Flying Stations Sea Fury released(payware) 17May12

[delta_lima]

I hope Sketchy won't take this as stealing thunder - but having just seen a few recent posts on their forum, I thought I'd post here, as there are more than a few of us Sea Fury fans here!

Original development thread: http://z13.invisionfree.com/Flying_Stations/index.php?showtopic=63&st=0

2 youtube videos (at least as of today): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUNMYb57pO7alqIPmXTLe1ug&feature=plcp

Interestingly, if launched when projected (sometime in May), it'll have been exactly two years - as I recall, exactly as long as the S.1 Buccaneer took to develop. For those familiar with the latter, it was simply a fantastic model, and waiting for two years for this model will have been well worth the wait.

Bravo Flying Stations ... she looks superb!

DL

[Bomber_12th]

Excellent news!! The aircraft looks brilliant, and I know this will be a very fun aircraft to explore and to fly in FSX.

[Roger]

Wow!:applause:

[greenie]

I feel myself breathing a sigh of relief ...at last . Been a long time waiting for anybody to do one ... :)

[weeebbz]

so pumped for this aircraft it will fit in well in my RCN hangar all i need now is a real nice Fairey Firefly FR.1 (fingers crossed)

[Ian Warren]

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[sketchy]

Going through the final check list...

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_05.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_03.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_02.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_01.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_06.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_04.jpg

Thanks for the patience, some real life issues stepped in the way. Almost there.

[Roger]

:applause::ernae:

[Daube]

A deviation of a meme came to my mind....
"Give that beast polygons.... beasts looooove polygons" :icon_lol:
Beautifull model, can't wait to see it from closer. :ernae:

[flaviossa]

Very nice rendition of the aircraft! :applause:
What´s that below the plane? Rocket assisted takeoff? Didn´t know that it was used by naval aviation too.

[delta_lima]

Very nice rendition of the aircraft! :applause:
What´s that below the plane? Rocket assisted takeoff? Didn´t know that it was used by naval aviation too.

Yes, called RATOG (rocket takeoff gear) in RAF/RN FAA parlance.

Awesome progress Sketch and crew!!

[crashaz]

I am particularly impressed with the carrier landing in the video... nice job!!
:applause:

[sketchy]

This Girl has trapped a wire and is now on deck:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/FlyingStationsSeaFuryPromo13.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/FlyingStationsSeaFuryPromo15.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/FlyingStationsSeaFuryPromo11.jpg

http://www.flyingstations.com/ (http://www.flyingstations.com/)

[Barfly]

Got it - nice deal at $15 USD. Fast beast!

[Rich]

What Sketch means is the Sea Fury has been released.

[MDIvey]

Another Superb Model and excellent value for money...thankyou. Took her for a spin off Victorious with RATOG assistance...marvelous. Now I must get back to work.... looking forward to having more time to play:jump:

KR Matt

[skyhawka4m]

Been waiting on this for a very long time......purchased...flew....loved it!!! Now bring on the paints!!! lol

[fliger747]

VC shots?

T

[Bomber_12th]

I jumped on this - a great value! Its got gobs of power, and I love it! : )

[Bomber_12th]

Here are some VC shots. It can be quite dark at times (though natural for an all-black painted cockpit : ) ), and it is full of details and functionality.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sea_fury_vc_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sea_fury_vc_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sea_fury_vc_3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sea_fury_vc_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sea_fury_vc_5.jpg

[Bomber_12th]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_6.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_7.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_9.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/Bomber_12th/Sea%20Fury/sf_10.jpg

[jetstreamsky]

Awesome aircraft, well done Flying Stations Team. The sound set is superb. :salute: :applause:

[jetstreamsky]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/SeaFuryFlyby.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/SeaFuryRocketAttack.jpg

[DagR]

Hi,

That aiircraft looks absolutely superb, beautiful job done. I'm gonne buy this one as soon as I'm healed ;-)


Best
DagR

[Daube]

That cockpit ! o_O
Where's my credit card...

[Roger]

Really enjoying this:ernae: (changed the prop alpha for the Real Air Spit)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-1.jpg

[Daube]

That cockpit ! o_O
Where's my credit card...

Found the card....

http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1800.jpg

[jetstreamsky]

Really enjoying this:ernae: (changed the prop alpha for the Real Air Spit)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-1.jpg


Good solution! I've tweaked the instruments dds to remove some glittering white edges I was getting on a 3 screen setup and make the site day/night selector a little more obvious, but this aircraft is glorious. :cool:

[dvj]

Really enjoying this:ernae: (changed the prop alpha for the Real Air Spit)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-1.jpg

That prop disc looks different than the original ???

[alain0568]

Hello,


- Daube said:
"Found the card...."

-Me too!:icon_lol:

http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/11/39/89/45/sea_fu10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=1071&u=11398945)


Alain

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[Bomber_12th]

Great idea regarding the prop disc, Roger!

[fallenphoenix1986]

Have the forums over at flying stations gone offline or is it just me?

Craig

[sketchy]

Have the forums over at flying stations gone offline or is it just me?

Craig

Hi Craig,

We are very much here, do you have an issue that needs our attention? I do not see an unanswered post right now.

We are here to help if you need it.

Best,

Sketchy

[Maury2008]

Good solution! I've tweaked the instruments dds to remove some glittering white edges I was getting on a 3 screen setup and make the site day/night selector a little more obvious, but this aircraft is glorious. :cool:

Can you post tour edit file?

Maury

[fliger747]

Another small question! Are external tanks available? The reason I ask is that the Sea Fury, being fairly fast, has been a favorite in the RTW (race) but needs tankage to get the distance.

Cheers: T

[Tako_Kichi]

Another small question! Are external tanks available? The reason I ask is that the Sea Fury, being fairly fast, has been a favorite in the RTW (race) but needs tankage to get the distance.
If you look at the screenshots on page one of this thread Tom there are a couple of shots showing drop tanks so it looks like it may well be a contender for the RTWR. I am going to have to wait until at least the end of the month before I can buy it as my PayPal account is currently empty but I will be getting it for sure as it is one of my all-time favourite aircraft.

[Daube]

Another small question! Are external tanks available? The reason I ask is that the Sea Fury, being fairly fast, has been a favorite in the RTW (race) but needs tankage to get the distance.

Cheers: T

I believe my next screenshot will answer your question :)

http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1801.jpg

[strykerpsg]

Going through the final check list...

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_05.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_03.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_02.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_01.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_06.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/sketchy74/Sea_Fury_04.jpg

Thanks for the patience, some real life issues stepped in the way. Almost there.

First of all, absolutely fantastic looking model. I'm not much of a WWII era warbirds person, but this looks like a must have for me.


Ok, now the dumb question. Wouldn't the RATO/JATO rip the plane in two? I would imagine that's is one hell of a ride!

[jetstreamsky]

It's a real blast taking off with all that combined power

Here's a photo of a RATOG T/O from HMS Ocean in Japan 1952/3

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39411748@N06/6660070787/

[dvj]

Just a couples of niggles, then I'll shut up. Nav lights a little too bright. Prop disc needs some work. Sound file has some detectable repeat 'ticks". Other than that, it's a blast and a great looking aircraft.
:salute::salute::salute:6576465763

[jetstreamsky]

Now we just need this, when's it coming? ;) :jump:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK1E5u6HatA&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Is there an appropriate carrier available for the Sea Fury somewhere?

[jetstreamsky]

Superb display here, there's quite a bit whistle sound on the flypasts, would be cool to have that in the sound set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlxtZSxF3pE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Roger]

Mean & moody:engel016:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-3.jpg

[noddy]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i305/noddy1966/f.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i305/noddy1966/f1.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i305/noddy1966/f2-1.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i305/noddy1966/f3.jpg

[Mithrin]

Beautiful shots!

[jetstreamsky]

Is there an appropriate carrier available for the Sea Fury somewhere?


What's the best inappropriate one then?

[Rich]

Flying Stations HMS Victorious.

[Daube]

Have you tried the freeware carriers that can be downloaded from Flying Stations ? Namely the Victorious and the Ark Royal I believe...

[jetstreamsky]

Ah OK, I have the Ark but thought it was too modern, wasn't sure if victorious was modern enough, but I guess WW2 vintage was still operational in the 50s

[sketchy]

Ah OK, I have the Ark but thought it was too modern, wasn't sure if victorious was modern enough, but I guess WW2 vintage was still operational in the 50s

Hi Jetstream,

Yes the Late WW2 Victorious is the most suitable of the Flying Stations Carriers (although not ideal). The Sea Fury actually carried out her first deck trials on the HMS Victorious in the winter of 1946-47, and the type was approved for carrier operations later in 1947.

The Victorious however was put in to reserve in 1947, and then from 1950-57 she went a massive rework to modernise her. By the time she emerged from this refit the Sea Fury had left front line service.

The ideal carrier would be a Colossus class, however to my knowledge there is not one available right now for FSX.

[jetstreamsky]

Thanks for enlightening me about the carriers, I did a google search to learn more about them and came across the Dutch carrier Karel Doorman which was originally HMS Venerable, a collusus class carrier. I've heard that name before and found that there is an FS9 model available at Avsim, so I might give that a try.

Interestingly this is also the infamous Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (or 25th of May) much heard about during the Falklands war.

[sketchy]

Thanks for enlightening me about the carriers, I did a google search to learn more about them and came across the Dutch carrier Karel Doorman which was originally HMS Venerable, a collusus class carrier. I've heard that name before and found that there is an FS9 model available at Avsim, so I might give that a try.

Interestingly this is also the infamous Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (or 25th of May) much heard about during the Falklands war.

HMS Venerable, Karel Doorman, and Vieintincino de Mayo, are all the same ship.

[jetstreamsky]

A little bit of Entente Cordiale

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier9.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier8.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier7.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier6.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier5.jpg

[jetstreamsky]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier4.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier3.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier2.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/seafurycarrier1.jpg

[sketchy]

Nice!

Looks like you are having fun! Love the panoramic images. Suprised you are not flying the Canadian one Jetstream! :)

[Daube]

Indeed the last two shots are lovely :)

[peter12213]

Has anyone else had a problem with the throttle in this aircraft? It doesn't have the immediate response that every other aircraft I have, it seems slow and jerky when viewed from the VC, also is there a better soundset anywhere?

[Rich]

What breed of joystick do you have ? it works ok for me with a MS FF Sidewinder 2 no problems at all.

You may want to visit the Flying Stations forum where there is a ongoing thread about this.

[jetstreamsky]

Nice!

Looks like you are having fun! Love the panoramic images. Suprised you are not flying the Canadian one Jetstream! :)

Ha yes, Brit in Quebec

[peter12213]

Yeah will do Rich, cheers.

[Bomber_12th]

Pete, just for the record, I see and 'feel' the same thing you do with the throttle. Of course it has no problems getting up to speed and flying (at very good speeds too), but it takes quite a bit of throttle to get the aircraft going/taxiing around. There's not much issue with that, other than being 'different'.

[sketchy]

To all those interested the Paint Kit is now available on the Sea Fury Page on the Flying Stations page:

www.flyingstations.com

Cheers,

Sketchy

[Bomber_12th]

Thank you Sketchy! I've got a couple in mind. ; )

[peter12213]

Pete, just for the record, I see and 'feel' the same thing you do with the throttle. Of course it has no problems getting up to speed and flying (at very good speeds too), but it takes quite a bit of throttle to get the aircraft going/taxiing around. There's not much issue with that, other than being 'different'.

Agreed my thoughts also John, but it's just always when you need that fine control on carrier approches that I'm finding it's causing me problems, still I have to point out what an outstanding model this is and I absolutely love the flight model especially, it really does feel more like a Jet than a "Prop" in more ways than one.

[jetstreamsky]

................also is there a better soundset anywhere?


Peter, try
Bristol Centaurus soundset at Britsim.com

[Daube]

Pete, just for the record, I see and 'feel' the same thing you do with the throttle. Of course it has no problems getting up to speed and flying (at very good speeds too), but it takes quite a bit of throttle to get the aircraft going/taxiing around. There's not much issue with that, other than being 'different'.

Same issues here :salute:

[dvj]

Peter, try
Bristol Centaurus soundset at Britsim.com



OMG, I just added this set and blew all the cats out of the house. Wow!
:violent:

[Wings of Gold]

Roger (or anyone else that change the prop texture for the Spitfire Prop Alpha):

I must have not done my substitution like you did, because I don't see what you have shown. I saved my Sea Fury prop texture file, and then substituted my RealAir Spit Mk. IV texure "Prop_F.dds" (renamed of course). I see a number of yellow circles down near the prop hub, and other things that did not show in your screen-shot. Will you please tell me how you did yours. Bill

[DaveWG]

Use the "Prop_R", not the "Prop_F" texture.

[Roger]

Use the "Prop_R", not the "Prop_F" texture.

Thanks Dave.

[noddy]

Good call on the prop chaps.

Spent a nice 1/2 hour in the Fury last night, and good job all round on the model. :salute:

[Daube]

Peter, try
Bristol Centaurus soundset at Britsim.com

I would need a bit of advise here. I have downloaded and installed these sounds, and it works.
However, I didn't dare to modify the Piston_Engine section of the aircraft.cfg as recommended in the readme of the sound package, because I was afraid to modify the performances of the plane.

In my current situation, I have now the new sounds in the sim for the Fury. However, the engine sound from the cockpit is still quite low, not impressive at all. From the external view, it's not too loud either but much better nevertheless. The only disturbing thing is that the "idle engine" sound can be heard as soon as the throttle are lower than 50%, which seems a bit too soon for me. Would the modification of the aircraft.cfg alter the behavior of the sounds ?

[Rich]

I would need a bit of advise here. I have downloaded and installed these sounds, and it works.
However, I didn't dare to modify the Piston_Engine section of the aircraft.cfg as recommended in the readme of the sound package, because I was afraid to modify the performances of the plane.

In my current situation, I have now the new sounds in the sim for the Fury. However, the engine sound from the cockpit is still quite low, not impressive at all. From the external view, it's not too loud either but much better nevertheless. The only disturbing thing is that the "idle engine" sound can be heard as soon as the throttle are lower than 50%, which seems a bit too soon for me. Would the modification of the aircraft.cfg alter the behavior of the sounds ?

Changing the Piston engine section will make a difference as the Sea fury has a supercharger section not a turbocharger which is disabled In the Flying Stations Sea Fury.

What you decide to do is up to you, changing the Piston engine section may well mess the whole thing up, The Sea Fury as downloaded is set to work with the supercharger controlled by Centaurus.dll.

Rich

[Rich]

test post

[dvj]

I would need a bit of advise here. I have downloaded and installed these sounds, and it works.
However, I didn't dare to modify the Piston_Engine section of the aircraft.cfg as recommended in the readme of the sound package, because I was afraid to modify the performances of the plane.

In my current situation, I have now the new sounds in the sim for the Fury. However, the engine sound from the cockpit is still quite low, not impressive at all. From the external view, it's not too loud either but much better nevertheless. The only disturbing thing is that the "idle engine" sound can be heard as soon as the throttle are lower than 50%, which seems a bit too soon for me. Would the modification of the aircraft.cfg alter the behavior of the sounds ?


I did not make any piston engine mods that came with the Bristol sound set, just backed-up the original Fury sound folder, and directly added the Bristol sound folder. All seems fine in operation.

[jetstreamsky]

Yes like Rich said, the main difference is the turbocharger and supercharger sections. Best to keep the models settings for those. The other items are relatively small changes , hard to know if they make any significant changes, I would ignore the mods that come withe sound set and keep the original model configuration. It'll be much easier to compare with other people flying the Sea Fury and if any updates are released, it will still be compatible.

I agree these sounds aren't perfect either, especially for the volume in cockpit, it's just a choice.

As for throttle settings vs sound and power response, that's another discussion entirely.

[Daube]

Well, I just wanted to check if these modifications would impact in any way the sounds of the airplane in the VC, that's all :)

[peter12213]

Yeah it'll ruin the best and most detailed Seafury model made for any sim ever to date haha! But ... The sounds are much better, I thought they sounded great, but it's for a completely different model of the Fury anyway or do I just sound like a complete knob lol?;)

[Rich]

Sea Fury cat hook up point on HMS Victorious is where you see the red light66083

Just free info you may already know, you will not have a red light this is to give the location.

[SpaceWeevil]

Yes like Rich said, the main difference is the turbocharger and supercharger sections. Best to keep the models settings for those. The other items are relatively small changes , hard to know if they make any significant changes, I would ignore the mods that come withe sound set and keep the original model configuration. It'll be much easier to compare with other people flying the Sea Fury and if any updates are released, it will still be compatible.

I agree these sounds aren't perfect either, especially for the volume in cockpit, it's just a choice.

As for throttle settings vs sound and power response, that's another discussion entirely.

+1 on using the BritSim sounds but leaving the aircraft.cfg well alone - the [PISTON ENGINE] settings with the new soundset didn't give enough boost to take off and stay airborne. Going back to the original .cfg restored the throttle response to normal. I'm keeping the new sounds for now - the fly-by sound is spine-tingling!

[Rich]

Flying Stations Sea Fury has a supercharger with supercharger settings as opposed to a turbocharger, the engine control giving the auto operation as per the real thing is via Centaurus.dll, changing to turbocharger as per the recommendation with the Centaurus sound set removes the engine control hence no boost or power.

A lot of trouble shooting on complaints of lack of power is down to changes like this and a lot of time is wasted trying to sort out why people have this problem.

I am pretty sure those changes suggested to the Piston engine section will have no effect on sound.

[Daube]

Flying Stations Sea Fury has a supercharger with supercharger settings as opposed to a turbocharger, the engine control giving the auto operation as per the real thing is via Centaurus.dll, changing to turbocharger as per the recommendation with the Centaurus sound set removes the engine control hence no boost or power.

A lot of trouble shooting on complaints of lack of power is down to changes like this and a lot of time is wasted trying to sort out why people have this problem.

I am pretty sure those changes suggested to the Piston engine section will have no effect on sound.

And this is precisely why I didn't modify the aircraft.cfg.
I think I'll make a new topic about the sound issue, because this is not only for the Fury, but for a few other planes as well, in which the engine(s) is barely audible in the cockpit. I believe this is linked to some settings in the sound.cfg... so I'm going to make a new topic asking this precise question.

[Rich]

Anything to do with sound will be in sound.cfg as far as I can tell though back in the dark ages there was a section in the airfile that did have some effect on sound where engine hp plus a couple of other bits came into play.

This was in the days of Fs98, and the then new Combat flight sims plus Fs2000, now everything is either in aircraft.cfg though no sound except for aliasing sound to somewhere other than the model using it.

Sound is sound.cfg controlled as far as I can see though not sure if VC cockpit is specially catered for.

Just MY perception

Rich

[SpaceWeevil]

Leaving aside personal preferences on sounds, this is a wonderful model that looks great, handles beautifully and is a complete blast to fly. It deserves to do really really well.

[peter12213]

Sea Fury cat hook up point on HMS Victorious is where you see the red light

Just free info you may already know, you will not have a red light this is to give the location.

So to me it looks like aim for the shuttle to be inline horizontally with that furthermost seam line on the cowling.

[fsxar177]

A big +1 to Flying Stations for this release. For $15, the value is excellent. It's nice to have a native Sea Fury, finally!

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb331/fsxar177/fssf1.jpg
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb331/fsxar177/fssf2.jpg

A few items of question for you guys that have been fooling with it all week:
1.) Do you find it a little too quick?
2.) Are a dedicated Bristol Centaurus soundset due this fine aircraft?
3.) I'm not getting any reflective textures, by adding a dark alpha for the exterior skins, it looks like this is built in to the .mdl. Does it need it some shine?
4.) With the success of this release, should we beg them to do a civilian Wright powered counterpart?

Congrats again to the team!

Joseph

[sketchy]

A few items of question for you guys that have been fooling with it all week:
1.) Do you find it a little too quick?

2.) Are a dedicated Bristol Centaurus soundset due this fine aircraft?

3.) I'm not getting any reflective textures, by adding a dark alpha for the exterior skins, it looks like this is built in to the .mdl. Does it need it some shine?

4.) With the success of this release, should we beg them to do a civilian Wright powered counterpart?

Congrats again to the team!

Joseph

Hi Joseph, thanks for the post, some answers to your comments:

1. Its modeled to the Sea Fury POH, she was / is a quick plane indeed.

2. Personal choice if you don't like the "Actual" Bristol Centaurus sounds that were recorded for this release.

3. Each one of the External textures - 01 - 02 - 03 all have Spec Maps applied with areas such as the panel lines, undercarriage bays, not slip walk ways, tyres and exhaust dirt knocked back to shine less, your second image (and what an image it is I might say!) clearly shows the shine there.

4. You can beg, but in all honesty its unrealistic, there are too many other things in the hopper that are closer to our hearts.

But thanks for posting those amazing images and picking the plane up. Releases will always split opinions as to sounds / textures / flight models etc, we are a very small team, we take our time as we all have very busy real lives to juggle, it is a real labour of love what we release and we appreciate all the positive comments.

I am looking forward to some repaints, she offers a lot of potentials.

Cheers,

Sketchy

[fsxar177]

Thanks for the personal response!

I am a very happy customer, and will look forward to the next release.


Joseph

[SkippyBing]

Just a quick note on the throttle response.

To prevent over boosting and reduce pilot workload the real Sea Fury doesn't directly link the throttle lever to the throttle butterflies. Instead it was linked via an aneroid capsule and a suitable system of levers and gears which would limit the opening of the butterflies to that required to achieve max permitted boost of 9.5". This means they aren't fully open until ~18,000' in high gear where the supercharger can no longer compress enough air to compensate for the drop in pressure.

To emulate this in FSX the user's throttle input is scaled with altitude before being passed to FSX, consequently at sea level if you have the throttle fully open FSX thinks it's only 70% open, and half open is ~35%. Above 18,000' throttle input and output are identical, if you move between these two heights with your throttle at a fixed position the value passed to FSX will vary with altitude but you will be achieving the same percentage of available throttle and power at all heights.

Generally you should be monitoring boost and RPM (or just boost with the RPM in the auto position) for performance rather than where the throttle is as in reality this will vary by aircraft anyway. Or in helicopters by how much the all up mass is at any moment in time.

Incidentally the internal sound volume is based on wearing a helmet with built in headset to avoid long term deafness in the Fleet Air Arm's pilots!

P.S. for the reflective textures try using a light alpha rather than a dark one, we used a slightly different recipe for the textures than most developers.

[peter12213]

Skippy it's not the engine throttle response or aircraft performance its the actual throttle lever in the vc, Ive notticed it king of sticks and jerks while the engine and performance are actually responding as should with my throttle, it's kind of hard to describe, tbh it's a minor cosmetic thing and doesn't detract from the immence fun of flying this beauty or its performance in any way! :salute:

[SkippyBing]

Skippy it's not the engine throttle response or aircraft performance its the actual throttle lever in the vc, Ive notticed it king of sticks and jerks while the engine and performance are actually responding as should with my throttle, it's kind of hard to describe, tbh it's a minor cosmetic thing and doesn't detract from the immence fun of flying this beauty or its performance in any way! :salute:

Hmmm, not sure why it's doing that, basically it should be representing the input value from your joystick's throttle, i.e. the number that then gets scaled by the gauge to pass to FSX.

[peter12213]

Yeah it's got me stumped mate, not really bothered though to be honest lol.

[fsxar177]

P.S. for the reflective textures try using a light alpha rather than a dark one, we used a slightly different recipe for the textures than most developers.

Good-day,
Thank-you for the response. I had tried either lighter, or darker alphas, 32-bit 888 .dds sheets. Neither one will yield respective textures, and I find within the .mdl that there is no reflective scale set for the wings/fuselage, nor an environment map. So, basically the diffuse alpha isn't doing anything. With a tool like MDLMatxx, I could theoretically add the reflective scale, and adjust it, however, without a reflection texture assigned to that diffuse, It will still not work. I Had tried modelconverterx to test this theory, and it does work, however the export back to .mdl with an aircraft causes anomalies, seeing as they have not advanced that tool to be able to handle flying aircraft exports.

This is as far as I have gotten thus far.

Joseph

[SkippyBing]

Ahhh, got you, no it's shiny, not reflective.

[Roger]

Regarding the throttle issue, I compared the throttle animation in the vc with several other aircraft and the Sea Fury throttle animation is jerky compared to others. I know nothing of the design parameters in constructing animated parts but it is as if there were not enough measurement points along the throttle axis.

[SkippyBing]

The throttle animation is perfectly smooth on both my test machines and all the beta testers so I'm confident the issue doesn't lie there.
The only person who had an unusable throttle had his throttle controls set up for engines 1 and 2 rather than just throttle, this has been fixed by updating the gauge to look for the Throttle or Throttle1 values. While it wasn't working he was getting occasional jerky animation of the throttle as the gauge fought his inputs.
The people who're getting jerky animation can you confirm what control axis you have set up for throttle control? i.e. could there be two inputs that are causing the gauge to fight itself?

[Roger]

I'm using a Thrustmaster T16000M using the single default throttle.

[lanf77]

Hi everyone
hoping to give my little contribution here is what I found out after buying today the Sea Fury and testing her with some different control inputs, here is what I found out: I have FSX with controls (Sidewinder FF2+CH pedals & PRO THROTTLE) mapped via FSUIPC and I downloaded the latest centurion.dll from Flying Station site.
with all the possible configurations if I put the throttle to idle position, it just jumps back to full power out of control and sometimes it ends up like this:
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the only way I found for using the centurion.dll controlling the supercharger and the BOOST\RPM has been mapping the throttle control to "throttle engine 1" not "general throttle" via the FS axis assignment and not via FSUIPC, this gives me full contol of the engine with the prop on auto and\or full forward position while at low altitude if I "slam" the throttle forward the BOOST goes immedidiately to 20psi, then the autoboost control intervenes and brings it back to normal; can this throttle problem this be fixed manipulating the "centurion.dll" because if I cut out the throttle control via joystick and use the keyboard, there is no problem at all ?
Thanks in advance

[peter12213]

Yeah that's what I'm finding too, te throttle open fully and throttle cut keys work fine, but the increase throttle incrementally I think it's called which my throttle is mapped too gets this jerky response!

[SkippyBing]

Yeah that's what I'm finding too, te throttle open fully and throttle cut keys work fine, but the increase throttle incrementally I think it's called which my throttle is mapped too gets this jerky response!

The throttle increment/decrement controls (i.e. F2 and F3) will look jerky as it goes in increments of about 4%, using the Throttle Axis you should get a smooth animation as there are ~32000 possible positions with the position being sampled 6 times a second, that's all set by FSX.

I don't know for sure what happens if you use FSUIPC but I'd guess there's a conflict between it and the gauge as both are trying to take control of passing throttle position to FSX, if FSUIPC 'wins' then Centaurus.dll won't get the actual throttle position and so just passes 0 to FSX.

I'm not sure how you're getting to 20" of boost, it sounds like for some reason Centaurus.dll thinks the throttle position is greater than 100% for some reason. I'll see if there's an easy way to add a sanity check to the code.

Roger, what is your joystick's throttle actually assigned to in FSX?

[SkippyBing]

There's a new Centaurus.dll on our forums, this may stop the over boost problem although I can't be 100% sure as I haven't found a way to replicate the problem in the first place!

http://z13.invisionfree.com/Flying_Stations/index.php?showtopic=237&st=30&#last

[peter12213]

The throttle increment/decrement controls (i.e. F2 and F3) will look jerky as it goes in increments of about 4%, using the Throttle Axis you should get a smooth animation as there are ~32000 possible positions with the position being sampled 6 times a second, that's all set by FSX.

I don't know for sure what happens if you use FSUIPC but I'd guess there's a conflict between it and the gauge as both are trying to take control of passing throttle position to FSX, if FSUIPC 'wins' then Centaurus.dll won't get the actual throttle position and so just passes 0 to FSX.

I'm not sure how you're getting to 20" of boost, it sounds like for some reason Centaurus.dll thinks the throttle position is greater than 100% for some reason. I'll see if there's an easy way to add a sanity check to the code.

Roger, what is your joystick's throttle actually assigned to in FSX?

Right that's my problem mate, I'll give it a go tonight when back from work, also just to clarify I don't have that 20" boost problem, the only thing is the jerky animation, nor do I have that prop problem either!

[Daube]

Regarding the throttle issue, I compared the throttle animation in the vc with several other aircraft and the Sea Fury throttle animation is jerky compared to others. I know nothing of the design parameters in constructing animated parts but it is as if there were not enough measurement points along the throttle axis.

Once again, I have the exact same issue, with a Microsoft ForceFeedback 2.
Only the anlmation of the throttle is problematic, though. The systems behind work correctly, so the engine responds to the throttle changes.
FSX Acceleration on Win7 64.

[lanf77]

1st,:salute: Thanks for the help with the new dll file, I tried it, but the throttle keeps jumping to the full\idle position when I have the control mapped via FSUIPC, the only way I found for it to work is to bypass FSUIPC completely (like aerosoft huey) and assign the controls using FSX joystick "default axis\mapping control".
Using the above solution and keeping the original dll I've been able to assign the throttle control to "generic throttle\all engines axis" (not engine 1 throttle axis) so that now I don't have to re-map the throttle axis when flying twin engines.
Again, when FSUIPC is bypassed everything works fine...at least for me

[huub vink]

I couldn't resist and just had to purchase this beauty.....

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/KM_SeasFury_a1.jpg

[DaveWG]

I've just uploaded a repaint for the Sea Fury to the library here, depicting the first prototype Fury NX798.

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[jetstreamsky]

Very nice work

[Rich]

Many thanks Dave for the first paint. Great job.

:guinness::guinness:

Rich

[nigel richards]

OMG, I just added this set and blew all the cats out of the house. Wow!
:violent:

Gentlemen there is no need to go over to Britsim for the Bristol Centaurus soundset (they kindly asked for the sounds when I originally released them HERE at SimOuthouse).

For those wondering about the engine mods - these do NOT affect anything except the way the sounds are played, though the modifications were purpose-made for the very fine Sea Fury models by David Hanvey, Paul Barry, Jerry Beckwith and Jan Rosenberg for fs9.

An all new Hawker Seafury soundpack is in the pipeline, though due to an already busy schedule of work for ongoing projects with Milton Shupe, this will most likely appear later in the year.


http://64.19.142.10/www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/images/ldm-silk-icons/zip.png Bristol Centaurus soundset by Nigel Richards http://64.19.142.12/www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/images/ldm-silk-icons/download.png (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=110&id=3976)

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http://64.19.142.13/www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/thumbs/9/5/7/2/3/75031336910414.jpg (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=110&id=3976)

http://64.19.142.11/www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/images/ldm-silk-icons/magnify.png (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_resize.php?linkid=3976&size=0)

For the Hawker Seafury

I am indebt to Paul Barry whose kind permission for the use of the starter/tickover sequence, making this soundset all the more authentic.
Indeed, full credit goes to David Hanvey, Paul Barry, Jerry Beckwith and Jan Rosenberg for creating such an outstanding set of Hawker Seafury models that inspired these sounds. Peter Forster was responsible for the impressive update.

These sounds are as close to the Seafury's sounds as I could make them.




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[Roger]

I've just uploaded a repaint for the Sea Fury to the library here, depicting the first prototype Fury NX798.



Cheers Dave:ernae:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fssf-4.jpg

[Rich]

nigel you said,


For those wondering about the engine mods - these do NOT affect anything except the way the sounds are played, though the modifications were purpose-made for the very fine Sea Fury models by David Hanvey, Paul Barry, Jerry Beckwith and Jan Rosenberg for fs9.

If you follow the thread back you will find those mods will have a effect on the Sea Fury as released.

[Rich]

nigel you said,


For those wondering about the engine mods - these do NOT affect anything except the way the sounds are played, though the modifications were purpose-made for the very fine Sea Fury models by David Hanvey, Paul Barry, Jerry Beckwith and Jan Rosenberg for fs9.

If you follow the thread back you will find those mods will have a effect on the Sea Fury as released.

Here is the Flying Stations Piston engine section.

[piston_engine]
power_scalar=1.0
cylinder_displacement=181.670000
compression_ratio=7.20000
number_of_cylinders=18
max_rated_rpm=2700.000000
max_rated_hp= 2480.00
fuel_metering_type=0
cooling_type=0
normalized_starter_torque=0.035000
turbocharged=0
max_design_mp=46.5 //46.5
min_design_mp=10 //10.00
critical_altitude=28000.0
emergency_boost_type=0
emergency_boost_mp_offset= 0.000
emergency_boost_gain_offset=0.00
fuel_air_auto_mixture=1
auto_ignition=0
max_rpm_mechanical_efficiency_scalar=1.000000
idle_rpm_mechanical_efficiency_scalar=1.000000
max_rpm_friction_scalar=1.000000
idle_rpm_friction_scalar=1.000000
supercharged=1
supercharger_boost_low_end= 1.000
supercharger_boost_high_end= 4.200
supercharger_power_cost= 0.100

Turbocharger = turbocharged=0 0 turbo charger disabled

replaced by

supercharged=1
supercharger_boost_low_end= 1.000
supercharger_boost_high_end= 4.200
supercharger_power_cost= 0.100

required for various bits of this Sea fury to work correctly

Even in Fs9 altering settings in Piston engine will to some extent alter flight performance.

[Rich]

Just to make sure every one knows the Flying Stations Sea Fury is a new native FSX Accel model not a portover .

[nigel richards]

nigel you said,


For those wondering about the engine mods - these do NOT affect anything except the way the sounds are played, though the modifications were purpose-made for the very fine Sea Fury models by David Hanvey, Paul Barry, Jerry Beckwith and Jan Rosenberg for fs9.

If you follow the thread back you will find those mods will have a effect on the Sea Fury as released.

Gentlemen

As I have stated: the modifications were specifically intended for the excellent FS9 version of the Sea Fury, by David Hanvey, Paul Barry, Jerry Beckwith and Jan Rosenberg.

I would neither suggest nor recommend such mods for the FSX model. All the more so in view of not having flown or tested the model in question.

My intention was merely to draw attention to the existence of the Bristol Centaurus sounset in the SimOuthouse archives, with the sole purpose of increasing simmers flying experience.

Happy flying :wavey:

[Rich]

nigel, you know that and I know that but people will go for alternative sounds, airfile and anything else you can think of without thought then go to the model author for a fix.

Flying Stations have not recommended your sound set up is not used just that Piston Engine section mod as it messes up the model working, we are quite happy for them to use your sound set as long as they do'nt come back on Flying Stations.

For various reasons Skippy has changed the centaurus.dll which controls the engine operation about 6 times to cater for different setups.

Actually your sound is ok without that Piston engine mod.

Rich

[DaveQ]

This is just frackin' jaw-dropping:jawdrop:!! And for less than 10GBP??!! I can actually carrier land it every time and it doesn't matter where as long as I'm in the cable zone. None of this tipping over or nosing over - absolutely brilliant!! With Nigel's sound set it really is like being at Duxford on fly-by. And cat launches are a thrill ride - raise the hairs on yer neck!

I noticed (unless I'm blind, which is probable!) there's no tailhook entry in the aircraft.cfg file, but there is launch assistance. Is that why it works so well on AI carriers?

Well done to all concerned and thanks a million!

DaveQ

[Rich]

Hi Dave, the hook settings are written into the model, you can in fact write settings into the aircraft.cfg which will overide the model settings, everything is working here so leave it alone, there is nothing magic here to give good catches just the hook correctly placed.






This is just frackin' jaw-dropping:jawdrop:!! And for less than 10GBP??!! I can actually carrier land it every time and it doesn't matter where as long as I'm in the cable zone. None of this tipping over or nosing over - absolutely brilliant!! With Nigel's sound set it really is like being at Duxford on fly-by. And cat launches are a thrill ride - raise the hairs on yer neck!

I noticed (unless I'm blind, which is probable!) there's no tailhook entry in the aircraft.cfg file, but there is launch assistance. Is that why it works so well on AI carriers?

Well done to all concerned and thanks a million!

DaveQ

[sketchy]

This is just frackin' jaw-dropping:jawdrop:!! And for less than 10GBP??!! DaveQ

Hi Dave,

Glad you like her, good to hear that from someone who lives where I went to Uni!

If you haven't done so already please pop by our Forum and say hello.

All the best,

Sketchy

[jetstreamsky]

On the way

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf4.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf5.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf6.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf2.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf3.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/gf7.jpg

[fsxar177]

Nice work on that red fury!

Joseph

[falcon409]

I think just about everyone remembers that scheme from the only FS9 model around for years. Glad to see someone put brush to texture and brought it back. . .nicely done!!:applause::applause:

[Rich]

DaveQ, which taildraggers are you having nose over / tipping over problems with ??? I have fixed all the taildragers I use that needed it.


This is just frackin' jaw-dropping!! And for less than 10GBP??!! I can actually carrier land it every time and it doesn't matter where as long as I'm in the cable zone. None of this tipping over or nosing over - absolutely brilliant!! With Nigel's sound set it really is like being at Duxford on fly-by. And cat launches are a thrill ride - raise the hairs on yer neck!

I noticed (unless I'm blind, which is probable!) there's no tailhook entry in the aircraft.cfg file, but there is launch assistance. Is that why it works so well on AI carriers?

Well done to all concerned and thanks a million!

DaveQ

[jetstreamsky]

Now available at OzX

OzX G-FURY Download Page (http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/2703-flying-stations-hawker-sea-fury-fb11-g-fury/)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/OzXSFG-FURY.jpg

[Roger]

:ernae::applause:

[jetstreamsky]

Furious meeting

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/SFPAIR.jpg

[DaveQ]

Here's my contribution - WH589 as she was when last operated from RANAS Nowra. This dark blue livery appears to have only been used by the RAN on some remaining Sea Furies for a short time in the early 1960's, yet two or three survivors have appeared wearing it. It looks impressive though; maybe I should put stars and bars on it as a fictional US Navy paint.....!!

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/SeaFuryRAN1.jpg

Still a WIP - may put it out next week sometime.

DaveQ

[Bomber_12th]

That is awesome! Through the three examples in the last two screenshots, the repaints I had in mind for this product are almost completely settled for. : )

I'm looking forward to all of them, thank you Allan and Dave! And thank you too, to the 'other' Dave, for the prototype repaint! ; )

[delta_lima]

Nice work Dave!!

It's great to see the schemes beyond the common RN, RCN, etc.

DL

[Ferry_vO]

Well I'm really liking these!:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/Furies1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/Furies2.jpg

Thanks Huub! :applause:

[Bomber_12th]

Ferry, are those available somewhere for download?

[Ferry_vO]

Not yet John, but I hope Huub Vink will upload them soon!

[Bomber_12th]

Thank you Ferry, and I'll be hoping for them, Huub, they look great!

[jetstreamsky]

This aircraft is just so much fun throwing about the sky, as you can tell from many of the screenshots in this thread.

G-CBEL is almost there

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/cb1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/cb2.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/cb3.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/cb4.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/cb5.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/cb6.jpg

[huub vink]

The Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service had several SeaFury squadrons, which rotated over the land based stations and our only aircraft carrier the Karel Doorman. The first series aircraft were constructed by Hawker, by the majority was licence built by Fokker.

The 10-10 in the early scheme as it was delivered by Hawker in May 1948. This aircraft was demolished in January 1956.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/Ptrn1_SeaFury_a1.jpg

The 10-20 in pattern 2 scheme as it flew from NAS Valkenburg in 1950. The white spinner shows this aircraft belongs to VSQ 3. The aircraft belonged to the second batch delivered by Hawker in July 1950 and was demolished in Juni 1956.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/VSQ3_SeaFury_a1.jpg

The 6-26 from VSQ860 flying over the Waddenzee. This aircraft was flown by LtZ K. den Hamer in 1956. During his conversion to the Fairey Firefly this pilot was killed in a crash close to NAS Valkenburg in February 1957.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/KdeH_SeaFury_a1.jpg

I will make a package containing all repaints and upload it as soon as possible. The images above are all work in progress and the final repaints are different in details.

As I know John (Bomber) loves repaints from aircraft which still exist, I will do the 6-43 specially for him. After it became obsolete this aircraft has been given to the Technical University in Delft and survived. It has been preserved and is currently on display in the Military Aviation Museum :icon_lol:.

Cheers,
Huub

[Ferry_vO]

As I know John (Bomber) loves repaints from aircraft which still exist, I will do the 6-43 specially for him. After it became obsolete this aircraft has been given to the Technical University in Delft and survived. It has been preserved and is currently on display in the Military Aviation Museum :icon_lol:.


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/MLM/MLMSeaFury.jpg

Every time I visit I'm still amazed how big these things really are. It is so much bigger than the Sea Hawk next to it!

[Rich]

G-CBEL it seems was well used with all the different markings it carries !!

[jetstreamsky]

Yes a private scheme representing some of the main operators

Some background to her can be found here http://www.warbirdconnection.com/forsalePages/fb-11.html

[Bomber_12th]

As I know John (Bomber) loves repaints from aircraft which still exist, I will do the 6-43 specially for him. After it became obsolete this aircraft has been given to the Technical University in Delft and survived. It has been preserved and is currently on display in the Military Aviation Museum :icon_lol:.

I'll be looking forward to that very much, Huub! : )

[Bomber_12th]

Yes a private scheme representing some of the main operators

Some background to her can be found here http://www.warbirdconnection.com/forsalePages/fb-11.html

That might be my favorite of the Sea Furies flying today - it looks absolutely stunning, especially in the sun light, with the high specular nature of the paint. Excellent screenshots too, Jetstreamsky!

At one time, it seemed like everyone used to comment that it was rare to see a Sea Fury with a Centaurus engine still, and that still continues I think, but it is interesting to actually look at all of the Sea Furies that are flying, the world over, and the actual, quite good percentage, that are operated with Centaurus engines, even in the U.S.

[jetstreamsky]

"..............quite good percentage, that are operated with Centaurus engines, even in the U.S.such a beautiful sound it is too.

[jetstreamsky]

Sea Fury anniversary http://www.navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4911

[huub vink]

For those who want them; They should be available in the download section here.

Enjoy,
Huub

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/KdeH_SeaFury_a4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/VSQ3_SeaFury_a2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/Ptrn1_SeaFury_a2.jpg

[jetstreamsky]

Thanks, it'll be great to grace the skies with these fine paints

[sp762]

Here's another one: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/2708-flying-stations-hawker-sea-fury-vx730/

67375

[jetstreamsky]

Now available at OzX

Hawker Sea Fury FB11. Civil Registration G-CBEL. Painted in dark metallic blue representing the colours of the Royal Australian Navy Aerobatic team of the 1950's, but also with armed forces markings of some of the operators of the type.

http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/2727-flying-stations-hawker-sea-fury-fb11-g-cbel/

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa147/Jetstreamsky/OzXSFG-CBEL.jpg

[sketchy]

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/SeaFuryRAN1.jpg

Still a WIP - may put it out next week sometime.

DaveQ

Hi Dave,

Fantastic paint! Have you released it yet?

Best,

Sketchy

[delta_lima]

It's been here in the SOH library for a couple of days. Nice job Dave!

DL

[dvj]

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/1719/duxford.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/duxford.jpg/)

[DaveQ]

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/1719/duxford.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/duxford.jpg/)

Brilliant - very realistic!!!

DaveQ

[delta_lima]

So with the recent launch of the HMS Ocean by Lazarus, I have dusted off the Flying Stations Sea Fury - it had been a couple of months, so the timing was good.

Of late, I've been working on dusk/evening/night carrier flying, and a couple of issues became more apparent now then than when this was first released. I did post these on the Flying Stations forum, and while Skippy did reply (thanks! :ernae:), I thought I might post here to get a broader perspective. I've included his reply - in the hopes that they serve as a starting point.


1) I've been trying to do some night/instrument flying - is there a way to improve cockpit lighting? It's pretty dark in there .... :)

2) On that same vein, at night, I find some white light bleeding around the edges of most of the gauges. Is this unique to me? Model works and looks fine in every other respect.

Reply:

1. The only way I can think of would be to edit the lighting maps to make the lights brighter. I did try to add the emergency cockpit light but that was only visible from outside for some reason...

2. I don't, but I've noticed different graphics cards seem to have odd issues that others don't.

If anyone has any ideas/edits to make the instruments brighter and ways of eliminating the white bleed around the gauges, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!