• falcon409's Avatar
    May 23rd, 2013, 05:29
    For anyone who wants to look into this further, here is the website for the PDF File I am studying now: http://stuff4fs.com :salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 21:38
    With a suggestion from someone on the AFX Forums, I downloaded a PDF file that explains what the author refers to as the "Drive Through" technique for ensuring aircraft do what I'm attempting. Taking a line from the original movie JAWS. . . ."We're gonna need a bigger boat", lol. Basically what it requires is to set up an arrival network and a departure network, allowing the aircraft to arrive and taxi to it's required spot on one set of taxi links and then depart forward and out to the runways on another set eliminating the "push back effect". Yep. . . .this should be fun, lol.
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  • King 6952's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 20:10
    Y'all realize that once this all gets released, we've got to have a fly-in to christen it, don't you? :icon_lol:
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  • King 6952's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 20:02
    I like it! If you could post the 2nd pic next to the original B&W of the real thing, I think it will emphasize how much of a dead- ringer it is. Best, -Rusty Rabbit
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  • Ickie's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 17:30
    Ickie replied to a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks
    we will have to sleep on that last pic
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 15:59
    Thanks Dave, was hoping I was going to find the cure, but unfortunately his remedy is what I have already done. As the AFCAD image shows, the aircraft enter the shelters and park nose in towards the center of the ramp. When they launch, they taxi fwd to the center line, down the middle towards the hangar then turn to exit towards the respective runways. His method of inhibiting the pushback is to place the exit link in the direction of travel and I've done that.:isadizzy:
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  • Warhawk1130's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 15:05
    Not a rivet counter by any means, but I just have to say; That 190 has ben modeled with depressions in the metal...that is some cool attention to detail! Nice screenies.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 14:14
    KCNY Flight Time: 00:48:23 Race Time: 00:48:23 Fuel Consumed: 136 LBS http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=lwNZhkaFC4njEaA0ce6eXRqQ
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  • Ickie's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 13:55
    Ickie replied to a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks
    the real couch potato "Where's the beef"
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 12:59
    Gone to Canyonlands (KNCY). Can't say when I'll be back.
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 12:28
    Good info....I now have a very different problem (I seem to weed out one and get it corrected only to have a new one pop up, lol). In watching the F-16 ramp, when a four-ship departs, those four aircraft back up from the spots, turn and then begin the taxi to the runway rather than pulling forward to the center line and taxiing out as they should. I've looked at the one for Nellis and the one for Cannon and while their jets don't park the same way Carswell does, they are still taxiing into a spot and then taxiing forward for the taxi to the runway. I don't yet see anything in my setup that differs from what they have, yet there is obviously something there I don't see.
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 11:20
    Bjoern, I just copied what MAIW originally set up for that aircraft. I may enlarge the radius some to see if that lures them back home, lol:salute:
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  • Ickie's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 07:32
    Ickie replied to a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks
    the dishwasher
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 07:23
    Sure would like to hear from you Jim. Since almost all the coverage I've seen seems to center on Moore rather than Norman, I'm hoping maybe it's just a case of the Comm lines being interrupted for a time.
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 22nd, 2013, 07:11
    Well Ian, mine turned out to be relatively simple and something I rarely consider. . .the "Traffic Density" slider was set too low. Normally I would have it turned off completely as I'm not much on AI traffic, but FS9 has become my "Military Flight" Sim and I failed to check the slider in all this. It was set at 40% which I would think should be fine, but it took moving it to 80% to get the results you see in the images. I still have the two C-40's that insist on parking where they don't belong despite the code being for F-16's and I have to download the C-130 package I need to get the 181st Airlift going, but the ramp is ready and waiting.
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  • strikehawk's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 23:31
    Okay, the reason I asked for a black paint job was the fact that I had acquired a set of black and white photos of various military aircraft from WWII thru the early 60s.one pic was that of an F-89 in gloss black ala the B-57's night intruder scheme. Doing a bit of nosing around I find that it was an XF or YF-89 and the black paint was dropped. It was mentioned on this page.... http://modelingmadness.com/review/korean/jackson89.htm So anyway since it was not operational it's not that important now. Too bad, the B/W pic just oozed evil in the dark. Thanks for the replies anyway.:salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 17:51
    No, I'm not one and that's what I'm looking for, lol. I'm trying to figure out why, out of about 26 F-16's attached to the 301st/457th, only 7 or 8 show up. Here's what I did: Installed the MAIW package (AFCAD and AI) that included NAS Ft Worth. This included F-16's, F-18's, C-130's, and C-40's. When I looked at the results, I saw that their AFCAD (I'm speaking now of the physical layout) runway, taxiways, parking ramps, even location of the tower were off by quite a bit. I scrapped the lot of it, but not before saving the parking properties for each of the aircraft so that I could go back and insert them exactly as they were. Currently the runway is connected to the taxiways and the ramp and parking spaces are connected to the taxiways. I have F-18's parking where they should although half of them show up despite the abundance of spots allocated to them. I have C-40's that park where they should except for the one that seems to want to park down with the big boys on the F-16 ramp and I have one row of F-16's, even though there are 26 AI including the two "D" models we have. I don't understand why the F-16's refuse to show on the other spots and why that one C-40 insists on parking with them even though the parking code is for the F-16's. Can anyone suggest anything that might give me something else to look at that might lead me in the right direction here? Thanks!
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  • Ickie's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 17:38
    Ickie started a thread Dear God in The NewsHawks
    lol, funny dog
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  • Warhawk1130's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 17:38
    I may be able to help you with the handle cranking sound, Paul...gimme some time...just let me know EXACTLY how long you want the sound duration.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 16:49
    Hi TJ, I added your data to the scoring page, as well as a link to the "logbook" for this run. While not scored, I couldn't pass up an opportunity to gather data for comparison with the GA planes.
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 16:38
    I got there the following year Tom and yes, General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) shares the runway with the base. I liked working days because during the week, the test pilots would take a 16 up to run it through the acceptance and it was quite a show and it was right over the rwy so I always had a great view.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 13:30
    No worries Austin. Records updated.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 21st, 2013, 07:17
    PRB replied to a thread Star Trek: Into Darkness in The NewsHawks
    Did you say yoot? What's a yoot? :icon_lol: :icon_lol: I read someplace that the "technical talk" on Star Trek was a result of the director instructing the actors to just "say stuff that sounds technical". They had no idea what they were even saying, which is pretty funny. Rgr Bussard Ramjet collectors. Now those would work. But you have to be going pretty darned fast, as you know...
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  • strikehawk's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 21:56
    Just got this because of the sale, should have got it sooner go figure. I would like to know if there are any black night fighter repaints for this and what should I use for the sounds? Virtavia dropped the ball as far as I'm concerned by not including a black paint job.
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  • Navy Chief's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 18:28
    Found here on SOH: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?57131-iPad-and-FSX
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 16:28
    Yep, that's Lake Worth and I'm guessing that we still have guys who park their boats at the Marina in the morning on the way to work and after they get off around three. . .they head to the lake to go fishing till they can't see anything any more, lol. . . .excellent fishing out there.:salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 16:20
    Yep, for 21years. . . .lol
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  • mal998's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 15:29
    FSX rudder sensitivity is generally much too sensitive so below are the settings I use to fly the A-4. It should be noted that these files were tested by several very knowledgable sim flyers as well as a couple of real world A-4 pilots. These files were given a thumbs up by all concerned but it should be noted that flight profiles can always be tweaked more. In fact, as soon as I finished these, I started re-working what had just finished. I don't expect I will ever release those as I moved on to other projects and never finished them. If I ever do I will make them available to anyone who wants them In the mean-time if you are unhappy with the rudder sensitivity try my recommended settings. I fly with a Saitek X-45. Thanks again to all those who helped in the testing. It was much appreciated! Aileron and Elevator sliders set to 50% (I don't use Null) Spoiler set to 100% (no null) Rudder set anywhere from 0 to 50% slider, Null 100% (full right slider) Throttle 100% slider full right- zero null
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 14:21
    PRB started a thread Moore, OK in The NewsHawks
    Send your prayers towards Moore Oklahoma. They just got nailed by a massive tornado, and the destruction appears to be huge.
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  • Navy Chief's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 03:16
    Am quite sure you Crusader fans have visited this site: http://www.cloudnet.com/~djohnson/index.html The Last of the Gunfighters website A lot of great information there:) NC
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  • Navy Chief's Avatar
    May 20th, 2013, 03:08
    So glad I could help:mixedsmi: Every once in a while (when not even looking for it) I will discover yet another FSX site I'd not heard of. This community is larger than we realize! NC
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 22:52
    Taking shape, but it's slow going right now. The AFCAD is a bear because it's so intricate as you can see from these shots. Lots of left over areas from the SAC days that are utilized by the Marine and Navy folks. Right now the 301st area on the North end is where I've spent the most time (naturally, lol), the Navy area is just taking shape as is the Tower and Fire Dept. A lot more to do just in those two areas, then there's the C-130 area to the west of the F-16's, the Bomb Dump farther to the west and then Lockheed Martin across the rwy. It'll be quite awhile before it's ready and with my luck, about the time I finish, someone will announce that they've done Carswell with all custom 3D buildings, individual jets with the correct tail numbers and animated figures that launch and recover the 16's, lol. This is being done using the object libraries for the MAIW packages, so whenever it is done, those that download it will have to have those libraries to see anything.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 15:07
    Bravo Zulu K. Keep the BBQ going till I get there!
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 15:06
    PRB replied to a thread Star Trek: Into Darkness in The NewsHawks
    That would never work, Kevin. The impulse engine field modulators would interfere with the anti-gravity compensators if the atmospheric density is greater than 0.357 (Earth normalized), so the acceleration vector de-couplers wouldn't work, and anyone knows what would happen then! Hey, I heard Khan was involved in this movie. Is that true? That would be cool.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 14:58
    Down safe at 36U. Flight Time: 01:07:15 Race Time: 01:07:15 Fuel Consumed: 199 LBS http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=LUwZqFidGTJHoR2np8gfHb48q48
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 14:10
    I guess I should just bite the bullet and see what I need to do to get all my config files up to speed. It would at least remove one of the irritations about using ATC.:salute:
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  • falcon409's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 13:44
    I can understand the frustration, considering that I use ATC quite a bit (why, I have no idea. . .it's not very good) and wonder why the controller doesn't recognize my airplane. In my case. . .it's ignorance, pure and simple. I just never took the time to understand the config file and how to make it correctly interact with ATC. In the case of developers, both freeware and payware...I have often heard them say that they rarely get to fly for fun anymore because they're always working on the next model and when they are flying it's only to check out the progress of their latest updates and corrections. . .they really aren't concerned with ATC. Looking at folks who do repaints, like SteveB says. . .most are done for free for others to enjoy and making sure that each skin has the proper config information so it shows in the sim is the primary concern. There are more than a few simmers who find the basic ATC in both FS9 and FSX pretty poor really and so they either try to find other ATC addon programs or just put up with what the default ATC gives them. The frustration level is pretty high anyway and so the fact that the controller doesn't say my "type" becomes almost secondary to why the controller insists on getting me to "please expedite your decent to 5000", when I was 20,000 30 seconds ago and I'm in a C-5 Galaxy.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 13:40
    On down the road: 36U.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 12:48
    Some kodaks of the flight down to Jackson Hole. There were considerable mountainous terrain issues to deal with on this leg. I had to make a detour early on to avoid some particularly scary looking hills, then we almost had a CFIT whilst motoring along in the clouds, then, upon breaking out onto the high plains north of Jackson Hole, I could see the mighty Tetons ahead. I zigged to the east to pass over the lake, which set me up for a nice approach into 19. Got in some ILS practice during the landing.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 12:38
    Thanks Rob! This 310 (Milviz) is really nice. Down safe at Jackson Hole. The duenna track shows a maximum altitude of 9978 feet. That's where I was sure I busted the 10K "soft ceiling" clause. I was flying through this cloud and suddenly saw pine trees. In the clouds, yes, inside the clouds, if you can believe it. I said, "hey, what are those pine trees doing way up here in the clouds?" My passenger was not nearly as impressed as I was by the strange phenomenon. Long story short, and a couple of Gs later, I cleared the ridge. Flight time: 00:47:06 Race Time: 00:47:06 Fuel Consumed: 135 LBS http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=cpWZLHIOp2jNpY41stRSybFgLwY
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 12:06
    Whoohoo, drinks on Willy! I had a fun filled flight to Yellowstone, Bozeman, Gallatin. For the first time I got some stinko weather to play in too. Here's some kodaks of the flight:
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  • Navy Chief's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 11:40
    Airport search site. Kinda cool! http://fsxdb.com/ NC If you click on the airport ID when listed, it will bring up an aerial view.
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 11:37
    Headed south to Jackson Hole (KJAC)
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    May 19th, 2013, 09:15
    Down safe at KBZN. Flight Time: 01:06:05 Race Time: 01:06:06 Fuel Consumed: 193 LBS http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=GiHe3tuEkpAdXPvGc4K6FiyOsuk
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  • Navy Chief's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 08:44
    Michael McDonald is one of my favorite artists! NC
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    May 19th, 2013, 08:42
    Had to look up Hoary Old Chestnut. Had never seen it before. NC
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  • PRB's Avatar
    May 19th, 2013, 07:59
    I would figure that it was another confirmation that first impressions are very often wrong... :) Off to Gallatin (KBZN)
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  • Navy Chief's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 19:29
    Thanks so much! NC
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  • strikehawk's Avatar
    May 18th, 2013, 18:17
    Try here, the boat is already a static object so all you need to do is place it...... http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?searchid=10234286 It might also be at AVSIM or Simviation, just search Nimitz and you should find it at those places too.
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