O Many, many liveries at flightsim.to :)
I don't know why but I am not able to start the central engine even following the procedure step by step.
It's *very* fickle.
I can't get the right engine going at all.
Right engine almost never starts
They finally fixed the disproportion of the windows in this model.. thanks god
Just downloaded this, its kind of something you will fly 3 times in a year.
I don’t know why but for the life of me I can’t get the right engine to fire
Are the windows able to be opened?
I don't think so.
@@jonbeckett It's a shame, would have been nice to open them up and listen to the sound of the radials firing up. In fact the engine sounds seem rather muted, maybe its my sound settings. For a freebie though certainly can't complain.
@@jonbeckett Actually you can open them! if you can see the line in the windscreen there is a click spot and that opens it. Does not seem to make the external sounds any louder though.
showed as $15 when I loaded up... :(
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"I'll look for about 16 000RPM"... surely not. 1600RPM would seem more fitting.
It's not a jet 🙂!
Yep :)
It's an absolutely gorgeous plane, and very well designed... My problem with it is... It's way, waaaaay too clean. We're talking about an aircraft that is upwards of 100 years old. Those seat belts? They should be kinda grungy after years of handling. Same goes for other parts of the interior. It's all polished. Too polished.
Well, stuff has to be kept in good condition, otherwise aircraft go boom. So I think it's only natural that not every detail looks a hundred years old. I think they did a good job.
it looks just like the inside of some of the old aircraft I work with. if somebody cares enough to clean up, these old planes look damn good. lots of parts would have been required to be replaced by now, too.
Just saw one of these at fredrick (kfdk), what a big loud beast
They need to have 2 MSFS’s…. One for these crappy, pre-jet age aircraft and that use propellers and one for modern aircraft that most people want to fly! Of all the planes that are developed, 8/10 of them I would never buy or fly!
You're presuming that everybody agrees with you. I think you'll find the world is a lot more diverse than that.
Its a nice plane for free, even $10 Dollars are fair but the sound is awefull. Its the plane is powered by a single 1.9 TDI VW-Engine...
The wooden spokes on the steering wheels don't look right to me, they would break if built like that, they should be metal.
I also find the cockpit windows too high, Other than that, a really nice model!
That's got to be the most disappointing internal engine sounds ive heard yet. Hell, even the passing cars were louder. Why is aeroplane heaven like this?
YOUR starting system is ALL WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's great that Asobo provide some free, Quality aircraft as well as their very reasonable priced, Quality aircraft add ons! They hardly cash grab do they?
Is just me but I notice this plane cockpit windows bigger than the original design. Can anybody contrast this?..more noticeable the pilot and copilot side windows.