RAZBAM LTV A-7 Corsair II released

[ZEUS67]

odwnloaded and flown...only one issue...my weapons load panel isn't working correctly I don't think. I don't want 4 fuel tanks and it won't release the oter tanks.

That's because you have a full fuel load including the auxiliary tanks. You must empty the external1, external2, leftaux and rightaux tanks with fuel and payload menu before you can deselect them with the ASCU.

This airplane does not allow "cheating" with the fuel loads. If the auxiliary tanks have fuel, then it will show those auxiliary tanks and you cannot take them off unless you empty them first.

 

[ZEUS67]

....to the weapons load panel?

In the view/instrument panel menu. select Armament Station Control Unit (ASCU)

 

[ZEUS67]

Yes I got the same thing...I see others purchasing after I downloaded

and bam screen shots...

I've used up the 3 downloads thinking I'm not retrieving the full download

Been waiting five hours...I'm going to bed I gotta go to work in the morning

Thanks

I'm sorry that you're having issues with the download. I will speak with Ron first thing in the morning so he can help you with your file.

 

[ColoKent]

Found the panel....

Emptied the fuel....lost two tanks....so how do I load ordnance and the travel pod?

 

[ZEUS67]

Emptied the fuel....lost two tanks....so how do I load ordnance and the travel pod?

The travel pod is model dependent. If my memory is correct I think that only the A-7Ds have the travle pod. Either way weapons are loaded by using the ASCU:

\Views\Instrument Panel\Armament Station Control Unit (ASCU)

 

[ColoKent]

Yep....

....I am in the -D, the engine is off, the brake is set, and the screen is up....but I can't get it to do anything...

 

[ZEUS67]

The ASCU is very easy to use. You only click on the buttons for each station. The first one is the fuzing option. The second one is weapons type, you will see a table explaining the codes. The third one is quantity.

Stations 1, 2, 7 and 8 can load both up to 6 bombs each. Stations 3 and 6 are limited to 3 max since they are the nearest one to the fuselage. If you load sidewinders, you will be able to carry two max.

Travel pods can only be carried on Stations 1 and 8 (the outermost ones).

 

[ZEUS67]

....I am in the -D, the engine is off, the brake is set, and the screen is up....but I can't get it to do anything...

That's strange. The requirements are engine shut down and parking brakes set. The ASCU should work.

Are you clicking on the grey buttons?

 

[ColoKent]

Yes...clicking on the grey buttons....

....what is supposed to happen when I do that?

 

[ZEUS67]

....what is supposed to happen when I do that?

The ASCU will cycle through the options available for that slot and station.

BTW, you have to wait until the engine is truly shut down.

 

[ZEUS67]

This video was made during ASCU development.

 

[stormtrooper271]

Sorry to have to be the spelling police but I noticed on the description page oxygen is misspelled.

Can't wait until my birthday so I can get this. It looks amazing!

 

[ZEUS67]

Sorry to have to be the spelling police but I noticed on the description page oxygen is misspelled.

Can't wait until my birthday so I can get this. It looks amazing!

Blame Vought. They are the ones who misspelled it on the first place. The typo was just carried over. We'll fix it. We were in such a hurry to release it that forgot to proof read.

 

[ColoKent]

Got the weapons load out....

....to work. Thanks, guys!

(I reinstalled the package...and it then worked).

Regards,

Kent

 

[SADT]

Hi Prowler,

Will you be able to implement another method of payment for your A-7 other than paypal? Also will you be making a disk edition? :salute::salute::salute: Great work!

 

[Rattler]

Hats Off to the Razbam team!!!!

Bought the Bird of my Dreams!!!
Flew the Bird of my Dreams!!!
Am Im Love with the Bird of my Dreams!!!!!

Thanks to everyone at the Razbam Team, Another Quality Bird!!!

It was well Worth the Wait, Cheers Ron, Now get some rest man, Your work here is done!!!!

:ernae::ernae::ernae:

 

[Dag]

Model.4 (HAF Tiger)

Hi,

Just noticed the HAF Tiger would not load its model. Solution below. Apart from that, this is one impressive package, Ron and crew, you did darn well

Thanks

 

[warchild]

So guys?? How does it fly?? I know shes a lot harder to land than other planes, but did i make it too difficult??

 

[Dag]

So guys?? How does it fly?? I know shes a lot harder to land than other planes, but did i make it too difficult??

Nahh, not too difficult. I've been doing touch and goes on regular runways, have not dared to take her to the boat yet Any Idea what makes my compressor stall just after take off? Something seems to happen below 1000ft when I go from mid range to MIL or something.

Thanks

 

[hschuit]

So guys?? How does it fly?? I know shes a lot harder to land than other planes, but did i make it too difficult??

Pam, thank you for your outstanding work on the FDE ! :salute::salute::salute: I am very happy with the handling. Indeed, it is not the easiest to fly but I like that.

On my 1st flight today I took off from North Island NAS in the A-7H, did a touch and go and landed with no problem whatsoever.

Then I positioned the A-7H on an FSX carrier at Pearl Harbor. I tried to lower the launch bar but nothing happened... Then I thought: Wait a minute, the A-7H is strictly land based, maybe I should try the NAVY A-7E. And yes, problem solved, I got the A-7E ready for launch as advertized. On the 1st cat launch I pulled the stick back before I launched and experienced a nasty FSX "Object collision" at the end of the deck. That reminded me of something else I read on this forum: This time I tried a hands off stick launch and that went perfect. I guess you should not start pulling the stick till airborne and clear of the deck.

After a touch and go at John Rodgers Fld (PHJR) I dumped fuel till I had 40% left and lined up for the carrier. It has been said before on this forum, just fly your approach keeping the AOA indexer centered. Doing so, I managed to make a good trap on my 3rd attempt (after a bolter and a horrible crash because I came in too low). The hardest thing approaching the boat for me is adjusting the throttle properly. Because of the engine spool up delay, you have to be very gently otherwise you end up like a jojo going back and forth between too fast and too slow.

Question: I experienced quite a bit of sluggishness at slow speed. Is that done on purpose? I noticed the MOI values are quite high given the A-7 empty weight and dimensions.

Cheers, Henk.

PS: A few minor issues I found, not FDE related:
- The VC light fx_Razbam_A7_vclight_red.fx file seems to be missing
- The ui_typerole lines are missing, I added them myself: ui_typerole=Single Engine Jet
- The HUD (2D) view is black. I could easily fix it: Just add this line to Panel.cfg [Window00]: Background_color=0,0,0