Kodiak Released

abrussell · April 6th, 2009, 22:42

The new Kodiak is here! This is one nice bird!
Thanks Bill

Bruce
ps My virtual cheque for 1.6 million virtual dollars is in the mail.

**SolarEagle** · April 6th, 2009, 23:03

Where is 'here'? Why announce a product without including one shred of information?

**simkid22** · April 6th, 2009, 23:21

http://www.lionheartcreations.com/Kodiak.html

abrussell · April 6th, 2009, 23:21

Lionheart Creations
Bruce

**SolarEagle** · April 6th, 2009, 23:31

Ah, thank you.

**Lionheart** · April 7th, 2009, 00:10

Man.. My little girl.. released to the world.. Dare I tell anyone.

Treat her nice. Be gentle. Break in the turbine at proper RPM's.

Let me know if there are issues and I will get them worked out as soon as possible.

She is designed for fun, rough landings, STOL take-offs, bush pilot types of things..

The manual is here; http://lionheartworld.net/schloss/Qu...Manual.pdf.zip

Bill

**Lionheart** · April 7th, 2009, 00:16

Side note; For those that might not read manuals.

The new Garmin MFD (center panel) has some new innovations.
* Lowered refresh rates for better frame rate performance
* Map rendering sleep mode (Map menu button on bottom row of MFD)
* Terrain button (night mode) [stock FS frame rate saver]
* Declutter; now available on this MFD, allows you to take out all rendered objects in the MFD down to just airfields so that frame rates (with day time textures in map mode) will increase as there are less objects being rendered (and rendered slower or slowly).

Then also, for even slower computers, I have the 'High Performance Textures Pack' installer. This reduces huge FSX DDS textures down to 1024 pixeles square, and in FS2004, textures go from 32bit High Rez, down to DXT3 standard resolution.

Should work out for everyone. :d

Bill

**lawdawg** · April 7th, 2009, 00:37

Bill, good morning.
I have a question for you. Are the sounds default or custom?
Thanks and God bless.

**Helldiver** · April 7th, 2009, 01:00

Bill, I have been all over the site and can't find out what does it cost.

**Lionheart** · April 7th, 2009, 01:01

Originally Posted by lawdawg

Bill, good morning.
I have a question for you. Are the sounds default or custom?
Thanks and God bless.

They are stock FS Cessna Caravan soundpacks, both in FSX and FS2004. They are directly linked.

I was highly impressed with the sounds, especially with FSX, and simply linked them. Its my thoughts that the sounds would be very similar in the two airframes, (Kodiak and Caravan). Neither are pressurized (like the Epic is) so I felt the soundpacks from FS were more then adequate.

Bill

**Lionheart** · April 7th, 2009, 01:03

Originally Posted by Helldiver

Bill, I have been all over the site and can't find out what does it cost.

HD, what in Tarnation are you doing up this late??

$24.95.

Thanks for pointing that out. I will put that into the website right now.

The original Kodiak was this price. I havent raised it.

Bill

I will be under the radar for a bit.. Have to catch 4 bells of sleep

harleyman · April 7th, 2009, 01:55

Yea ! Great News Bill................

**Mithrin** · April 7th, 2009, 02:13

Off for a first flight!

**stiz** · April 7th, 2009, 02:20

congrats on getting it finished bill she looks lovely

now then ...... that junkers of yours :d

**doublecool** · April 7th, 2009, 02:28

Thank you so much LH, I have a question

when replacing my older Kodiak in fs9...should I do a told uninstall or install over...the old version

I dont wanna lose the old Kodiak missions that came with it,

I fly FX but I still fly fs9 as well

***Ferry_vO*** · April 7th, 2009, 03:04

Rats, just ordered the Aerosoft F-16, but this will be on top of my list next month (Or the month after that, as I'll probably be moving in a couple of weeks!)

**nio** · April 7th, 2009, 03:22

Originally Posted by doublecool

Thank you so much LH, I have a question

when replacing my older Kodiak in fs9...should I do a told uninstall or install over...the old version

I dont wanna lose the old Kodiak missions that came with it,

I fly FX but I still fly fs9 as well

DC

I believe Bill answers this in the Q & A on his website.

I have copied the relevant section from his webpage

Question: Can I install this over the older version of Kodiaks for FS?
Answer: No. You MUST delete the older version or you will see other versions of the older models mixed in with
the new platforms and textures.

HTH

BTW I really appreciate the time and trouble Bill goes to in producing these wonderful aircraft and the amount of valuable information he provides for end-users.

I already have and enjoy his Bellanca Viking.The Kodiak is now a must buy for me (when I can afford it) together with the others in his hangar.

Well done Bill!Another stellar aircraft for us to enjoy.

best

nio

***grunau_baby*** · April 7th, 2009, 04:24

Great news!!!! It´s finally out and my upcomming dentist bills linit my hunger for payware

Well I have to go on a diet for while then, will get it as soon as it´s on simmarket!!!!

Thanks Bill!
Alex

EgoR64 · April 7th, 2009, 04:40

Super, Thanks Bill !!

Will be Stopping by Tonight to get her !!

Many Cheers !! :ernae::ernae::ernae:

:friday:

MCDesigns · April 7th, 2009, 05:01

Beautiful looking model, congrats on the release Bill!

I want this, but there's lots of detail in the shots, can anyone with a lower end machine comment on performance in the sim? compared against the defaults?

**jpmouse** · April 7th, 2009, 05:23

Wow! Just in time for the summer season in Tongas and Misty Fjords. Thanks for a great aircraft. I just spent the last five hours flying her and she is SWEET. Love the Ambulance cabin. I found a few issues but very minor and I'll wait to make sure that they are not "operator errors" as I was pretty tired when flying her. I couldn't wait to try it out. The Caravan is a great aircraft, but I've always wanted a STOL with big load capacity that can get into some of the 1200' strips. This is great!

:friday:

JPMouse

**mike_cyul** · April 7th, 2009, 05:38

Congrats, Bill! Lots of hard work in there. :ernae:

Mike

**gera** · April 7th, 2009, 06:37

Hi Bill..............Great, I will spend the Easter holydays flying that wonderful machine around some mountains and hope to fly out of them with a Mission......beautiful aircraft amigo!!!!!...Gracias

**Marvin Carter** · April 7th, 2009, 06:45

Thanks Bill!!!

Marvin Carter

**thunder100** · April 7th, 2009, 07:45

Originally Posted by Lionheart

Side note; For those that might not read manuals.

The new Garmin MFD (center panel) has some new innovations.
* Lowered refresh rates for better frame rate performance
* Map rendering sleep mode (Map menu button on bottom row of MFD)
* Terrain button (night mode) [stock FS frame rate saver]
* Declutter; now available on this MFD, allows you to take out all
Bill

dear Bill

Wonderful bird

Some practiacl questions

How do the PFD and MFD(Except above) differ from the EPIC ?
Any solution for the more higher end computer boys for VC resolution except go to 2048,2048s?

thanks

Roland

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