first class simulations lancaster

**Ian Warren** · July 13th, 2016, 01:15

Originally Posted by JensOle

The Wellington looks quite nice as well. The VC looks good and the textures are of course possible to change if someone has the time to make new master textures. The Hamden has got its revival, is there any AW Whitley available (I have never seen it for FSX)?

Jens , The one thing I love with the Wellington it has the same admirable texture as the Lanc, very Sure Daniel Dunn did both, the Welly is old but I fell in love with it , the VC was so , well gives the feel of the early bomber, tho the VC dose have its missing parts , ailerons oversized on the external model ... but all and all gives you the feeling of the type.

I do have and very near cleaned up texture sheet, this was one of the first complaints from many about texture and no paint kit with the Welly, so I jumped in and cleaned it up , compared to your efforts with the Lancaster

both would look good side by side.

**JensOle** · July 13th, 2016, 09:36

Great stuff!

Just googled the Wellington bomb bay, and it was a bit more complicated than the one on the Lancaster with 3 separate bays running along the underside.

**JensOle** · July 13th, 2016, 11:07

Wip of R5508, KM-B - Sqn Leader John Nettleton VC.

As the model is of a post 43 Lancaster without the fuselage windows I have hand painted them on the textures. It was an easily seen feature of the early Lancaster's and I think it looks ok.

**Ian Warren** · July 13th, 2016, 13:26

That did come up well , one thing I did have the opportunity to climb thru the Lancaster at Auckland NZ MOTAT

Sticking my thumb were

**Ian Warren** · July 13th, 2016, 13:27

Imagine what it was like at night !

**ChipShop** · July 13th, 2016, 13:40

You're a very lucky man, to have been able to crawl all over her like that Ian

The Lancaster certainly wasn't built with comfort in mind, that's a certainty! One can only marvel at the fortitude and sheer guts those Bomber Crews had; hats off to them indeed

ChipShop

**dhasdell** · July 13th, 2016, 13:47

The Lancaster certainly wasn't built with comfort in mind, that's a certainty

Apparently the RAF crews of the first Liberators and Flying Fortresses delivered were highly impressed by the arm rests and cigarette lighters.

**Ian Warren** · July 13th, 2016, 14:07

Originally Posted by ChipShop

You're a very lucky man, to have been able to crawl all over her like that Ian

The Lancaster certainly wasn't built with comfort in mind, that's a certainty! One can only marvel at the fortitude and sheer guts those Bomber Crews had; hats off to them indeed

ChipShop

Caught the chaps on a week day , only wish I had the foresight to really photo it properly ... and had have had a better camera. (1986/7)

***ftl818*** · July 14th, 2016, 02:41

Nice to see the revival of the FCS Lancaster. If A2A would do one; 4 Merlins accusimmed....!

I too made B1 repaints a long time ago but never uploaded the finished paint. The painted windows (in my case also in the alpha channel and modified bump maps along with the longerons above the bomb bay doors) look realistic. Unfortunately the rest of the aircraft is of a late B1/B3 in terms of the wider paddle props instead of the needle type, wrong aerials and pitot tube.

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Paul

**DickB** · July 14th, 2016, 03:23

I stumbled across the feedback I sent to FCS when this bird first came out. Can anyone tell me if these have all been fixed (apologies for the long list !):

Boost gauges incorrect - register about + 8 too high and never go negative
Turn/Slip Indicator indicates wrong way
A/C moves forward against brakes on half-power but not at full power
A/C will only cruise satisfactorily in nose-up attitude
Silver patches on props
Requesting gear down above 15-kts has no effect, except gear light goes out. Then when speed drops to 150kts the gear comes down by itself.
VC Altimeter needles incorrect (large needle should indicate 100s, small needle should indicate 1000s)
Shadows from wire aerials on outside of a/c unrealistically large
Cockpit reflections, particularly from yellow disc on pilot seat armour plate (pretty sure this was fixed)
Unable to taxi turning with differential power and brakes. Can only turn using rudder.

**DaveQ** · July 14th, 2016, 04:19

Just installed Patch 1.0 and the readme indicates all is fixed afaict. I thought I had then noticed the dreaded yellow disc in the windshield!!

DaveQ

**DaveB** · July 14th, 2016, 04:46

Originally Posted by DickB

I stumbled across the feedback I sent to FCS when this bird first came out. Can anyone tell me if these have all been fixed (apologies for the long list !):

Boost gauges incorrect - register about + 8 too high and never go negative
Turn/Slip Indicator indicates wrong way
A/C moves forward against brakes on half-power but not at full power
A/C will only cruise satisfactorily in nose-up attitude
Silver patches on props
Requesting gear down above 15-kts has no effect, except gear light goes out. Then when speed drops to 150kts the gear comes down by itself.
VC Altimeter needles incorrect (large needle should indicate 100s, small needle should indicate 1000s)
Shadows from wire aerials on outside of a/c unrealistically large
Cockpit reflections, particularly from yellow disc on pilot seat armour plate (pretty sure this was fixed)
Unable to taxi turning with differential power and brakes. Can only turn using rudder.

Just had a quick look at some of the things on your list.
1. The boost gauges DO go into negative and also into the red if you firewall it!
2. Forgot to look
3. Still the same
4. Not checked
5. This can be fixed by changing the properties using MDLMat.. otherwise, still present
6. Gear will come down whenever you select it
7. Works ok
8. Common an a great many models if you select aircraft cast shadows on itself (I don't use it)
9. Reflections look ok to me
10. You can turn on the ground using the throttles on the outers (which is how they'd have done it anyway). If you try and turn with all the throttles synchronised (eg, they all move together).. then you turn (as mentioned) with the rudder. If you want to speed the turn up.. use the rudder AND brakes to invoke differential braking.

ATB
DaveB

**DickB** · July 14th, 2016, 05:47

Thanks guys. Is the patch (or patches ?) still available anywhere ? As far as I can recall, I had an unofficial fix for the yellow disc but nothing else.

**DaveB** · July 14th, 2016, 06:06

I've uploaded it HERE for you Dick

ATB
DaveB

**DickB** · July 14th, 2016, 06:27

You're a star. Thanks Dave !!

**DaveB** · July 14th, 2016, 06:32

No problem

ATB
DaveB

***big-mike*** · July 14th, 2016, 06:52

Is version 0.8.2611082255 the patched one?
Mike

**JensOle** · July 14th, 2016, 08:28

The patch is still available at the current seller of FCS products. I just bought it and the patch was there as well.

Very nice pictures of the interior Ian! I guess the US and the Brits had some different views on crew comfort.. Maybe the biggest problem with the Lancaster interior was that it was a lot more difficult to reach the jump exits compared to the two other RAF heavies.

**DaveB** · July 14th, 2016, 09:13

Originally Posted by big-mike

Is version 0.8.2611082255 the patched one?
Mike

That's what my aircraft.cfg says Mike but it's difficult to tell if that's the patched number or not as the patch runs as an exe and there's no way of knowing exactly what it's done.
ATB
DaveB

**sbp** · July 14th, 2016, 09:19

WOW,

Thanks to all who have worked on & updated this great old warbird for our flying pleasure! Also, to all the crew members that flew & maintained these birds of freedom during WWII!

papaecho

***big-mike*** · July 14th, 2016, 09:19

Thank you,Dave.
Mike

**HvyEng** · July 15th, 2016, 01:42

One other issue that wasn't fixed with the patch (at east it still showed up on mine) is the fuel selectors in the acft.cfg.

If you notice a fuel imbalance during cruise or the fuel selectors on the FE panel not working correctly, check the acft.cfg fuel section and make sure that the tank selectors are set for 4 and not 2. It should look like:

number_of_tank_selectors=4

--Dan

**flaviossa** · July 15th, 2016, 05:36

Hi! My download from FSPilot Shop only has the installer available: FCD-150.zip
My aircraft cfg reads VERSION 0.8.2611082255 too.

Is there a "visible feature" that i can look at the model that was implemented with the patch? That way i can verify if the patch is installed already with the original installer.
Thanks!

**JensOle** · July 16th, 2016, 01:48

A few aircraft edits from me:

I found it impossible to take off with the Grand slam and even 60% fuel and started to look into the cfg values.
First of all the weight reduction of removing the two turrets and other internal equipment is not reflected in the empty weight values.
ONLY FOR B.1 SPECIAL

[weight_and_balance]
max_gross_weight = 68000
empty_weight = 28000 (Standard B.1: 32000) 1400lb dorsal turret, 1100 nose turret, 1500lb other equipment.

Also a bit more power to match the Merlin 24 in the B.1 (S)

ONLY FOR B.1 SPECIAL!

[piston_engine]
cylinder_displacement=137.4
compression_ratio=6.5
number_of_cylinders=12
max_rated_rpm=3000
max_rated_hp=1610

I found the roll a bit sluggish so I have done a slight edit:

[airplane_geometry]
vtail_area = 45.0 //Square feet

[flight_tuning]
aileron_effectiveness = 1.5