Yes, a transponder would be very nice.
Yes, a transponder would be very nice.
Thanks for the comments, gents, much appreciated!
Actually... Pete just came into the cockpit with an old Dymo labelmaker... :
Hehe.... no worries, can be removed just as quick..
Radios are working now too and i just got more code from Warwick to shape the digits into the vertically scrolling white type. Going well ! ( finally.... ;-)
Certainly !
( although highly inadequate, personally i don't care for flying without default ATC at all )
cheers,
jan
Well, as for the IFR last minute modifications, I sincerely hope that in the end we will not end up with Manfred's modern cockpit layout again... ;-)
Seriously, a 'vintage' style DC-3 without Sperry gyropilot doesn't seem right to me. It's such a fun instrument, anyway, in my modest opinion. I'm sure, too, that many people enjoy flying VFR and do not necessarily want to fly ILS approaches.
Haven't the folks at MAAM implemented a Sperry Mk. III into their gooney bird? Maybe it can serve as a 'inspiration' for programming/coding (I certainly don't want to promulgate plagiarism for sure!).
However, I am not in the position to dictate any terms as I'm grateful for any revitalisation of the good old 3. I'm relieved that the Sperry isn't dropped at all for now. And the WIP looks simply awesome anyhow... Thanks!
I reject that! I don't want to think what that would make ME! I am glad to see that the idea of a mid-40's vvc hasn't been abandoned. I continue to be astounded at the quality of work in this project. And hope Bjoern's "toggle" can somehow be implemented to switch between the ages. I still think that steam locomotives and TD's are the proper way to travel.....
The label is just a texture that could be changed if one feels the need to do so, I guess.
Cheers,
Mark
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I hope that no one who flies this plane with the very old virtual cockpit...that is, flying a (now) very old plane, flying in the distant past, flying before Dymo tape...flies over modern scenery. That would be just WRONG!
Interesting, thanks !
What is more (or less) important re the specific virtual era that our VVC will be initially set in is the radio set that is currently being realised and installed. I didn't succeed myself to find a specific date when for the first time the well known and extensively used King KX 170 nav/comm radio combination was introduced. Would be most welcome if anybody here would have an answer to that !
Well, actually, atm, it's just a bit of fooling around with virtual sellotape, paper and pen and a Dymo labelmaker. Just because it's presently unclear if and when the Sperry AP will be coded. It needs a specialist. The Sperry AP in our ol' Maam-Sim R4D was programmed by Arne Bartels. A wonderful job but did produce some odd behaviour of the aircraft during change of heading. Not sure when exactly we released the first iteration of our R4D but it might well be 10 years ago by now so that goes for Arne's Sperry AP as well. Not sure neither but that might well be the time when XML coding still belonged in the realms of science fiction... Maybe there's a better chance now to get it done. Let's hope so.
Yep, but if we'd look at it that way we could just forget about a 'Vintage Virtual Cockpit' for the Dakota all together,couldn't we. You could look at it as a 'preserved aircraft' kept in original state as much as possible. It might probabely be that most DC-3's/C-47's still flying today are equipped with modern nav and flight instruments, and to replicate that in FSX you have the excellent 'modern' VC to fly Manfred's beautiful Dakota's. The 'VVC' that we are trying to realize here however is to simulate what it might've been like to fly the DC-3 in its 'Heydays' when GPS ment nothing else but Go Perfectly Straight. Personally i'd say never mind the scenery.
( btw, a group of dutchies have realised excellent 1960's scenery for many European airports and surroundings, i believe only FS9 compatible though.. )
Amsterdam Schiphol 1962:
I read this one as an ironic hint to all those that need everything to be a perfect age specific recreation of a DC-3.
But I may be wrong. Those of us not having english as our 1st or 2nd language sometimes/often get lost in this kind of messages.
I hope that your VC will be released and I will happily accept it as it is with an INOP autopilot and the radios that work for you now. I will also accept that you may change things in later releases.
I was just attempting a little humor, nothing serious. I find the idea of determining when we are flying the vintage plane to be rather ironic and humorous.
Attempts at humor can sometimes be risky, since the humor can be misunderstood. And on the internet, there's no tone to what one is saying. I sure hope that I didn't sound negative or critical of anyone, in any way.
The plane is fantastic, and it looks like it's going to have a vintage cockpit to match - regardless of when we fly it...now, or in the past.
Thanks for following up. Its nice to know if you understand things the right or wrong way. This time I got it right, but maybe next time I get it wrong. You didnt sound negative to me.
A lot of internet forum problems come from language problems. many off us have english as 2nd, 3rd etc. language, so we get things wrong and native english speakers often misuse their own language. For the native english speakers that dont understand that, try to be an active member of a flightsim forum in Spanish, Dutch, Russian, whatever, for a year.
Back on topic: Are you considering a Christmas release?
Obie311 was correct the set indeed predated 1975. By 5 years actually.
The creative atmosphere at King Radio has yielded many important firsts. King brought the first all solid-state transceiver for airline use to the market in 1966, the KTR 900: the first digital ADF for general aviation, the KDF 800, in 1969; and the first low cost all solid-state TSO'd VHF NAV/COMM unit, the KX 175, in 1970.
Found here, in the Ed King story: http://mcguinn1342.blogspot.nl/2006/...ing-story.html
Cheers,
Huub
Thanks, guys ! Appreciated !
Hmmm.... 1970's..... doesn't sound very encouraging....
Been reading up about Mr.King's story as well on another site. Not very specific about dates there neither, remarkable.... In another article about Cessna and Piper legacy avionics however i read this: " In the 60's and 70's when the KX-170 and 170B were introduced.... " A step closer to my liking...
Anyway, Wozza and me have been putting a lot of effort into our radio set these last couple of days so that's what we're going for. ( courtesy by Hansi, Rob and the DC-2 ("zo komt Jan splinter door de winter" ;-)) Not finished yet, one last pesky problem to tackle, the Nav decimals skip over a digit... Otherwise works fine now and looks like this :
The struggle continues.
cheers,
jan
Wow Jan, beautiful! I wish I could do interior texturing as good as you...
That is beautiful.
Well these are a classic in their own right.
I can't speak for Europe but certainly in North America you'd be hard pressed to find a pilot over 40 that hasn't twirled these knobs. And... you didn't need a manual or tutorial to understand how to work them. No dang menus. Totally instinctive.
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Jan, I'm always happy to help Jan Splinter through the winter, haha. There's more help in the pipeline.
Even going to install FSX again. Getting all exited about this :-)
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