The RNZAF purchased 3 Boeing 727-100 aircraft in 1981 from Boeing to replace its existing fleet of Douglass DC-6 transport aircraft. The 727 also known by pilots as the "Tri Holer" served the NZ military for 22 years before being retired in 2003 - being replaced by its older sibling, the 757. Only 2 ever entered service however. NZ7273 was the shortest lived aircraft being parted out at RNZAF Woodbourne shortly after arrival. NZ7271 and her sister NZ7272 lived a long career spanning 46,000 flight hours. NZ7271 was exported in 2004 to Swaziland and then the DPRC where it is assumed to have been reduced to spares, while NZ7272 was flown to Woodbourne to be a training aid for aircraft technicians. In a sad turn, the tailplane and S Duct were cut off, and it sat outside in the elements for almost 10 years. It has since been given a new lease on life with the Nose section being sent to Wigram Airforce Museum to be put on display.
The Landing Gear is as realistic as I could make it, it comes with functioning drag braces, and semi realistic strut and wheel physics. Press Action Group 1 to open and close the gear doors before and after retractions.
Flaps are modelled and effective for both drag and lift! Flaps are triple slotted and bound to Trim down. Be careful with landing speeds, Just like in the real 727, high flap settings cause high sink rate, so you have to keep it throttled up as you add more flaps. Recommended to use Flaps '30' Which is 3/4 trim down, coupled with a crisp 150 knots on approach.
Engine performance and noise is as close to I could make it to the real beast- the JT8D-7. Takeoff power at 90-100% with a touch of flaps or approx 5% VR at 160kts. Easily makes a swift cruise at 35000ft of 70% power and 430 ish knots.
There is a slight issue where sometimes it just randomly explodes when spawned in air. Exiting and reentering fixes it for me.
Specifications
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General Characteristics
- Successors 6 airplane(s) +77 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 130.0ft (39.6m)
- Length 153.1ft (46.7m)
- Height 41.1ft (12.5m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 161,711lbs (73,351kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.376
- Wing Loading 36.5lbs/ft2 (178.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 4,426.3ft2 (411.2m2)
- Drag Points 15103
Parts
- Number of Parts 1343
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 5,896
𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝙵𝙴150 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚔𝚙𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙁𝙀300 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙥 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙑𝙏𝙊𝙇 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤
I'm getting the engine sounds and the flaps and gear work properly, but the speed isn't climbing and the plane isn't moving at all on the ground. Anything I can do to fix this?
all clicky to see the inside of a kiwi
I feel like this was done and written in passion, might just be me. Lol
the aircraft, the explanation and description you gave really buttered my croissant
My favorite plane, it matches my birthday initials :D
nice
As I have it parked it likes to roll back and fourth on its own, plz help and btw are you in Christchurch, I am!
Y R U ONLY SILVER?!
HOW ARE YOU NOT PLATINUM?!?!
This recreation of the 727-100 is phenomenally well done! Keep up the excellent work, bro! :D
Awesome!
I flew on this several times back in the day when it was used in Algeria
Question: can the rear air-stair be deployed mid-flight? Just wondering.
Wow! This is amazing!
Did you xml the shocks you should increase all shock values by about 15-20% to start@Axhliay
Fair enough but it's still nice to be able to use both
@ChisP There are 4 shocks in the struts, if you land to hard the shocks explode causing the rest of the plane to exlplode too. I have tried to fix it, but I gave up. Changing settings hasnt amounted to much
@Mustang51 The only reason that the flaps are trim was because VTOL was originally something else. After the recent update and funky trees I was able to encorporate that system into others, but just didnt change over the input. Its not hard to do, Ive just gotten used to using it as trim.
Just kind of explodes on landing 😂
How do u do that peeerrrfffeecctt cockpit! ITS OUTSTANDING!
AWESOME!
This build is incredible! Also condsidering that you only have 3,000 points!
Are you from NZ too?