SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

***modelr*** · February 20th, 2012, 06:28

Originally Posted by Milton Shupe

Well, thank you Hank. Hopefully you will see one of them today.

Uh Oh... The download servers are going to be VERY busy!!!

Been checking in on the thread almost daily, and watching with great amazement and anticipation. Grew up hearing and seeing these fly over my house in San Diego. Will definitely be flying these a lot.

Can only say Thank You to Milton and the entire team, and am only sorry I wasn't able to help much in this project, except for being part of the cheering squad from the sidelines.

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2012, 06:34

LOL Thanks Don.

Actually I was mistaken about the one today .... there will be at least two today.

**Drzook** · February 20th, 2012, 06:49

Thank you very much!

downloading as I type (E1b and S2F). Looking forward to a short hop tonight when I get home from work.

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2012, 07:14

E-1B: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...=6&linkid=5309

S2F-3: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...=6&linkid=5308

Have fun

***ferondoe*** · February 20th, 2012, 07:22

Originally Posted by tankerguy72

beautiful!!!! I cant wait to have this one in my tanker fleet!!! I wasnt too much of a fan of the firecats but you did great on this paint! Are you going to add the red stripes around the wing walk areas on the center wing area? GREAT JOB!

Attachment 59294

my texture is not finished yet, so I added the stripes on the upper fuselage and many other things Thanks for the encouragement.
Marty

**HorusJ** · February 20th, 2012, 08:43

Originally Posted by Milton Shupe

E-1B: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...=6&linkid=5309

S2F-3: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...=6&linkid=5308

Have fun

Wow! That was sooner then I expected! Thank you Milton and ALL involved in these projects.You all are extremely talented,generous, and deserve a place in FS history.

Joel

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2012, 08:59

Thanks. The others will trickle out this week once we see if these "trial ballons" can fly. :-)

***WarHorse47*** · February 20th, 2012, 09:26

Originally Posted by Milton Shupe

Thanks. The others will trickle out this week once we see if these "trial ballons" can fly. :-)

They fly real well. Thanks, Milton and "Grumman Seven" Project Team.

Took them up for a short hop first thing. Only item I need help on is the ILS. Not sure how to get the power on to change it.

Cheers

--WH

**Jetmechanic** · February 20th, 2012, 09:42

Thanks so much for all the efforts into make the aircrafts.

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2012, 10:01

Originally Posted by WarHorse47

They fly real well. Thanks, Milton and "Grumman Seven" Project Team.

Took them up for a short hop first thing. Only item I need help on is the ILS. Not sure how to get the power on to change it.

Cheers

--WH

Thank WH.

I will mention that some folks experience overly sensitive pitch trim. If you are one of them, speak up so I can assess the severity.

***alastairmonk*** · February 20th, 2012, 10:01

I've been following this since the beginning, and can't wait to try them out !

Thanks to all the flightsim Gods that cooperated to produce this.

Alastair

***falcon409*** · February 20th, 2012, 10:21

A very large thanks to Milton and an amazing group of talented folks. Beautiful airplane, the sounds are awesome, just an exceptional package all the way around. Took her for a quick circuit around some scenery I just completed. . . .short field landing. . .no problem.
"ooops" forgot to mention that this is in FSX.

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2012, 10:28

I see you found the search light switch :-)

How do you feel about pitch trim sensitivity?

***Daube*** · February 20th, 2012, 10:53

Milton, first of all thank you so much, to you and all the other guys who participated in this project. It's a great plane and I can't wait to take it out of the hangar.

I could not resist testing it in FSX, and it displays quite well (I'll have to change the prop texture but that's fine). I noted some issues there:
- for an unknown reason, the resolution of the overhead panel is much lower than the main panel. The main panel is crisp and clear, but the overhead is blurry and pixelated, hardly readable in fact.
- there is something, like invisible 3D objects, which are "blocking" the clickability of the overhead panel switches. In fact, if I move the position of the camera more up, then the buttons become clickable. Most severe problem is with the starter button, which is unclickable until I move the camera really close to it.

Appart from this, it's a beauty. I have not rolled out of the parking space yet, still taking my time to discover the cockpit and the features

**Milton Shupe** · February 20th, 2012, 11:14

Hello Daube :-)

I knew you could not resist, even though the File Id says "NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN FSX".

Euroastar350 says that he will convert all these aircraft to Native FSX. Depending on whether and when he gets to them, I may do a port over version set taking in consideration any issues found.

To give you high-res gauges on the main panels, I used 3 1024 textures, plus one for the console. With that, I could not use but one 1024 texture for the overhead panel which is quite large. Therein lies the answer to the lack of clarity on the overhead, trying to minimize jerkiness in the priimary gauges.