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AVRO Project 621 and 621 Trainer - FSX port over uploaded!

Dev One said:
I just checked in SP2 - fuel on, primer (optional), LH Run Ignition switch mag tumblers to ON, RH Start mag tumbler ON, then hold mouse click on the handle so that it rotates fully when it should then fire. Switch start mag to OFF (optional).

Keith
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Keith - thanks for this but I have another small point : I can start quite happily now but if I do switch the start mag to off, I lose power to the oil pressure and engine temperature gauges (which I'm not sure would have been electrically driven anyway). As far as I can see the start magneto is mapped to CTRL-M (Master Battery) so that switching it off disconnects all power. I guess you just have to leave the start magneto on. (true for the Tutor as well...)
 
I had hopes that this beautiful bird would work in P3D 4.4. Unfortunately no. I installed it and the model doesnt show up. :(

Too bad. What marvelous work this one appears to be!
 
johnwillimas2 said:
Keith - thanks for this but I have another small point : I can start quite happily now but if I do switch the start mag to off, I lose power to the oil pressure and engine temperature gauges (which I'm not sure would have been electrically driven anyway). As far as I can see the start magneto is mapped to CTRL-M (Master Battery) so that switching it off disconnects all power. I guess you just have to leave the start magneto on. (true for the Tutor as well...)
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A bit late in the day, but have just checked the latest Tutor release in my FSX SP2 for start procedure & found that turning the Start Mag Off does not disable the Oil temp or Oil pressure gauge, although it does enable the temp gauge from cold - curiouser & curiouser......may have been updated?
Keith
 
Dev One said:
A bit late in the day, but have just checked the latest Tutor release in my FSX SP2 for start procedure & found that turning the Start Mag Off does not disable the Oil temp or Oil pressure gauge, although it does enable the temp gauge from cold - curiouser & curiouser......may have been updated?
Keith
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A little more research. I re-downloaded and reinstalled...

(1) I should have said <Shift> + M not <CTRL> + M but makes no difference.

(2) If I start the engines with <CTRL> + E and then toggle the Start Magneto switch, the oil pressure and temperature gauges function which ever way the start magneto switch is set. If I then shut down and restart using the manual start method all appears to function correctly.

(3) If I use the saved flight mentioned above to provide a starting point, I can start manually and then toggle the Start Magneto switch, the oil pressure and temperature gauges function.

So, in conclusion: there's something odd in there but I can make it work, so all's well, I guess.

Anyway, in spite of this, the 621 and Tutor are on my list of favorites now.
 
RAF College Cranwell freeware scenery seems like an appropriate setting for the Tutor/Trainer Avros. There are both paved and grass strips, so most RAF aircraft would seem at home. Its available from SOH.
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Just curious (re both the port-overs and FSX native models) and to add more realism in screenshots etc. .. is there a way of removing the pilot from the exterior view when aircraft is parked and engine/instruments are turned 'off' ?

I came across some aircraft before where pilots disappeared when certain conditions were met (parking brake set, battery off, etc. based on type of aircraft).
 
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