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OMG It FLOATS!!... ::lol::

::LOL:: You nailed that deck texture. Great job..
The beautiful thing about these boats, is that the way they were painted was left completely up to the Korvettenkapitän ( OK, i copied and pasted because I cant spell it ::LOL:: ), or, in other words the skipper of the boat. I can only assume that it was "highly" recommended that they follow the guidelines set forth by the kriegsmarine. for the most part though, wht you have in the above pictures, is the typical coloration. Sometimes the skippers initials would be painted in the side of the pilot house, most times they werent.
 
whataya think??

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Fantasy

A non realistic set of bridge controls, but its fun to have separate control over the three engines.
Now if I can figure out an overboard discharge tied to the engines..

Mounted a set of landing/spot lights near the running lights.
No idea where the S-100 would have carried a spot light.
 
I was thinking about that today. Yes, it's a type 100 schnellboot. It is historically accurate in a few ways, but theres where it ends. The boat rides on four pontoons acting like hydrofoils to support and lift it because if they werent there, the ship would fall straight through the water. The props are constant speed because you cant reverse the transmisions or even go into neutral. You can reverse constant sped props only. How do you reduce the speed of a constant speed prop? You reduce the rpm and the manifold pressure. And therein lies the rub. It's true the engineer had a complete wall of gauges that gave him the data on the engines, and I'm sure rpm and manifold pressure are amongst them, but i've only got a very simple set of gauges in the wheelhouse. So, to slow this boat down, you reduce the throttle AND the rpm. To stop it, you reverse the props.. It mimics a boat very well, and I'll admit, i'm quite proud of my accomplishment, Bit there are so many areas where its operation takes a distinct left turn at Albuquerque it isnt funny.. The panel is definitely not period and I would prefer it in the wheelhouse, but without taking the model apart, thats pretty impossible. still, what i need is an rpm gauge and a manifold pressure gauge.. thats pretty much all I need in the conning tower above the wheelhouse. Speed I dont worry about. The boat can cruise 795 miles round trip ( hmmm, autopilot?? ) I can get around 460 - 530 miles a full speed. Like I said in my PM, full speed right now is 52 knots because FSX keeps lowering the boat down to forty knots, for over a third of the time. the two speeds average out somewhere around 44 knots constant. sill, spending a few hours on flat water is almost as boring as sitting at 40000 feet at night time for a long haul flight. It's the rivers, canals and passages that get exciting. and thats where you nee those gauges..
Anyway, I'm exhausted and talking in circles.. I'm sorry.. I think the gauges are great.. Thank you :)..
talk soon
Pam

PS.. The S-100 didnt carry a spotlight, and yes, a fw ended up on a river bank here and there.. If anything, there would have been a hand held signal light in the coning tower. The S-10 series hd spotlights and probably the S-15 and 15 as well, but this model didnt have one..
 
warchild said:
I was thinking about that today. Yes, it's a type 100 schnellboot. It is historically accurate in a few ways, but theres where it ends. The boat rides on four pontoons acting like hydrofoils to support and lift it because if they werent there, the ship would fall straight through the water. The props are constant speed because you cant reverse the transmisions or even go into neutral. You can reverse constant sped props only. How do you reduce the speed of a constant speed prop? You reduce the rpm and the manifold pressure. And therein lies the rub. It's true the engineer had a complete wall of gauges that gave him the data on the engines, and I'm sure rpm and manifold pressure are amongst them, but i've only got a very simple set of gauges in the wheelhouse. So, to slow this boat down, you reduce the throttle AND the rpm. To stop it, you reverse the props.. It mimics a boat very well, and I'll admit, i'm quite proud of my accomplishment, Bit there are so many areas where its operation takes a distinct left turn at Albuquerque it isnt funny.. The panel is definitely not period and I would prefer it in the wheelhouse, but without taking the model apart, thats pretty impossible. still, what i need is an rpm gauge and a manifold pressure gauge.. thats pretty much all I need in the conning tower above the wheelhouse. Speed I dont worry about. The boat can cruise 795 miles round trip ( hmmm, autopilot?? ) I can get around 460 - 530 miles a full speed. Like I said in my PM, full speed right now is 52 knots because FSX keeps lowering the boat down to forty knots, for over a third of the time. the two speeds average out somewhere around 44 knots constant. sill, spending a few hours on flat water is almost as boring as sitting at 40000 feet at night time for a long haul flight. It's the rivers, canals and passages that get exciting. and thats where you nee those gauges..
Anyway, I'm exhausted and talking in circles.. I'm sorry.. I think the gauges are great.. Thank you :)..
talk soon
Pam

PS.. The S-100 didnt carry a spotlight, and yes, a fw ended up on a river bank here and there.. If anything, there would have been a hand held signal light in the coning tower. The S-10 series hd spotlights and probably the S-15 and 15 as well, but this model didnt have one..
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I need to rethink the panel.
3 RPM and 3 Manifold pressure gauges no problem.
Do you want throttle handles..? That will be more difficult...for a single throw that can move into reverse...

I could do a quasi pop-up engineer panel with the rest of the instruments..
 
Seahawk72s said:
I need to rethink the panel.
3 RPM and 3 Manifold pressure gauges no problem.
Do you want throttle handles..? That will be more difficult...for a single throw that can move into reverse...

I could do a quasi pop-up engineer panel with the rest of the instruments..
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Nahh, I dont need throttles.. I gotta admit though, that panel in your picture sure looks sweet.
Reardinh the weird projection above the center view port, It doesnt exist. Its one of those gimmicks that companies sometimes use to make you feel like your getting something authentic, when in reality you arent: like the blue bathing suit on the girl on Lady in the dark.. Proper color is red..

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Stop the Boat

Quote: 'To stop it, you reverse the props..'

Well FSX lets you use the spoiler as a 'water brake' if you make 'spoiler=59.989' in cfg and 'spoiler drag=3000' (or 5000) in air file. You can be moving at 40 kts on, say, approach to a river bank, deploy the spoiler, and then reduce throttle and go into reverse while turning the wheel to do neat manuevering.
Chuck B
Napamule
 
Seahawk72s said:
I need to rethink the panel.
3 RPM and 3 Manifold pressure gauges no problem.
Do you want throttle handles..? That will be more difficult...for a single throw that can move into reverse...

I could do a quasi pop-up engineer panel with the rest of the instruments..
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Since the shape is the same as the running lights, I assume it's the white top light.

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yeah, the mast top light is located at the top of the mast, behind and right of center of the conning station ( tower?? where the captain stands ). It's mostly used for in port night time deck work.
 
So now i've done it. i've gone and let the devil in the door. I found basic data on the engines today. OOPs!!.. 14 feet long, 5.5 feet wide, 7 feet high, 20 cylinders, 8000 cu/in displacement, supercharged, 2500 hp @ 1630 rpm monsters. On my first test run, I reached the moon. so, I'm back to the basics, and all because i want the thing to slow down and stop when i reduce the throttle to zero. Oy.. also it doesnt roll for ****e. this is a wet deck boat with a narrow round bottom. It should roll when you go into a turn. I'll be working on that as well, once i can drive it again.
 
Revised panel

Here is what I'm thinking about for the revised panel.

1) The basic cockpit with just icons for pop-ups.
2) A small console pop-up with the tachs, MPs & Speed.
I will revise it tomorrow to make the gauges bigger in the same size console.
3) Don't mind all the switches. I've been making more switches to cover experiments with different lights.
For example a deck light for port and red VC lights for the helmsman and cockpit.
4) The engineers pop-up console with more engine controls including fuel shut off, start buttons, fuel/oil pressure,
coolant temp, etc.
5) The rest of the original pop-ups, radios, compass, GPS, etc.
 
I like it. Lots. good job..
I put the boat through afsd as suggested to me by Bjoern and saw that there was only 6.98 inches of Manofold pressure, then realized, this things a diesel. it has fuel injection. Diesels dont suck.. So THAT part is cool. It's arunning low top end of 39 knots and high top end of 49 knots, so, that averages out to 44, 45 knots after we remove microsofts bullhockey, and thats cool too.. Theres two parts that together, have me stumped at the moment. I reprogrammed the engines in both the config and the airfile, to official specification ( MB-511 https://oldmachinepress.com/2017/03/05/mercedes-benz-500-series-diesel-marine-engines/ ) and the numbers are off the charts. 26000 pounds of thrust. 12000 rpm on the propeller. and the ship simply wont slow down. it's like its on perpetual diesel runaway, and with a fresh supply of cold water to keep it from burning itself up, it'll run till the gas runs out, in about Ohhh, 800 miles.. I just dont get it. SO, I'll keep working on that tomorrow. It occured to me that when i was growing up on the Illinois river that many of the river boats that went up and down it were little more than flat platforms ( and expensive furniture ) sitting on top of pontoons, so, maybe this thing is a boat after all..
 
warchild said:
I like it. Lots. good job..
I put the boat through afsd as suggested to me by Bjoern and saw that there was only 6.98 inches of Manofold pressure, then realized, this things a diesel. it has fuel injection. Diesels dont suck.. So THAT part is cool. It's arunning low top end of 39 knots and high top end of 49 knots, so, that averages out to 44, 45 knots after we remove microsofts bullhockey, and thats cool too.. Theres two parts that together, have me stumped at the moment. I reprogrammed the engines in both the config and the airfile, to official specification ( MB-511 https://oldmachinepress.com/2017/03/05/mercedes-benz-500-series-diesel-marine-engines/ ) and the numbers are off the charts. 26000 pounds of thrust. 12000 rpm on the propeller. and the ship simply wont slow down. it's like its on perpetual diesel runaway, and with a fresh supply of cold water to keep it from burning itself up, it'll run till the gas runs out, in about Ohhh, 800 miles.. I just dont get it. SO, I'll keep working on that tomorrow. It occured to me that when i was growing up on the Illinois river that many of the river boats that went up and down it were little more than flat platforms ( and expensive furniture ) sitting on top of pontoons, so, maybe this thing is a boat after all..
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Direct drive propellers or gear reductions?
 
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