Turbine Duke Out Now

***thunder100*** · February 27th, 2011, 10:48

Originally Posted by Tracon

Oh my word someone do tell me how the frames are!

In average my rig runs arround 25FPS(win 7 Nvidia ACC SP2)

The Turbine Duke(as the B60) does a 30 in outside views and a 21 in VC(B60 a bit higher in VC(22FPS) maybe the turbine instruments)

Roland

***BOOM*** · February 27th, 2011, 11:35

She's fantastic!! I find performance FPS wise to be on par with her piston sister or a touch better,The VC is Incredible!!! and The Sounds are...........AMAZING!!!!! You can even pretend to be a mini C-17 and "MoonWalk" backwards with reverse prop!!

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***ryanbatc*** · February 27th, 2011, 12:37

A few pics at dusk (yeah I turned off most the settings cause my PC is old school)... my favorite time to fly!

***papab*** · February 27th, 2011, 13:06

Sticky?

***Kiwikat*** · February 27th, 2011, 13:23

I'm having a pretty major issue at startup. When my left engine starts it goes to 100% throttle and spins me around in circles. I have no control with my X52 throttle. The right engine is fine. I just keep mashing buttons until I can get the left engine to go back to idle. Last time I started her up I spun around about a dozen times...

I have also had some prop animation problems as well. Occasionally the prop disk will stop spinning.

Any ideas?

***papab*** · February 27th, 2011, 13:28

Maybe a corrupt install?
Uninstall /ccleaner and try again...

If not fixed drop Rob an email from the support aea

I sent him one and got an answer back in less than an hour

Rick

**monk1** · February 27th, 2011, 13:29

Originally Posted by Kiwikat

I'm having a pretty major issue at startup. When my left engine starts it goes to 100% throttle and spins me around in circles. I have no control with my X52 throttle. The right engine is fine. I just keep mashing buttons until I can get the left engine to go back to idle. Last time I started her up I spun around about a dozen times...

I have also had some prop animation problems as well. Occasionally the prop disk will stop spinning.

Any ideas?

I had the same issue Kiwikat. I decided to try starting it with the RPM levers down near feather and they started fine. I think the manual says to put them at 100% but not sure that's correct. Or I did something else wrong.

Having said that, OUTSTANDING model. And yeah, this thread needs a sticky.

***ryanbatc*** · February 27th, 2011, 13:34

Hmmm I have my parking brake set, and I do get a bit of surge but not drastic like you guys are getting...

It may be an issue with the throttle because in the past my CH throttle has given me issues similar to what you describe in other planes.

Have you tried unplugging your controller (just for test purposes) and see if the problem happens without it?

edit: Oh also, this may be redundant, but check your realism settings against what they describe in the manual.

***skyhawka4m*** · February 27th, 2011, 14:20

No issues here at all...she's awesome and a great plane to fly.,

**robrealair** · February 27th, 2011, 15:30

If you get odd behaviour on start up please try the following:

* Check that your throttle control is calibrated so that zero throttle really is zero (hover the mouse on the throttle with tool-tips enabled and it will readout the current percentage.

* Follow the start up procedure per the manual which is:

1. Prop levers full forward. Condition levers FULLY back. Parking brakes set. Throttle zero.

2. Press start switch, wait till Ng% is 12% or above then push the condition lever forward to LOW idle, no further.

3. Wait for prop rpm to settle.

4. Start next engine.

You can do the whole thing pressing the standard CTR E. In fact there will be little forward movement if you start either way even without brakes on, provided the condition levers are not pushed beyond LOW idle.

Hope this helps.

Rob - RealAir Simulations

***Kiwikat*** · February 27th, 2011, 15:48

Thanks for the tips Rob. I'll give it another try soon.

***FAC257*** · February 27th, 2011, 16:13

How does the "upgrade" vs "stand-alone" affect your existing non-turbo Duke?

Does the "upgrade" over-write the Duke-60, or do you still end up with both versions of the aircraft?

Thanks
FAC

***BOOM*** · February 27th, 2011, 16:27

Yes,Your B-60 Piston Duke stays the same.It remains unaffected.

***FAC257*** · February 27th, 2011, 16:34

Very cool!

Thanks again.
FAC

***glennc*** · February 27th, 2011, 21:56

Kiwikat,

Could you be hot starting? Be sure the condition levers (Mixture to any piston types) are all the way back, ignition on, then the starter. When Ng goes to at least 12%, then bring the condition lever to low idle. That lights the fire. The new manual describes the process but doesn't explain (at least in the checklists) what a hot start is. I understand it, but can't explain it very well. Hopefully, there is a real PT-6A pilot here that can.

Glenn