NEW FSX Native 727 -->Thomas Ruth

**thunder100** · February 6th, 2011, 08:32

Thomas 727 is now launched

Download tom7271.zip from AVSIM Online -- Virginia, USA via FTP

Have fun

Roland

**Bjoern** · February 6th, 2011, 09:29

Oh dear, tons of liveries to paint...lol.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft...27/index.shtml

Hm...Delta or another one for a start?

**txnetcop** · February 6th, 2011, 09:34

Absolutely the best freeware 727 offering I have ever seen for a tube liner in FSX!

**robcap** · February 6th, 2011, 09:40

Downloaded, installed, and about to fly

**heywooood** · February 6th, 2011, 10:53

its really well done !

but I need to switch (reduce) the engine smoke effect and I cant find the reference to it in the aircraft.cfg or in the FSX main effects folder...

I wanted to substitute another effect in the .cfg OR remove the heavy black smoke altogether

can anyone give me a steer ?

***PRB*** · February 6th, 2011, 10:54

Nice. Very nice! Thanks Thomas Ruth!
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**Bjoern** · February 6th, 2011, 10:56

Originally Posted by heywooood

can anyone give me a steer ?

The smoke reference is most likely hardcoded into the model.

The only option would be substituing Tom's smoke for another one with the same filename.

**thunder100** · February 6th, 2011, 11:25

Originally Posted by heywooood

its really well done !

but I need to switch (reduce) the engine smoke effect and I cant find the reference to it in the aircraft.cfg or in the FSX main effects folder...

I wanted to substitute another effect in the .cfg OR remove the heavy black smoke altogether

can anyone give me a steer ?

Look to simviation-->there is an update-->the effects texture is missing

Roland

**papab** · February 6th, 2011, 12:33

For the smoke fix go here: http://simviation.com/1/front-page

Home page under FSX civil jets there is a fix

Tried it and it works,smoke normal now

Rick

**heywooood** · February 6th, 2011, 19:17

ok - just got home from the SB party - congrats to all the Packer fans

thank you to all who posted and linked the smoke fix - got it and it works:salute:

**Bruce Thompson** · February 7th, 2011, 04:32

Thank you Thomas for another great tubliner.

Can anybody tell me how to fix the Nav Lights, they seem to be reversed, i.e. Red where it should be Green and Green where it should be Red.

Smoke fix works fine.

**Bjoern** · February 7th, 2011, 08:40

Hm. United next?

**delta_lima** · February 7th, 2011, 12:53

Originally Posted by Bjoern

Hm. United next?

I've been watching this tube with great anticipation - nice to see it's hit the air.

I know it's just dreaming, but my two votes would be

1) CP - what I'd fly around in as a kid domestically (I know that's the 100 model, not the one actually modelled, but I'm not complaining). It would also depend on how the model handles polished metal textures ....

2) Iberia (retro) what I'd fly around in as a kid when visiting relatives in Spain. While the current livery is artistically clever, it doesn't inspire anywhere near the memories and classic appeal of the classic 70's liveries ...

Again, many B727 airlines out there, all at least as deserving - just throwing my personal faves into the ring.

thanks,

dl

**papab** · February 7th, 2011, 15:01

Anyone else having this issue....

When I select the aircraft by "Thomas Ruth" the luftansa model does not show
If I look under "all" there it is...

Looked in the .cfg file and can not seem to figure it out

Ideas?

Rick

**dharris** · February 8th, 2011, 05:51

I have been using this plane and have had no problems with it at all. This is exceptional work especially considering it is freeware.

iheart707 · February 8th, 2011, 08:45

Tom, you truly did a great amount of work on this forgotten classic. The airplane feels like a 727 should – and that’s most important. High praise to you!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com

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iheart707 · February 8th, 2011, 08:49

Repainters should not forget about the detail on the wings for emergency exists! I believe that some airlines decided to have the walkway painted, but not all.

BTW: An American Airlines retro repaint would look sweet!

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**papab** · February 8th, 2011, 09:33

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SHIFT E 2 or 3 forget which one worked for me

Rick

***srgalahad*** · February 8th, 2011, 10:40

Originally Posted by iheart707

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Shft E +2 but not when center engine is running

(that's why they spend so much time making manuals)

iheart707 · February 8th, 2011, 11:33

I see his note on the fact that the engines need to be off to open the door. For some reason I must have missed that on the first read through... Thanks folks, that fixed it.

That's interesting! I wonder how he programed that nifty trick!

**Bjoern** · February 8th, 2011, 12:48

Tom is working on a nav light fix, the -ADV and the "Super 27" now.

Originally Posted by delta_lima

1) CP

I'll consider it, but don't get your hopes up. I prefer doing Kelowna or Air Canada first.

2) Iberia (retro)

Passing on that one.

Originally Posted by iheart707

1. Anybody else having difficulty tracking a VOR using the autopilot? When you rotate the Autopilot Mode selector to Nav hold, it seems to do nothing - however I found that LOC does. Then once you finally can track the VOR, the airplane rolls quite s-l-o-w-l-y. Could this be a programing quirk or something that I'm doing wrong...<o

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Aircraft.cfg -> [Autopilot] -> Play with those values:

max_bank_acceleration=1.8
max_bank_velocity=3.00

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I like you just for saying that. :d

Originally Posted by iheart707

That's interesting! I wonder how he programed that nifty trick!

It ain't magic; it's just XML coding.

**delta_lima** · February 8th, 2011, 13:14

Thanks for considering, Bjoern.

dl

iheart707 · February 8th, 2011, 22:38

Originally Posted by Bjoern

It ain't magic; it's just XML coding.

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