Connie @ AVSIM

[flewpastu]

Theres a nice connie at AVSIM. Its for fs9 BUT it works very nice in FSX. The zip file is starliner22.zip its on the 2nd or 3rd page of "whats new"

Bill

[crashaz]

Hmm will have to check this out!

[papab]

Theres a nice connie at AVSIM. Its for fs9 BUT it works very nice in FSX. The zip file is starliner22.zip its on the 2nd or 3rd page of "whats new"

Bill
Thanks for the find....

Up the road off of I-4 out of Tampa there is a place called "Fantasy of Flight" http://www.fantasyofflight.com/


There is a Connie that sits on the grounds that will never fly again. I have been told it is a freighter,no seats, that just had its engines stripped out for a plane in Germany. They were being sent to California to be refurbished...Here are two shots..



Love the lines..

[flewpastu]

Hey PAPAB, Thats about an hour south of me. My son's High School class is going there next month, I was asked to go so I might just go now. What a small world.

Bill

[papab]

Hey PAPAB, Thats about an hour south of me. My son's High School class is going there next month, I was asked to go so I might just go now. What a small world.

Bill
The Internet made this a real small World....

I highly recommend going -fantastic collection
of planes....
Another fun stop is War Bird Adventures in Kissimmee:
http://www.warbirdadventures.com/

My wife bought me a ride in a AT-6 (#4) for 1 hour--What a thrill and I have a DVD to prove it!

Loops,rolls ---Fantastic

Ask for it for your birthday
Rick
Tampa,FL

BTW-I will be in Orlando/Deland tomorrow

[flyinjake]

Is there a native FSX version somewhere? pay or freeware.

[Bjoern]

Is there a native FSX version somewhere? pay or freeware.

No.


However, the Connie mentioned in the initial post is said to work fairly well in FSX.
It even has engine failiures upon wrong use of the controls, etc...

[Warrant]

Got one (i think the same one) a while ago. I like to know if this is the same one with modifications recently applied (as in a week or two weeks ago).

The one i got flies really great. Only had to change the prop-dishes.

[chinookmark]

This is version 2.2, just released. I can't download right now due to slooooow internet, but I have version 2.1, released a month or two (?) ago, and it works really well.

[hobofat]

if i'm not mistaken, manfred jahn the lead on the team that created this fantastic bird mentioned an FSX version. In any case, from v2.0 on it has worked fairly well in FSX and threads at calclassic forum have supported those porting it into fsx. it is one of the more fantastic freeware aircraft ever released...

[Roger]

Vc is very nice and the airfiles allow different levels of realism.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/connie1.jpg

[Antoninus]

There is a Connie that sits on the grounds that will never fly again. I have been told it is a freighter,no seats, that just had its engines stripped out for a plane in Germany. They were being sent to California to be refurbished...Here are two shots..



This plane was acquired by Lufthansa together with two other L-1649As. One is currently restored to flying condition in an especially build hangar at the Auburn-Lewiston airport in Maine. I guess thats the aircraft the gets the engines. It's meant for Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung (DLBS) and should be back in the air in 2010 and later demonstrated at Air shows as their Ju-52.


http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/applications/portal/lhtportal/lhtportal.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=Template5_6&requestednode=608&node=608&action=initial


http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/bea/media-assets/images/lht_description/SuperStar/101_general_SuperStar_DLBS4.jpg
http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/bea/media-assets/images/lht_description/TV_I/101_general_SuperStar_Roll-in_4.jpg

[dharris]

This is the one I am waiting for http://www.justflight.com/developProducthttp://www.justflight.com/img/screenshots/20080827091746DPDVM-L.jpg.asp?pid=288 (http://www.justflight.com/developProduct.asp?pid=288)

[dharris]

Not a bad looking vc... http://www.justflight.com/img/screenshots/20080826091813IPBFU-L.jpg

[flyinjake]

dharris,
Thanks for the post as this is the one I remember seeing on SOH but could not remember who and where.

[Roger]

Looks a little "Aeroplane Heavenly":engel016:

[EgoR64]

:rapture:

I like her, Nice effects !!

75103

Many Cheers !!

[Nick C]

Looks a little "Aeroplane Heavenly":engel016:

Indeed, been waiting for an update from Baz, but I know he's had other priorities recently.

[Warrant]

The freeware bird is great....no, it's Excellent!

But ya gotta admit....the Justflight bird is a beauty as well :woot::Banane41::Banane15:

Gonna juice up my CC for that one!

[datter]

I've been looking for one of those, thanks for the tip. I'll have to go dig around avsim for it... too bad that site is so damned difficult to navigate and find stuff on.

[NCGent]

Every time someone makes a post about a "Connie" I think my ex-wife has found another place I hang out and it scares the crap outta me.:faint:

[Pepere]

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This version supersedes version 2.1. Designed to fly Los Angeles-London and Paris-Tokyo in 20-plus hours non-stop, the Starliner flew with TWA, Air France, and Lufthansa. New in v. 2.2: Modified flight dynamics to reflect full engine operation and manual leaning. Improved hardware mixture levers support. Optional advanced users configuration includes carb heat and fuel metering. Revised documentation offers printable checklists, cruise performance operating tables, and a tutorial on leaning with or without hardware mixture controls. Improved engine damage and failure effects. Status window includes color-coded engine diagnostics and warnings. Choice of new or classic style autopilot. Simicons invisible except on mouse hover. "Rotate" callout now precedes V2. Moveable pilot seats for improved panel views. Revised external night textures. Revised TWA fuselage texture. Model, textures, and VC by Manfred Jahn, panels and gauges by Hansjoerg Naegele, 2D panel by Diego S. Barreto, effects and flight dynamics by Roland Berger, documentation by Howard Sodja.
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David :wave:

[stansdds]

Every time someone makes a post about a "Connie" I think my ex-wife has found another place I hang out and it scares the crap outta me.:faint:
It's a plot to keep you on edge. :a1310:

[srgalahad]

Every time someone makes a post about a "Connie" I think my ex-wife has found another place I hang out and it scares the crap outta me.:faint:

Now you just have to figure out which of the 11,000 screen names here she's using to check up on you :gossip:

[cheezyflier]

i d/l this last night and put it into fs9 to see if i would like it.
WOW!!!! it's very nice!!!!
something about the exterior doesn't sit quite right with me, but i can't put my finger on what it is. the way it flies, i like alot. i'm not a real-life pilot, (or even a very good sim pilot) but it feels to me like that is how a real one would fly.

in the read me file there is a mention of a modification for a newer version a/p
has anyone done this already? i would like to see how i like it that way, and i'm not capable of figuring it out on my own.

[thunder100]

Hi

To go to the modern AP (which half of the beta testers fly :whistle:)

open the panel.cfg with word editor(not WORD)
go to the line

gauge38=L1649A!RadioAP, 910, 378, 235, 68
//gauge38=CalClassic!AP_NEW, 886,378,353,74

and modify to this

//gauge38=L1649A!RadioAP, 910, 378, 235, 68
gauge38=CalClassic!AP_NEW, 886,378,353,74

Then lower down in the
[Vcockpit01] section

gauge18=L1649A!RadioAP, 500,725,350,100
//gauge18=CalClassic!AP_NEW, 463,725,539,113

Modify to this


//gauge18=L1649A!RadioAP, 500,725,350,100
gauge18=CalClassic!AP_NEW, 463,725,539,113

Then you should be fine

The Starlinder FDE guy

Thunder100

[datter]

I installed the version from the initial post up above the other night, but found I had no VC. I'm never quite sure why things like this happen to me, but I'm willing to be it's because of my steadfast ability to not read readme files. Will get it out of there and try 2.2 tonight. :)

[chinookmark]

There's a VC and a NO VC models included. Did you select the NO VC version?

[datter]

I just noticed that, I had "show all variants" turned off at the time... bet it picked the no-VC version. Will check again later.

[ColoKent]

...would do a model that includes the EC-121 Warning Star variants. I like the military Connies...

Kent

[cheezyflier]

thanks! i'm going to try that tonight!

[dharris]

If you are interested in the military versions, download the free Alphasims Ec121, it has a vc, the model is fs9 but works fine in fsx. http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=ALPHA_Constellation_Set_FS9. zip

They also have other military models. http://www.alphasim.co.uk/fwd.html

I have used their Connie for a few years now. Mike Stone did one for fs9 also.

[ColoKent]

...I bought Alphasim's EC-121 back in 2004 or so. It was good for the time-- I'd just love to see some of the new developers expand into the military versions as well.

Thanks for the heads up, though.

Kent

[Bjoern]

The Connie development team also did an EC-121, but it doesn't have a VC.

[diegoxs]

New VC enhancement is on the way!
http://calclassic.proboards55.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=852

Diego

[dharris]

Thanks for the head up Diego, hope that you will notify us here when she is ready.:friday:

[cheezyflier]

i tried the modifaction last night, but i can't see any difference in the a/p

i sure do like this plane though.

has anyone tried the other sound packs mentioned in the read me file? , is one better than the other?

[datter]

I found out I had in fact chosen the "no-vc" version of this fine aircraft. I then tried out the VC version and was loving it, but found that within a few minutes of take off my system froze up solid. This happened three times with this plane only, not with any other freeware or heavy duty payware so I'm left to think it's the Connie. :(

The first time it froze on me I noticed I lost sound about 3 seconds before. Maybe that's related somehow. Anyone else getting this?

[cheezyflier]

the only real annoyance i have is the exhaust flames show as blocks. if i turn on the lights then turn them off, they go out for a while but they show up again in a few seconds

[n4gix]

the only real annoyance i have is the exhaust flames show as blocks. if i turn on the lights then turn them off, they go out for a while but they show up again in a few seconds

If you see "blocks," then you are missing a bitmap in the ..\Effects\Texture folder.

[thunder100]

the only real annoyance i have is the exhaust flames show as blocks. if i turn on the lights then turn them off, they go out for a while but they show up again in a few seconds

As Bill said then you miss the texture in the effects folder.

And they are triggered by the throttle position not by the lights

Drop me a PM with your email adress and I send you the bitmap and the panel cfdg with (more) modern AP(its not like a 737 though)

Godspeed

Thunder100-Starliner team

[ColoKent]

The Connie development team also did an EC-121 also did an EC-121, but it doesn't have a VC.


Where can their downloads be found? I've tried Googling "The Connie development team", but can't find anything. I've been on AVSIM and haven't found anything either.

Any idea where to go to find this?

Thanks,

Kent

[Bjoern]

Just noticed it's "only" a YC-121F, but in case you're still interested the file name is yc-121.zip on Avsim.

[ColoKent]

....I think that's the turbo version.

Thanks,

Kent

[Bjoern]

That's why I said "only an YC-121F". ;)

[cheezyflier]

i have that one too, and the super turbo version also. pretty cool models:wiggle:

[datter]

I reinstalled this Connie following the readme.txt explicitly and the damn thing still drops sound and seconds later freezes the entire computer. Really too bad, from what little time I've had to fly it before things freeze it seems very, very nice.

[thunder100]

Hi

Do you use FSX or FS9 config?
Advanced?

How did you install the sounds?the sound folder in the download to the main FSX folder sound?

If all this is OK try

Go to the aircraft.cfg and eliminate (for now) the exhaust flames like below

//light.5 = 7, 13.758, -18.8, -0.38, fx_1649A_exh2_2 // 2
//light.6 = 8, 13.758, 18.5, -0.38,fx_1649A_exh2_3 // 3
//light.7 = 2,11.00, -36.56, 1.280,fx_1649A_exh2_1 //1
//light.8 = 9,11.00, 36.56,1.280,fx_1649A_exh2_4 //4

What is not standard in your Starliner installation?

Best regards

Thunder100

[datter]

I'm using the simple FSX config.
Sound folder to main FSX sound folder (/squeaking brakes etc is in /fsx/sound/ as it should be)
Nothing not standard, I just followed the readme

I'll try pulling those exhaust flames when I get a chance and see if that helps, though they appear fine (and look great). I'm thinking it's sound related because everytime I've tried it the sound drops out shortly into the flight, then about 2 seconds later the system freezes. Maybe I should review the sound locations yet again.



Hi

Do you use FSX or FS9 config?
Advanced?

How did you install the sounds?the sound folder in the download to the main FSX folder sound?

If all this is OK try

Go to the aircraft.cfg and eliminate (for now) the exhaust flames like below

//light.5 = 7, 13.758, -18.8, -0.38, fx_1649A_exh2_2 // 2
//light.6 = 8, 13.758, 18.5, -0.38,fx_1649A_exh2_3 // 3
//light.7 = 2,11.00, -36.56, 1.280,fx_1649A_exh2_1 //1
//light.8 = 9,11.00, 36.56,1.280,fx_1649A_exh2_4 //4

What is not standard in your Starliner installation?

Best regards

Thunder100

[diegoxs]

A new Connie by Manfred Jahn in on the way! L-749 , L-1049

[dharris]

:woot::woot::friday:

[n4gix]

It's a very nice model. I'm glad that I tried out the normal version first rather than the "advanced!"

1. It took nearly an hour to get the engines started.

2. After takeoff the gear only retracted about 3/4ths of the way

3. After climbing to 11,000' and establishing a cruise configuration of MP 35, 2500 RPM, engines failed in startup sequence: 3, 4, 2, 1 after about twenty minutes...

IMHO, there's too much "management" required. One can be a pilot in command or a flight engineer, it is too much for one person to do both. :typing:

[GypsyBaron]

It's a very nice model. I'm glad that I tried out the normal version first rather than the "advanced!"

1. It took nearly an hour to get the engines started.

2. After takeoff the gear only retracted about 3/4ths of the way

3. After climbing to 11,000' and establishing a cruise configuration of MP 35, 2500 RPM, engines failed in startup sequence: 3, 4, 2, 1 after about twenty minutes...

IMHO, there's too much "management" required. One can be a pilot in command or a flight engineer, it is too much for one person to do both. :typing:

Better stay away from the A2A B-377 then, Bill :)

Actually, after logging over 100 hours in the B-377 all other
aircraft are a bit of a bore to fly now.

Paul

[thunder100]

It's a very nice model. I'm glad that I tried out the normal version first rather than the "advanced!"

1. It took nearly an hour to get the engines started.

2. After takeoff the gear only retracted about 3/4ths of the way

3. After climbing to 11,000' and establishing a cruise configuration of MP 35, 2500 RPM, engines failed in startup sequence: 3, 4, 2, 1 after about twenty minutes...

IMHO, there's too much "management" required. One can be a pilot in command or a flight engineer, it is too much for one person to do both. :typing:
Dear Bill

If you fly version 2,1 nothing (almost ) like this will happen to you

But in 2.2 it is for the long range boys not to get bored

1.)I asume you are in FSX.Try to start from FE panel with the key icon and or Ctrl-E
If not then you have one of the rare FSX SP2 's like mine where you have to increase the startertorque(engine section) in aircraft cfg to 1.250
should then fire instantly

2.)Turn on the statuspanel(kneeboard rightklick-->you made a mistake with hydraulic pressure should be green 100%-->if not klick on it-->green--> retract

3.)look to the statuspanel.You abuse the engines-->will turn yellow-->red-->blow up.You have to reduce Map(49) and rpm(2450) after 2 min.at level flight 20.000 you can abuse her longer

I hope this brings back the fun


a partly responsible

Roland aka thunder100

Starliner team

[datter]

I hope I can get to the point of being able to get annoyed at engine management. :P

[thunder100]

I use the R3350 from the SCFA Connie(real recording !!) at AVSIM

works fine for me

Roland