Comments on the Freeware Gems Thread

[Wing_Z]

So many true gems emerging...
It's probably best to keep that thread "clean" without too many comments.
But I could not help saying that after Wild Bill's enthusiastic endorsement of the Yak-18, I am hooked!
<Ctrl>-E? Forget it!
"L" for landing lights? Puh-leaze!

If you need something to really focus the mind, this is for you...
Part of the readme:
• make sure you let the engine stabilize and heat up to at least 110°C before operating at higher rpm. Failure to do so will result in engine damage and/or power loss.
• easy on the throttle - don't make fast changes in rpm
• during descent make sure the engine does not cool down too quickly by cutting power and leaving the cowl flaps fully open. The engine instruments must be checked on a regular basis -

etc

[Daube]

Looks like a very interesting addon.
Anybody tested it in FSX ?

[Wing_Z]

It is - why not take it to the FSX Forum and ask...

[Daube]

Looks like a very interesting addon.
Anybody tested it in FSX ?

Answering to myself: I finally had the time to download and install this FS9 bird in my FSX Acceleration hangar. The plane works quite well !
Observations:
- despite being .gau format, all the gauges are compatible.
- I had to edit the alpha channel of only one texture, the only one with "transparent" in the filename, to make the prop and windows transparent again (all in the same file)
- one of the lights triggers the fire engine effect, but in this plane you're supposed to manipulate all from the VC, so forget about the "L" key and everything will be good

[Trans_23]

Is that Sovereign freeware?

[SlamBam]

yes there is another nice one that just popped up at flightsim.com today too.

[Wing_Z]

I somehow missed this one, thanks to Sid for pickig it up.
The immersion is the thing in the Lyons world, there are better models and more poly's but as you pan around the VC in this one, you catch a movement in the corner of your eye.
It is the dog's tail wagging.
He's in the back.
The dog does what my dog does, too: tips its head on one side and wags.

Bill's Tripacer has a CD player masquerading as a radio.
I have flown VFR for hours in it, listening to music I would never otherwise play.

It's a great world, makes you want to do stuff like this:

[Wing_Z]

Originally Posted by EMatheson
Great freeware airports:
Jesenicko v2
jes2.zip on Flightsim, jes2_051121.zip on Avsim
Small, impeccably modelled grass glider fields set in wonderfully done photo-real terrain. Truly a "Must" for the light-GA flyer!

Can't tear myself away..LKMI is my default GA airport now.
Only one thing, with the change of season, some snow is appearing, but all the gliders disappear!
So I did a little traffic file to bring this and LKSU to life.
Aircraft: (I just scrolled down a random list I have, you could pick your own)
AC#1,90,AI DIAMOD HK36TTC OE-9460
AC#2,90,AI H36 OE-9208
AC#3,90,AI H36 D-KENT
AC#4,90,AI HK36 D-KBTT
AC#5,90,AI HK36 HB-2205
AC#6,90,AI HK36 D-KSUB
AC#7,90,AI HK36 D-KOPR
AC#8,90,AI Maule Waiau ZK-FNG
AC#9,90,AI Maule Christchurch ZK-SLS
AC#10,90,AI Maule ZK-DWR
Airports:
LKSU,N49* 57.58',E17* 1.03',1099
LKMI,N50* 18.04',E17* 17.61',1375
Flightplans:
AC#1,061,50%,2H,VFR,7:00:00,07:30:22,20,R,10,LKSU, 8:00:00,08:30:22,30,R,10,LKMI
AC#2,062,50%,2H,VFR,7:15:00,07:45:22,30,R,10,LKMI, 8:15:00,08:45:22,20,R,10,LKSU
AC#3,063,50%,2H,VFR,7:30:00,08:00:22,20,R,10,LKSU, 8:30:00,09:00:22,30,R,10,LKMI
AC#4,064,50%,2H,VFR,7:45:00,08:15:22,30,R,10,LKMI, 8:45:00,09:15:22,20,R,10,LKSU
AC#5,065,50%,2H,VFR,8:00:00,08:30:22,20,R,10,LKSU, 9:00:00,09:30:22,30,R,10,LKMI
AC#6,066,50%,2H,VFR,8:15:00,08:45:22,30,R,10,LKMI, 9:15:00,09:45:22,20,R,10,LKSU
AC#7,067,50%,2H,VFR,8:30:00,09:00:22,20,R,10,LKSU, 9:30:00,10:00:22,30,R,10,LKMI
AC#8,068,50%,2H,VFR,8:45:00,09:15:22,30,R,10,LKMI, 9:45:00,10:15:22,20,R,10,LKSU
AC#9,069,50%,2H,VFR,9:00:00,09:30:22,20,R,10,LKSU, 10:00:00,10:30:22,30,R,10,LKMI
AC#10,070,50%,2H,VFR,9:15:00,09:45:22,30,R,10,LKMI ,10:15:00,10:45:22,20,R,10,LKSU

[Wing_Z]

I've never had this installed, thanks to the FWG thread for picking up on it.
Brilliant, hard to believe it's an FS2002 model.

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One might very quickly get used to this form of travel I fear...

[Naki]

I tried this sometime ago but got distracted by other add ons and then forgot about it....it is very good...what scenery is that Charl..dont tell me... its an Austrian scsnery?

[TomSteber]

I can't get the gear to retract unless I hold down the "G" key. Then as soon as I release it, they start retracting. What do I have to do?
I had some trouble installing it along with the update. Had to do it manually.
When I ran the auto installs, they seemed to go into the ether! Gone, nowhere to be found. So I did it manually.

[Wild Bill Kelso]

@ Tom:
Did you check your pneumatic system switch (#41, right down side of the panel, only visible from VC or the "whole panel" sight) is set?

IIRC, the gear is operated pneumatically...

Cheers,
Markus.

[TomSteber]

I will check it quick and then it's off to work.

[TomSteber]

That did it! Thanks for the tip Wild Bill!

[tobob]

So many true gems emerging...
It's probably best to keep that thread "clean" without too many comments.
But I could not help saying that after Wild Bill's enthusiastic endorsement of the Yak-18, I am hooked!
<Ctrl>-E? Forget it!
"L" for landing lights? Puh-leaze!

If you need something to really focus the mind, this is for you...
Part of the readme:
• make sure you let the engine stabilize and heat up to at least 110°C before operating at higher rpm. Failure to do so will result in engine damage and/or power loss.
• easy on the throttle - don't make fast changes in rpm
• during descent make sure the engine does not cool down too quickly by cutting power and leaving the cowl flaps fully open. The engine instruments must be checked on a regular basis -

etc

This thing is incredible and adds a lot to the realism. However when I hit the lights switch in the 2d cockpit, fs2004 ctd's. Anyone else have this problem. Does the gaugesound.dll have anything to do with it? I didn't install it because I have had problems with that module before. Is it from a sim older then 2004?