BN-2 bushwhacking

**MarkH** · May 7th, 2011, 08:05

My introduction to the BN-2 Islander.

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***Roger*** · May 7th, 2011, 09:02

Great video Mark!:ernae:

**monk1** · May 7th, 2011, 09:06

Excellent video! I just picked up the Islander about a month ago. What a great model!!

**MarkH** · May 7th, 2011, 09:17

Originally Posted by Roger

Great video Mark!

Thanks Roger. I messed the thread title up - it was supposed to say 'BN-2 bushwhacking', but instead it's a bit vague

Can you fix it?

**kilo delta** · May 7th, 2011, 09:27

Yep,very good video. The Islander is a favourite of mine (in Aer Arann livery).

***Roger*** · May 7th, 2011, 10:26

Originally Posted by MarkH

Thanks Roger. I messed the thread title up - it was supposed to say 'BN-2 bushwhacking', but instead it's a bit vague

Can you fix it?

Done

**Wing_Z** · May 7th, 2011, 13:27

The Mountain Air colours caught my eye - I'm an infrequent visitor here - and I stayed the almost 10-minute distance with the clip!

The Kiwi Islanders are sort of shuffled around the place between operators, and I flew aboard that one some years ago looking for whales off Kaikoura (with some pretty green-looking children). The Islander is pretty basic, and also easy to clean, thank goodness...

Orbx does a good job on the scenery, eh?
Excellent video, job very well done.

**FLighT01** · May 7th, 2011, 14:33

Very nice video, interesting, and very smooth video presentation.

That F1 Islander is amazing to fly, as forgiving as my A2A J3 from a handling perspective.

How'd you bring up the Garmin 295? I've only been able to call up the Islanders GPS which has been a bit more challeging for me to learn.

**MarkH** · May 7th, 2011, 23:43

Originally Posted by FLighT01

How'd you bring up the Garmin 295? I've only been able to call up the Islanders GPS which has been a bit more challeging for me to learn.

You just need to edit panel.cfg (sorry, I said 'aircraft.cfg' in the video) to add a 2D panel definition. You can copy it from one of the default planes. Here's the entry from the default Extra:

[Window02] <---you may need to change this number
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=545,354
position=8
visible=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
window_size= 0.500, 0.362
window_pos= 0.000, 0.000

gauge00=fs9gps!gps_295, 0

Hope that helps.

**SADT** · May 7th, 2011, 23:46

Hi Mark,

Does the BN-2A have switches and lever that make a sound when you click on them, like the DC-2 Uiver?

Craig - Nice review BTW - Very informative :salute: :-)

**MarkH** · May 8th, 2011, 00:29

Originally Posted by SADT

Does the BN-2A have switches and lever that make a sound when you click on them, like the DC-2 Uiver?

Yes, all the operable switches and levers have very high-quality sounds. There are also some alternative sounds effect files to substitute for the background whine of the gyro instruments. I think this is because the volume of these effects is independent of the FSX sound controls, so you can't trun them down manually.

**wiltzei** · May 8th, 2011, 01:24

A nice to watch and informative video. What´s the scenery in the take-off scene?

**MarkH** · May 8th, 2011, 01:38

Originally Posted by wiltzei

A nice to watch and informative video. What´s the scenery in the take-off scene?

First takeoff is from Clam Harbor, my current favourite airfield. It's part of Orbx's Orca's Island scenery. The later takeoff/landing is from Israel's Farm.

**FLighT01** · May 8th, 2011, 03:04

Originally Posted by MarkH

You just need to edit panel.cfg (sorry, I said 'aircraft.cfg' in the video) to add a 2D panel definition. You can copy it from one of the default planes. Here's the entry from the default Extra:

[Window02] <---you may need to change this number
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=545,354
position=8
visible=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
window_size= 0.500, 0.362
window_pos= 0.000, 0.000

gauge00=fs9gps!gps_295, 0

Hope that helps.

I'm going to give this a go, thanks.