Flight Replicas Halifax is out

[WarHorse47]

Well done, Mike..

http://www.flight-replicas.com/Halifax_Home.htm

[Bradburger]

Lovely!

:applause:

Cheers

Paul

[YoYo]

Wow! Good price also! Thx Mike!

:wavey:


Sorry, I'm just being slow with things (plus it's summer and am trying to spend more time outdoors!). The Halifax is done except for one item, and I've started to build the website pages for the release. If all goes well, I expect it to be out within the next couple of weeks.

And yes, works in all versions of FSX and P3D.

This couple of weeks passed very quickly :biggrin-new: !

[Sundog]

Thanks for the heads up.

[YoYo]

https://i.imgur.com/dS6im8g.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Gj39tpy.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/c5SUFg8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jlHRsva.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GjjExtq.jpg

Ready, steady, go!
Excellent work with big bird again Mike!

[Roger]

Great shots Yoyo!

[YoYo]

Do You have (or will) in plans to release paint-kit too? I need it for this :very_drunk: :

http://www.aviationart.pl/links/48.html

@Thx Roger.

[WarHorse47]

Do You have (or will) in plans to release paint-kit too? I need it for this :very_drunk: :

http://www.aviationart.pl/links/48.html

@Thx Roger.They are included in the aircraft folder, or at least they are with my FSXA install.

[Bomber_12th]

Fantastic work, Mike! What a behemoth. I love those "porcupine" exhaust!

[AussieMan]

​Will be getting this on Friday to add to my ever growing FR hangar.

[mike_cyul]

Fantastic work, Mike! What a behemoth. I love those "porcupine" exhaust!

Did you notice that they also have a "glow" in the exhaust holes visible in the dark? :)

[mike_cyul]

Do You have (or will) in plans to release paint-kit too? I need it for this :very_drunk: :

http://www.aviationart.pl/links/48.html

@Thx Roger.

Yes, as Warhorse47 says, you'll find them (there are 3: One for the Halifax, one for the cargo versions, and one for the BOAC Halton) in their respective aircraft folders.

[jankees]

It looks beautiful ! Straight buy after my return from the holidays

[Paul K]

If anyone's wondering, it handles beautifully. Nobody here has ever flown a Halifax, but what you get is exactly what you would expect from such an aircraft. One of the best 1940s-vintage aircraft we've ever had in FSX and P3D, and yes I am horribly biased. I've waited a long time for someone to do a new Halifax/Halton package, and was even collecting materials to do one myself. Fortunately for the flight simming world, Mike at Flight Replicas got there first.

Duxford's new airworthy resident ( oh I wish ! ) -

https://i.imgur.com/YyB62Wg.jpg



https://i.imgur.com/YAYF786.jpg





'Ops' are on for tonight, so a morning air-test over Yorkshire ( Bomber Command country.)

https://i.imgur.com/aej3PA6.jpg

[marijn]

What a beauty !!!

[Josh Patterson]

Cool! Great way to end my week at EAA and really welcome as the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the RAF wasn't as big as the emails were saying it would be. (At least the Meteor flew on Thursday.) Downloading now!

[thunderstreak]

Great work on the Halifax Mike!
Picked it up today and I’m really enjoying it!
Nice to finally have a proper British heavy to fly in P3Dv4!

2 comments/questions:

Did the real Halifax have a steerable tailwheel? I modified the “aircraft.cfg” to a non steerable tailwheel and use differential braking and throttle to steer on the ground. (Many WW2 heavies worked that way, not sure about the Halifax).

I understand how you used fuel weight (External) to simulate bomb load but noticed on my first flight in the Mk. IX that it was using the “external” fuel instead of the internal fuel.

Thanks and cheers!

Bernard

[mike_cyul]

The Halifax didn't have a steerable tail wheel. However, in the films I saw, the Halifax appeared quite agile on the ground, more so that the usual differential braking allows in FSX/P3D, and so came up with this compromise for realistic handling.

The external tank that's used to simulate the bomb load contains only 1 gal of useable fuel, so that FSX/P3D won't use it. You shouldn't have any use in the air, unless something else outside of the model if effecting it. The two different Halifax starting methods, by Ctrl-E and by the full start-up method, can make fuel tanks be handled differently depending on the method, but shouldn't have any effect on the External1 used by the bomb load.

[eddie]

Thanks for a great set of models!

[wells]

The external tank that's used to simulate the bomb load contains only 1 gal of useable fuel, so that FSX/P3D won't use it. You shouldn't have any use in the air, unless something else outside of the model if effecting it. The two different Halifax starting methods, by Ctrl-E and by the full start-up method, can make fuel tanks be handled differently depending on the method, but shouldn't have any effect on the External1 used by the bomb load.

It is set with 2500 gals of usable and 2499 unusable

Also, the capacities should be in US gal, so multiply all your capacities by 1.2

309 Imp Gal = 371 US gal
etc..

This will probably require re-calibration of the fuel gauges.

[Catboat]

Mike, you've done it, again!Yet another great aircraft. Bought and downloaded yesterday. As my wife is away on holidays, sat up last night, flying it at full noise!! Finally almost nodded off over the computer at about 3 a.m. As with all of your products, admire the absolute accuracy. The R.A.A.F. Association museum at Bull Creek in Western Australia has a fairly large section devoted to the operation of Halifaxes, so I was delighted to see a representative aircraft shown. I'll have to re-visit the museum to refresh my knowledge.As always, look forward to your further products,Again, Many Thanks!

[AussieMan]

​Will be getting this on Friday to add to my ever growing FR hangar.

I didn't have to wait until Friday. Found some $$$ I didn't realise I had hidden away in a rainy day account. Well that rainy day came today and now I have 3 beautiful Halifaxes (Halifax, Halton and BOAC Halton) sitting in my hangar being checked out by my ground staff in preparation for their maiden Australian flights later in the week.

[Wings of Gold]

Beautiful work! Hope some of you repainters do a Coastal Command texture. The current 518 Squadron was Coastal Command, but only did Metro missions. Coastal Command's 58 or 502 squadron allows you to attack shipping or hunt and attack subs - in daylight!

Bill

[IanP]

I'm hoping to get a CC one done - they flew them (briefly) out of an airfield that's on The List but not completed yet (I've done a modern version, but not a WW2 version) so the ocean greys are very much on my radar!

Ian P.

[Paul K]

Beautiful work! Hope some of you repainters do a Coastal Command texture. The current 518 Squadron was Coastal Command, but only did Metro missions. Coastal Command's 58 or 502 squadron allows you to attack shipping or hunt and attack subs - in daylight!

Bill


I'd be interested to see any photos at all of Hercules-powered Coastal Command Halifaxes, other than those of 518 (renumbered to) 202 Squadron, which was a meteorological recon unit, and that is already in the Flight Replicas package. From what I've seen on the web and in the books I have, it seems Coastal's Halifaxes were mostly Merlin-powered. Hardly any photos around of GR.Mk IIIs.

[Shessi]

Weepingly beautiful Mike, really as if I'm there, didn't think you could better the 262B, but you have......many thanks..:applause:


As for you IanP..''on the 'The List'..''...get yer finger out then!...;).

Cheers

Shessi

[Adamski_NZ]

Shessi? ... of Bismarck fame? I *owe* you!!!

http://nzff.org/images/screencomps/poll_thumbnails/2018-07-July/01_adamski_1280.jpg

Adam.

[YoYo]

Nice screen Adam! :wavey:

[Adamski_NZ]

Nice screen Adam! :wavey:
Thanks! Some clever stuff in that scenery file: the ack-ack fires up when you're within range! Amazingly, both scenery and Flying Stations Swordfish work in P3Dv4.3.

I hope to be posting some Halifax shots soon!

Adam.

[IanP]

@Paul K: I am aware that they're all pointy rather than round engined - or all the ones I have seen are. However, we have a round engined aircraft, so I'll use what we have.

Ian P.

[Javis]

Thanks! Some clever stuff in that scenery file: the ack-ack fires up when you're within range! Amazingly, both scenery and Flying Stations Swordfish work in P3Dv4.3.

What exactly do we see here, Adam ?.... That's no ordinairy screenie from FSX or P3D, is it ??......

Thanks!

[scotth6]

What exactly do we see here, Adam ?.... That's no ordinairy screenie from FSX or P3D, is it ??......

Thanks!


Hiya Jan,

I believe it's the Bismarck scenery from Shessi.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/100111-Bismarck!


Cheers,

[Adamski_NZ]

I believe it's the Bismarck scenery from Shessi.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/100111-Bismarck!


Yep! That's the one!! *Awesome*!

The shot is an unedited capture from P3Dv4.3. I must admit I did use SLEW to get a decent position, plus the P3D time slider to get the lighting. It wasn't actually that dark - what you see there is all smoke!!!

The waves are courtesy of P3D water in ultra mode - which I don't normally use as it's so cheesy. However - it has dynamic waves (based on wind speed) so that helps!

Adam.

[Shessi]

Shouldn't really be getting off topic...

But, yes. Nice screenie Adam, I reckon 5C is in a great position to torpedo the Bismarck's rudder?? ;)

As for CC Halibags, the MkIII was used from March 1945 by 518 Sqn at Tiree for Meterological Obs. The Hercules engined ac were so much in demand as bombers, none spare, so it was the older Merlin engined ac that were used for CC duties.

Cheers

Shessi

[Paul K]

@Paul K: I am aware that they're all pointy rather than round engined - or all the ones I have seen are. However, we have a round engined aircraft, so I'll use what we have.

Ian P.

I look forward to what you come up with, Ian. By the way, this is the only picture I've come across of a Hercules-powered C.C. aircraft, and of course it's the paint scheme we have in the package. If you do come across any more, I'd be very interested to see them.

https://i.imgur.com/TBbWMS0.jpg

[Javis]

Yep! That's the one!! *Awesome*!

The shot is an unedited capture from P3Dv4.3. I must admit I did use SLEW to get a decent position, plus the P3D time slider to get the lighting. It wasn't actually that dark - what you see there is all smoke!!!

The waves are courtesy of P3D water in ultra mode - which I don't normally use as it's so cheesy. However - it has dynamic waves (based on wind speed) so that helps!

Adam.

Thanks, Adam ! (and thanks for the link,Scott !) That's all quite amazing !

Never seen those waves in P3Dv4.2, atleast in the shot they look great. Do they come with v4.3 ? ( i didn't upgrade to 4.3 yet.. )

Thanks again, certainly now it proves it's *just* a screenie from P3Dv4, it is pretty fabulous ! :encouragement:

[Adamski_NZ]

Javis - I'm a little worried about hijacking this Halifax thread - so I've replied by PM!

[Wings of Gold]

Both No. 58 Squadron and No. 502 Squadron flew the Halifax GR Mk.III from March - May 1945. They were based at RAF Stornoway during this period.

Bill

[Wings of Gold]

No. 58 Squadron had BY code, while No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron had V9 code

Bill

[dvj]

https://i.imgur.com/0hCdAwa.jpg

[Cirrus N210MS]

https://i.imgur.com/0hCdAwa.jpg


great art work again Mike Thank you! I am flying it right now in VR the view is stunting in the VC

[IanP]

I've been massively tied up for the last few days, but having finally got some peace and quiet, I put together a quick AI file for Elvington using this, so I could take some screenshots.

It all looks very nice - until Pilot Officer A. I. Code tries to land his Halifax, which is... interesting, to say the least. I was last left with one aircraft going round in circles on the grass, with its nose dug in and tail in the air, plus another one which landed on its nose, bounced all over half the airfield, somehow ended up back in the air and just flew off into the wild blue yonder never to be seen again. A third one landed on its nose, somehow managed to bounce back into a 3-point position and continued to fly the next circuit. I missed what it did on the next landing, because I was killing myself laughing at the one buzzing around in circles on its nose and main gear...

Please note, this is neither a complaint, nor a dig. The aircraft was never intended to be flown by the severely untrained Plt.Off. A.I.Code, who definitely needs further training before being allowed back into the cockpit. It's bloomin' funny to watch, though. :very_drunk::loyal:

Ian P.

[thunderstreak]

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62559&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62560&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62561&stc=1

[DickB]

I've been massively tied up for the last few days, but having finally got some peace and quiet, I put together a quick AI file for Elvington using this, so I could take some screenshots.

It all looks very nice - until Pilot Officer A. I. Code tries to land his Halifax, which is... interesting, to say the least. I was last left with one aircraft going round in circles on the grass, with its nose dug in and tail in the air, plus another one which landed on its nose, bounced all over half the airfield, somehow ended up back in the air and just flew off into the wild blue yonder never to be seen again. A third one landed on its nose, somehow managed to bounce back into a 3-point position and continued to fly the next circuit. I missed what it did on the next landing, because I was killing myself laughing at the one buzzing around in circles on its nose and main gear...

Please note, this is neither a complaint, nor a dig. The aircraft was never intended to be flown by the severely untrained Plt.Off. A.I.Code, who definitely needs further training before being allowed back into the cockpit. It's bloomin' funny to watch, though. :very_drunk::loyal:

Ian P.
I had similar entertainment. I found increasing the pitch stability in the aircraft cfg to somewhere between 1.5 and 2.0 helped AI flying a lot. Still not quite as I'd like it, but close.

[jankees]

Very nice model!

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1792/42238170030_14d8d112fa_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27mrEoS)jk4072 (https://flic.kr/p/27mrEoS)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1791/43141308275_71a04b3782_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28JftVV)jk4081 (https://flic.kr/p/28JftVV)

[tgycgijoes]

I've been massively tied up for the last few days, but having finally got some peace and quiet, I put together a quick AI file for Elvington using this, so I could take some screenshots.

It all looks very nice - until Pilot Officer A. I. Code tries to land his Halifax, which is... interesting, to say the least. I was last left with one aircraft going round in circles on the grass, with its nose dug in and tail in the air, plus another one which landed on its nose, bounced all over half the airfield, somehow ended up back in the air and just flew off into the wild blue yonder never to be seen again. A third one landed on its nose, somehow managed to bounce back into a 3-point position and continued to fly the next circuit. I missed what it did on the next landing, because I was killing myself laughing at the one buzzing around in circles on its nose and main gear...

Please note, this is neither a complaint, nor a dig. The aircraft was never intended to be flown by the severely untrained Plt.Off. A.I.Code, who definitely needs further training before being allowed back into the cockpit. It's bloomin' funny to watch, though. :very_drunk::loyal:

Ian P.

Your comments are as funny as the situation in paragraph 2. LOL!!!!:biggrin-new:

[IanP]

I've got one simple repaint done so far... Just need to, y'know, actually package it up? Got several more in the pipeline, but keep getting distracted by either my anatomy packing up, or trying to do airfields.

Ian P.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62801&stc=1

[Paul K]

I'd be very interested in repaints of the C.Mk.VIIIs and Haltons operated post-war by such operators as Bond Air Services, World Air Freight. London Aero and Motor Services, Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd, and the like. I'm considering having a crack at one myself, but would prefer to see what the established and accomplished repainters come up with first. Vingtor's LN-OAT ( the red one ) and LAMS' G-AHZJ ( the blue one ) are the obvious first choices, but some of the more obscure ones would be very welcome indeed. I have a colour photo of a World Air Freight aircraft, if anyone's interested.

[IanP]

@Paul K: I have drawings of both of those, plus some other Haltons, however I was actually going to do a fictional post-war Transport Command liveried one (white with red wingtips and stripes) and give it the registration of the Avro York sitting at RAFM Cosford... I suspect someone else will probably get to the real world liveries before I do, there.

@tgycgijoes: All I'll say is this...

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62815&stc=1
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62816&stc=1

[Paul K]

@Paul K: I have drawings of both of those, plus some other Haltons, however I was actually going to do a fictional post-war Transport Command liveried one (white with red wingtips and stripes) and give it the registration of the Avro York sitting at RAFM Cosford... I suspect someone else will probably get to the real world liveries before I do, there.

Yes, a Transport Command repaint would be a good choice, and highly plausible too.

Ian, check your PM's:

Regards
PK

[rosariomanzo]

Got it today, very nice model and I like the ground handling.

[IanP]

Eee, bah gum, I had to go back a ways to find this one...

Mike: I'm trying to do some Halton repaints, but we only have the wireframe for the Halifax. Is there one for the Halton as well, or shall I just paint over the top of the BOAC one? :)

Cheers,

Ian P.

[mike_cyul]

Eee, bah gum, I had to go back a ways to find this one...

Mike: I'm trying to do some Halton repaints, but we only have the wireframe for the Halifax. Is there one for the Halton as well, or shall I just paint over the top of the BOAC one? :)

Cheers,

Ian P.

Eee, bah, gum? Any relation of Gracie Fields? :)

The wireframes are almost identical throughout, so you can either use it or just paint over the BOAC.

Mike

[IanP]

Nope, sorry. I just stole a classic Yorkshireism. I blame spending too much time typing to stiz!

Anyway, the only big change I've found so far is the nose of the Haltons being where the turret is on the Halifax. I'm sure if and when I find any others I can work around those as well. :)

Should

Cheers,

Ian P.

[IanP]

Drag this one up again... ;)

Following the earlier conversation, I think a bunch of people here might appreciate this new one from Skytoons (Spencer Trickett)...

https://www.facebook.com/skytoonsart/photos/a.194446867288956/1992785997455025/?type=3&theater

It's a commission, so won't be generally available I don't think, but still. :)

Cheers,

Ian P.