McKeenan Aviation proudly presents the Boeing 727-100C.
NOTE: Get the Demo version at the SLURL ( http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Waft/153/99/1847/ ), and try before you buy!
This is a mid-sized, dual role aircraft, carrying both passengers and/or cargo. Built between 1963 and 1984, this aircraft became the second most successful plane in history, with 1,832 units being produced. Innovative wing and flap design allowed this aircraft to land on short runways, opening up routes hitherto unavailable.
The McKeenan Aviation 727-100C has been designed to provide you with one of Second Life's most stable and robust aircraft in its size range. Months of testing and tuning has resulted in a plane that is easy to fly, yet will take some skill to totally master.
Scripts have been optimised to help with problem-free sim crossings, resulting is less crashes and latency issues. Our beta testers - comprising of a wide range of experienced pilots (including airport and airline owners) - have commented on the stability of the aircraft, even upon crossing successive Sim corners.
The handling of the aircraft is adjustable, allowing you to make the plane feel heavier or lighter, depending on your preferences.
The innovative triple slotted flaps and leading edge slats in the real aircraft have been reproduced in this model, giving the aircraft its distinctive profile when flaps are fully extended.
All in all, we believe we have produced a solid and reliable plane, able to handle passengers or cargo, or a mixture of both with equal ease. The forthcoming Cargo System add-on will mean that pilots can accept commissions to transport goods from airport to airport, earning pseudo payments and rising in rank whilst working within a delivery deadline. Be sure to deliver your cargo however, or late fines and reduction in rank could occur. You may also be offered lucrative payments for smuggling.... dare you accept?
We suggest you obtain the Demo 727-100C; this will allow you to experience the plane before you purchase. The Demo model only differs from the full plane in the fact that it's No Copy / No Mod / No Trans, and you can sit on the plane ONCE only - when you stand, the plane will delete itself.
STATS:
Prims: 144
LI: 161
Control method: Keyboard, HUD and Text commands
Top Speed: 42 knots
Access: Forward port door, rear stairs.
Perms: MOD/COPY
Paint System: Texture maps, Script drop-in
Cameras: 8 settings, configurable and savable via HUD
FEATURES:
Optimised Scripts - Greatly enhancing stability and robustness.
Adjustable Handling - Change handling characteristics whilst in flight
Mod/Copy - Change or retexture to suit your tastes.
Eject intruders - Remove univited guests from your plane in flight.
3-Surface Flaps - Smooth-animating 3-stage flaps
Integrated Cargo System - Transport cargo from airport to ariport, gain rak, earn pseudo cash, smuggle(available soon)
Leading Edges/Slats - Movable leading wing edges.
Spoilers - Speed-reducing spoilers on wings.
Texture maps & drop-in paint system (with built-in grid textures for quick and accurate texturing)
Cargo load/unload - Rezz a vehicle to load or unload your cargo.
Adjustable pilot seat - Pilot's seat adjusts up or down.
Animated wheels - Wheels rotate and pivot.
Auto updates for life - rezzing a new plane will send you a new version if available.
Moving Yokes, thrust levers, flap levers and landing gear lever.
Smooth retracting Flaps and Landing gear.
Rezzable support vehicles
- Optimised Scripts
- Adjustable Handling
- 3-Surface Flaps
- Integrated Cargo System
- Auto updates for life
I really enjoy it !!!
I waited a long time to buy this plane wich is one of my favourite, because I wanted Mick ti fix the blinking navlights. now it's done, and I really enjoy my 727. The flying is in overview pleasant, I won't talk here about things that we mentioned Mick and I and that I know they will be ehanced in the update. So if you like a good vintage legendary plane in SL, Get this B727 you'll be happy... Big plus, it's "fully mod" paints and even equipments can be changed, I did it...Long hours of enjoyement ...
One of The Biggest Aircraft that ever Kousara's Charters had.
The 727-100C by Mick is Very Largest Fleet of Kousara's Charters That Ever Had. It's Handle most of Passenger and It's Had Cargo Room. I've tried this demo some time. Also. This thing will land on Shortest Airfield such as St Martin for Example.
-Kousara
Great plane
First of all i like to say that i really love this plane and if it's right it's his first plane then it's really a piece of art.
Although the instruments in the cockpit is just decoration i love the fact it's at least not just textures and therefore looks way better.
The hud works pretty well except the compass don't work with the plane but with the view of the avie in mouselook which is a problem even many other plane creators have who already build more planes and just some could got that problem fixed so i don't blame Mick for this and just hope he will get that fixed too because it's more realistic to fly a plane in mouselook and his cockpit also looks great for that too :-)
I hope he also get it fixed the co-pilot will also be able to rezz and activated the stairs and using the cargo system.
At last it would be awesome when it could be set to groupmode for some reasons, several in my group already bought a plane one of the others have because they liked the plane that much and more handy to rez a new one when lost it in a flight ( like when a sim gets offline while you just entered it :-/ )
And this plane is worth it's cost because aside of all the options it have it doesn't have much problem either with crossing sim border (thumbs up) great work Mick.
Excellent Aircraft, Great Flight Physics and Hud for RP Nerds like me
Absolutely love this plane, the detail against Li is perfect, LOD of the plane is exceptional, and possibilities for Roleplay are extensive. The flight Core of this plane is a great physics set-up and balances perfectly a flight style for beginners to advanced SL pilots. The cargo operation is fun and the plane has already been readied for use with the new cargo system being beta tested by Rez Gray (Grid-talkie Creator) which adds further option in the future for more extensive roleplay. texturing is a breeze and modding also is effortless for anyone with a knowledge of building in SL. I believe this is the first Plane from this creator and I really hope they develop more along this line of useability and interactive fun. I would love to see a Prop based cargo/passenger plane something like the Vickers Viking with this same setup of physics and cargo system. which would be an ideal size for the majority of SL Airports. I hope the owner reads this and considers the idea as I am sure like many others out there that a plane like that would be welcomed on the grid. All in all a excellent build well done
Fine aircraft by a great designer
If you are looking for a big jet that flies like a big jet, you have found it. With a huge number of RL air miles (as a passenger) under my belt, I can tell you this is plane feels like a 727 should. Don't expect it to turn like a fighter or take off and land from a postage stamp sized runway. It strikes the right balance between realism and what has to be done in SL to make things work.
It is nicely designed, flies well and is sturdy through the dreaded sim crossings.
It is also MODIFIABLE. This creator understands that CUSTOMERS sometimes want to make adjustments. And he LISTENS to customers interests and works to meet them when reasonable.
The combi design is unique to SL right now. I am hoping there will soon be a full passenger version. But of course being modifiable, you could always convert it if you're not happy with the combi model.
The plane has three flight modes so if the default mode is not to your liking you can switch. I have actually not tried the non-defaults, since the plane does what I expect it to do in the medium/default mode.
Do understand that the plane is a new release. Updates should be expected soon based on customer feedback. I know from discussions with others though that a lot of testing went into this plane before it was released. So updates can be expected to be as much enhancements as any bug fixes.
This is my first purchase of a large class aircraft, though I have flown a few others as co-pilot. This one is the best.
And I must repeat..it is MODIFIABLE (except of course for the scripts which should not be mod). <soapbox>Please reward creators that understand that CUSTOMERS should be able to fine tune their stuff to meet their needs.</soapbox>
Look out aviation builders
This thing is smooth, looks great and has a future to look forward to. Great build, great future. If you are serious about flying and not scared of a large plane, you just found a best buy.