Rob Richardson's Cessna 310B Released

[DaveB]

Don't forget the G registrations Peter

ATB
DaveB

[falcon409]

WIP, trying to find good "Walkaround" images has been sparse. I was hoping to find some closeups of decals, etc. but no luck thus far.

[Crusader]

Have just uploaded the Blue Canoe to FlightSim.com. Hopefully will be available tomorrow.

Love this paint scheme . Very well done , thanks

Rich

[Crusader]

WIP, trying to find good "Walkaround" images has been sparse. I was hoping to find some closeups of decals, etc. but no luck thus far.

If I run across any good walk around images I'll post the links or images and you can check to see If you've already checked them out . Looking forward to this one to go along with the excellent Blue/white scheme that peterwatkins2 just posted .

Rich

[mal998]

I've tweaked the flight dynamics. Provided I can get the authors' permissionl I will make it available to those who wish an updated set of files.

If anyone knows how to contact Robert Richardson please PM me with the info. Thanks.

[falcon409]

Another shot. . . . .getting closer.

[Crusader]

Another shot. . . . .getting closer.

AFRES paint , now that is looking good .

[falcon409]

AFRES paint , now that is looking good .

Yep, it was looking good, but not any more. I failed to save enough during this process and Paint Shop Pro threw an error at me that scrambled the texture. It's unusable now and I won't restart it. Anyone else wants to give that livery a try, be my guest.

[Penz]

Flying this aircraft makes me feel like George Jetson!

Thanks Rob.

[PRB]

Thanks RR! Great plane. Shot this pic at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum in early 2010. Is this a B? Can't see the engine nacelle ends...

[peterwatkins2]

Don't forget the G registrations Peter

ATB
DaveB

As if! Have several in mind.

[peterwatkins2]

Yep, it was looking good, but not any more. I failed to save enough during this process and Paint Shop Pro threw an error at me that scrambled the texture. It's unusable now and I won't restart it. Anyone else wants to give that livery a try, be my guest.

Dammit Falcon, that has happened to me in the past. Nothing more frustrating. Will add it to my list if no-one else covers it. Working on a US Army version at the moment.

[peterwatkins2]

Love this paint scheme . Very well done , thanks

Rich

You are very welcome! It seemed the obvious scheme to start with after Rob covered the Songbird. I want to get the Military schemes out of the way before starting on civil colours.
Cheers.

[Bushpounder]

The top two pictures are a Piper Aztec. The bottom one is a 310.

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Don

[andersel]

Another beautiful model from Mr. Richardson. Its models like this that are making me think, seriously, about at least tiptoeing in to FSX.

LA

[Curtis P40]

So, what's up with the name "Blue Canoe"? Seen this one Saturday at Lee Bottom Airfield. It wasn't very blue.

[falcon409]

So, what's up with the name "Blue Canoe"? Seen this one Saturday at Lee Bottom Airfield. It wasn't very blue.

The Official Air Force U-3A was the version that Peter has done for Rob's 310B. It was the nickname given to it by pilots when they were first delivered. The one in your photo appears to be someones attempt at an Air Force version. I think the Navy had a version that was all white, but the Air Force was deep blue, the Army had some that were a light blue and the AF Reserves also had the light blue version.

[falcon409]

I was able to divert my frustration with having lost most of the livery I was working on by attempting another shot at it. If anyone else has started this. . .please continue and this will be my personal steed, lol. If no one has taken it on within a few days then I'll consider releasing it. Since I said I wasn't going to restart I won't step on anyone's toes if they are working on a new one.

[Bushpounder]

She looks nice, Ed!

Don

[gray eagle]

I have Rob's 310B and 310C versions of this Cessna. One was done in 2013 and then this new one 310Q came out. Is the difference appreciable.

Would like to just combine one Cessna 310 folder and integrate both 310b and 310q into one folder.


Edit:

I noticed in the Cessna 310B in texture.1 folder there is an aircraft.cfg file and the header reads:

fltsim.0]
title=Cessna 310 L <<<<<< Was there ever an L model available?
sim=Cessna 310 L
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=

[Tako_Kichi]

Would like to just combine one Cessna 310 folder and integrate both 310b and 310q into one folder.

It is extremely unlikely that you will be able to do that as there are probably too many differences between the models. For a start the air files and cfg file performance values would be different to reflect the different engines and aerodynamics and any changes to the mapping would mean that textures for one version won't fit the other.

If you were just trying to save space then you wouldn't have saved that much anyway even if it were possible.

[expat]

Cessna 310 models for FS

310B FSX Rob R
310L FS2002/2004 Flight1 Dreamfleet
310Q FSX Rob R
310R FSX Milviz

[Portia911]

There is also a 310Q by Brett Henderson (available @ simviation)
i don't believe anyone has done a 310C.

[Bjoern]

Cessna 310 models for FS
310B FSX Rob R
310L FS2002/2004 Flight1 Dreamfleet
310Q FSX Rob R
310R FSX Milviz

310Q, FSX FSND

There is also a 310Q by Brett Henderson (available @ simviation)

Brett and Alejandro, to be exact.

Available here (better download speed; scroll down):
http://simviation.com/fsnd/Downloads.htm

IIRC, Brett has real world experience on all the GA aircraft he has made or contributed to, so his 310Q's flight dynamics might be an alternative to Rob's original ones.

[peterwatkins2]

Have just uploaded the US ARMY paint to FlightSim.com. Should be available either later today or tomorrow.
Good to see that you went back to the AFRES paint Ed. That saves me a job!
Cheers, Peter