Angel 44 at Avsim

[monk1]

Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Original Aircraft (http://library.avsim.net/index.php?CatID=fs2004ac) New! Angel 44 - Passenger http://library.avsim.net/images/ZipDive.png (http://library.avsim.net/zipdiver.php?DLID=137728) http://library.avsim.net/images/Download.png (http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=137728) Images related to this file:




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Angel 44 Pusher Package. With a graceful, sleek pusher configuration, fully retractable landing gear and seating for eight, the Angel can take you wherever you want to go -- on a pipeline patrol, search and rescue operation, personnel transportation, humanitarian relief efforts -- or maybe to just go island-hopping with some friends. The Angel offers you comfort and ease of handling with room for eight plus a high load capacity while providing the peace of mind of a twin-engine, STOL-capable airplane. Fully animated, high-detail interior and VC, friendly flight dynamics. Paint Kit is included in both PhotoShop and PSP formats.

Filename: angel_44_passenger.zip License: Freeware Added: 14th April 2009 Downloads: 1158 Author: Travis FitzPatrick Size: 11504kb

[Tom Clayton]

I was a beta tester for Mike's way back when. I'll certainly give this one a fling.

[phantomx1]

Carl Mortenson, the designer/builder of the real Angel 44 had previously designed and built another piston twin engined bush plane called the "Evangel". He mentions it in this article on the Angel 44 and says the Evangel worked quite well but lacked asthetics, indicating he thought it did not go over because it didn't look good.
I remember when the Evangel hit the aircraft magazines somewhere around 1970 if I remember correctly, and I thought it was a well designed twin bush plan. It looked rugged, had two 300hp engines, and a large high lift wing. It was a taildragger and had heavy duty looking main gear. Could take off in 500 ft. and land in 475 ft. It is hard to find pictures references of the Evangel but link below gives a front quartering view of the Evangel.

Ref.1 Angel 44
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%202331.html
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Ref.2 Evangel
http://www.aerofiles.com/evangel.jpg

Ref.3 Evangel
http://www.aerofiles.com/_e.html
Evangel
1957: Evangel Aircraft Inc, Orange City IA.
Evangel Rev Edmund Kalau and pilot Maurice Pickard, 1974 (Mike Allen coll)
4500 1964 (TC A2WI) = STOL aircraft intended for heavy-duty bush operations, notably used by Pacific Missionary Aviation in providing humanitarian services to islanders in the South Pacific. 9pClwM; two 300hp Lycoming IO-540-K1B5; span: 41'3" length: 31'6" load: 2050# v: 230/175/67 range: 745 ceiling: 21,030'; ff: 6/x/64. Conventional landing gear; 500' take-off run, 475' landing run. Carl Mortenson. POP: 8.

[LouP]

I think I found an issue with this when I was putting in my Nick's prop dust. It appears the x coordinates for engine 1 is -4.000 while engine two is set at 4.000. I'm guessing that the correct value is the -4.000 based on where the engines are set up visually. I am making the correction now and will let you know how it works out. Let me know if you want the prop dust set-up also. Been playing around with this little utility for a few weeks now and really love it, especially for the water aircraft :jump:.

LouP :wiggle:

[monk1]

LouP,

Good find. I haven't tried Nick's effects with it yet, would like to have your set up when you git 'er dun.

[falcon409]

. . . .Been playing around with this little utility for a few weeks now and really love it, especially for the water aircraft.
LouP
What little utility is that Lou?

[LouP]

Nick's Prop Dust. It's been around for a while now but I found myself getting back into it lately as I added it into one of my new Carenado planes and it looked great. So I started creating configs for other aircraft and realized that I forgot how nice the effects were. They are just wonderful on the water. I set up one of my 4 engine sikorskys and what a hoot to see the seawater blowing behind each engine when you raise the throttle :bump:

It can be a little work but I definately think it's worth it. As far as the Angel, here is my set-up:

First, add this to VC 01. I know the instructions call fo a whole new VC section but I found that just adding the gauge into vc01 works just as well. I think this could be more efficient also as there is one less vc in the config file:

gauge12=nn-gauges!MultiPropDustFXcontrol.xml, 0,0

Then go to your aircraft.config file and first correct the engine set-up or the rest of the following will not work correctly:

engine.0 = -4.000, -5.600, 0.000
engine.1 = -4.000, 5.600, 0.000


Then add these to the lights section. I have the shockwave lights so am using that seciton. If you are using the standard lights section you may need to re-number these. Also, I commented out the standard lights section as it was left open and no need to have two of them:

light.10=8, -10.00, -5.60, -6.00, fx_nickspropdust_dirt_s // Engine 1 dirt, dry mud, clay surface types prop dust
light.11=8, -10.00, 5.60, -6.00, fx_nickspropdust_dirt_s // Engine 2 dirt, dry mud, clay surface types prop dust
light.12=9, -10.00, -5.60, -6.00, fx_nickspropdust_gravsnd_s // Engine 1 gravel, sand and short grass surface types prop dust
light.13=9, -10.00, 5.60, -6.00, fx_nickspropdust_gravsnd_s // Engine 2 gravel, sand and short grass surface types prop dust
light.14=6, -10.00, -5.60, -6.00, fx_nickspropdust_watrsno_s // Engine 1 water, snow and ice surface conditions prop mist
light.15=6, -10.00, 5.60, -6.00, fx_nickspropdust_watrsno_s // Engine 2 water, snow and ice surface conditions prop mist

Then add this smoke section. I put mine in below the effects section so I can keep track of where they all are:

[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0= -6.00, -10.00, -8.50, fx_nicks_watrsnoland_s // Engine 1 water, snow and ice surface types prop dust
smoke.1= -6.00, -10.00, 8.50, fx_nicks_watrsnoland_s // Engine 2 water, snow and ice surface types prop dust

Lastly, change the effects section to look like this:

[effects]
wake = fx_wake
water = fx_nicks_tchwater
dirt = fx_nicks_tchdirt
concrete = fx_sparks
touchdown = fx_tchdwn_s, 1
windshield_rain_effect_available = 1

Now, go to a dirt, gravel or wet ground surface :running:, rev up your engines and make a mess. LMAO :icon29:

I have been adding these effects in for weeks now so if you want any other aircraft set-ups, feel free to ask.

LouP :wiggle:

PS. Make sure you get Nick's All Wet as it contains the latest version of the prop dust plus an enhanced water effects set up.

[falcon409]

I'll be looking that one up today for sure, thanks Lou.

I was piddlin' with the 2d in the Angel and added some noise to break up the flat color and drop shadows to add a bit of depth to the look of it. I also removed the GPS, added that to a reworked "avionics" window which included the radio stack and deleted the radio stack window. Then in place of the GPS in the 2d I added one of Eric Marciano's radar 2.0 gauges. (found here)
http://emarciano.free.fr/

(Note: Image upload is not working, as soon as I can get that to load I'll have a pic of the panel here).

[falcon409]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g84/ejwells409/victory.jpg

[LouP]

VN Falcon. I actually put my rxp 530 there cause I had issues with the default gps too :bump: :icon_lol:

LouP

[monk1]

Thanks for working that up Lou, works great! :applause:

[LouP]

NP, glad you like it. The four engine aircraft are the real challenge :mixedsmi:

LouP