Piglet's Zlin Z-50L up and ready

[Roger]

It's here in latest uploads. Got to go out for an hour or two so I'll have to wait!

[Henry]

It's here in latest uploads. Got to go out for an hour or two so I'll have to wait!
well i will be playing with it before you get back
so there:icon_lol:
H

[Henry]

Love the read me
Flight Model set to HARD
Plane Textures set to HIGH
Screen res set to 1280x1024
Crash Detection off, I KNOW when I crash!
LOL
Thanks
H

[6297J]

What a beauty!
Works well in DX10 - thank you Piglet :applause:

[pointy31]

Thanks Tim, and thanks for the heads up...:applause:

[Tweek]

Magnificent! Flies much better than the default Extra, if you ask me.

Happily holding it on a knife edge;
1173

[Fireball6]

Fantastic - great work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fun to fly (or should i say, to dance at the sky, with her):applause::applause::applause: :ernae::jump:

[Tako_Kichi]

Just took her for a blast and man what a fun plane! I wasn't trying very hard but could manage outside loops, Cubans, hesitation rolls, hammerheads, prop hanging etc etc etc without even having to think about it.

It's a keeper for sure! Well done Piglet for turning out another winner!

:applause::applause::applause:

Now, where's the paintkit?????????? :isadizzy:

:icon_lol:

[Thoe6969]

Yep another keeper for sure,it does fly much better than the Extra 300.Thanks Piglet for another nice aircraft.:ernae:

[lucas81]

Fantastic flight model. I was yestreday on the airshow where Z-50 was present. Going to recreate some of that manouvers ;) Very fps friendly. Thank you Piglet!

Lucas

[Roger]

Bloomin' marvellous!:engel016:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/z50-3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/z50-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/z50-1.jpg

[6297J]

As lovely as she looks, can you imagine if the Bobster did a couple of photoreal paints for her :jump:

[hey_moe]

Piggie, nice job.....Roger, them screenies are nice.

[Epsillon]

Very nice plane, Tim! :applause::applause:
Thank you very much...

Stephan

[Mr.Mugel]

This is highly impressive! Just feels right, VC, sound, flight model...

I really like the subtle bump maps, adds a lot to it, too!

Thank you very much Tim, this is pure art!

[BananaBob]

This Tim for the fun I'll be having and your great work. :applause::applause::applause:

[yago9]

Thank you Tim ! Brilliant work..


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50L.jpg

[txnetcop]

Thanks Tim she's beaut! Lots of fun to fly
Ted

[JoeW]

Twitchy little thing .......... reminds me of a girl I once dated.
Great plane!:applause::applause:

[papab]

Fantastic job! Thank you for all of your hard work on this one!

The gauges on this model beat even some of the finest payware...

Labor of love and it shows!!!!Thanks from all of the Sim Community
Rick

[bushpilot]

Great aircraft! Really smoooooth:jump::jump:! And very beautiful model:applause::applause: Thank you so much!

[Kiwikat]

Thanks a lot for this one Tim. The flight model is the best aerobatic one I've seen yet. It can actually do things you see at the airshows. Very cool! :applause::medals:

[Roger]

Thank you Tim ! Brilliant work..


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50L.jpg

That is one cool edit!:engel016:

[Lionheart]

Awesome work Tim!! She's a beauty!

:applause: :medals: :applause:


Bill

[gajit]

Thank you so much for that :applause:

[empeck]

My personal favourite right now :)

I have one little critique - wheel brakes are too strong, I've crashed few times because of them. Besides this - it's a stunning little plane. Thanks!

[Morras]

Hello there guys

That plane looks really really good in FSX and thanx to mr. piglet!:applause: We have some flying or did fly around the airshow circuits, called the maxda Zoom-zoom team, they did some aerobatics that was mirrored, was really nice!

Anyway is there any change of this nice plane coming to fs2004.....?:kilroy:

[EgoR64]

:ernae::ernae::ernae::icon29::icon29:

Super fun !! She handles like a dream !!

Would be a Fun Racer too !!

Many Cheers !!

:jump::jump:

[EgoR64]

:ernae: Havin Fun !!

122612211222122312241225

[doublecool]

WOW :jump::applause:
Thank you SIR

[Piglet]

Glad you all like it!:ernae::ernae:

[Scratch]

Yup, I think that one is a keeper. Top notch work!:ernae::applause:

[pointy31]

Scratch, where have you been?...I've been worried about you...:kilroy:

[Scratch]

Scratch, where have you been?...I've been worried about you...:kilroy:

Aw shucks Pointy.......I'm touched:icon_lol:

I just finally decided to get serious about learning another language and that's been taking up alot of my time. It's alot of fun too. I'm already planning to learn another one after I feel I have mastered French properly.

How y'all been doin?

[pointy31]

Haw...me, I'm still trying to learn English...:isadizzy:

[Scratch]

Haw...me, I'm still trying to learn English...:isadizzy:

Mais Jamais!!:d:d:d

[pointy31]

We gonna hafta go sit in Chilis one day and shove some groceries down our necks...and drink some margeritas...:ernae:

[CodyValkyrie]

Another great release, thank you again Tim!

[yago9]

Can,t get enough of this baby..





http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La3.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La2.jpg

[CodyValkyrie]

Tim, I'm working on a FANTASTIC video right now that I think your plane would be gorgeous in. Mind letting me put it in there? Full credits to you in the video, of course.

Oh, and great job on the FDE, she DOES knife edge!

[Piglet]

Cody, go fer it!
To every one else, paint kit uploading now....

[CodyValkyrie]

Excellent, cheers and thanks!

[CBris]

An aerobatic plane and I missed this!

Downloaded now, but I am off to work in a minute, so flying won't be until this evening. :(

I did look into the zip file though - you did speculars - great! That is so good - even payware devs forget them or are too lazy to create them.

...and then I see that there's no bumps. That's a pity. So I thought again... could it be all plastic?

Airliners net.... Nope, the Red Bull one clearly shows bumps:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/The-Flying-Bulls/Zlin-Z-50LX/1527683/M/

So how's about it Tim? Care to activate bump mapping on an upgrade? Shouldn't be too much work, should it? Maybe I can help - or one of the many more talented folk around?

[Marvin Carter]

Thanks Tim!!!

[yago9]

To every one else, paint kit uploading now....


Thx again ! Looking forward to try it on .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La5.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50Lb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50Lb1.jpg

[hinch]

Awesome package, great quality and loads of fun! I'm extra pleased with the spec maps too!

Yago, are they some photoreal paint your are working on or modified in some other way, I want my plane to be that shiny too!

[alca]

Thank you, Tim! .... another Czech plane :applause:

And what a wonderfull paints, Yago!

[6297J]

That was quick Yago!
I'd love that Red Bull livery :jump:

(Actually I'd love it with my name just under the canopy, but wouldn't we all :mixedsmi: )

[Mr.Mugel]

That Red Bull one is great!

[yago9]

Yago, are they some photoreal paint your are working on or modified in some other way, I want my plane to be that shiny too!

Yep,very quick photo real skins but all my shots are artistically edited .
You can make your plane shinier by darkening the alpha channel a tad more. I,m still toying with that myself.
Here,s the unedited versions.

I forgot to say a big thank you Tim for the unbelievable FDE.I didn,t care much for aerobatics planes until now.It can do what the real thing does.What a pleasure all around.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La8.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50Lb3.jpg

[CBris]

Whoa! I go to work, I come home and what do I see - paintkit and a Red Bull paint. Wonderful!

[JT8D-9A]

Thanks, Tim!

[CBris]

Right, a few deca-minutes of "Wheeeeeeee" later...

In a word, Tim, "Gorgeous".

Knife edge, roll, flick roll, hesitation rolls and loops, inside-, outside-, flat and cubans - all possible. And very crisply I might add.

If I may be so bold as to make a couple of critiques though...

Lomcevaks need refining. The basic Lom is to fall off a vertical climb, wait for the nose to hit the horizon and then full power and rudder with the torque. It's a plane wrecker, but can look awf'y impressive. I think there is room for improvement in the FDE here.

Stalls. Full stall is very interesting. The Zlin simply keeps its nose above the horizon and sinks - too slowly. What was interesting was that when applying full throttle from the stall, you can keep attitude and climb away quite nicely.

Spins. Basically linked to stall and therefore they are a bit wobbly, so the FDE is a bit wanting here too.

Slips - WONDERFUL!

All in all no complaints whatsoever. I really enjoyed that. OK, a few critiques from someone who probably wouldn't really know a Lomcevak from a flick rol :pop4: so no worries there.

And maybe a bit more braking effect - as you can see, I had to go around because the trees got rather uncomfortable. Hmmm, maybe I should approach slower?

Many many thanks Tim!

Note how well she holds altitude in the two knife edge screenies...

[ErnstF]

WOAW! I`m doing impossible aerobatic manouvres, just like Jurgis Kairy was doing in his Sukhoi 31 when he was visiting Norway last summer . Yhank You very much Tim, brilliant work. :ernae:

[dougal]

Without wishing to sound insulting, I usually don't stock up on too much freeware - my hangar is mostly payware.

But this, THIS is something else. Tim, you are one talented guy.

Every once in a while, somthing really great pops up and lifts the bar just a little further.
Thank you for giving your work freely - 'tis much appreciated:ernae:

[deathfromafar]

WOAW! I`m doing impossible aerobatic manouvres, just like Jurgis Kairy was doing in his Sukhoi 31 when he was visiting Norway last summer . Yhank You very much Tim, brilliant work. :ernae:
Hell Yeah! This thing is a blast to fly!:gameon:

[big-mike]

Really great work!!
Thank you so much for this wonderful aircraft.
Michael

[peter12213]

amaising aircraft I just love it and it does make the default extra feel like crap after flying this for a while

[hews500d]

I just wish to agree with what everyone else is saying :applause::applause::applause:

This is a great little aircraft and the price can't be beat! Thank you Piglet !

Darrell

[Fireball6]

One of those aircraft that you will never land ........ fly, fly, fly, turns, spins, loops .... can`t stop (oops - tank is empty) - stop themself ;-)

During the pit-stop i play a little with the paint-kit and piglets originals - love the ppp and modify it a bit .... thanks again Tim - fantastic :applause:

[yago9]

After touch down turn off the engine and tap the brakes..it will stop in reasonable distance.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50Lb4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50Lb5.jpg

[EgoR64]

:ernae: Wow :ernae: Fantastic Yago9 !

[familton]

It's a real beauty and flies GREAT! Has anyone else had a problem with the tachometer? Mine is stuck at 2,700rpm and never moves no matter what throttle setting I use. The airspeed drops and the manifold pressure drops but the tach stays at 2,700 rpm. I am using Sp1. I even tried other tachs and all did not work. Any help sure would be appreciated. I wrote to Tim but have not heard from him yet. Regards, Bob.

[bob1009vf101]

Bob, constant speed propeller systems will do that in flight while in governing range :icon_lol: LOL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_speed_propeller

[familton]

Hi Bob. Thanks. I appreciate the help. This is the first plane that I have ever noticed that. I reset to ground with the engine at idle and see that it works OK. It had me stumped in flight. Best regards, Bob.

[yago9]

Ok...I,ve uploaded this old Zlin-50 LA for those who want to try my messy texture.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/yago9/Z50La9.jpg

[wilycoyote4]

Thanks a lot for this one Tim. The flight model is the best aerobatic one I've seen yet. It can actually do things you see at the airshows. Very cool! :applause::medals:
:medals::medals::medals::medals: Tim, this is also true for me, :applause:This stunt plane makes low and slow completely different. Treetop flying has become really a simulation far beyond FS9 IMVVHO. :ernae: I used to consider tail slides in the default Accel Hornet the best aerobatic moment in FSX but NOW ------------BARREL ROLLS ARE SMOOTH, LOOPS, HAMMERHEADS.......all so very much better.

I like the VC very much FOR FLIGHTSEEING, LOL, LOL. :icon29::guinness: I'm lowering the brakes a little to prevent nosing over on the runway. Works in DX10. This is a much needed aircraft simulation. Thank you

[wilycoyote4]

Ok...I,ve uploaded this old Zlin-50 LA for those who want to try my messy texture.

Ah......where, please.:running:

[Ian Warren]

Jiggers ... sweech .... crank ... as the Virtual airframe go's through its paces ... not sure my modo'd attacked machine could handle this after it gets home from PC hospital :sleep: .... oh what the hell ! :engel016:
Your a Wizard Tim ! :applause:

[yago9]

Ah......where, please.:running:

At the usual place.The library gets updated once a day or maybe two days. It should be available tomorrow I assume.

[Scratch]

We gonna hafta go sit in Chilis one day and shove some groceries down our necks...and drink some margeritas...:ernae:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/Villicus/2009-6-9_20-37-59-781.jpg


Sounds good to me! Flyin there now:gameon:

[3/7charlie]

A big Bravo Zulu, Tim. Well done in deed! Finally, an aerobatic 'plane that will lomceveck!
Thank you, sir!
3/7charlie

[CodyValkyrie]

Just did a double hammerhead... NEVER had a plane in FS do that before. This is likely going to make the film!

[ryanbatc]

Ok...I,ve uploaded this old Zlin-50 LA for those who want to try my messy texture.



Wow. Incredible paint. Incredible aircraft (thanks Piglet)

Unfortunately I'm on business travel until the end of the month, and won't be able to fly her until then. Could someone post a VC shot please?

[CodyValkyrie]

Could someone post a VC shot please?
Here you go!

[CodyValkyrie]

Ok, LOL. Hopefully that holds some comical value.

Regardless, here is a good shot of his cockpit. Notice the cool fuel gauge at the top, and the inset gauges?

[Piglet]

The credit for the airfile really goes to Jerry Beckwith, for his Airwrench.
All I did was plug in some numbers, do a little tuning. 20 min. later, I had an airfile.:ernae:
Tach problem? Sounds like a SP1 sim with a SP2 plane bug.

Bumpmaps? We all know my opinion on bumps....Every once in a while, I play around with bumps, but never get anything that looks right, or in scale. Spec's, I do like.
Cody,
You bugger, now I have VC-envy!!!

[CBris]

Okayyy...

[deathfromafar]

Just did a double hammerhead... NEVER had a plane in FS do that before. This is likely going to make the film!

It will also do a sustained and climbing Knife Edge and a Flat Rudder Turn either upright or inverted!

[anthony31]

Thanks little piglet for this lovely little plane. Always appreciate your efforts. :icon29:

[tigisfat]

I am loving this!! We've needed something better than the default extra for a while, and I think this does it.

[Rezabrya]

Just downloaded this and took it for a flight. First impression was "wow". It is a twitchy little thing. It does loops like their it's job. Rolls are perfect. Even some of the more complicated manuevers are possible in this FREE plane. I have been wanting a good aerobatic plane for FSX for a long time and this does it...and better yet, it's free! You have outdone yourself Piglet. Thanks so much.

[Bomber_12th]

I just took it for a flight earlier tonight, and I'm very impressed with it, Tim! It offered me a great change in pace when compared to working on and flying Mustangs all the time. While I've flown a considerable amount of 1940's, and prior, piston power, I don't have all that much experience in aircraft designed simply for aerobatics. However, I felt very comfortable because the flight dynamics are so superb. It is one of the most honest and forgiving aircraft I have flown in recent times, and it will do anything you ask of it. It was a real joy to be able to easily sustain prolonged knife-edge passes down the runway, and with every aerobatic maneuver I pulled, it was nice to be in-charge of what was going on at all times. The controls are extremely responsive, but not twitchy, just very crisp.

I'll be coming back to this one a lot! Thank you for sharing all of your hard work Tim, I really appreciate it!

[markwlee]

Best you've done Tim and the best FM for an Aerobatic plane - Freeware or Payware!

[ryanbatc]

Ok, LOL. Hopefully that holds some comical value.

Regardless, here is a good shot of his cockpit. Notice the cool fuel gauge at the top, and the inset gauges?

WOOOOOWZERS!

Great VC, wow Piglet this has got to be your best release ever! And I still can't try it out

:(

[Cazzie]

It's a winner and with the Paint Kit now released by Piglet, the sky's the limit. :ernae:

Caz

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/cazmodel/150_2.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/cazmodel/150_1.jpg

[pointy31]

Say Cookie,....thar's a dirty Zlin in my soup...:cowboy:

[Bjoern]

That's it, I can't take it anymore!

Downloading now.


("Mental strength" my arse...xP )


- Edit: According to Wikipedia, the Z50 ans the C-182 share the same engine, so this soundpack over at flightsim might be something for this bird: c182snz.zip (http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=66560)

[palmtree]

It is such great fun to fly! :applause:

Many thanks Piglet! :ernae:

[Mithrin]

For anyone who wants red and white wingtip smoke try and replace the smoke session in the aircraft.cfg file with this. Backup the original first, as always. ;)

[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=0.00, 13.70, 0.2, fx_smoke_r
smoke.1=0.00, -13.70, 0.2, fx_smoke_w

[JT8D-9A]

Thanks for the repaint and the new smoke!

[peter12213]

yeah tanks for the paints and new smoke this is a real marsterpiece of flight tuning ... If I'm honest i hadent even heard of this aircraft before tim made it sure beats spaceships and that stuff!!

[Tako_Kichi]

If anyone is having problems with the Zlin nosing over at low taxi speeds when you hit the brakes I spent a little bit of time tweaking the brake settings while in MP with a buddy the other day and now I can apply full brakes without nosing over and it still stops reasonably quickly on landing.

Just replace your entire [Brakes] section of the aircraft.cfg file with the data below:

[brakes]
parking_brake =1
toe_brakes_scale =0.8500
differential_braking_scale =0.850000
auto_brakes =0
hydraulic_system_scalar=0.00000

HTH

[Spikehughes]

Belatedly - I have finally flown the ZLIN 50.
I must say a big thank you to Piglet for this freeware download and also a thank you to Yago9 for his excellent paint job OK IRF. This kind of pushes the fun back into a laborious rebuild of FSX.

Thanks indeed!!!

[Dexdoggy]

Hip Hip Hooray for Tim! A beaut plane to fly, very responsive! :applause::applause::applause:

[Major_Spittle]

This plane is a hoot to fly. I spent an hour in Interlaken doing tail slides, hovering, and practicing 4 pt rolls.

Bestest Download Ever, thanks :icon29:

[raptor19]

Thanks Piglet for this little beauty and all your other great work, I haven't had as much fun flying a flightsim aircraft for some time. The Zlin is streets ahead of the default Extra!

Raptor 19

[anatolpopov]

Thanks!

Can somebody tell me how to use paintkit :isadizzy:

[tracyq144]

Late to the party, but when in the VC, I have no gauges?

I'm sure it is operator error on my part, but I am new to adding freeware A/C.

What am I doing wrong?

[heywooood]

because Piglet uses stock gauges in his planes - you need to go into each of the default FSX aircraft 'panel' folders and copy the 'cab' file - then go to the FSX 'gauges' folder and paste them in there....once done - you will have gauges in all Piglet Products

the 'cab' file is the one that looks like a stack of books strapped together - do not open the files, or remove them from their respective panel folders - just copy and paste each one over into the main FSX gauges folder

[roan2004]

You are the best, TIM !
Thank You for this wonderful plane !

ROAN

[Bobr2]

Where do you find latest uploads. I have looked all over and can not find the latest uploads anywhere.