Nieuport 17

pointy31 · May 25th, 2009, 06:12

Caz, that's sweet, thanks...

***hurricane3*** · May 25th, 2009, 06:24

I know rotary engines are tricky to fly,and have lots of pull to the right ,mostly on takeoff but even with settings at easy ,full right rudder and aileron it vers sharply right and I had to disable crashes and bounce it in the air after going in circles.
I have CH controllers which I calabrate before every flight but can't make a normal takeoff no matter how hard I try.
Once in the air although very touchy ( you have to fly it every second and I'd say this is normal)I can fly it reasonably well and even land it ,but I have to have it set on slowest speed ,otherwise it's uncontrolable.
Maybe it's my controlers which are a number of years old ,I only know I can't make a decent takeoff in this beautiful plane.

***robert41*** · May 25th, 2009, 08:42

A little tricky to fly at first. Use as little power as you can, about 1000 for take off and cruising. Add power slowly, when it starts to veer lift off and straighten out. Made a 30mi flight this morning in a 16knt crosswind from the left, was able to fly hands off most of the way, as the engine torque makes it want to bank left all the time. Glad you found the sound pack Michel.

**Cazzie** · May 25th, 2009, 12:34

I was finally able to get into the Upload FTP and sent the textures for the Italian Macchi-built Nieuport 17 up.

Caz

***hurricane3*** · May 25th, 2009, 14:39

I ment pull to the left,guess I don't know my left from my right.Thanks for the tips

***robert41*** · May 25th, 2009, 19:55

Thanks for the paint Cazzie.

***Flyboy208*** · May 25th, 2009, 20:14

Awesome repaint Cazzie! Mike

oldliner52 · May 25th, 2009, 23:23

I got it, Many thanks Caz !
Cheers, Michel.

**Cazzie** · May 29th, 2009, 15:19

For FS9, not FSX, wish it did work in FSX. I would attach it here, but SOH formats the .bmp image to a .jpg image, impossible to save with the Alpha

I haven't posted any shots of the underbelly yet. Glad you blokes are liking the download. I sure am loving the airplane. Will have a short YouTube video with Randy's sound shortly.

Caz

**Cazzie** · May 29th, 2009, 16:05

[YOUTUBE]XDMiVancxfw[/YOUTUBE]

***huub vink*** · May 30th, 2009, 08:35

Nice movie Cazzie.

Huub

***dogknot*** · May 30th, 2009, 08:39

Nice movie and some nice flying!

Cerberus · May 30th, 2009, 17:50

Nice to see some WWI birds, great work.

**SirMike1983** · May 30th, 2009, 21:00

I like this one

I have a couple questions though--

-is there a way I can get a compass to display so I can check my direction? I tried a couple of the keyboard shortcuts, is there a way I can get some kind of compass to look at?

-the "check fuel" line in front of me is bright pink rather than brown for some reason. What could be causing that?

***huub vink*** · May 31st, 2009, 03:59

Originally Posted by SirMike1983

I like this one

I have a couple questions though--

-is there a way I can get a compass to display so I can check my direction? I tried a couple of the keyboard shortcuts, is there a way I can get some kind of compass to look at?

-the "check fuel" line in front of me is bright pink rather than brown for some reason. What could be causing that?

When you want to know which drection you are flying either watch the position of the sun (flying above the battlefields the sun in the South at noon.) or use Shift-Z and, among other things, you will have your heading displayed at the top of the screen.

About the colour of the the fuel; it should get its 'yellowish' colour from the texture 'fuel.bmp' however it obviously doesn't. I'm afraid that's a problem I didn't noticed while testing.

Cheers,
Huub

I love these cockpits, even I can monitor all instruments at the same time