Simviation Forum - Overspeed

Jul 18^th, 2003 at 1:43pm

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Hey all you knowledgeable people out there,

How do you change the 'overspeed' setting, so that I get a plane to go faster? I have a 727 that overspeeds at just over M0.8, and I want to increase this to M0.9.

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Reply #1 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 1:44pm

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i think when it says overspeed

it just means that you are going over 250 knots under 10,000 feet....

i may be wrong

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Reply #2 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 1:47pm

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They have those already, they're called F-18s.

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Reply #3 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 2:35pm

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yea well i head that department.......its easier for me than anyone else to hide it lol Grin

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Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 2:53pm

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Isn't it that you are forcing the plane to go too fast? Well, I don't handle heavies much.

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Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 2:53pm

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If you open the aircraft.cfg file you'll find all the necessary settings in there, and can alter your cruise and top speeds.

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Reply #6 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 3:41pm

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"Overspeed" is a warning intended to inform you that you've exceeded the speed that the airframe was designed for. This WILL end in a broken aircraft, and crash. (Not to mention a highly ruined day).

I would suppose that it depends on the aircraft, but I found that parameter for my C-5 in the .air file, under the heading "Max Speed". I edited that from 500 kts to 750 kts, and made sure that the limit needle was now correct on the gauge.

Now I go much mo faster!
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Reply #7 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 4:36pm

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Thanks a lot, Fisharno! I found it in the .air file, in the *MMO line, which gives max speed in Mach.

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Reply #8 - Jul 18^th, 2003 at 4:49pm

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just remember the 727 like most commercial aircraft is usually limited to about mach .85 thats if you wanna stay realistic

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Reply #9 - Jul 19^th, 2003 at 12:40pm

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Thanks, all.

I wanted to increase my 727 to M0.9, as I thought that it was capable of doing this in real life. I had a 727 in FS2000 that would do M0.9 - was this a mistake?

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Reply #10 - Jul 19^th, 2003 at 3:40pm

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Thanks, all.

I wanted to increase my 727 to M0.9, as I thought that it was capable of doing this in real life. I had a 727 in FS2000 that would do M0.9 - was this a mistake?

According to my pocket guide to commercial aircraft, the 727 is capable of 530knts groundspeed at 33,000 feet. The only true way to speed up the aircraft is be adding MORE POWER! But if you don't want to play with all your air files, simply turn off "Aircraft Stress Causes Damage" in your realism settings. This will allow you to exceed top structural speed.

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just remember the 727 like most commercial aircraft is usually limited to about mach .85 thats if you wanna stay realistic

I heard that some airliners can go even faster than that. The 747 for example has been clocked at Mach 1.0 under certain conditions.

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