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AH DC-3 Releasing March, 2022?
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At 2000 feet, 30 MAP, 2200 RPM (my fav DC-3 flight config), for the internal concert for two P&W R-1850 Twin Wasps as presented by Aeroplane Heaven in MSFS today i'd give a big ol' 8. For the external variant easily a 9. Just about as a DC-3 should sound, both internal and external, soothing and mesmerizing, relaxing and magnetizing. (no 10 because there's always room for improvement)
Start-up/Shut down sound/event i think is reasonable, idle could be a bit more impressive, power up from idle to full power i'd rather call that fantastic !! Big ol' 10 afterall, especially external !
Long ago i messed about with that Drone camera thing to try and setup a Fly-By sequence (what an excruciating afair ! ) and when it worked i found the fly-by sounds ( a few jets and a few props ) absolutely amazing. I can't wait to find out how the DC-3 sounds in Fly-By mode. Not looking for to go through that Drone fly-by setup hassle again so i'll wait until Microsobo is pleased to give us a proper one click Fly-By view.
Generally i think that Aeroplane Heaven has done quite a wonderful job on its DC-3 soundsuite as well as the internal and external models. When it comes to that, IMHO the flightmodel could do with some more soothing and mesmerizing.
Well done Baz and friends ! Thank you very much for giving us our beloved Dakota back !
Start-up/Shut down sound/event i think is reasonable, idle could be a bit more impressive, power up from idle to full power i'd rather call that fantastic !! Big ol' 10 afterall, especially external !
Long ago i messed about with that Drone camera thing to try and setup a Fly-By sequence (what an excruciating afair ! ) and when it worked i found the fly-by sounds ( a few jets and a few props ) absolutely amazing. I can't wait to find out how the DC-3 sounds in Fly-By mode. Not looking for to go through that Drone fly-by setup hassle again so i'll wait until Microsobo is pleased to give us a proper one click Fly-By view.
Generally i think that Aeroplane Heaven has done quite a wonderful job on its DC-3 soundsuite as well as the internal and external models. When it comes to that, IMHO the flightmodel could do with some more soothing and mesmerizing.
Well done Baz and friends ! Thank you very much for giving us our beloved Dakota back !
Dear pilot friends, I agree that AH has done a very good job with this DC3, as an aviation jewel it could not be missing from our simulator and we must thank Asobo for being a free plane, that means within everyone's reach, Personally, I expected a greater depth of systems, basically I know that it is a free plane and as such it is very well done, but I expected something more, perhaps because I have spent many many hours with Manfred Jahn's DC3, I got used to those old clocks, that Sperry Inop, and that elaborate cockpit, something that no one has managed to replicate yet, yes, we have a good DC3 in MFS2020, but personally I think it still has a long way to go to resemble P3D's DC3, from here a acknowledgment of Manfred's work that set the bar very, very high, and for the moment there it is.................. up
pirosch
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Good Evening!
And help, i can't fly anymore and I'm going to become a flusipainter instead.
I decided to paint this awesome DC-3 called Duggy. And I had a lot of fun painting them true to the original. Well, the Duggy is actually something for children, but also for really big children.
And if you're interested in Duggy's short story, here it is: Duggy was built in September 1942 as the C-47. She went to Australia and served in the Pacific Wing of Air Transport Command until the end of the war when she was sold to Wien Air Alaska in December 1946 as a war surplus. In February 1950 the aircraft was purchased by the Canadian Department of Transportation and registered CF-DOT. It remained with the Canadian DOT until Harry Thompson and Robert Odegaard bought it and restored it to the original North Dakota Air Guard C-47 colors in 1998 and registered it as the N1XP. In 2004 it was renovated by SkyHarbour in Canada, christened the Duggy and painted. Sporting bright yellow livery and a smiley face, Duggy draws the attention of youth, curious adults and older veterans who have either flown or crewed a C-47.
“Schools have aviation programs for middle school students and older kids, but how do you get the younger kids involved? Let's call them prejuvenile eagles," Kaplan said.“How do you get them excited about aviation? With Duggy and his flying cartoon friends of course.”
I will be uploaded to Flightsim.to tomorrow.
Now I wish you a nice Saturday evening. Christian (Pirosch)
And help, i can't fly anymore and I'm going to become a flusipainter instead.
I decided to paint this awesome DC-3 called Duggy. And I had a lot of fun painting them true to the original. Well, the Duggy is actually something for children, but also for really big children.
And if you're interested in Duggy's short story, here it is: Duggy was built in September 1942 as the C-47. She went to Australia and served in the Pacific Wing of Air Transport Command until the end of the war when she was sold to Wien Air Alaska in December 1946 as a war surplus. In February 1950 the aircraft was purchased by the Canadian Department of Transportation and registered CF-DOT. It remained with the Canadian DOT until Harry Thompson and Robert Odegaard bought it and restored it to the original North Dakota Air Guard C-47 colors in 1998 and registered it as the N1XP. In 2004 it was renovated by SkyHarbour in Canada, christened the Duggy and painted. Sporting bright yellow livery and a smiley face, Duggy draws the attention of youth, curious adults and older veterans who have either flown or crewed a C-47.
“Schools have aviation programs for middle school students and older kids, but how do you get the younger kids involved? Let's call them prejuvenile eagles," Kaplan said.“How do you get them excited about aviation? With Duggy and his flying cartoon friends of course.”
I will be uploaded to Flightsim.to tomorrow.
Now I wish you a nice Saturday evening. Christian (Pirosch)
pirosch
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you're right it would be nicer with the dull tires I'll do that thanks for the hint.
thomas_mac
SOH-CM-2024
I grew up down the road from Sky Harbour Aircraft Refinishing and remember when they painted Duggy. Really miss the flow of warbirds to my local airport since the paint shop closed. Airport is CYGD for anyone looking to pick-up a freshly painted Duggy and head to Oshkosh!
Daveroo
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cool idea!
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
I really like seeing the excellent repaint of Duggy! I'm looking forward to it, Christian. I got to see it the first year it debuted in that paint scheme at Oshkosh.
When it comes to the number of DC-3's still flying today, of all variants and post-production modifications (including the turboprop conversions), there are currently about 184 active in the world according to my list (which is routinely updated):
Australia: 8 (VH-AES, VH-ABR, VH-AGU, VH-EAE, VH-EAF, VH-MMA, VH-OVM, VH-TMQ)
Bolivia: 1 (CP-2421)
Canada: 24 (C-FBKB, C-FCUE, C-FDTD, C-FGCX, C-FKGL, C-GKKB, C-FLFR, C-FMKB, C-FTGI, C-FTGX, C-FVNS, C-FWUI, C-GAWI, C-GDAK, C-GEAI, C-GEAJ, C-GGSU, C-GHGF, C-GJKB, C-GOOU, C-GPNR, C-GRSB, C-GVKB, C-GWZS)
China: 1 (N41CQ)
Colombia: 14 (FAC1654, FAC1658, FAC1667, FAC1681, FAC1683, FAC1686, HK-1175, HK-1315, HK-2006, HK-3215, HK-3286, PNC-0213, PNC-0256, PNC-0258)
Denmark: 1 (OY-BPB)
El Salvador: 1 (YS-347E)
Finland: 1 (OH-LCH)
France: 2 (F-AZOX, F-AZTE)
Germany: 1 (ZS-NTE)
Hungary: 1 (HA-LIX)
Iceland: 1 (TF-NPK)
India: 1 (VP905)
Mauritania: 1 (5T-MAH)
Netherlands: 1 (PH-PBA)
New Zealand: 3 (ZK-AWP, ZK-DAK, ZK-JGB)
Norway: 1 (LN-WND)
Russia: 3 (RA-05738, RA-2059G, RA-2944G)
South Africa: 13 (SAAF6814, SAAF6825, SAAF6828, SAAF6839, SAAF6852, SAAF6854, SAAF6885, SAAF6887, ZS-ASN, ZS-BXF, ZS-CAI, ZS-CRV, ZS-DIW)
Sweden: 1 (SE-CFP)
Switzerland: 1 (N431HM)
Thailand: 7 (RTAF46151, RTAF46153, RTAF46154, RTAF46156, RTAF46157, RTAF46158, RTAF46159)
Turkey: 1 (N3291)
United Kingdom: 5 (G-ANAF, N147DC, N341A, N473DC, ZA947)
United States: 92 (G-AMPY **New Reg Pending**, N103NA, N115U, N131PR, N137PB, N138FS, N143D, N144WC, N146RD, N147AZ, N150D, N151ZE, N15MA, N15SJ, N17334, N173RD, N18121, N193DP, N198RD, N1XP, N200MF, N231GB, N24320, N25641, N25646, N26MA, N271SE, N272R, N272ZZ, N2805J, N28AA, N28TN, N3006, N300BF, N300MF, N30TN, N3239T, N33611, N33632, N33644, N33VW, N34, N345AB, N34DF, N353MM, N400MF, N4089T, N43XX, N44587, N45366, N467SP, N472AF, N47E, N47SJ, N47TB, N500MF, N5106X, N534BE, N583V, N59314, N60154, N61981, N62CC, N64766, N64767, N64784, N705GB, N715F, N728G, N734H, N737H, N74589, N751A, N763A, N791HH, N7AP, N8336C, N834M, N836M, N844TH, N86584, N8704, N87745, N877MG, N882TP, N92578, N932H, N982Z, N983DC, N99FS)
When it comes to the number of DC-3's still flying today, of all variants and post-production modifications (including the turboprop conversions), there are currently about 184 active in the world according to my list (which is routinely updated):
Australia: 8 (VH-AES, VH-ABR, VH-AGU, VH-EAE, VH-EAF, VH-MMA, VH-OVM, VH-TMQ)
Bolivia: 1 (CP-2421)
Canada: 24 (C-FBKB, C-FCUE, C-FDTD, C-FGCX, C-FKGL, C-GKKB, C-FLFR, C-FMKB, C-FTGI, C-FTGX, C-FVNS, C-FWUI, C-GAWI, C-GDAK, C-GEAI, C-GEAJ, C-GGSU, C-GHGF, C-GJKB, C-GOOU, C-GPNR, C-GRSB, C-GVKB, C-GWZS)
China: 1 (N41CQ)
Colombia: 14 (FAC1654, FAC1658, FAC1667, FAC1681, FAC1683, FAC1686, HK-1175, HK-1315, HK-2006, HK-3215, HK-3286, PNC-0213, PNC-0256, PNC-0258)
Denmark: 1 (OY-BPB)
El Salvador: 1 (YS-347E)
Finland: 1 (OH-LCH)
France: 2 (F-AZOX, F-AZTE)
Germany: 1 (ZS-NTE)
Hungary: 1 (HA-LIX)
Iceland: 1 (TF-NPK)
India: 1 (VP905)
Mauritania: 1 (5T-MAH)
Netherlands: 1 (PH-PBA)
New Zealand: 3 (ZK-AWP, ZK-DAK, ZK-JGB)
Norway: 1 (LN-WND)
Russia: 3 (RA-05738, RA-2059G, RA-2944G)
South Africa: 13 (SAAF6814, SAAF6825, SAAF6828, SAAF6839, SAAF6852, SAAF6854, SAAF6885, SAAF6887, ZS-ASN, ZS-BXF, ZS-CAI, ZS-CRV, ZS-DIW)
Sweden: 1 (SE-CFP)
Switzerland: 1 (N431HM)
Thailand: 7 (RTAF46151, RTAF46153, RTAF46154, RTAF46156, RTAF46157, RTAF46158, RTAF46159)
Turkey: 1 (N3291)
United Kingdom: 5 (G-ANAF, N147DC, N341A, N473DC, ZA947)
United States: 92 (G-AMPY **New Reg Pending**, N103NA, N115U, N131PR, N137PB, N138FS, N143D, N144WC, N146RD, N147AZ, N150D, N151ZE, N15MA, N15SJ, N17334, N173RD, N18121, N193DP, N198RD, N1XP, N200MF, N231GB, N24320, N25641, N25646, N26MA, N271SE, N272R, N272ZZ, N2805J, N28AA, N28TN, N3006, N300BF, N300MF, N30TN, N3239T, N33611, N33632, N33644, N33VW, N34, N345AB, N34DF, N353MM, N400MF, N4089T, N43XX, N44587, N45366, N467SP, N472AF, N47E, N47SJ, N47TB, N500MF, N5106X, N534BE, N583V, N59314, N60154, N61981, N62CC, N64766, N64767, N64784, N705GB, N715F, N728G, N734H, N737H, N74589, N751A, N763A, N791HH, N7AP, N8336C, N834M, N836M, N844TH, N86584, N8704, N87745, N877MG, N882TP, N92578, N932H, N982Z, N983DC, N99FS)
That list is missing N44V of the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte (KCLT).
Duggy looks awesome, Christian ! Well done !
About the "The Smile in the Sky !" , didn't you miss the exclamation mark ?... You've got the font almost right but maybe you'd like to try Times New Roman in Italics with extra space between the words and possibly Bolt ?... (comes very close )
Here's an almost straight to the lens photo of Duggy:
If your paint proggy can handle it you might wanna copy the line of text from the photo and paste it onto the texture ?... (just thinking out loud..;-)
(also check out the bottom of the 'y' in 'Sky' just about thouching the top of the first cabin window..)
Cheers,
Jan
About the "The Smile in the Sky !" , didn't you miss the exclamation mark ?... You've got the font almost right but maybe you'd like to try Times New Roman in Italics with extra space between the words and possibly Bolt ?... (comes very close )
Here's an almost straight to the lens photo of Duggy:
If your paint proggy can handle it you might wanna copy the line of text from the photo and paste it onto the texture ?... (just thinking out loud..;-)
(also check out the bottom of the 'y' in 'Sky' just about thouching the top of the first cabin window..)
Cheers,
Jan
pirosch
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Duggy looks awesome, Christian ! Well done !
About the "The Smile in the Sky !" , didn't you miss the exclamation mark ?... You've got the font almost right but maybe you'd like to try Times New Roman in Italics with extra space between the words and possibly Bolt ?... (comes very close )
Here's an almost straight to the lens photo of Duggy:
If your paint proggy can handle it you might wanna copy the line of text from the photo and paste it onto the texture ?... (just thinking out loud..;-)
(also check out the bottom of the 'y' in 'Sky' just about thouching the top of the first cabin window..)
Cheers,
Jan
Hello Javis
So now everything is fixed: The wheel is now mate. @Javis: Many thanks for the tips and hints. I have now reworked it a bit in the original font from the photo and font, so that it doesn't fray too much and copied and used. I think I'll leave it because I like it a lot and it's close to the original.....
And as I wrote here before. I don't work with Blender so it's very old school like FSX and P3D. But I am now fully learning with Blender.
I would also like to thank everyone for their positive comments.
Here the result:
Have nice Sunday...
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
Tom, do you know when the last time N44V was flown? As far as I know, and according to every DC-3 expert I've talked to, it has not been flown in several years and there are no immediate plans to fly it again. The list I posted of airworthy DC-3s are only those which are currently actively flown, or have flown in the last five years and may be flown again at any given time.
Hello Javis
So now everything is fixed: The wheel is now mate. @Javis: Many thanks for the tips and hints. I have now reworked it a bit in the original font from the photo and font, so that it doesn't fray too much and copied and used. I think I'll leave it because I like it a lot and it's close to the original.....
And as I wrote here before. I don't work with Blender so it's very old school like FSX and P3D. But I am now fully learning with Blender.
I would also like to thank everyone for their positive comments.
Here the result:
Have nice Sunday...
Nice work!
Is it gong to be released somewhere?
.to?
T43
As we're talking about DC-3s / C-47s and engine sounds, I thought I would post this. It took place in 2019 at Duxford, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and was the largest gathering of the type in the U.K. since the RAF retired them. The first aircraft seen, HA-LIX, is the world's only airworthy Lisunov Li-2. Amongst the other aircraft are PMDG's DC-3, ( with RSR in the left-hand seat ) and the only airworthy C-41 ( N341A at 7:09 ). A couple of the aircraft had technical problems and remained on the ground, but it was a spectacular event. I was standing a few yards away from where it was filmed - one of many memorable days spent at Duxford.