Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2013

Yes, same problem. Textures for the Mk3 Civil and Military on the rear of the fuselage are not right. Cannot tell if its a texture issue or a mapping issue.

A little evening Texan flight in the Seattle area

Some lately adventures

Thank you Francois and Simon. You may want to check the textures for the Mk. III Mil and Civil rear fuselage.

The 'Wozza' Texan is available at Flightsim.com Filenames are: fsds_t-6.zip and fsds_t-6update.zip Most all of the repaints that have been available were made for the updated models. An exception is Michael Flahault's RCAF repaint (woz_t-6_rcaf.zip - also available at Flightsim.com), one of my favorites, which requires the original non-updated exterior model, before changes were made to the cowling mapping. When using it, all you need to do is make a new model folder (name it whatever you want), and use the original non-updated exterior model with the updated interior model, and make sure to assign the Aircraft.cfg file entry for that repaint to the new model folder you created. Other repaints (that I'm aware of) for the Wozza Texan: saafhvd.zip - available at Flightsim.com

I thought this photo was awesome, and just had to share it here. This particular example is based in Anchorage, Alaska (Lake Hood) and is operated by Ketchum Air Services, flying again since 2007. In all, there are five 'Ducks' that fly in the world today, operated by owners Kermit Weeks, the Friedkin family (whose Duck is often displayed at Planes of Fame), the Tillamook Air Museum, Chuck Greenhill, and Ketchum Air Services.

I'd just like to consider it much like a 'beta', and would be willing to try and improve anything that anyone may notice and report on. Both the Wozza and SkyUnlimited Texans get an equal working-out on my end (for instance, with Wozza's Texan, it's fun to leave the canopy cracked open through the entire flight (like the Kermie Cam video I posted above), hearing the sound of the wind and prop wash via Accu-feel). Quicksand, DL, and TuFun, you are very welcome! ; )

Also, be sure to watch these videos first, and then load up your favorite AT-6, and the Dimus Fantasy of Flight scenery, and have some fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFXOpLReNgg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAHNnHBBJT8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmH6ZiEUXg

Many thanks, my friend. :salute::medals::icon29::guinness:

Hey there. Thought I might revive this thread with my latest discovery. I purchased the Milviz Eagle a couple days ago and while trolling through their forum I came across their package for scenery updates and ai. Their package updates the following airports and adds Eagle traffic at the following locations: 1. Edwards AFB, CA 2. Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC 3. Mountain Home AFB, ID 4. Lakenheath AB, UK 5. Bagram AB, Afghanistan 6. Elmendorf AFB, AK 7. Nellis AFB, NV

I have the same problem, Paul. I have no idea how to fix it. :blind:

Much appreciated, John.:icon29:

I love it, Huub! I'm in agreement with you that 'some red' is better than all red.

Rick, the Paine Field scenery is default part of the ORBX Pacific Northwest scenery. Although far from perfect, it is a rather nice representation (it doesn't have anything where the Historic Flight Foundation facilities are located, just the ramp and taxiways, but there is a hangar located at the location of the FHC hangar which does, generically, look quite the part). It does have an aerial photo scenery as the base of the airport. And you are absolutely right about FHC's Fw 190A-5. It is the only original Fw 190 airframe flying in the world today (and extremely original at that, with something like 90%+ of the original internal structure, and even 85%+ original skins (which is just crazy, that that much remained preserved well enough to be used in the restoration)), and is powered by a BMW 801 engine, as per original. At this time, there are a couple of other original Fw 190 airframes which are also being restored to airworthy to be powered by BMW 801's - probably most noteworthy, the example known as "White 1", which was obtained by the Collings Foundation last year and remains on track to completion and flying (will likely be the next one to join the ranks of the FHC example). All of the other full-size Fw 190's you see flying today are Flugwerk replicas, and aren't really all that close to the originals, being largely 'based on' the original design, and not entirely copied from the original design - for instance, those who have tried have found that the Flugwerk parts/assemblies don't match up with original Focke-Wulf parts/assemblies, and thus cannot help in getting an original airframe completed.

Mike, Cleartheprop, and Quicksand, I'll polish them off (the flight dynamics files) and send them to you via PM. My aim was to have flight performance similar to the Virtavia/Alphasim models (airspeeds, acceleration), with the flight handling of the Warwick Carter models (control forces), together with the visuals of the SU models (I've done the same/use the same flight dynamics with the Warwick Carter models as well). If interested, I'll also include the modified panel.cfg files and gauge that I wrote for the tailwheel locking mechanism for the SU AT-6G and LT-6G variants, which, unlike the earlier Texans, had a tailwheel locking mechanism just like the P-51 (that was connected to the control stick position). If anyone else would be interested, just PM me, and I'll get the files off to you as well (volume 1 and 2). I'm still working on the textures (its been a bit of a long-term project).

Just picked up Sky Unlimited's pack two.. John, I would love to have your improvements, flight model and texture wise, to these outstanding models... I have all the available Texans, BTW, and they are all very well done... Thankful to all the modellers who make these planes available, be they payware or freeware. :salute::medals::icon29::guinness:

Thank you Paul - I had just noticed that too while flying that model last night and was going to mention it to you today. I've been really enjoying these aircraft, and thank you for sharing your superb work with us all!

BTW, continuing off of what you mention, Huub, I was a bit surprised to find that there are as many original period photographs of Dr.I's as there are available. For those that wonder about such things, only 320 Dr.I's were ever originally produced, and by the time of WWII only one of these of the original production was still surviving - which was serial no. 152/17, which had been one of the examples flown by Manfred von Richthofen, who had claimed three of his kills with that aircraft. Unfortunately, having been on display in a museum in Berlin, the aircraft was destroyed by the Allied bombing raids, and thus no originals remain today (save for a few parts and numerous pieces of fabric from originals (some have joked that there is so many surviving pieces that are claimed to have been from Richthofen's aircraft, that a complete example could be assembled from those pieces that are on display or in private collections around the world). Fokker did assemble one from existing parts they had in the 1930's, but that one too was destroyed during WWII while on display in Berlin. With only 320 having originally been built, it would be interesting to know in comparison the total number of the replicas which have been produced since WWI (probably quite a ways up there to matching that original production number).

Thank you Huub!

Dave, I have both, and with Volume 2 you get quite a bit more than you do with Volume 1, for really no difference in price. The flight dynamics are very nice, but a bit underpowered (much like the flight dynamics with the Warwick Carter model). I've simply increased the horsepower and changed a few other items regarding the engine and prop in mine to get more airspeed out of them. I've been working on new textures, specs, and bump maps for the SU models at double the resolution as they come, with the hope of producing a number of my favorite Texan, SNJ, and Harvard paint schemes.

Guess I shouldn't worry so much... FS9 is at 21.1 Gb FSX is at 65.4 Gb I try to control sizes by moving aircraft (and some scenery) folders to an external HD if and when I feel I don't fly them, thereby leaving the favorite aircraft in the sim. So there is an additional 150.0 Gb for FS9 and 8.6 Gb for FSX of inactive aircraft, manuals, paint kits, etc. on an external drive. This does not include the full copies of each sim on other portable drives used as backups in case of a reinstall, etc.

Huub, that repaint looks brilliant! I really do like your paintwork very much, the brush-stokes on the fabric turned out great. And what an interesting airframe - the history about it, and the colors and markings. Definitely looking forward to flying that one if you decide to upload it! BTW, on the topic of Mikael Carlson and his Dr.I reproduction, and the experience he has with flying it, there is a rather interesting discussion (originated a few years ago) at the Rise of Flight forums, that starts with some interesting feedback from Mikael Carlson about flying and operating an authentic Le Rhone powered Dr.I: http://riseofflight.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=14008 And here are some interviews with Mikael Carlson, discussing the Dr.I: http://www.clipwings.com/clip/1318/Mikael_Carlson_Fokker_DRI___Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEbzXZ0d6XA

And here are the two real aircraft, performing together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItiOsA9VMWs

And some more 'extras'.

I'm really disappointed to read a comment like that, and I don't see that as necessary at all. Warwick Carter's model is superb, as are the SkyUnlimited examples, which are fully out-fitted with all of the original cockpit hardware, and are also extremely accurate in reproducing the same 'lines' of the real aircraft (not to mention a whole assortment of Texan/Harvard/SNJ variations). Both productions have some very unique features about them as well. Between them, I can't pick a favorite. Here are some screenshots of the unique SkyUnlimited LT-6 'Mosquito' of the Korean War era:

Dave, that extension is simply part of the Photobucket link. Through Photobucket, if you want the image to display in the original native size, it has to have that "~original" extension at the end - "original" refers to that fact that the image will be displayed in its original size, rather than a smaller size. This has nothing to do with SOH, and is no 'meaningful act' other than to just have the image display in its proper size.

Thank you Vin for posting this thread! Just a bit less than a month ago I made a post in the FSX forum to mark the anniversary of the day that the 'Spirit of St. Louis' first flew. Amazing to consider that less than a month after its very first flight, Lindbergh was setting off across the Atlantic with it (having first just crossed the United States). The aircraft would be retired almost exactly a year later from that first flight, having only ever been piloted by Charles Lindbergh - with the exception of a short flight that Lindbergh's good friend Bud Gurney made with the aircraft shortly after Lindbergh had returned from the Atlantic flight, so that Bud could see how she handled (Bud had done some barnstorming with Lindbergh in the early 20's (as depicted in the Jimmy Stewart movie)).

Yes, he flew both Corsairs and P-38s on some missions in the South Pacific as a civilian. The (award winning) FG-1D Corsair operated by the Texas Flying Legends Museum pays a bit of homage to that fact, with 'Col. "Slim" Lindbergh' scribed under the canopy (on an otherwise 'standard' Pacific theatre three-tone paint scheme), with three kill markings, representing the number of Japanese aircraft that are believed to have been shot down by Lindbergh. http://www.texasflyinglegends.org/whistling-death-fg-1d Considering Lindbergh's age at the time of WWII, and the general ages of those in the service, he was quite an old guy at the time. Some photos of Lindbergh out in the South Pacific during the war:

I purchased mine from FS Pilot Shop earlier today, and it's version 1.2. The download page says: "File Last Updated: Saturday, 18th May, 2013 @ 01:09am."

Nope. I did figure out the "pilotable" vessel and saved a flight with the carrier in Puget Sound. But as for the LSO, he's got pretty stiff arms by now. :icon_lol:

I've gone ahead and uploaded the Mikael Carlson Dr.I repaint. I found a few more things to correct and add since the last screenshots I posted. For instance, the center support struts for the upper wings are the dark green, rather than the light blue. I also added the stencils to the lower surfaces of the wings. A rather cool coincidence about this aircraft, is that the Wk. No., accurate to the specific example it is marked to represent, is 1987 (the year I was born).

Here you are, Tom: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=34&linkid=16369 Thank you Paul for this latest version of the Duck - I can't wait to take it up for some new flights and splashes.

Very good news, Cody.. Hats off to Ant for this outstanding plane, and to you and the rest of the talented painters for all of your hard work...:medals::icon29::guinness::salute:

Nice day for a cruise in Puget Sound, BTW

This is per the manual on the various panel.cfg files.. To activate and animate the LSO, add the following lines to the panel.cfg for the aircraft you wish to use with the CV-6. WindowXX=Batsman //--------------------------------------------------------

No bad news here, Francois. I'm ready when you and Simon are ready. :applause: The expansion pack looks great.

Here are some more shots, with the final updates added that I am aware of. Any criticism would be great to hear. On my current display, the green looks dark and saturated enough, but on another it looks a bit washed out. The markings on this reproduction of Mikael Carlson's, is that of Johann Janzen's aircraft, 403/17, of Jasta 6, when based at Lien St. Amand, February 1918.

BTW, Huub, that is very interesting what you say about the painting you remember. For the formation I put together, I was inspired by the same brilliant formation that these aircraft fly in at the Classic Fighters air show held at Omaka, as seen in this video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iJpzsbsD2M

Thank you Mike, Matt, and Huub, I appreciate it! Here is a work in progress on Mikael Carlson's Fokker Dr.1 - which I believe is regarded as the most authentic reproduction flying (all original materials-construction (including the original types of metal and wood), original period instruments (the very few there are), and a 110 hp Le Rhone rotary engine). It also has a very authentic factory-type finish over-all. I went back to square one on the fabric streaked paint, and tried to recreate the same general look/colors as seen on Mikael Carlson's example (for those wondering, the paint kit doesn't come with the fantastic streaked-fabric paint as seen in the textures that come with the Neoqb Dr.1). What you see is about five layers over the top of each other to try and get that look of the fabric paint. All that I believe I need to correct now is the color of the horizontal tail struts, a couple of small parts around the tail, and enlarge and re-position the stencils on the main wing struts. This is not only my favorite of the replicas flying today, due to its fantastic originality, but also because of the pilot that flies it (one of my top 3 or so favorite pilots in the world). Not only is it probably the most authentic example flying today, but it is also flown more to its max capabilities than any other that I am aware of. Through Mikael Carlson's displays, you can really see what an aircraft of this type can do, through loops, rolls, and spins. The aircraft is located in Sweden (along with the rest of Mikael Carlson's amazing collection of very authentic reproduction and original aircraft from the WWI and pre-WWI era), registered SE-XXZ, and has been displayed at several countries throughout Europe, including Germany and England, and has even displayed in Russia. (There is also a less-authentic example based in France that is finished in the same markings)

Don't ask..:icon_lol:

Sorry I wasn't more specific in my thoughts. What I meant was that it was as if I was missing a *.dll or other program that the LSO setup needs to function. Basically it's a Window and xml gauge added to the panel.cfg. I can open the window and the LSO is standing there with his arms and paddles outstretched, but there is no animation as expected when I deviate from the landing flight path. I have a support ticket in with Vertical Studios, so we'll get this sorted out in time. I was just wondering if someone else might have the same issue, or if it is just my setup. I should add that this issue isn't detracting from addon. The install is straightforward, the vessel looks fantastic, and I've made about 20 traps and take offs without the LSO.

If anyone is actually interested, I have just uploaded this seven-pack set to the library here, at Flightsim.com, and at Avsim.

Anyone able to get the LSO to function?? I've modified my panel.cfg and added the entry per the manual, but all he does is hold his arms out. Seems like I'm missing something, but not sure what. :salute:

Okay, I just need to package them up and upload them. The aircraft are all of Jasta 11, "The Flying Circus": 1. Manfred von Richthofen's Dr.1 425/17 2. Werner Steinhauser's Dr.1 564/17 3. Details Unknown 4. Hans Weiss' Dr.1 545/17 5. Eberhardt Mohnicke's Dr.1 155/17 6. Lothar von Richtofen's Dr.1 454/17

Roger that... Now, can someone direct me to some instructions on how to work with carriers in FSX?? I hate to admit it but this was my first landing and takeoff on an FSX carrier. :salute: Whoops. Nevermind. Just found the manual. Gotta fly now. :mixedsmi:

Thank you Mike. Yes, I've been going through and doing each of the seven paint schemes that are applied to the replicas owned by filmmaker Peter Jackson/The Vintage Aviator, based in New Zealand (seen here: http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2012/05/fokker-triplane-replicas-of-new-zealand_12.html). All of these schemes are historic (majority of them with documented pilots), of examples that were part of Jasta 11, "The Flying Circus". Once all seven are complete, they all will be uploaded as one combined set. I've been saving the easiest for last, and although I've got some other business to tend to tonight, I should have the final two completed within an hour or two and will start to get them put together for upload. Here are some new screenshots of the latest example, with some changes again to the streaked-fabric. I've adjusted the colors and contrasts again, and I think I can be content enough to settle for them, and now I will just have to make the same changes to the previous repaints shown before (though I may lean them back to being a bit more brown).