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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 29, 2008 8:31:49 GMT -5
Glitches with cards can be power shortages - but might also indicate that the various cooler units inside the PC are full of fluff! I found that I had to get in and hoover out a couple of coolers, with a battery powered unit I hasten to add, to regain an acceptable temperature range inside the box. A couple of shots of the Peter Watkins repaint of the AH/JF Spitfire XIVe. A definite possible maybe dunno for the GAAR09 That's actually quite positive considering I prefer Merlins and elliptical wings!
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 19, 2008 12:03:39 GMT -5
There is a formerly payware Russian A-90 Orlenok aircraft now available for free from alphasim.co.uk.
The file name is ALPHA_A-90_Orlenok.zip and may be available from flightsim if not alphasim themselves.
They admit it is a fudge due to the limitations of FS.
I have not loaded it myself, so I have no idea what it is like to fly or whether you can see Sarah Palin or any other Alaskan from the cockpit.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 16, 2008 6:27:57 GMT -5
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 10, 2008 20:09:30 GMT -5
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 6, 2008 14:59:58 GMT -5
After a bit of rooting about I came across this site: www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml- it would appear that this is an elaborate hoax intended to make you buy clothing from the sponsors of the aircraft! Have to say it is skilful editing of the apparent incident. After repeated views a couple of slightly suspicious points show up. The aircraft is supposed to be a Red Bull racing series aircraft - except the pilot seems to be an unknown in the field! When the single-seat aerobatic aircraft is coming in to land in a left wing high knife edge - having lost the entire right wing in flight - the rudder appears to be deflected to the right and I would have expected full left rudder to keep the nose up. When bouncing a couple of times during the landing the "pilot" seems to keep very still in the cockpit too. Goes by the name of viral advertising I am told.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Nov 4, 2008 3:24:50 GMT -5
Good luck with your voting today guys - remember William Hale Thompson's Golden Rule of Democracy : "Vote Early and Vote Often".
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Oct 29, 2008 19:08:41 GMT -5
Perhaps if I'd spent the Saturday afternoon, that went on looking for vaguely appropriate schemes, in practising instead I'd be closer to the WR08 mark! 1st. run for WR01 was with an Arkia scheme - like it would ever get clearance into Syrian airspace. 2nd. run was in the Battle of Britain Flight Dakota scheme for 267 ‘Pegasus’ Squadron, which flew in the transport role in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Theatres during 1943/44. So my father probably missed them when he was recalled from home leave to India in '45 for Operation Zipper. WR02 was done in a PAA scheme: WR03 was LAN Chile, naturally - although I did not contact the deck, this was about the time I realised that I should have followed the waterway and not the compass bearing : On the second attempt at WR03: We're starting to get this kind of weather round here already: For WR04 we moved on to Pionair, from the approach at the end I got the feeling we came here in '05 but from the other direction IIRC. As we had to turn this corner, perhaps I should have switched off the non-standard mesh along part of the route: ...and down somewhere in the vicinity of the runway: For WR05, again the non-standard mesh may have been almost as much a hindrance as the cack-handed pilot, but in the end I followed a valley that I've used before and it was probably the right one Before we got to the Alps it was back into the snow. Coming round the Innsbruck approach as dusk set in for my favourite shot to date: Off to the Hawaiian Islands for WR06 and some scenic cruising, except we set off from my least favourite part of Big Island - it's the perspectives I dislike with this slope that we're cresting : A bit hazy over the islands: I was going to post these over on the WR08 forum, but it is refusing to acknowledge my registered name, password or email at present. I flew the first two legs using settings that I was sure I finished the last WR with, but then ended up flying faster than the average. So I flew deliberately slightly slower for WR03, and found it less fun so reverted to the numbers for 1 & 2 for the remaining legs before seeing that I'd overshot with the speed reduction when the scores came out for WR03. The nav is the fun bit anyway, so I'm sticking to the same old for the balance of the flights. As said at the top - perhaps more time practising would have been the sensible approach.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Oct 9, 2008 19:02:25 GMT -5
I can recommend the Grand Vista Hotel in grand Junction - just outside the airfield and the meatloaf and local burgundy in Oliver's Restaurant will make up for any lack of stewed leaves! Make sure you look up Dianne in Oliver's - she likes to visit with visitors from Europe.
In Moab the Brewery does great meals too, I'll see if I remember to wear My Elephant Hill Hefeweizen T-shirt while flying by.
Should get started at the weekend, currently going through a/c to find low panels so as not to block out the scenery - the Twin Comanche has too many of those confusing dials and buttons in the way for scenic flying.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Oct 6, 2008 13:03:26 GMT -5
Sad to say this may have been the fate of Steve Fossett, based on the location and strength of the aircraft impact.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Oct 5, 2008 8:39:07 GMT -5
For freeware, you will find that we have a DC-3 in the hangar page that Tom Goodrick has "breathed on" to sort the flight dynamics.
If you want to get near the average point of all the Goonie pilots taking part, a bit of psychology might suggest that the "Beaumont and Bitzer" mods may be used by more pilots - Mark being a DCA member.
That's not to suggest that they are any better than Tom's, you could download them both and see which you prefer, it is meant to be fun after all.
The smallest BB mod is in dc3_bb3.zip on flightsim. This simply changes the dynamics of the default model to try to better follow the real thing - much the same as Tom has done with our download.
A more complete BB makeover is DC3_BB4.zip which contains a four tank modification ( the default has incorrectly got three tanks) and an IFR panel by Mark. just remember with this one that there is no "all tank" option, so fuel management needs to be remembered on longer flights.
As for panels, have a squint at any by Mark or Norm Hancock, they're all clear -it just depends on personal preference.
For payware of course, the one and only option is the MAA-SIM DC-3, which allows you the warm feeling of supporting a flying museum piece, so think of it as donationware rather than payware. It is also a cracking model and does not have the same repaint limitations as the default MS model. Again you can get IFR panels by Mark for this one. The built-in dynamics have already been sorted!
Just avoid the mistake I made before WR05, I took bits and pieces of FD update from different sources and ended up with a Frankenstein beast that was way too fast and hardly used any fuel for the first three legs. So keep any download intact for the flight dynamics, though you could add the four tank mod to the BGA DC-3 if you like - look for dc3_4tk.zip and dc3_4mx.zip.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Oct 3, 2008 14:05:48 GMT -5
Sounds like fun, may drag out a Twin Comanche to keep in with the Dakota theme in the world Rally. Well, they should both keep two turning for a peaceful existance.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Sept 27, 2008 6:52:38 GMT -5
Right, well first of all apologies if my rambling has introduced confusion into proceedings. Just because I've listed a bunch of radial engined birds, I'm sure that other piston engine types are welcome. Just keep the paraffin burning turbines at bay!
I'd hate to be responsible for eliminating Gipsy Major or Hirth in-lines or anything with Merlin or Argus Vs or Continental flat engines from the field, to name but some other types.
With that Lysander you should be able to land across the runways! A lovely engine note and nice choice for watching the scenery go by too. I'm sure the folk lifted out of French fields in the middle of the night thought it was beautiful.
Mention of Merlins gives me the idea to go off and try out some options on the shortest runway at Biggin on the Bump. Cumbernauld is closer to the min length, but 'tis a drab and dreich corner of God's Own Country.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Sept 25, 2008 17:34:52 GMT -5
I was about to stick a post on asking what sort of kite should we be looking at!
I don't think SWMBO will tolerate anything as slow as a Tiger Moth for this jaunt, something called ebay beckons too frequently - never mind whether it would have the nav gear anyway.
Perhaps I'll look at one of them thar Eemerican piston radial doo-hickees, actually there are a few Hercules and Leonides powered birds from this side of the pond that could tramp along at a reasonable pace.
Eenie, meenie, Halton, Hastings, Brabazon, Concordia, Twinpin.....I can see many otherwise constructive hours being wasted musing on this one.
Talking of Colonial radials, I saw the only Spartan Executive outside the states taking off from Westhampnett on Sunday. I'd spotted it across the field and wondered if the tailplane radial in the distance could be her, and then off she went.
Have to say that Milton Shupes sound file selection is a bit more impressive than the real thing! Well there's another option. Then there's his Beech D-18..and his Howard 500..or the FS Berlin Lockheed 10a...or Jens Lockheed 9.
How about a Wirraway, or an Altair for local flavour?
See what you've started now Andrew!
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Sept 14, 2008 12:35:15 GMT -5
You've got me stumped there for now, I'll see if I can dig out any further info through the week. (I've got a book on the history of British Flying Boats - it may take some rooting out from the bottom of some pile or other!)
Ther engines are certainly the right era for starters. I heard a R-R Kestrel in flight at Shuttleworth in June in a Hawker Hind. Bit like a Merlin but with a slightly softer edge. Luvverly.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Sept 7, 2008 12:24:52 GMT -5
I like Frank's follow on to his Leopord Moth, but I have my doubts about the Dart. According to the blurb on flightsim, it has been endowed with something like "full aerobatic performance". It has a 35HP two cylinder engine! I saw it flying at Shuttleworth in June, and flying straight and level was about as bold as you would want to get with it. This is apparently a reworking of Craig's original - which you can get at www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/kitten/kitten.html
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