Grumman Duck (Swingman Redux) Native

[roger-wilco-66]

Mark, that beach sand texture looks a good as I've ever seen for sand. Great job!!!!

Stan

Thanks, Stan, but the cudos for the high-res overlay texture go to REX for the altered detail1.bmp, which can be downloaded for free at the REX website.
It's one of those simple tweaks that really make big difference.

Cheers,
Mark

[fxsttcb]

Wow! Lots of nice work going on folks!

Here are a few shots of my WIP Duckwork:

The 2D


The VC


Unmarked J2F-4 livery


Checklist


I'm also making an FSX native *.air for each, but, a lack of exacting RW performance information is a hindrance...Don

[fxsttcb]

I see that a few of you already have the new Duck stuff I uploaded. Can I get some quick feedback? Especially for my attempt at an FDE!
I wanna put it up at Avsim and Flightsim soon, but, once uploaded there, I can't change anything myself. Thanks...Don

[JoHubb]

Can anyone point me to Swingman's FS9 version? Thanks.

[Roger]

Can anyone point me to Swingman's FS9 version? Thanks.

It's here http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...atid=6&id=3924

[JoHubb]

It's here http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...atid=6&id=3924

Thanks, got it. I will need practice with this bird. Come in high, low throttle 80 MPH or so, lots of side-slip seems to work.

[roger-wilco-66]

I see that a few of you already have the new Duck stuff I uploaded. Can I get some quick feedback? Especially for my attempt at an FDE!
I wanna put it up at Avsim and Flightsim soon, but, once uploaded there, I can't change anything myself. Thanks...Don

Don, can you repost this? Not sure if I have the right version.

Cheers,
Mark

[FSX68]

I see that a few of you already have the new Duck stuff I uploaded. Can I get some quick feedback? Especially for my attempt at an FDE!
I wanna put it up at Avsim and Flightsim soon, but, once uploaded there, I can't change anything myself. Thanks...Don

Don,
I circled in red what appears to be missing gauges. Are those gauge supposed to be blank?

[papab]

Don,
I circled in red what appears to be missing gauges. Are those gauge supposed to be blank?

Richoday,
I had the same problem and sent Don an email...

Here is his response
Quote:"In the panel folders for each of the J2F-4/5/6 original downloads should be a
"DuckJ2F" folder along with a VC only panel.cfg.The DuckJ2F folder contains
the gauges you are missing, I'm sure. Putting it in FSX/Gauges will allow all of
them to share it."

It worked perfectly and restored the missing gauges.....

Rick!

[FSX68]

Richoday,
I had the same problem and sent Don an email...

Here was his response
Quote:"In the panel folders for each of the J2F-4/5/6 original downloads should be a
"DuckJ2F" folder along with a VC only panel.cfg.The DuckJ2F folder contains
the gauges you are missing, I'm sure. Putting it in FSX/Gauges will allow all of
them to share it."

It worked perfectly and restored the missing gauges.....

Rick!

I followed your advise and now the missing gauges are now visible in the virtual cockpit.

[fxsttcb]

Glad to see you got the gauges sorted fellas.

@Mark, there is only one of my versions uploaded here. There are a couple by Wild Bill Kelso(Markus) also.
The earlier one I did (duckpandcb1.zip) was put up at flightsim. Or did I misunderstand, as usual?...Don

[bmd]

Hello,

I have downloded the J2F Duck the june 07, 2012. I have insatalled the Grumman_J2F4_Duck on my FsX/Acceleration. The bird is well done. Bravo

But I have an unusual problem. When I land on sea, the plane keep an 24 kt IAS even with the engine at idle. I have to stop the engine to slow down the speed. Have you an idea of what is the cause to this behavior? Thank you for your help.

Have a good day

Benoit

[glh]

Hello,

I have downloded the J2F Duck the june 07, 2012. I have insatalled the Grumman_J2F4_Duck on my FsX/Acceleration. The bird is well done. Bravo

But I have an unusual problem. When I land on sea, the plane keep an 24 kt IAS even with the engine at idle. I have to stop the engine to slow down the speed. Have you an idea of what is the cause to this behavior? Thank you for your help.

Have a good day

Benoit

Under the [piston_engine] section in the aircraft.cfg file, you will find the following values:

max_design_mp=36.000
min_design_mp=10.000

The engine produces maximum power when operated at Manifold Pressure of 36 in.
When throttle is reduced to idle, the Manifold Pressure drops to 10 in. but some (excess) power is still being produced.

Lower the "min_design_mp=10.000" in steps of 2 until you get what you want the airplane to do. When and
if the engine quits, go back up 2.

Basically, you just need to "tune" the performance to your requirements.

[roger-wilco-66]

Under the [piston_engine] section in the aircraft.cfg file, you will find the following values:

max_design_mp=36.000
min_design_mp=10.000

The engine produces maximum power when operated at Manifold Pressure of 36 in.
When throttle is reduced to idle, the Manifold Pressure drops to 10 in. but some (excess) power is still being produced.

Lower the "min_design_mp=10.000" in steps of 2 until you get what you want the airplane to do. When and
if the engine quits, go back up 2.

Basically, you just need to "tune" the performance to your requirements.

Ahhh, I had the same problem, thanks for the advice! One more thing learned.

Cheers,
Mark

[fxsttcb]

You folks might want to try the FM included in my panel set.
Each version also has it's own setup to accomodate the differing engines and weights.

The targets of my new aircraft.cfgs and *.air files were; Idle Speed, Roll Rate, Max Speed in level flight, Engine rpm, Power vs MP, Fuel consumption, and Turning tendencies. All were done to reflect what exact RW data that I could find.

With my limited experience, I think I pretty much accomplished those goals. Critical feedback is definately welcome...Don