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May 23rd, 2013, 20:33

Panther_99FS started a thread Alright Folks, Break Out The Kleenex.... in The NewsHawks

Worth every second of the 22 minute video.... -> http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/zach-sobiech-dies-clouds-reaches-no-1-on-itunes-singer-leaves-video-message-behind-2013235

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May 23rd, 2013, 19:10

txnetcop replied to a thread Alternative AT-6 Flight Dynamics in FSX General Discussion

Thanks John :salute: Ted

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May 23rd, 2013, 15:50

Roger replied to a thread Golden Age Simulations - In Production in FSX General Discussion

Absolutely gorgeous!

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May 23rd, 2013, 13:36

Tako_Kichi replied to a thread Prop planes will not run in FSX General Discussion

That's what makes me think it may be a mixture problem. Generally jets and turboprops do not use the mixture control so they will continue to run. Some turboprops have the mixture control mapped to their 'conditioner' lever (if fitted) where it acts as a fuel limiting/cut-off device. If you have a turboprop that is fitted with a conditioner lever (Lionheart's Epic comes to mind) pulling back on the lever will slow the plane down during taxi operations and prevent it from have the 'turboprop runaway' problem where it suddenly accelerates with a small application of throttle. Make sure the lever is fully forward (open) before applying take-off power.

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May 23rd, 2013, 10:11

Tako_Kichi replied to a thread Prop planes will not run in FSX General Discussion

All the above are valid points but here's one more to consider. Do you have the mixture control mapped to a control axis on your stick or yoke? I once had a problem where piston engines refused to fire up (they would turn over but not fire). I finally discovered that somehow my mixture 'dial' on my X52 had been rotated beyond full lean to the fuel cut-off position. Once I turned it to full rich everything worked as it should.

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May 23rd, 2013, 09:54

huub vink started a thread Fokker Dr.1 Freiherr von Richthofen in Warbirds Library

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FSX Skins Description: This file contains alternative textures for the Neobq Fokker DR.1. They depict Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.1 No 152/17 painted in its early scheme. One of the best known Fokker Dr.1 flown by von Richthofen is the 152/17. The aircraft originally only had red struts, wheel covers, tail and upper wing, like most Dr.1s von Richthofen flew. Later the 152/17 was painted overall red like the 425/17 in which von Richthofen was killed The aircraft survived the great war and was on display in the Berlin Züghaus Museum. During an allied bomber raid in the second world war the museum and aircraft were destroyed.

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May 23rd, 2013, 09:52

huub vink started a thread Fokker Dr.1 Freiherr von Richthofen in Warbirds Library

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FSX Skins Description: This file contains alternative textures for the Neobq Fokker DR.1. They depict Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.1 No 152/17 painted in its early scheme. One of the best known Fokker Dr.1 flown by von Richthofen is the 152/17. The aircraft originally only had red struts, wheel covers, tail and upper wing, like most Dr.1s von Richthofen flew. Later the 152/17 was painted overall red like the 425/17 in which von Richthofen was killed The aircraft survived the great war and was on display in the Berlin Züghaus Museum. During an allied bomber raid in the second world war the museum and aircraft were destroyed.

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May 23rd, 2013, 08:31

huub vink replied to a thread Neoqb Fokker Dr.1 Paintkit in FSX General Discussion

You're welcome Matt! Von Richthofen or the Red Baron is more or less synonym for a red Fokker Dr.1 "Driedecker". However van Richthofen scored only 19 from his 80 victories with a Fokker Dr.1. In most cases this Dr.1 was not even painted (overal) red. From the seven Fokker Dr.1s, from which it is know he has flown them, only two were painted completely red. The best known one is of course the 425/17, the aircraft in which he scored his last two victories and in which was killed. The other one is the 152/17 which originally only had red struts, wheel covers, tail and upper wing, like most Dr.1s von Richthofen flew. Later the 152/17 was painted overall red like the 425/17. When the 152/17 was on display in the Berlin Züghaus Museum is was completely red. I have painted the 152/17 as it originally looked, which is very similar to most of the Fokker D.1s von Richthofen flew. For those who want it: Its available in the file library.

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May 23rd, 2013, 04:31

jmig replied to a thread Adobe after your money - again in Photography

LightRoom will become the Photographer's tool. It already does most of what Photoshop will do. I see LightRoom and maybe a beefier version of Elements becoming the photographer's tools. Adobe has said that Lightroom will remain a packaged downloadable product.....for the foreseeable future, at least. Another program that will do a lot of what PS does for a photographer is the Onone suite. It has a lot of PS's features and works with layers. I expect to see them add to the feature set. They are in a good position to grow with photographers. They are photographers.

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May 23rd, 2013, 00:08

Lionheart replied to a thread What Causes This? in FSX General Discussion

Paul, Just in case, like if you just reloaded FSX or got a new computer, make sure you have the SP1 and SP2 updates. This might be an issue concerning that. What I think is happening is that for some reason, the ship is up out of water, and it has a airport mated to the deck, so the land is coming up to the deck like it would if it were lover land, like a bad place runway that has the wrong surface altitude with the lay of the land. I'll bet Arno could figure this out quick.

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May 22nd, 2013, 16:53

huub vink replied to a thread N137U WIP in FSX General Discussion

Looks great! Huub

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May 22nd, 2013, 15:44

Panther_99FS replied to a thread Helen Keller video from 1930. in The NewsHawks

I'm almost positive I saw that in school as a child when we learned about Helen Keller....

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May 22nd, 2013, 14:59

huub vink replied to a thread FHC German Fighters in FSX General Discussion

Nice shots, I would love to see them (and hear them) once with my own eyes (and ears). The nice thing from modern technology is that I can see (and hear) them on You Tube. Not quite the same but a nice substitute. So thanks for the video. Cheers, Huub

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May 22nd, 2013, 13:30

Tako_Kichi replied to a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks

We had one for 6+ years prior to the current dog and she was the same, cleaned a plate better than any dishwasher. :icon_lol: She also had a passion for bananas, you could be three rooms away from her while she was sleeping deeply and she would be by your side looking up at you with those big brown eyes before you had finished unzipping it! :isadizzy: It was uncanny how fast she reacted to an open banana.

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May 22nd, 2013, 13:14

huub vink replied to a thread Neoqb Fokker Dr.1 Paintkit in FSX General Discussion

Even in my small country there are already 2 flying replicas I know of, so you are most probably right when you think the number of replicas is close to the number of DR.Is originally built. For a period when photography was still something new an amazing amount of pictures were taken from the Fokker Dr.1. Personally I think the aircraft would have been forgotten already a long time when the guy above hadn't died in one. Manfred von Richthofen was made a myth by propaganda already during his life time. After his death people only continued to add to the story until he had turned into something which was completely invented and had no nothing to do with the real person von Richthofen. But ike Mikael Carson said in one of the interviews; when you build a replica it should be something people recognise. Well everybody has heard of the Red Baron, although most people think it is a guy with a big moustache and a pike on his helmet :icon_lol:. The myth around the red Baron leads to weird things. Like all the bad guys in the movie Flyboys fly in a red Fokker, while in reality even most of the 7 (!) different DR.Is van Richthofen flew, were painted only partly red! Fantasising about von Richthofen did also lead to the weird idea that some dogs can fly on top of their doghouse.......

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May 22nd, 2013, 09:59

Panther_99FS replied to a thread Time Travel in The NewsHawks

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May 22nd, 2013, 09:31

huub vink replied to a thread Neoqb Fokker Dr.1 Paintkit in FSX General Discussion

For those who want it, the Voss repaint is available in the download section. Enjoy, Huub

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May 22nd, 2013, 08:54

David_L6 replied to a thread Time Travel in The NewsHawks

Time travel is easy. I need to know how to stop it. I traveled from 16 years old to 50 years old in mere seconds! :rolleyes:

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May 22nd, 2013, 08:53

David_L6 replied to a thread Yep - Don't Make 'Em Like We Used To in The NewsHawks

That's a good one.

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May 22nd, 2013, 08:42

Panther_99FS replied to a thread I Love This Welsh Woman in The NewsHawks

beana, I see a bit of Jackie DeShannon in Duffy :mixedsmi:

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May 22nd, 2013, 08:39

Panther_99FS replied to a thread By the time you read this ........ in Racer's Paddock

Wombat, Looks to me like you're going to have "the time"....:ernae:

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May 22nd, 2013, 08:28

huub vink started a thread Fokker Dr1 Werner Voss in Warbirds Library

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FSX Skins Description: This file contains alternative textures for the Neobq Fokker DR.1. They depict the Fokker prototype F.I 103/17 which was flowen by the German ace Werner Voss. Fokker DR.1 prototype number 103/17 was flown by Werner Voss who was impressed by maneuverability of the aircraft and later convinced von Richthofen about the qualities of the aircraft. The "face" on the engine cover is based on the images on Japanese flighter kites, which Voss used to fly with his cousins in Krefeld. The aircraft was equipped with a French Le Rhône engine which was more reliable than the German Oberursel copy. Voss was killed in this aircraft on 23 September after a fight with six aces from RAF 56 squadron. Voss was only 20 years old. I want to thank Neobq for creating this beautiful model and their excellent paintkit which was used to create this repaint. For various reasons I also want to thank my friends here at the Sim-Outhouse. Enjoy, Huub

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May 22nd, 2013, 02:12

huub vink replied to a thread Neoqb Fokker Dr.1 Paintkit in FSX General Discussion

Thanks for the links John. Very interesting read and the demonstration in the second video gives a fine impression of what this aircraft actually could do. It gives whole new definitions of STOL, steep turns and fast climb. On of the nice things about repainting is that during your research you learn a lot about history. I never knew that all German aircraft manufactures used their own paint. Therefore the grayish light blue from Albatross is quite different than the turquoise Fokker used. Standards like RAL and RLM were not introduced yet. With engines which develop less power than the ordinary family car, all the weight counts! Therefore on Fokker aircraft the olive paint was applied as thin as possible. The (later) production models had the upper surfaces not painted turquoise, but the olive brush strokes were applied on the bare fabric and afterwards coated with two layers of varnish. The later lozenge fabric was mainly invented to reduce weight as the ink of the printed pattern weighted less than paint. This also explains a bit why Mikael Carlson's replica weights more than the original. Although I must admit not the full 80 Kilograms.... :isadizzy: Cheers, Huub

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May 21st, 2013, 21:47

Panther_99FS started a thread One Last Classic For The Road! in The NewsHawks

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May 21st, 2013, 21:40

Panther_99FS started a thread Yep - Don't Make 'Em Like We Used To in The NewsHawks

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May 21st, 2013, 21:31

Panther_99FS started a thread I Love This Welsh Woman in The NewsHawks

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May 21st, 2013, 18:08

txnetcop replied to a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks

LOL can't count the times I bet my grandma's dog saw the answer to his prayers was the apple pie cooling in grandma's window sill! He licked that pie plate clean!

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May 21st, 2013, 14:29

JoeW replied to a thread Bad Duck New Version Posted (FSX Freeware) in FSX General Discussion

I tryed that key and clicking on the handle and it never went up. Don't know what I did. I may just download again.

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May 21st, 2013, 13:27

huub vink replied to a thread Neoqb Fokker Dr.1 Paintkit in FSX General Discussion

...but as the title indicates it is a thread about the paintlkit, I thought you wouldn't mind that I used to thread to mention I made some use of the piantkit as well :running: In August 1917 two prototypes of the Fokker tri-plane were delivered. The 102/17 went to Manfred von Richthofen and 103/17 was delivered to Werner Voss. Von Richthofen was not impressed, mainly because it was slower than the Albatross D.V it should replace and handed the aircraft over to Kurt Wolff. Although van Richthofen initially disliked the aircraft he made scored two victories with the 102/17. On 15 September Wolff was killed in this aircraft in a dogfight with Norman MacGregor. Aircraft number 103/17 was flown by Werner Voss who was impressed by maneuverability of the aircraft and later convinced von Richthofen about the qualities of the aircraft. The "face" on the engine cover is based on the images on Japanese flighter kites, which Voss used to fly with his cousins in Krefeld. The aircraft was equipped with a French Le Rhône engine which was more reliable than the German Oberursel copy. Voss was killed in this aircraft on 23 September after a fight with six aces from RAF 56 squadron. The aircraft were delivered in an overall turquoise finish with olive brush strokes over the upper surfaces. There is a lot of discussion about the colour of the engine and wheel covers. Some sources claim they were painted in the unit colour (yellow). However I haven't been able to find one single picture which supports this claim. Cheers, Huub

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May 21st, 2013, 05:34

wombat666 replied to a thread Moore, OK in The NewsHawks

Reports in the Australia (18:00 EST) media are sad, 91 fatalities so far and many missing. :kilroy:

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May 21st, 2013, 05:30

wombat666 started a thread By the time you read this ........ in Racer's Paddock

We will be airborne, heading to the IOM again. I'm collecting a KTM 990 to ride around the IOM (not racing!!) and for a couple of weeks tour of Ireland. And it's not an extravagance, the bike is in sort supply and a good financial investment for resale when we return to Oz. We are staying at the 'Waterfront Apartments' in Douglas, not far from the circuit. I'll try to check in from time to time but after the TT our plans are very fluid, one day at a time. :jump::jump:

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May 20th, 2013, 15:31

Panther_99FS replied to a thread Chevy Kicks Honda's @rse At Indy Qualifiying in Racer's Paddock

Busch is shooting for 2014 :mixedsmi:

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May 20th, 2013, 14:34

JoeW replied to a thread Bad Duck New Version Posted (FSX Freeware) in FSX General Discussion

Paul ...... This is a great plane I really like the way it flies. But ........... I have one problem... I can't get the gear to roll up. Am I supposed to unlock it or something? Thanks for the great plane. Yes I did read the read_me.

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May 20th, 2013, 12:19

Tako_Kichi replied to a thread Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic, 1927 86yrs ago in The NewsHawks

Alcock and Brown did it in an ex-WWI Vickers Vimy bomber in 1919. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown Lindbergh (as Stiz said) was the first to do it solo.

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May 20th, 2013, 02:19

huub vink replied to a thread Neoqb Fokker Dr.1 Paintkit in FSX General Discussion

Flyboy, most of Bob "Banana Bob" Riviera's prop blurs have been uploaded by OleBoy here in the file library at the SimOuthouse. Just do a search on "bob riviera" in the file library. Thanks for another beautiful repaint John! Cheers, Huub

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May 19th, 2013, 20:42

Panther_99FS started a thread Chevy Kicks Honda's @rse At Indy Qualifiying in Racer's Paddock

And "congrats" to Ed Carpenter for taking the pole... 1. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.3689 ( 228.762) 2. (26) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.6581 ( 228.342) 3. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.7139 ( 228.261) 4. (5) EJ Viso, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.7907 ( 228.150) 5. (2) AJ Allmendinger, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.8264 ( 228.099) 6. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.8342 ( 228.087) 7. (1) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy 02:37.9614 ( 227.904) 8. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy 02:38.0596 ( 227.762)

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May 19th, 2013, 18:30

txnetcop replied to a thread Bad Duck New Version Posted (FSX Freeware) in FSX General Discussion

Once again...a real winner!!! Thanks Paul:salute: Ted

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May 19th, 2013, 14:11

huub vink replied to a thread FSX Screenshots Here!! in FSX General Discussion

Fokker DR.I in factory finish.

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May 19th, 2013, 10:48

Panther_99FS replied to a thread "All-Star" race qualifying in Racer's Paddock

The #48 team did put together a good race & seemed to steadily work their way up. - Don't know what happened to Kahne there at the end - he really dropped off. - Seems like Kurt was only good in clean air - Danica did get some boos - is the "love affair" over? Hypothetical: - If Logano had been leading with Stewart in 2nd & Newman in 3rd, what would have happened? :icon_lol:

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May 19th, 2013, 10:18

Roger replied to a thread A TECHNICAL QUESTION!. in FSX General Discussion

I'd be interested in comments from those who've tried it too Vin.

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May 19th, 2013, 07:54

Roger replied to a thread Bad Duck New Version Posted (FSX Freeware) in FSX General Discussion

It's up in downloads now! Will be flying later today.

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May 19th, 2013, 07:36

Lionheart replied to a thread A new helicopter or how create one and fly it in FSX General Discussion

Many thanks BC! Great little helo. Bill

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May 19th, 2013, 06:57

huub vink replied to a thread Milton's Flightsimonline Closing June 2013 in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Although I fully understand your reasoning, I liked the site as it gave a such a nice clear overview of all your models. Thanks for maintaining it all these years! Huub

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May 19th, 2013, 01:53

huub vink replied to a thread Bad Duck New Version Posted (FSX Freeware) in FSX General Discussion

Thanks Paul, really appreciated! Huub

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May 18th, 2013, 22:36

Lionheart replied to a thread Good news and bad news in FSX General Discussion

Thanks for the heads up Francois! Good to hear. Bill

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