Sibwings An-2 SP-A00 requested... and more!

[cavaricooper]

For those who remember, I am quite smitten with Sibwings An-2, which I believe might well be Alex Metzger's finest work to date. I have been searching for the Lux Memories Repaint for SP-A00 aircraft. Would a kind soul please point me in the right direction? If there isn't one.... Gordon, Yankees, Hani, Zolto et al.... any takers, pretty please?

BTW I have written an open letter to the Developers, begging them to re-visit this amazing creation and fix the few little niggles that remain. She is the most incredibly beautiful ugly aircraft I have ever flown in a sim... and scratches the GA low and slow itch to perfection.

If anyone is interested in adding to the plea.... http://forum.sibwings.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1340 .

AM- if you read this- YOU HAVE DONE LOTS OF AMAZING WORK- but the Anushkka is just superb!

Ta!

C

[RaFi]

I also love this big, ugly and slow aircraft.

My problem is that I cannot get it to work with FSX:Steam.

[speedy70]

Sibwings site went dead a long time ago.

Cheers Chris

[Obie311]

Sibwings site went dead a long time ago.

Cheers Chris

Please explain. I went there today and it seemed to be active.

http://www.sibwings.com/an2.php

????
Obie

[ce_zeta]

Please explain. I went there today and it seemed to be active.

http://www.sibwings.com/an2.php

????
Obie
The developers are missing since 2014?. AN-2 is still unfinished.

[cavaricooper]

Yes, it is BECAUSE it is such an amazing aircraft simulation, and that the site is still up, and ALEX METZGER is still very much around... and it is TOO GOOD TO ABANDON, that I wrote the open letter to the Sibwing developers.
Please consider adding your support to the cause AT THE SIBWINGS SITE.

Meanwhile, if any of our talented artists would be agreeable to paint SP-A00 I would be grateful.

Best- C

[Boss86001]

I agree, the AN-2 is one of my favorites and wish the developers would continue...

[Rudyjo]

If you don't have it, I highly recommend the Sibwings Cessna Bird dog also.
They promised about 3 years ago that they would add a tundra model to this plane, as has been mentioned, the forums at Sibwings is dead.
It would be nice if they would drop a note at the forums and let their customers know what is going on.

[Ferry_vO]

They are still active on Facebook, I even see a picture of a Colt on ski's there...

https://www.facebook.com/SibWings

[cavaricooper]

Thanks Ferry.... I can see that, however, cannot write to them there, as I don't FB.... I was hoping that their website would be the proper place to try and contact them. I did send an email in addition to the "open letter."
Perhaps if several of us enthusiasts chime in together we will elicit a response...?

Ta!

Carl

[ce_zeta]

ATM, as I could read in Russian forums, they are waiting for the Octopus An-2. IMHO It looks worse than Sibwings but...Surely is more functional (I cannot fly it in FSX:SE).

http://octopus-gr.com/an2.html

[cavaricooper]

Sorry, who is "they"? Is Sibwings becoming Octopus Simulations? The cockpit photo looks ok, but AM's flight dynamics are simply superb in the Sibwings model.

Do any of out talented painters have time to paint- http://www.an2.lu/index.php/en/ please?

Ta!

Carl

[ce_zeta]

Sorry, who is "they"? Is Sibwings becoming Octopus Simulations? The cockpit photo looks ok, but AM's flight dynamics are simply superb in the Sibwings model.

Do any of out talented painters have time to paint- http://www.an2.lu/index.php/en/ please?

Ta!

Carl

'They' are Russian community.

Nopes. Sibwings as a development company is dead At this moment. OctopusG is another flighsim development group. Octopus made the Wilga X for example, as you can see in his website.

Alexandr Petrochenko and Nick Sharmanzhinov (gauge coders, Alex was the lead coder) are missing.

[Ferry_vO]

Surely is more functional (I cannot fly it in FSX:SE).



What is the problem? I installed it in FsX:SE this week and it works fine for me.

[ce_zeta]

A bad animation inicialization. Wipers moving, the altitude selector do not work (left rotary switch) and more that I dont remember ATM.

you made something special when u installed it?

[Ferry_vO]

Nothing special, just used ' run as administrator'.

[Ferry_vO]

Just checked and there is some odd behavior with some of the VC switches, but nothing that really distracts from flying the An-2 so far. But of course I like to fly low and navigate by the scenery in NL2000.

[ce_zeta]

For me, the sound of the wipers running all the time is a No Go. :(

[cavaricooper]

For me, the sound of the wipers running all the time is a No Go. :(

I use the An-2 in P3D v3.5 without this problem.... are you sure you're not hearing the fuel pump?


Ron A- hope you're feeling better? Any chance of you getting out your brushes for the old gal?

Best- C

[ce_zeta]

Reading your comments, last night I load the Annuskha again in order to investigate in deep. There are two annoying sounds, the radio-altimeter sound (sound like a clock alarm) and the wiper (sound like any car wiper) . I made some test....Radio altimeter, animations like windows and cockpit door doesnt work. In a few minutes, I was able to turn radioaltimeter off. Some switches (like wipers and radioaltimeter doesnt move but works). Surprisingly after some time...the animations works (which the exception of the radioalt rotary switch) . I was able to close the windows. WTF¿? I made screenshots cause I dont believe it!

:encouragement:

[YoYo]

Which is the last version of Sibwings An-2 now? :dizzy:

I have this model (old files) for sure but I have big brake with this Antonov (too many CTD with this An-2 in FSX).
Maybe it's a good idea to convert it to P3Dv3.

I did some of repaints for this model:

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad52/rafikst/An-2/SP-DLA_An-2_screen2_zps6e1e2e5c.jpg (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/rafikst/media/An-2/SP-DLA_An-2_screen2_zps6e1e2e5c.jpg.html)

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad52/rafikst/An-2/An-2_SP-AMN_3_zps29a6218a.jpg (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/rafikst/media/An-2/An-2_SP-AMN_3_zps29a6218a.jpg.html)

[cavaricooper]

@ce-zeta- I wish I could help further, however, ALL the switches work fine for me, and the RA works as well. Again, I am using P3D v 3.5 and installed just by pointing the installer to the correct directory. I updated with AM's latest FDE after installation.

@Yo-Yo- I have and admire many of your paints on MANY airframes :). If you or Ron or Hani or Gordon or..... get time to visit SP-A00 I would be greatly obliged. I am a You Tube fan of theirs, and have sent away for a hat and t-shirt... ;)

Best- Carl

[UnknownGuest12]

I updated with AM's latest FDE [/B]after installation.


Best- Carl

Hi
Would like to try An2 on P3D v3.5. Tried on v2 with no results...Would you be so kind and tell me here to get AM latest FDE?
Thanks

[cavaricooper]

Here you go... http://forum.sibwings.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1150

HTH- C

[ce_zeta]

Thanks Carl.

[ncooper]

Problems with the switches and wipers were pretty much always due to the FSX default flight
saved by the customer.
If a flight is set up with the default Cessna with everything switched off and saved as the default,
then the AN 2 will very likely work properly when loaded after that.
The radio altimeter sound is just a case of finding the right switch to turn it off.

[cavaricooper]

Problems with the switches and wipers were pretty much always due to the FSX default flight
saved by the customer.
If a flight is set up with the default Cessna with everything switched off and saved as the default,
then the AN 2 will very likely work properly when loaded after that.
The radio altimeter sound is just a case of finding the right switch to turn it off.

Nick- that is indeed my experience- just a BRILLIANT airframe for exploring the wonders of the Orbx World.... and for FEELING flight.

C

[cavaricooper]

Which is the last version of Sibwings An-2 now? :dizzy:

I have this model (old files) for sure but I have big brake with this Antonov (too many CTD with this An-2 in FSX).
Maybe it's a good idea to convert it to P3Dv3.

I did some of repaints for this model:

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad52/rafikst/An-2/SP-DLA_An-2_screen2_zps6e1e2e5c.jpg (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/rafikst/media/An-2/SP-DLA_An-2_screen2_zps6e1e2e5c.jpg.html)

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad52/rafikst/An-2/An-2_SP-AMN_3_zps29a6218a.jpg (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/rafikst/media/An-2/An-2_SP-AMN_3_zps29a6218a.jpg.html)

Yo-Yo-

I am flying v2.3 in P3D v3.5

Just got SP-AMN- simply superb! If you have time to look at SP-AOO I would be most grateful.

Best- Carl

[YoYo]

Yo-Yo-

I am flying v2.3 in P3D v3.5

Just got SP-AMN- simply superb! If you have time to look at SP-AOO I would be most grateful.

Best- Carl


Ok installed and checked in P3Dv3. 15 minutes of tests and it looks like all things works well in P3D (didnt check only lights in the cockpit at night). My installation file is with number 0.9.7.0 (is it ok now?). I added also 2.3 version of FM.

I found also this advise for P3D: http://strips.proboards.com/thread/31/sibwings-2-p3d-v3 and use it.

http://s5.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahprasq.jpg

http://s2.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahprass.jpg

http://s10.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpraah.jpg

http://s2.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpraar.jpg

Do You talk about this SP-AOO https://farm1.staticflickr.com/255/18838065180_d3270b2ff2_b.jpg or...... this http://img1.pictaero.com/2011/04/30/s/119418.jpg ?

[cavaricooper]

Yo Yo-

Glad you got her working! She's a LOVELY old girl. Yes, this one-

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/255/18838065180_d3270b2ff2_b.jpg

http://www.an2.lu/index.php/en/

i ordered a hat and t-shirt to fly the old girl in :)

THANK-YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

C

[YoYo]

Yo Yo-

Glad you got her working! She's a LOVELY old girl. Yes, this one-

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/255/18838065180_d3270b2ff2_b.jpg

http://www.an2.lu/index.php/en/

i ordered a hat and t-shirt to fly the old girl in :)

THANK-YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

C

Ok, I'll think, this skin is easy.

Maybe its a good time to back to this SW An-2 in P3D. It works well I see and no any OOM or CTD (whtch I had in FSX with this model).

http://s10.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpxprp.jpg

[cavaricooper]

Yo Yo-

Thanks! BTW 55721 is the livery I used before your -AMN livery I just installed. I never did fly the An-2 in FSX but she is simply wonderful in P3D... Hours and hours of amazement and captivation- just enthralling.

If you do the paint, please keep her pristine :).

Fingers x'ed!

C

[YoYo]

Yo Yo-

Thanks! BTW 55721 is the livery I used before your -AMN livery I just installed. I never did fly the An-2 in FSX but she is simply wonderful in P3D... Hours and hours of amazement and captivation- just enthralling.

If you do the paint, please keep her pristine :).

Fingers x'ed!

C

Wait, I did small update with this skin (SP-AMN).

Btw. I was a driver of An-2 in RL (just 1-2 hours at ALT 500-1000 meters , very stable platform but VERY sensitive to the wind).

Ok, edited.
Here is this skin (SP-AMN) with small update for better quality: https://www.sendspace.com/file/c18qmo

http://s10.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpxhqw.jpg

http://s2.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpxhqa.jpg

[cavaricooper]

Thank-you YoYo-

Will update in the morning before heading out from Gustavus!

C

[YoYo]

Not all things works well in P3D (except the save).

If You save the model and Load it You will receive this:

http://s2.ifotos.pl/mini/bugjpg_ahpnhwa.jpg (http://ifotos.pl/z/ahpnhwa/)

[cavaricooper]

Not all things works well in P3D (except the save).

If You save the model and Load it You will receive this:

http://s2.ifotos.pl/mini/bugjpg_ahpnhwa.jpg (http://ifotos.pl/z/ahpnhwa/)

YoYo-

I habitually save the flight and pick up heading off to the next destination... but I do a complete shutdown of the An-2 each time... not sure why you are getting this... you ran the installer right, and did not just copy the simobjects from FSX?

BTW- getting your latest -AMN update now... thank-you!

SHE LOOKS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) I am headed to Haines, sat on top of a full 7000' overcast, looking for a hole to head down through... AND SMILING :-)

Thanks YoYo!

C

[cavaricooper]

YoYo-

An update... there I was happily sat at 3000M with sunlight dancing but nothing but cotton balls and wisps below. There were a couple of peaks visible far off, but my world was cotton wool and bright sunshine. The ADF was homing directly at 242 HNS and I was marveling at your beautiful creation, when i realized that there was not too much more window remaining, before descent was necessary. I was the highest I could go without O2, and a LOT higher than I usually fly the old gal (normally scud running over water hoping for visibility enough to poke at the next airfield). The Km clocked by and I began to get worried that I was going to have to fly right over Haines and head to Yakutat, where I could come in low over the water. At least I had been bright enough to load enough fuel! I came down as low as I dared, about 2500M where the wisps were streaking my windshield, and kept a sharp eye out. Nothing!

I was flying up the Lynn Canal and about Point Sherman I could finally see buildings below. That and the mountain slope off to the left told me I had better decide what I was going to do. There was enough to go on to slow the An-2 down to slat deployment (I had continuously reduced MP all the way down, and shuttered the cowl almost shut to avoid shock cooling); and then hold the stick into my stomach while dropping flap all the way to 30. She came almost straight down! By the time I got to Sherman Point I could see enough to point at the Chilkat Inlet and then it was a matter of continuous descent down to 300M where I could finally see the ice-floes below. Visibility ahead was still dismal, but straight down I could make out enough to poke through. I ran up the middle (or at least what I THOUGHT was the middle) of the inlet, and then when my trusty soup-plate ADF was pointing 5 O'clock I turned hard right, and let her slip down to 200m. The plan was to make another hard right and go direct HNS, climbing for all she was worth if I didn't see runway ahead. Hard-deck in my mind was 100M. I peered ahead and was relieved to see wisps once more- and then suddenly there I was mid-field and 90 degrees to the runway.

This would have been a problem in a lesser aeroplane. In my Anushka, I shoved in a little throttle to arrest the descent, raised flap from 30 to 15, cranked hard left, shoved in enough rudder to center the ball and with a surgeons touch on the throttle, brought her in over the centerline, dropping her down around the second last turn-off. She was already down to a walking place and I actually had to add throttle to turn off at the end. I taxied to the shed, cranked her around and killed the gas. As she clanked to a stop and I worked through the banks of switches I had a new respect for all those unknown Aeroflot pilots that spent their careers in the old girl- flying to cold desolate destinations, and providing the only link with the outside world.

Your SP-AMN is BEAUTIFULLY done, and I am grateful for what you have shared- many thanks!

Carl

[Boss86001]

Stunning work YoYo! :encouragement:

[YoYo]

YoYo-

An update...

SP-AOO. Not finished but Soon:

http://s5.ifotos.pl/img/SP-AOO-pr_ahpnqpn.jpg

Cleaners have a free day, like always on my skins ;) .

[cavaricooper]

YoYo-

Very excited to think I will be able to fly SP-AOO! Please leave her as clean as you can ;)

She is fresh and spotless IRL.

Ta!

C

[YoYo]

WiP but near the finish. This skin represents An-2 SP-AOO (from Lëtzebuerg) in 2016 painting.

http://s5.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpeewh.jpg

http://s5.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpeewr.jpg

http://s2.ifotos.pl/img/SibWingsA_ahpeewe.jpg

[cavaricooper]

YoYo-

You have made my day (and week and month)! She is looking absolutely lovely.... can't wait!

THANK-YOU SIR!

C

PS- I flew your -AMN from Haines up to Skagway, and then out of Skagway, across the Tsirku Glacier to the coastline and North to Yakutat. She's sitting in front of the large rusting hangar there. I'm hoping Yakutat will be the place I remember meeting SP-AOO :)

PPS- I am CONTINOUSLY ASTOUNDED by the level and accuracy of detail in the Orbx World! I have been navigating with sectionals (Skyvector) and Google Earth (with the plugin) and time and time again I am struck by the accuracy and similarity of the Orbx and RW landscapes- FANTASTIC!

[UnknownGuest12]

Finnaly got her flying again...in P3D 3.5.
Thank you all....

[cavaricooper]

YoYo- just checking in. Read your article on your yoke stand with interest... looks great!

Could I gently ask how my beautiful Anushka is coming along...? Very excited at the prospect of finally getting to fly her...

Thanks so very much, again!

C

[YoYo]

YoYo- just checking in. Read your article on your yoke stand with interest... looks great!

Could I gently ask how my beautiful Anushka is coming along...? Very excited at the prospect of finally getting to fly her...

Thanks so very much, again!

C

Yes, it's finished. I'll do readme and zip file and I'll upload it Today.

[cavaricooper]

Yo-Yo-

THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU!

C

[YoYo]

Yo-Yo-

THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU!

C

NP, enjoy. Uploaded: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=184

http://s5.ifotos.pl/img/ScreenSP-_ahhnxqx.jpg

http://s2.ifotos.pl/img/ScreenSP-_ahhnxqs.jpg

[cavaricooper]

YoYo-

I am planning on it- THANK-YOU! Getting it NOW! Whoops... not yet up... will keep checking :)

C

[cavaricooper]

Yo-Yo

She is absolutely LOVELY, thank-you so very much! I plan on flying her out of Yakutat, but there was something so right about her sitting in front of a rusting hangar, in a cold location, that I wanted to share.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg491/cavaricooper/SP-AOO_zpsjfo0cexi.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/cavaricooper/media/SP-AOO_zpsjfo0cexi.jpg.html)

I shall enjoy flying her in the Orbx world, and look forward to doing it wearing my T-Shirt and hat from http://www.an2.lu/index.php/en/shop

Thanks again mate!

C

[Boss86001]

She does look great sitting in front of an old rusting hanger!

[cavaricooper]

Just left Yakutat, headed out over the bay and down the coast to Icy Bay, then planning to scud run all the way past Cape Yakataga and into Smith for the night. The weather is wet and the air full of vapor, visibility only about 3 miles.... perfect for this part of the world, and all the more reason I'm glad I'm in SP-AOO..... She was built for this sort of thing :) I can't see the far side of the bay, but I'm snug in my Anushka, with the window and cabin heaters already necessary. Of course I just have the vent cracked... it will get much colder soon :)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg491/cavaricooper/Lands%20End_zpsj48as49g.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/cavaricooper/media/Lands%20End_zpsj48as49g.jpg.html)

While I do a lot of flying at M .85, the sense of speed at 300M and 170 KpH, while flying over a Barrier Island in the streaming rain is something quite wonderful. Have I mentioned how much I love what Orbx does to P3D? Totally brilliant- particularly when your sectional says there's a shed to find, and you see it right where it's supposed to be.... reassuring when the next one is a days walk away :)

Thanks YoYo, loving SP-AOO!

C

[cavaricooper]

I stopped chatting up the gal in the shed working on the Schweizer at Icy Bay, and walked back to check the oil in the Shuetsov... and saw a mountain framed by two wings... and smiled...

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg491/cavaricooper/Icy%20Bay_zpsa5nnbgma.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/cavaricooper/media/Icy%20Bay_zpsa5nnbgma.jpg.html)

Thanks YoYo!

C

[YoYo]

I
Thanks YoYo!


No problem, enjoy Your flights.... :wavey:.

[YoYo]

Not all things works well in P3D (except the save).

If You save the model and Load it You will receive this:

http://s2.ifotos.pl/mini/bugjpg_ahpnhwa.jpg (http://ifotos.pl/z/ahpnhwa/)

FYI.

I found a solution for save problem in P3Dv3.

Here it is and it works!
http://www.avsim.com/topic/490124-malformed-xml/

[cavaricooper]

YoYo-

I never had this issue (knock on wood) perhaps because I installed a fresh version of v3.3 and then installed the An-2... I did upgrade content and client for v3.5....

C

[cavaricooper]

This morning we got up late (AK time) and brewed a pot of coffee. Then it was time for morning exercise... pulling 12 blades through on a cold Shvetsov- 9 for each of the cylinders and 3 extra just to make sure. The morning was a crisp 37 degrees and visibility was greater than 10 miles- we were laughing. Turn on the gas, a few strokes on the wobble pump, a couple of squirts of primer, battery, starter switch and then it was time to load the inertial. The characteristic windings upset a few Terns and then with a sputtering, clanking cacophony of connecting rods and still dry cylinders, the engine burst into life.

The runway at Icy Bay is bisected where the shed we parked beside was. Plenty of room to point her NE and lock the tailwheel. Make sure Pitot and Pumps are on and it was time to advance the throttle to 12kPa. Pull props back to keep her from above 2200 rpm and by the time you read all of this we were airborne. Tail wheel unlocked (to save the lamp battery and avoid the annoyance) and after clearing the pines at the end of the runway, and waving to a logger just pulling into the yard, we came hard 'round and followed the coastline west, turning off the fuel pump at 300m.

The salt marshes in AK are different from those in the Carolinas, they still undulate and sparkle, but these have a chill about them that has to be seen to be understood. Visibility was good and we trundled west at 1800 rpm and 8kPa.... We hugged the coastline, flew over some cabins about half way to Yakatatga, and soon enough we were paralleling the runway and heading off into the wild. How wild, I did not know quite yet...

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg491/cavaricooper/Yakataga_zpsklnqqh3p.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/cavaricooper/media/Yakataga_zpsklnqqh3p.jpg.html)

The coast has long hammocky stretches just past Yakataga, where the salt water tries to freeze, unsuccessfully, but still holds enough visible chill to make one sip coffee with determination. We followed the Kaliakh River NW and soon the Gulf was out of sight. Nothing but wet mud and scrub as far as the eye could see, interrupted by the occasional sea oat.

We were flying at 300m, something I only do in the An-2, and sitting quite still, watching the marsh roll underneath us, when I noticed that there was a difference in the landscape. It was very bleak and very wet, sort of a grey cardigan color, with nothing growing. I sat up in interest and saw ice ahead. The Bering Glacier was making its introductions. In moments my world was white. Not linen white, but the bleak white that ice makes when it comprises of your entire world. I was sat there at 300m and couldn't take my eyes off the undulating landscape. It was as though I was adrift in a life boat and the rough sea was all around me. Glaciers only seen from FL 310 are pretty white sprays on the world. At 300m they are a three dimensional carpet of waves and troughs undulating in a serpentine, enthralling, fascinating and captivating fashion. It is hard to describe how alive the ice is, how much it forces itself into your world, taking away comfort and forcing you to look, in the same fashion as disasters across the world captivate their audiences. I could not tell where ice started and sky stopped, and trying to concentrate on the Russian attitude indicator with its separate axis depictions, was an education in forced learning. There was a sense of being alive, and the danger of knowing that one of these fascinating sculptures, would slice through my Anushka and I with disdain if I wavered in my attention. What I did not know was the ice was rising! I saw there was suddenly sharp detail flashing below me and snatched my yoke into my stomach just in time to feel ground effect. With the burst of adrenaline still coursing through my veins, I turned on my radar altimeter and set 200m for the alert tone. I would have flown into the ice in the next moments, and I did not want to risk that again!

There's a point half way, clearly shown on the sectional, where the Glacier turns mud colored... and sure enough Orbx has modeled this as well. Suddenly I had the feeling I was running in one of those survival mud marathons, except my Anushka moved much more sprightly that I. I saw rivers of mud that must have been moving a century or millennium ago. There they were frozen in time and yet I could see the enormous crushing momentum they once contained. I was streaking over the rise and fall of mud crevasses, and then suddenly plunged into white once more. The Glacier was not done with my An-2 yet. The undulations began their hypnotic rhythm and I forced myself to look to the right where the ridgeline with Mt. Stellar gave me some sense of position. I could, by concentrating on them, remind myself of who I was, and what I was doing. It was a way to cling to the present in the icy space of nothing and eternity.

Bering Lake was lovely in the sunlight. So lovely, that I failed to notice the Ragged Mountains ahead, instead thinking of coming hack to fly-fish here one day. Despite my fascination with what Orbx had created for me, the mountains asserted their presence. Time to trade airspeed for altitude. I pushed the throttle forward to 12kPa and moved the prop ahead to 2100 rpm. We clawed upwards with the cowl flap open, trying to dissipate the heat we were suddenly generating. The VSI rose and the landscape below stopped trying to rise up and smite me. Despite the occasional Pine reaching towards my belly, we continued upwards and following the rising contour of a fortuitous valley flashed over the peak with meters to spare.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg491/cavaricooper/Ragged_zpszw9v3ew7.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/cavaricooper/media/Ragged_zpszw9v3ew7.jpg.html)

Suddenly we were high enough, almost too high, with descent necessary, and shock cooling to be avoided! Props back to 1800 rpm and throttle gradually back to 6kPh in increments of 1 kPh every 2 minutes.... and we were perched high atop the sky (ok perhaps it was only 1200M) and had the Copper River ahead. The sky, the water and perhaps the mineral content of the landscape all conspired to turn the world a shade of brown. I imagined this part of the world at sunset, and the coppery possibility was definitely distinct. We continue our gentle descent and with a start I realized that I was perfectly positioned for a left downwind into Smith!

In Alaska (or I should say Orbx's Alaska, as I have yet to visit in person) I am more surprised by the presence of airports (and corresponding civilization) than anywhere else in the world. One moment, I am in desolate wilderness, untouched for a thousand years, and the very next I can see a rusty Ford F-250 throwing up a dust plume..... staggeringly surprising. The sense of speed in the An-2 is quite something to experience. Almost everything I fly is faster than my Anushka, yet the feeling of motion and flight over terrain at 300M is unmatched for its visceral transmittal. In her I am faster that I ever am at M .86 on a NAT track.

The 6kPh did its work and we were down to 300m and midfield. We had announced our arrival on Unicom, but as I have gotten used to in this part of the world, there was no answer. It was time to lock the tail wheel and turn on the fuel pump. We continued in the pattern, dropping 1 notch of flap as we slowed through 140 kph. Then it was left base and two notches, and down to 110kph and 200m. Soon we were turning final, with the wide snout of my old girl blocking out all forward view. I leaned left to see the edge of the runway and line up dropping the third notch (15 degrees), and pulling off some throttle to slow her through 100kph. As she slipped earthward I began the long pull to hold her off, and as runway flashed below my side window, I kept pulling. Alex M has done such a superlative job with the FDE that I knew I could fly half way down the runway at 3m and only when I pulled off all the throttle would she settle down onto her wheels. I held her off long enough to make sure the taxi was short and then let her squeak onto the asphalt. With the still conditions, there was not much leg-work and she tracked straight until she was slow enough for me to unlock the tailwheel and turn off.

Cowl and shutter full open and she trundled towards the FBO. 3 guys had come out to see this visitor from a foreign place. In the land of Beavers and Super Cubs, the An-2 was an anachronism and attracts curiosity wherever she goes. A burst of throttle and a pull of the hand brake and we pivoted to come to rest by the gaggle. I like to run her fully out of gas so I shut off the gas cock and let her run out. As she did I pulled mixture and prop and opened the throttle wide. My clanking world was shattered by Alaskan silence. I closed both the cowl and the oil shutter to retain heat as long as possible. Working my way through the many switches after shutting off the battery first was a familiar routine of thumps and thuds, and then the questions began.... "Hey! What sort of contraption is this?"

I smiled and got out to meet my new friends and stretch my legs..... THANKS YO YO, SP-AOO is lovely!

C

[Portia911]

Really enjoying reading of your love affair with Anushka (and Alaska).
I don't have the An-2, but have flown the VirtualCol DHC-3 around ORBX SAK a bit - similar size and speed (or lack thereof). :ernaehrung004:

[YoYo]

Good place for this and An-2 is the "old" addon "Kamchatka: Lost World" (Aerosoft) also http://yoyosims.pl/fsx-kamchatka-lost-world-aerosoft :wavey: .

[cavaricooper]

Thanks YoYo, will look for a P3D update...

Portia911- much appreciated!

Ta!

C

[UnknownGuest12]

Hi
Maybe this will fit better on a P3d fórum, but is about Sibwings An-2

Installed a 256 SSD drive for a quick start on C: (system). So I choose to make a fresh reinstall of P3D, 3.5.
An-2 was perfect before, but now, no joy. Sucessives CTD everytime I try to use it. It does install, shows when I change aircraft, but, when selected, CTD, fatal error. Tried everyway, administrator rights, with or no Estonian tool, Antonov_AN2_v2.3_FDX_update and xml.dll (http://strips.proboards.com/thread/31/sibwings-2-p3d-v3#ixzz4HuNWfU7r).By the way, found 2 of this one in C./programData/lockeed martin, another on C:/users/admin/appData /roaming/lockeed martin/p3d, (updated automatically with install) and they are different...have no idea about what is wrong and causing this CTD.Will appreciate any help
Regards

[YoYo]

..have no idea about what is wrong and causing this CTD.Will appreciate any help

What do You have in Windows crash raport ? Do You use Windows 7 ? I havent any CTD with P3Dv3 and this adoon.

[UnknownGuest12]

Hi, thanks. Using w10 home 64 (PT) and don´t know where to find Windows crash report :banghead:

[cavaricooper]

Uninstall the An-2 and then delete your XML addition. Then reinstall and fly... With a fresh install of P3D 3.5 you may not need it..... I did not. The logs are under CP/Admin Tools.

HTH- C

[UnknownGuest12]

Uninstall the An-2 and then delete your XML addition. Then reinstall and fly... With a fresh install of P3D 3.5 you may not need it..... I did not. The logs are under CP/Admin Tools.

HTH- C

Thanks for your help. Have no logs on that location...and wonder where xml.dll is located. Got 2 files with same name but diferent contente as told in previous post. And already done what you suggest to no avail. Remember it was quite difficult to install An-2 in previously instalation of P3D. If I delete ALL xml.dll files will P3D make a new one?

will keep trying, love this ugly bird...

Regards

[YoYo]

Thanks for your help. Have no logs on that location...and wonder where xml.dll is located. Got 2 files with same name but diferent contente as told in previous post. And already done what you suggest to no avail. Remember it was quite difficult to install An-2 in previously instalation of P3D. If I delete ALL xml.dll files will P3D make a new one?

will keep trying, love this ugly bird...

Regards

Check raports of problems, I dont know how it looks in W10, maybe like this: https://www.digitalmastersmag.com/magazine/tip-of-the-day-how-to-find-crash-logs-on-windows-10/ .
Windows 10 isnt good for FSX or P3D according me. I stay on Windows 7 64 bits till the end of support and this addon of SW works fine. It could be a problem other addon or Your Windows.

If You cant find CTD raport You can use very simply tool : App Crash View : http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/app_crash_view.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/appcrashview.gif

[ryanbatc]

Where can I buy the AN-2 these days?

[ksheadley]

Where can I buy the AN-2 these days?

Hey Ryan, the AN2 is still available from the sibwings site. Updating and registration still works fine.

[ryanbatc]

Hmmm I went to buy it and it said 404 error.

edit: Nevermind it worked sweet!!! Wooooo!

One of the fugliest planes in my hangar... and a fugly paint to go with it (the paint is amazing actually, but it's fugly and dirty ha!)

Great sounds!

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r43/ryanbatc/More%20FS/fuggo.jpg (http://s141.photobucket.com/user/ryanbatc/media/More%20FS/fuggo.jpg.html)

[ksheadley]

It's a super fun aircraft. It won't win any beauty contests but it sure has short and rough field capabilities. An absolute blast to fly.

[ryanbatc]

Yes, I'm having a rough time with the metric gauges, it's not too bad, just figuring out where things are.

One major issue I'm having is the DG - it doesn't seem to work at all. The mag compass and the DG aren't agreeing. And the knob under the DG doesn't do anything. I thought I might have to set it to the mag compass every so often but it doesn't work.

And steering - I have rudder pedals but this thing is impossible to turn in a small radius. Any tips?

edit: nevermind about the DG - found the switch for that.... but still have taxiing issues. I ensured the pneumatic valve is open (or should it be closed?)

[ksheadley]

Yes, I'm having a rough time with the metric gauges, it's not too bad, just figuring out where things are.

One major issue I'm having is the DG - it doesn't seem to work at all. The mag compass and the DG aren't agreeing. And the knob under the DG doesn't do anything. I thought I might have to set it to the mag compass every so often but it doesn't work.

And steering - I have rudder pedals but this thing is impossible to turn in a small radius. Any tips?

edit: nevermind about the DG - found the switch for that.... but still have taxiing issues. I ensured the pneumatic valve is open (or should it be closed?)


Hey Ryan, there is an FDE v2.3 in the forums for download (top section of the AN-2 general forum) that is supposed to help that but I stayed with the original and just changed the tailwheel contact to that of interconnected steering if I remember right.

edit: Yep just changed the first contact point from 180 to 45

[ryanbatc]

Alright thanks... I found that forum edit as well

So then I followed a guide I found on their site for approach speeds and settings, seemed ok, but then when I landed (with idle throttle), this happened hahahaha! What did I do wrong?

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r43/ryanbatc/More%20FS/fire.jpg (http://s141.photobucket.com/user/ryanbatc/media/More%20FS/fire.jpg.html)

[ksheadley]

Wow she's running hot lol. This one is like the TDuke, I always open those oil cooler doors and the cowls a bit. She will call you out in a hurry with the engine.

[griphos]

She will overheat fast! I open the cowl flaps fully before landing. The oil doors stay fully open all the time for me. She's a delightful plane! I fly her in FSE in Samoa and the Seychelles. She's great on those little island strips.

She's very difficult to turn (as she is in real life). Differential braking and a blast of throttle will get her moving in the right direction.

[ryanbatc]

Ok thanks both for the tip... yeah I had been using cowl flaps but I think for descent I closed them, and then did not open them again. What temp will cause a fire? I think the manual said in climb 180-200 C is ok, but it didn't really say what temp limit is? It's possible I missed it - this plane is really neat, I've been going through the manual mostly at random.

[YoYo]

Alright thanks...

Nice screen ! ;)

Read this Flying guide manual, management of engine is very important here: http://forum.sibwings.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1132&sid=f709e1b53afafc44acfd3be5ad3d5be2 .

Use 2.3 version also.

[griphos]

I try to keep the temps under 200-210. Beyond that and they climb fast.

The guide YoYo linked is a good one. Get v.2.3. Alexander made some significant improvements.

[UnknownGuest12]

Finnaly solved this problema of not beeing able to instal and use An-2 in P3D v3. Previously had it installed and everything ok. Had to reinstall P3D, and no more An-2...everytime I tried it CTD, have to shutdown P3D. Tried everythin and this was quite puzzling to me, not able to understand why. Last night, tried to find a solution in the internet and found this on a A2A fórum and I quote:

"P3DV2/3 sometimes wont install the required simconnect files. No worries though as they are provided by Lockheed in the following directory;
\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\redist\Interface\FSX-SP2-XPACK\retail\lib (replacing 2 with 3 if using P3DV3)."

Bingo! Simconnect was not installed. Everything is fine now and I'm good with this ugly big plane.
Hope this info may be of use to someone with same or similar problem...

Regards

[cavaricooper]

I have been searching for something else to scratch my itch for low and slow over the Orbx World. ATM however, after trying several options I am back in my lovely Annushka, just out of Port Heiden, still scud running the Aleutians at 300M. There is something mesmerizing about watching the salt marshes, unravel at 160Kph, about 1000' below. Orbx has done such an amazing job of simulating this (and other) parts of the world.... I can see the reeds waving in the salty air. There is salt drying in cold wet clumps and I am warm and snug in my old girl. I can smell the oil burning, watch it spray out of the exhaust, and feel the warm cracked leather around me. Even the plaid seat cushions are just the right mix of dirt and wear. The radio active night lighting leaves a warm glow in all the wrong places ;).

Yesterday, I flew an NDB approach (well below minimums, shhh don't tell the FAA DSO) with the RA screaming I ought to go around. I was finally able to see runway lights at 50M and cut the throttle and let her drop in. For just an instant I knew what those Aeroflot pilots flying the Kamchatka felt when the "party" needed something sent out forthwith.

I have searched high and low, but for all the times I want to leave the FLs and relax at 300M, enjoying the splendor of complete immersion- the An-2 and Orbx World suffice. I look forward to spending time in the Dak after this journey, but methinks I shall tarry a while...

YoYo- all this started with SP-AOO, but I have to confess, SP-AMN tugs at my heart strings as well. You have done such a marvelous job capturing the essence of a working babushka!

BZ

C

[YoYo]

I have been searching for something else .....

Dont forget about Your mechanic...... ;) !

https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14713553_1570407879934441_1155033894497128917_n.jp g?oh=fcfd7ad4fe78b9d03e0bd3876a17f353&oe=58A2B192

[doublecool]

Classic :ernaehrung004:

[cavaricooper]

Yo-Yo-

Thanks, that made my day! It is so definitive of the An-2, which itself is the "Land Rover" of the air. With a spanner (wrench for the Colonials), Screwdriver and some duct tape, it was serviceable in field. If ever a photo depicted "remote station engineering", this has to be it!

C