Supermarine Spitfire PR XI update/enhanced for Fs9

[Shessi]

Hi Folks,
I have been beavering away on Chris Lampard's excellent PR XI Spit. Adding a full working VC, new pilot with auto movement as though he's scanning the sky and his instruments, now with a slipper fuel tank choice, a few LOD's to help and loads of tweaks etc.

Just uploaded.....http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...d=205&id=26388

Cheers

Shessi

PS. OH YES, AND PLEASE DONATE...NOW!

[ian elliot]

A thing of beauty, i remember that model when it was first released, thanks for your effort's,
you were saying about burning out

[anels9]

Its absolutely brillant! Thanks for all the effort

[wombat666]

Out-Bloody-Standing!

[huub vink]

Thank you Shessi. I had this aircraft installed from the day it was released, but I hardly flew it mainly because of the lack of a VC. So that should be solved now.

Cheers,
Huub

[Shessi]

Ian..I know, I know..ha ha!

A and W, glad you like it, it is all down to the brilliance of Chris Lampard though, mine's just icing.

And agreed Huub, that's why I did it, it was crying out for one, along with a good pilot. Which I'm especially please with doing the timed animation on.

Could I have peoples thoughts on that pilot timed animation please? Good/bad, realistic/not, too much/too little/just right etc? Thanks.

Cheers

Shessi

[Priller]

Hi Shessi,

An obvious question: will you release this for FSX/P3Dv4 as you did with the Bf-109D?

Cheers,

Priller

[anels9]

Hey shessi, any more wonderful spits in the works?

[Shessi]

Noooooo....sorry

There are enough Spits out there as well.......lol

Cheers

Shessi

[Miggers]

Lovely model,but I find the flight dynamics are pretty wild,Real Air's Griffon Spits are easier
to handle.

The bigger rudder fitted to the XI(based on the VIII fuselage)actually raises the cross wind component to 12kts
as opposed to 9kts with the "original" rudder,so should have better authority,this doesn't seem to be the case here.
Bootfuls and slight trim of right rudder are normally enough with a Merlin Spit,but this thing is wild and very,very difficultto keep straight(you should only need +4-6 boost at about 2850-2900 RPM)to get off

The aileron authority on take-off(you hold full right until the speed comes up)seems over sensitive once she lifts off.

I only did a quick test with it,I'll take it on a better cross country and up to high altitude to see if the Merlin's
(should be a 70 series)2 speed 2 stage blower works as it should(at about 12-14 thousand feet).

[Shessi]

Hi Miggers,
Hear what you say. I appreciate you'er just mentioning this, but a couple of things...the Real Air Spit is from a professional software company, and you pay for their products. Both Chris and myself are not ac.cfg or airfile experts, so it is difficult to get the ac to act totally as should be, it will always be a rough-timate of true performance.

So, several ways round this, collate the correct parameters and get someone who could input your data...or get yer finger out and do one yourself...

I would love to have more realistic airfiles/ac.cfg's.

Cheers

Shessi

[Motormouse]

Lovely model,but I find the flight dynamics are pretty wild,Real Air's Griffon Spits are easier
to handle.

The bigger rudder fitted to the XI(based on the VIII fuselage)actually raises the cross wind component to 12kts
as opposed to 9kts with the "original" rudder,so should have better authority,this doesn't seem to be the case here.
Bootfuls and slight trim of right rudder are normally enough with a Merlin Spit,but this thing is wild and very,very difficultto keep straight(you should only need +4-6 boost at about 2850-2900 RPM)to get off

The aileron authority on take-off(you hold full right until the speed comes up)seems over sensitive once she lifts off.

I only did a quick test with it,I'll take it on a better cross country and up to high altitude to see if the Merlin's
(should be a 70 series)2 speed 2 stage blower works as it should(at about 12-14 thousand feet).

Morning...

You can adjust the controls effectiveness in the Flight Tuning section of aircraft.cfg (typical one reproduced below)
increase the number for more effectiveness , decrease for less.

Each full number ie changing

 rudder_effectiveness=1.0

to

 rudder_effectiveness=2.0

makes the rudder 10 times more effective than

 rudder_effectiveness=1.0

, so try adjusting the increments
in 0.2 to say

 rudder_effectiveness=1.2

etc.

[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar=1.0 
parasite_drag_scalar=1.0 
induced_drag_scalar=1.0 
elevator_effectiveness=1.0 
aileron_effectiveness=1.0 
rudder_effectiveness=1.0 
pitch_stability=1.0 
roll_stability=1.0 
yaw_stability=1.0 
elevator_trim_effectiveness=1.0 
aileron_trim_effectiveness=1.0 
rudder_trim_effectiveness=1.0 
p_factor_on_yaw =1.0
torque_on_roll =1.0
gyro_precession_on_yaw =1.0 
gyro_precession_on_pitch = 1.0
hi_alpha_on_roll =1.0
hi_alpha_on_yaw =1.0
gyro_precession_on_roll =1.0

ttfn

Pete

[anels9]

Hey shessi, cant believe i didnt notice before but the elevator animation doesnt work. export issue id say

[djs1]

anels9,
First thing I do with any new aircraft is check out all the animations and they have all, including the elevators, have worked fine from Day 1.

[anels9]

yes youre correct, my apologies shessi, must've had an older version

[Shessi]

A9.....NP

DJ...nice kwacker digi piano in sunny Donny!


Shessi

[djs1]

Shessi, that's my pride and joy, wanted a bike for my 7th birthday and got a piano instead!! Never looked back.
By the way, it's blowing the mother and father of all gales in "sunny Donny".

Best wishes
David

[anels9]

Did chris ever do any p-51s shessi ?

[Shessi]

Did chris ever do any p-51s shessi ?

Hi A,
No, not a P51. TBH there are loads of P51's to choose from. From payware to Fs9 specific, or converted from CFS2...enough I think!

Cheers

Shessi

[wombat666]

Pretty slim selection of the Allison powered versions Shessi.