Curtiss-Reid Rambler III (Freeware) released 22.07.12

**DaveKDEN** · July 23rd, 2012, 15:08

Originally Posted by Dimus

I had a blast with this beauty tonight!

Thank you Craig!

BTW, I don't see anything wrong with the inclinometer and the watch. They both move together correctly. The inclinometer ball has a bit more friction and is more fine in its reading. This is not a slip and turn indicator ball. The hanging watch is a nice touch!

What scenery is that Dimus? Looks great!

***Dimus*** · July 23rd, 2012, 23:52

Tongass Fjords by FSAddon. Last shot is over Telegraph Creek. It took me 4 go-arounds to take the Curtiss down on that small strip in the bottom of the picture. Due to the trees there is no space for a normal flare and three pointer so I tried a wheeler landing, like a DC-3. Fortunately you can apply brakes on two wheels without nosing over.

**PZL Belfegor** · July 24th, 2012, 06:18

BTW, I don't see anything wrong with the inclinometer and the watch. They both move together correctly. The inclinometer ball has a bit more friction and is more fine in its reading.

Mine don't,it works like it's supposed to.

Thanks for the reply, I checked again - the results are interesting. I used original release with the rudder fix. Now to be sure, I downloaded the full updated package. It appears that the author of the model fixed the fix, as the ball behaves differently in the fix I originally downloaded and the one I downloaded few minutes ago.
Assume banking to the right - the ball should also move right ("downwards" due to gravity) - this works ok in first fix, but in the newest one it moves to the left. When applying right rudder ("turning" right), the ball should move in opposite way, to the left ("outwards" due to centrifugal force) - in both versions of the fix it moves in wrong way. In other words, in the latest version it works backwards in relation to both bank and yaw

To make things even more complicated, in the Curtiss_Reid_Rambler_int_old.MDL , the ball works ok in regards to yaw, but wrong in regards to bank.
I hope that Craig will find time to tinker with it, as such good model deserves good inclinometer

**Lionheart** · July 24th, 2012, 10:36

Looks awesome Full!

I must try this out tonight. A wonderful looking plane with that classic inverted engine nose cowling.

Nice treatment with the lighting on the instrument panel.

**Lionheart** · July 24th, 2012, 12:43

What a beautifully handling plane! Gentle to the controls, great sound pack, flies smoothly along. Really a nice machine.

Nicely done Craig!

**Hughes-MDflyer4** · July 24th, 2012, 13:45

Downloading now. Can't wait to try it!

**Lionheart** · July 24th, 2012, 18:05

Is there a paint kit for this beauty?

Bill

***ryanbatc*** · July 24th, 2012, 20:58

It's thanks to freeware devs like you who keep FSX alive! Really appreciate this little bird!

***Killbilly*** · July 25th, 2012, 08:48

I LOVE this plane! Thank you so much! It's a work of art.

Not so much a work of art, here is my first cheap and easy paint attempt on this bird . . .

***full*** · July 26th, 2012, 03:16

Originally Posted by Lionheart

Is there a paint kit for this beauty?

Bill

Hi Bill,

I haven't made a paintkit yet... not sure how to do it while trying to keep the burnt texture effect.

Hey KillBilly any chance you might upload that paint ? it looks great !