Savoia Marchetti S.79CS & T just uploaded

***huub vink*** · April 27th, 2016, 13:09

Thanks for your wise language lessons Gaucho, but please remember that this is an international forum when you can't expect everybody to write the Queen's English.
We use language as a carrier for the message we try to bring.

Everybody has his own talents here. One can read and write several languages, others make perfect models. I would appreciate it if you could limit your comments to the model, which is the actual topic of this thread.

Thank you,
Huub

**gaucho_59** · April 27th, 2016, 13:18

Originally Posted by huub vink

Thanks for your wise language lessons Gaucho, but please remember that this is an international forum when you can't expect everybody to write the Queen's English.
We use language as a carrier for the message we try to bring.

Everybody has his own talents here. One can read and write several languages, others make perfect models. I would appreciate it if you could limit your comments to the model, which is the actual topic of this thread.

Thank you,
Huub

Didn't mean to offend anyone! A thousand pardons...
Not meaning to be picky... but it seems the conversation had turned to colors in photographs... and no one protested...
G.

***huub vink*** · April 27th, 2016, 14:08

No problem Gaucho, but in the three posts you made in this thread 2 contained comments about spelling. Only the last one, which was made after my request not to do this, didn't.

Cheers,
Huub

**gastonj** · April 28th, 2016, 00:59

Hello Gaucho_59, thanks for all! If you try to speak French, i can help you ... my pleasure!

Cheers,
JMC

**kelticheart** · April 28th, 2016, 01:11

Originally Posted by gaucho_59

Not mices... common mistake of foreign English speakers... btw... aircraft.. the plural is aircraft... not aircrafts...
another common error seen around here.. lol....

Gaucho,

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KH

***huub vink*** · April 28th, 2016, 01:28

Gentlemen! Enough said about language and spelling now. Please stay to the subject!

Thanks,
Huub

***Daube*** · April 28th, 2016, 03:21

Originally Posted by kelticheart

Gaucho,

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KH

Insults like this have no place here.

***huub vink*** · April 28th, 2016, 11:07

Originally Posted by Daube

Insults like this have no place here.

As I agree I have removed the comment.

Cheers,
Huub

***huub vink*** · April 28th, 2016, 11:13

For those who have display problems with the prop textures I have made two alternative textures. Could you please install these textures and report back hwther the problem has been solved?

Just unzip and drop the files in the "common" texture folders form both the SM.79CS folder as the SM.79T folder.

Thanks for your feedback,
Huub

**gaucho_59** · April 28th, 2016, 11:32

Originally Posted by gastonj

Hello Gaucho_59, thanks for all! If you try to speak French, i can help you ... my pleasure!

Cheers,
JMC

I lived in Europe since I retired from the US Army in 1984 until the year 2000, and learned French back in 1952... as a very young boy... lol
G.

***huub vink*** · April 28th, 2016, 12:40

Manuele added a very weathered version in the package of the I-ALAN, as it most probably looked after a harsh flight from Italie to Brazil.

As I wanted to have an I-ALAN as it looked before the start, when it was among the best Italian Civil Aviation could bring, I decided to start a fresh repaint. The start is there, but as I started a fresh paintkit it will take quite some time to finish it. All shading stil needs to be applied.

There are some minor differences between this repaint and the one by Manuele as there aren't many pictures from this aircraft avaiable, which leaves quite some room for my own interpretation.

Cheers,
Huub

**DaveB** · April 28th, 2016, 13:07

That's a good looking start Huub

ATB
DaveB

**gaucho_59** · April 28th, 2016, 13:28

Crisp and defined... kudos!
G.

**lemonadedrinker** · April 29th, 2016, 00:54

Hi,
Let's hope this is roughly on-topic

Much as I like the S-79 models, I also like to add an autopilot so I can go off and make Tea. I think some of Manuele's aircraft have a modified Sperry(?) unit, but not the I-ALAN which is the one I fly.

I have the old LAGO model to which I have added the autopilot from the Dh 104, which works well, but this does not want to function in these newer aircraft and I wondered whether there is something I can do to make this unit work.

Thanks for any advice,
Andy.

**mvg3d** · April 29th, 2016, 01:46

Originally Posted by lemonadedrinker

Hi,
Let's hope this is roughly on-topic

Much as I like the S-79 models, I also like to add an autopilot so I can go off and make Tea. I think some of Manuele's aircraft have a modified Sperry(?) unit, but not the I-ALAN which is the one I fly.

I have the old LAGO model to which I have added the autopilot from the Dh 104, which works well, but this does not want to function in these newer aircraft and I wondered whether there is something I can do to make this unit work.

Thanks for any advice,
Andy.

Hi Andy,
ALL the planes in the package are equipped with an autopilot, also the I-ALAN !!!
The autopilot in S.79CS was an experimental installation (as reported from some RA historical writers). Smiths and Sperry systems were tested and, probably (I did a deep research and there is NO evidence in ALL the texts and photos I found), was chosen the Sperry one. The system, very similar to autopilot used by Wiley Post in his Lockheed Vega, was license-built by Italian Salmoiraghi. In the T model,modified CSs for Rome-Dakar-Rio de Janeiro transatlantic flight, instead of Salmoiraghi, was used a more advanced autopilot (derived from Siemens K4u), license-built by Italian Microtecnica (there is NO photographic evidence, BUT it is clearly cited in Biseo's reports). The I-ALAN was a CS (you can find a brief history in the pdf enclosed in the package) with all the T instruments and a little cabin for 4 passengers and mail. You can find more instructions about the use of Microtecnica-Siemens autopilot in the "Understanding the S79" txt file (by FSAviator, also included in the package).

**lemonadedrinker** · April 29th, 2016, 01:55

Hi Manuele,
Thanks for your reply....I really must go and read the Manual properly before attempting to fly across the Atlantic. What I am finding is that Control + Z doesn't act as altitude Hold..is this something that cannot be achieved?

Andy.

**mvg3d** · April 29th, 2016, 07:25

Originally Posted by lemonadedrinker

Hi Manuele,
Thanks for your reply....I really must go and read the Manual properly before attempting to fly across the Atlantic. What I am finding is that Control + Z doesn't act as altitude Hold..is this something that cannot be achieved?

Andy.

Hi Andy,
With Microtecnica-Siemens (S.79T & SM.79P) You can hold the altitude only with trim, the Salmoiraghi-Sperry (S.79CS) works as the original in Lockheed Vega and DC-3.

**lemonadedrinker** · April 29th, 2016, 10:40

Hi,
Thank you Manuele; what I often find is that one 'click' of the trim adjustment is way too much and we are launched skyward or the opposite...I have enquired before about lessening the effects attached to the controller but..no joy. It's a shame, as you can alter the sim rate and it would be useful to be able to change the controller 'power'.

Andy.

**mvg3d** · April 29th, 2016, 12:01

Originally Posted by lemonadedrinker

Hi,
Thank you Manuele; what I often find is that one 'click' of the trim adjustment is way too much and we are launched skyward or the opposite...I have enquired before about lessening the effects attached to the controller but..no joy. It's a shame, as you can alter the sim rate and it would be useful to be able to change the controller 'power'.

Andy.

Hi Andy,
Please refer to old S.79 post (in SOH/FS2004 forum) with a lot of answers by FSAviator and to the "Understanding the SM79" file, the FDs and the aircraft.cfg are the same (only the fuel section was changed) and the same are ALL the VC animations.

**lemonadedrinker** · April 29th, 2016, 12:18

Hi,
Many thanks for all your wonderful work, Manuele, I am now setting off to read up properly this time .

Andy

***huub vink*** · April 30th, 2016, 14:18

The clean I-ALAN (still Work in Progress)

**mvg3d** · April 30th, 2016, 15:50

Originally Posted by huub vink

The clean I-ALAN (still Work in Progress)

***huub vink*** · May 5th, 2016, 13:27

The clean I-ALAN is as good as finished, now I only need to write a read me and upload the textures. In the meanwhile, just for fun, I did a simple "what-if" texture. When the Corsa M.M. 355 was not handed over to ALA Littoria, but given to their German allies to use as fast VIP transporter it could have looked like this.

Not finished because I still want to add somethings, for which I need my imagination. But already a small preview. (and when you post screenshots, you always see things which should be improved....)

The real D-AZUR was a Junkers G-38di, which crashed on 26 June 1936 at Dessua (Germany) due to a technical failure.

Cheers,
Huub

**Emil** · May 11th, 2016, 00:59

Definitely one of the best planes out there, and definitely the best vintage one. Keep up the good work!

**thunder100** · May 11th, 2016, 02:00

My late friend ,a German fighter and later Bomber pilot flew once the S.79**.He was very impressed about speed and manouverbility,just loading capacity was much smaller then Ju-52 he also flew often

So the "German" paint makes a tiny sense

Roland

** His words-from Malta campaign-I was not there obviously " As usual the Italian fighter cover never arrived and we flew without torwards a British Convoi to Malta(Ju-88).Close to Malta our best friends Spitfire's appeared as always and we were shot down.Fortunately my crew and me could bail out safely and a fisherboat took us to Ragusa,where we were flown north to our base.Just only Italian Co-Pilot was available so I had the honour and joy to fly ,after a tiny administrative hassle ,the S.79 what was a rocket vs our Tante Ju"