Blackburn B-2

[Mick]

Dave Molyneaux has done it again! He's given us a beautiful Blackburn B-2.

It looks quite like a Tiger Moth from some angles, except for the cockpit and the shape of the rudder, but look at that shine!

It's at Britsim (http://www.britsim.com/).

Edit: just saw it on Flightsim (http://www.flightsim.com/)too.
http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=search&fsec=0&fname=blackburn_b-2.zip

THANK YOU, DAVE !!!

[Dev One]

Ports over (including shine) to FSX also. Phantastic alu shine texture in both FS9 & FSX.
Well done Dave.
Keith

[Navtech]

Very nice aeroplane !
http://i.imgur.com/p7fuVnk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OV8tfbh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ctt5M9r.jpg

[Naismith]

Sweet little rock solid plane. Love the aluminum finish.

[molyned]

Thanks - pleased you like the little aircraft. here's a shot of the real one in its hangar at Old Warden airfield here in the U.K.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g127/molyned/Blackburn%20G-AEBJ_zps2gl7ndt0.jpg
They host, repair and maintain a great collection of vintage aircraft here - http://www.shuttleworth.org and organise flying days throughout the year.
The aluminium fuselage is polished to within an inch of its life :encouragement: .
The shine looks best in FS9 but seems to vary more in FSX depending on individual computer setups.
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[molyned]

The model has now exceeded 500 downloads since it was posted a few days ago - thanks folks, much appreciated, make it all worthwhile. :applause:
Cheers :biggrin-new:
Dave M(oly)

[Mick]

That's a lot in such a short time, but I'm not surprised. It's such a great model of such a beautiful plane!
:ernaehrung004:

[Wing_Z]

Thanks to Dave M for this.
I was so delighted I made clip of it, even though you wouldn't - really - be doing this.

https://youtu.be/3Eccr-qkVVk

I would like to make the gear a little less sproingy, if you know what I mean?
What should I change?

[Dev One]

Nice bit of barnstorming flying there, but why would you want to make the suspension more stiff? Or do you mean less travel?
Keith

[Wing_Z]

Over a rough landing strip I'd like the gear vibration to match the force feedback, which is a higher frequency then the present visual.
I guess I'm looking for less damping?

[Tom Clayton]

Reducing the damping level is pretty straightforward. The 11th entry in a contact point line is the damping ratio. Zero is no damping, which means you'll be bouncing like a rubber ball over every little bump. As you increase that number toward a maximum of 1.0, you'll be adding more and thicker oil into the shocks, so to speak. At 1.0, you'll be have no more rebound at all.

If that's not what you need, then you're looking at changing static compression, default height, and some other stuff. I can't do nearly as good a job explaining it as Jerry Beckwith, so head to his page (download it if you like for future use) and study up:
http://www.mudpond.org/contact_points.pdf

[Dev One]

Over a rough landing strip I'd like the gear vibration to match the force feedback, which is a higher frequency then the present visual.
I guess I'm looking for less damping?

Could this be because there are no values for Force Feedback in the aircraft.cfg?
Keith

[Wing_Z]

I think there would be FFB in the .air file - no matter, 1.0 is the value I was looking for, thanks Tom.

[jackryan172]

Thanks to Dave M for this.
I was so delighted I made clip of it, even though you wouldn't - really - be doing this.

https://youtu.be/3Eccr-qkVVk

I would like to make the gear a little less sproingy, if you know what I mean?
What should I change?


I loved the airplane, but where is that airfield?

Sean

[Dev One]

I think there would be FFB in the .air file

A lot of 'factory' produced models have a Force feedback listing in the Aircraft.cfg, e.g. the M$ Extra, but I am not aware of anyone else creating that list, & just copy from the Extra model, possibly because not many simmers or creators do not have FFB joysticks? I don't. Anyway glad you have a working answer.
Keith

[Wing_Z]

...where is that airfield?

Sean it's Phenick Field, Newark, Ohio.
Payware from 29 Palms.

We're getting sidetracked a little, but I do all my barnstorming there :)
See how similar the Blackburn is to the DH Moth!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/21/nki3.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/0lnki3j)