(Payware) Flight Replicas Super Cub Ultra now available

[Barnes]

Its downloading - hoorah

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

[mike_cyul]

Man, you guys are quick. I didn't even get time to put the announcement here, and I came straight over! :applause:

Yes, the Ultra is out. I hope you like it.

Bernt should be around to answer any questions you might have regarding the flight dynamics, but his real-world flight schedule may mean it takes a while for a reply - please be patient. If I can answer the question, I will. A brief note on the Cargo version - when you load her for the first time, you'll be at almost max weight, so make sure to put lots of nose-down trim before takeoff! You'll see why it takes skill to fly the Ultra fully loaded....

The Manual is in the "...\Airplanes\Super_Cub_Ultra" folder.

If anyone has trouble installing into Win 7, right click the installer before running, select Compatability mode.

The Ultra will be available only on the Flight Replicas website for a week or so, as any updates, if needed, can then be very quickly uploaded. After that, The Ultra will be available from other vendors.

Mike

[Lionheart]

Congrats Mike! It looks great!


:applause: :medals: :applause:


Bill

[Barfly]

(edit) I see Tom and Bernt worked on this... should be a good one!

[Dimus]

At last! Thank you! Got it, installed it fine. Now to find some time to fly it...

[mike_cyul]

Does this have a Bernt Stolle FDE? :)

It does indeed.


Mike

[Barnes]

wow Mike - its a masterpeice well done :salute:

Edit - just one thing thats not very authentic - not enough baggage for the female passenger!!! LOL

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/superultra.jpg

[Bomber_12th]

Great news, Mike!! I'm going to have a lot of fun with these!

[Barfly]

Wow... this thing lands so slow you can just drop it onto your driveway lol.

[wilycoyote4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuE2cW8NMx8&feature=related lots of links to more vids

[SirBenn21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuE2cW8NMx8&feature=related lots of links to more vids


That was fun to watch. :jump:

[mike_cyul]

Update: An updated version has been uploaded to the store. Somehow the rear strap holding down the window covers was remaining visible when the cover was off. This has been corrected. The new filename is FR_SCU_FSXA_v11.

If you purchased the Ultra before 8:30 am (Eastern), April 19, your original download link should still work. If you have any problems, please contact me through support.

Mike

[hae5904]

Mike, though the download link still works, I'm still getting the original FR_SCU_FSXA exe file.....not V11

Cheers,
Hank

[mike_cyul]

Mike, though the download link still works, I'm still getting the original FR_SCU_FSXA exe file.....not V11

Cheers,
Hank

Ok, thanks, Hank. Their system appears to still tie download links to specific files - and I can't delete old files on their server. :blind:

New purchasers will get the latest version.

I'll send the latest installer you and everyone else who purchased before the update, probably within an hour or so of writing this.

Mike

[wallyboard]

Excellent service Mike! Same problem as Hank. Awaiting the new d/l link.

Thanks
Larry

[hae5904]

Thanks Mike, I'll wait for the new file. :salute:

Cheers,
Hank

[hae5904]

Awesome work Mike...downloading now!

Cheers,
Hank

[Bomber_12th]

Thank you for the quick fix, Mike! I love this aircraft, and couldn't get enough take-offs and landings in last night. Having seen a demo of one of these, it lives up to all that I remember of the real aircraft - one that, outside of FS-fantasy land, is very near to the top of aircraft I would love to own for real (based on what you get compared to what you spend). Just like what I remember, you can get the tail up before ever moving (this is so well done!), and in no time at all, have the aircraft practically hanging on its prop as you climb out.

Besides everything being of typical Flight Replicas quality (it doesn't get better), I love the various normal map/bump map effects over some of the unique surfaces/materials in the cockpit! Very well done!

[mike_cyul]

Thank you for the quick fix, Mike! I love this aircraft, and couldn't get enough take-offs and landings in last night. Having seen a demo of one of these, it lives up to all that I remember of the real aircraft - one that, outside of FS-fantasy land, is very near to the top of aircraft I would love to own for real (based on what you get compared to what you spend). Just like what I remember, you can get the tail up before ever moving (this is so well done!), and in no time at all, have the aircraft practically hanging on its prop as you climb out.

Besides everything being of typical Flight Replicas quality (it doesn't get better), I love the various normal map/bump map effects over some of the unique surfaces/materials in the cockpit! Very well done!

Where's that blush emoticon when you need it? Oh yes, here it is: :redface:

Thanks John! Any compliment from you is high praise.

Mike

[wallyboard]

I'm wondering Mike, is there any way the camping gear and such could be added to the rest of the Super Cub family? Would be very cool indeed!

Cheers
Larry

[Barnes]

Im trying out the paintkit with an all yellow version - a bit more to do.
http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1181.jpg

[Dimus]

Excellent service again, as always, with the update. Really appreciated. I just have not found the time to seriously test this beast.:frown:

[Bomber_12th]

That is looking great, Barnes!!

Some selections from a recent flight north of Seattle in the early light.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_8.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_9.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/sup_cub_ultra_10.jpg

[Barnes]

Just got to find a few more elusive bits!

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-2448.jpg

[mike_cyul]

Bernt has redone the center of gravity attributes of the Cargo version, to bring them more into line with real behaviours at higher weights. Existing customers will be getting their new aircraft.cfg's via email immediately, while for new customers the installer in the Flight Replicas store is now updated FR_SCU_FSXA_v13.

Mike

[AusWilko]

Just out of curiosity I only have FSX Delux which doesn't contain the acceleration pack, will it still run and what is it that I will miss out on?

Normally I just look and see if it requires Acc pack and if it does I move on and don't give it another thought but this one perked my interest so just wondering about it is all

[rayhere48]

Are the any videos of the aircraft? How are the fps?

[bstolle]

Normally I just look and see if it requires Acc pack and if it does I move on and don't give it another thought but this one perked my interest so just wondering about it is all

FDE wise e.g. jet and piston engine calculations are much improved (noticable different) with Acceleration. Even if it would work, performance will most likely be off. Acceleration is highly recommended!

[Barnes]

Some of the yellow liveried varients - such a great choice - thanks Mike for all your hard work.

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/cubs.jpg

[tomford]

looking good, no runway needed, maybe just a helicopter pad..
63712

tom

[mike_cyul]

Glenn, if you read this, please get in touch at the support address. Every email gets rejected ("550 Domain has been disabled"), and can't send you updates. Thanks,

Mike

[glennc]

Mike, your note is a surprise. Done. I must have typo'd the email address. Watch Your box.

10 points for exceptional service. :applause:

Glenn

[glennc]

Here's the rest of the story. After I saw Mike's note here, I sent a note to his support address. About an hour later I had the link.

Now, first two flights done. It is an exceptional package. Most important, I've never flown a real airplane like this, but I did get a chance for a close imspection at an airshow a while back. The flight model feels very believable to me, especially low and very slow. Why would I want a chopper with performance like this. And it is gorgeous.

Well done, Mike

:medals::medals::applause::medals:

Glenn

[Barnes]

Thanks to Mikes great advice i have now completed this repaint and it will be available soon at the SOH libary.

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-2404.jpg

[Barnes]

Now working on this one based on a real world schme used on a different cub

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1397.jpg

[Barnes]

Hi Im having trouble uploading my file to SOH so please download the Yellow repaint N2355H from here...


https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/2Sw5KIxNEeGzFxICOA-R7w/Flight%20Replica%20Super%20Cub%20Ultra%20Yellow%20 N2355H.zip

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-2404.jpg

[Barnes]

Stars and Stipes now finished please download from here....

https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/YGiWzIxoEeG_uxICPRQ27A/Flight%20Replica%20Super%20Cub%20Ultra%20repaint%2 0red%20stripes.zip

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-486.jpg

[sidler]

Hi Mike
I purchase your Super Cub Ultra this afternoon and I received the purchase order receipt and the download site......when I go to the d/l site it says this order is not available. What is going on?


Richard Couture

[mike_cyul]

Hi Mike
I purchase your Super Cub Ultra this afternoon and I received the purchase order receipt and the download site......when I go to the d/l site it says this order is not available. What is going on?


Richard Couture

Hi Richard,

I just replied to your email at the support address. The order is indeed available, I did a test of the store to make sure. As it says in your reply email, please try again, and if you still have a problem, let me know. If you paid by credit card, it may perhaps be taking the store a short time to process the order.

Mike

[mike_cyul]

Theo, if you see this, will you please get in touch with me at the support email address. Your emails are arriving here without problem, but you don't appear to be receiving mine.

Thanks!

Mike

[mike_cyul]

Theo, thanks for your email - I've replied directly just to see if we could make contact. :)

If not, please try and supply an alternate email (or perhaps open a new email account on your computer), and lets see if that works.

Mike

[Barnes]

HI Mike

Thanks for emailing the latest update - much apprechiated. Keep up the good work. :salute:

[THibben]

I have an interesting problem. I am using EZDOK and TRK IR with the Ultra Cub. I have a very high end system with Win 64.
I have no trouble using the mouse to activate switches etc in the EZDOK main panel view. However when I go to an EZDOK camera view of just the fuel tank selector and the elevator trim, I have no mouse control. I have no problem in other aircraft using EZDOK in any camera view. I am at a loss as to how to fix and am not sure if it is an aircraft problem or EZDOK .

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Tom Hibben

[mike_cyul]

I have an interesting problem. I am using EZDOK and TRK IR with the Ultra Cub. I have a very high end system with Win 64.
I have no trouble using the mouse to activate switches etc in the EZDOK main panel view. However when I go to an EZDOK camera view of just the fuel tank selector and the elevator trim, I have no mouse control. I have no problem in other aircraft using EZDOK in any camera view. I am at a loss as to how to fix and am not sure if it is an aircraft problem or EZDOK .

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Tom Hibben

Hi Tom,

I don't have EZDOK, but one of the beta testers did. He initially had difficulties similar to yours, but in the end it turned out to be that he hadn't set the camera config for the Ultra. Could that be it?

Mike

[falcon409]

Mike, just purchased the Ultra and I have to say, WOW, lol. What a terrific airplane. Lionheart and I hooked up for some Touch n' Go's at Diamond point then low and slow over the landscape to Fairchild. We hit a few small fields along the way, and it was just a great experience. Bill said it looked like an elevator, lol. You barely get rolling and she's airborne, just amazing. Thanks for all the hard work and the "Ultra" experience.:applause::applause::salute:

[mike_cyul]

Thanks, Ed. :) Bernt worked hard on those flight dynamics; it's great having him on board as part of Flight Replicas. You should try the dynamics on the Messerschmitt 109....:icon_eek:

Mike

[robmw]

I have an interesting problem. I am using EZDOK and TRK IR with the Ultra Cub. I have a very high end system with Win 64.
I have no trouble using the mouse to activate switches etc in the EZDOK main panel view. However when I go to an EZDOK camera view of just the fuel tank selector and the elevator trim, I have no mouse control. I have no problem in other aircraft using EZDOK in any camera view. I am at a loss as to how to fix and am not sure if it is an aircraft problem or EZDOK .

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Tom Hibben

Hi Tom,

I'm the beta tester Mike mentioned and used EZdok throughout testing, although not with TrackIR. I did forget initially to use the EZCA config tool to initialise the Ultra for EZdok camera, the result being some strange internal and external views but I'm guessing you have done this as your problem isn't views as such. My setup was to use an existing camera profile I had created for the Super Cub Extreme which is almost the same as the Ultra and I only had to tweak the magnification and position slightly. Like you I use a dedicated internal view for tank selector and trim but have no problems with mouse control.

The fact that mouse control works ok in other aircraft views suggests the problem is specific to that view so first off I'd suggest comparing the various view settings (POV, mouse movement etc.) using the EZdok view configuration dialog for an aircraft view that works against the one that doesn't looking for any differences. If they appear the same then you could delete the offending view, clone or copy one that works and then tweak that back to the view you want (this is how I set up my views initially). Another thought - did you set the views up from scratch for the Ultra or import from another similar aircraft? I've found this to cause problems on occasion depending on how dissimilar the geometries of the aircraft are. Finally, have you checked without TrackIR support enabled? I can't see this would make any difference for one particular view but maybe worth trying.

Let me know what you find.

Rob

[Barnes]

Another repaint based on a real world cub with slat wings - not exact model.

Please download from here https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/wL0m_Y_lEeGwURICOA-R7w/Flight%20Replica%20Super%20Cub%20Ultra%20Repaint%2 0N749RE%20Silver.zip or SOH Warbirds library.

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1250.jpg

[THibben]

Hi Tom,

I'm the beta tester Mike mentioned and used EZdok throughout testing, although not with TrackIR. I did forget initially to use the EZCA config tool to initialise the Ultra for EZdok camera, the result being some strange internal and external views but I'm guessing you have done this as your problem isn't views as such. My setup was to use an existing camera profile I had created for the Super Cub Extreme which is almost the same as the Ultra and I only had to tweak the magnification and position slightly. Like you I use a dedicated internal view for tank selector and trim but have no problems with mouse control.

The fact that mouse control works ok in other aircraft views suggests the problem is specific to that view so first off I'd suggest comparing the various view settings (POV, mouse movement etc.) using the EZdok view configuration dialog for an aircraft view that works against the one that doesn't looking for any differences. If they appear the same then you could delete the offending view, clone or copy one that works and then tweak that back to the view you want (this is how I set up my views initially). Another thought - did you set the views up from scratch for the Ultra or import from another similar aircraft? I've found this to cause problems on occasion depending on how dissimilar the geometries of the aircraft are. Finally, have you checked without TrackIR support enabled? I can't see this would make any difference for one particular view but maybe worth trying.

Let me know what you find.

Rob

Hi Rob,

It is working now. I know I had run the config tool after the last update, but I don't think I did after installing the yellow cub textures. That may have been it.
The interesting thing is that when I was in the main panel view prior to getting it working, the tank selector was visible and I could control with the mouse. I also removed the view of the trim and fuel once more and reinstalled. I had done that once before but it didn't help at that time. Bottom line is that it is working.

Thanks again for help and your part in developing a really great plane.

Tom Hibben

[robmw]

Glad it's working Tom, EZdok can be a bit quirky at times but I wouldn't be without it now I can make it do what I want! Testing the Ultra was great fun and followed on nicely from clocking up 200+ hours in the Super Cub Extreme over Alaska and the Pacific North West. The Ultra is now my aircraft of choice for exploring these regions.

Have fun :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/robmw2/Super%20Cub%20Ultra/fsx-2012-04-23-17-43-33-77.jpg

[robmw]

Another repaint based on a real world cub with slat wings - not exact model.



Thanks for the repaints, nice work.

[Barnes]

Thanks - just working on a ficticious one...

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1993.jpg

[Barnes]

I think the blue looks better on the yellow. Please download from here..
https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/izFxRJEGEeGV4BICOBql1A/Flight%20Replica%20Super%20Cub%20Ultra%20Repaint%2 0Bluestars.zip

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1186.jpg

[mike_cyul]

Great scheme. Now you're going to have to develop an aerobatic routine. :)


Mike

[tomford]

Im trying out the paintkit with an all yellow version - a bit more to do.
http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1181.jpg


Did this paint get posted? it would be perfect with a little bit darker yellow

Tom

[Barnes]

Here is a cub that thinks its a Storch


http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-525.jpg

[Barnes]

Hi Tom

No - i changed it midway through and turned it into my other yellow paint .

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-1255.jpg

[Barnes]

HI

Please download this one from here.....https://www.cx.com/mycx/share/4plo25LrEeG4SBICOA-R7w/Flight%20Replica%20Ultra%20repaint%20Storch.zip


http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/GAJIT/wip-525.jpg

[bushpilot]

Went Camping at Chutine Lake:mixedsmi: I think the performance of this baby is out of this world, haven't had this much fun in a long time. And it flies like a dream. The only thing it needs are muddy tundra-tyres and a dirty paint job... I'm probably gonna do something about that.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/113scub1.jpg


http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/226scub2.jpg

[ramjet]

Hi,

I'm having a lot of fun flying the Ultra. I spent many weeks trying to land a default cub on the moving bus in FSX missions and if I'd have had this baby it would have been drop it and stop it time. I have been doing extreme STOLs and I marvel at how I can leap off the RW and climb out then land in someone's driveway or yard. I have yet to skim a lake on an approach but that's coming too.

Really a great piece of work, congratulations to Mike and Flight Replicas, what's next.

good flights, Cal

[mike_cyul]

what's next.

good flights, Cal

Happy to hear people are enjoying the Ultra. :)

Next is the Messerschmitt Bf-109K-4: http://www.flight-replicas.com/Me-109KFSX.htm Probably just a few weeks or less from beta. The P-40N is coming along, but will take some time as I'm really enjoying every little detail. Then there are three other projects in the pipeline, all civilian, but not far along enough yet to make any announcements. Voila! :)

Mike

[fliger747]

One of the atributes of the cub is it's trimmable stabilizer which still permits controlled flight at a very aft CG, however stability does deteriorate! A friend chasing geese on the North Slope for Fish and Game tailed his in and unknowingly punched holes the rear float compartments and flooded them. Taking off a few minuites later he was unwittingly at a hugely aft CG with the water in the tails of the floats, but with trim and lots of fwd elevator able to make it to another pond....

To eliminate any misconceptions I was not involved in this cub, but in Mike's original. Totally Bernt's doing on the flight dynamics and a fine job!

Cheers: Tom