BN-2 bushwhacking

[MarkH]

My introduction to the BN-2 Islander.

[YOUTUBE]dFjH0v-lli4[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Roger]

Great video Mark!:ernae:

 

[monk1]

Excellent video! I just picked up the Islander about a month ago. What a great model!!

 

[MarkH]

Great video Mark!

Thanks Roger. I messed the thread title up - it was supposed to say 'BN-2 bushwhacking', but instead it's a bit vague Can you fix it?

 

[kilo delta]

Yep,very good video. The Islander is a favourite of mine (in Aer Arann livery).

 

[Roger]

Thanks Roger. I messed the thread title up - it was supposed to say 'BN-2 bushwhacking', but instead it's a bit vague Can you fix it?

Done

 

[Wing_Z]

Sort of Downunder

The Mountain Air colours caught my eye - I'm an infrequent visitor here - and I stayed the almost 10-minute distance with the clip!

The Kiwi Islanders are sort of shuffled around the place between operators, and I flew aboard that one some years ago looking for whales off Kaikoura (with some pretty green-looking children). The Islander is pretty basic, and also easy to clean, thank goodness...

Orbx does a good job on the scenery, eh?
Excellent video, job very well done.

 

[FLighT01]

Very nice video, interesting, and very smooth video presentation.

That F1 Islander is amazing to fly, as forgiving as my A2A J3 from a handling perspective.

How'd you bring up the Garmin 295? I've only been able to call up the Islanders GPS which has been a bit more challeging for me to learn.

 

[MarkH]

How'd you bring up the Garmin 295? I've only been able to call up the Islanders GPS which has been a bit more challeging for me to learn.

You just need to edit panel.cfg (sorry, I said 'aircraft.cfg' in the video) to add a 2D panel definition. You can copy it from one of the default planes. Here's the entry from the default Extra:

[Window02] <---you may need to change this number
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=545,354
position=8
visible=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
window_size= 0.500, 0.362
window_pos= 0.000, 0.000

gauge00=fs9gps!gps_295, 0
​

Hope that helps.

 

[SADT]

Hi Mark,

Does the BN-2A have switches and lever that make a sound when you click on them, like the DC-2 Uiver?

Craig - Nice review BTW - Very informative :salute:

 

[MarkH]

Does the BN-2A have switches and lever that make a sound when you click on them, like the DC-2 Uiver?

Yes, all the operable switches and levers have very high-quality sounds. There are also some alternative sounds effect files to substitute for the background whine of the gyro instruments. I think this is because the volume of these effects is independent of the FSX sound controls, so you can't trun them down manually.

 

[wiltzei]

A nice to watch and informative video. What´s the scenery in the take-off scene?

 

[MarkH]

A nice to watch and informative video. What´s the scenery in the take-off scene?

First takeoff is from Clam Harbor, my current favourite airfield. It's part of Orbx's Orca's Island scenery. The later takeoff/landing is from Israel's Farm.

 

[FLighT01]

You just need to edit panel.cfg (sorry, I said 'aircraft.cfg' in the video) to add a 2D panel definition. You can copy it from one of the default planes. Here's the entry from the default Extra:

[Window02] <---you may need to change this number
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=545,354
position=8
visible=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
window_size= 0.500, 0.362
window_pos= 0.000, 0.000

gauge00=fs9gps!gps_295, 0
​

Hope that helps.

I'm going to give this a go, thanks.

 

[robcap]

nice video Mark, as ever!

 

[doublecool]

Always great Video's
But your narrative's along with are Brilliant :salute: