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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

RealFlight F6F Hellcat Released

fliger747 said:
A new one for FS.... The plane has dissapeared from the aircraft selection screen. When I check in the appropriate folder, it's still there with all the correct files?

A Vista thing???

T.
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That is a new one http://westcoastatc.com/events/In_Common.zip
there is an aircraft.cfg and two textures in this file, the textures go
into the common texture folder and the .cfg might take care of the selection window if the old one became corrupted somehow.

Offhand i cant think of why this would happen without the .cfg being FUBAR , unless the plane was set up as AI .

Let us know if you can get this sorted and its cause , thanks C.J
 
CJ:

Not sorted out as yet. What is further wierd... I can bring the airplane up from a saved flight, but it has no VC.

Cheers: T.
 
This is a bit of a clue, there was a security update from MS during the week that had caused some strangeness on my machine though i dont know if your problem is related.

The problem you are having is on the original install of the plane ? did you do any disk cleaning or alterations to your panel.cfg?

Did you try a reinstall ?
 
Chuck_Jodry-VJPL said:
That is a new one http://westcoastatc.com/events/In_Common.zip
there is an aircraft.cfg and two textures in this file, the textures go
into the common texture folder and the .cfg might take care of the selection window if the old one became corrupted somehow.

Offhand i cant think of why this would happen without the .cfg being FUBAR , unless the plane was set up as AI .

Let us know if you can get this sorted and its cause , thanks C.J
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Hi Chuck as I posted further up the thread http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showpost.php?p=62848&postcount=229 the paint manager appears to be responsible for the corruption of the cfg file.
 
CJ:

Yes original install. Hopefull I'll get it all sorted out after I get home! Might have to do a re-install.

Cheers: T.
 
Hi Guys our promotional movie has now been released and available for viewing at YouTube :

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqHFzwU5ks

TIP: watch in 'Hight Quality Mode' the link for this is located bottom right of movie window.

Thanks goes out to Xavier for the excellent movie.
 
Technically speaking, it is near impossible to release this ordnance. Xavier and myself talked about this a lot in the video, whether or not we could record this happening. We both came to the conclusion it wasn't possible. Some aircraft in can be filmed, some not. As far as this one goes, it just didn't work. Sometimes you have to work within the confines of what you have.

Regardless, outstanding work Xavier!
 
Having quite a bit of fun with this bird :applause::applause::applause:

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Thanks SolarEagle.

I'm asking the following question here as I know the SOH member jump at the chance to offer aid to idiots :wavey:

Ok, up till now I've either been swapping to the Hellcat from another plane with the engines running, or I've been hitting CTRL+E. Having downloaded the manual from the Real Flight forum and printed it out, I'm now trying to start the Hellcat with the correct procedures.

So, I start FSX in the default Cessna and shut every it down to dark and cold, then select a Hellcat. I set the throttle, mixture and supercharger. Switch on the battery but then am asked to switch on the auxiliary fuel pump, but this switch for the pump I'm unable to find and it's not shown in the manual's numerous pictures. So does this mean the "emergency fuel pump" below the gear handle? If I set this to on and then continue with the primer (I can't hold this down for 3 seconds, it clicks back to off), set ignition to both and then hit the starter, the engine fires, the aircraft rocks...then nothing. I've checked to make sure I have fuel on-board and it's selected.

So what am I doing wrong chaps, why can't I get this girl to start but the rest of you can?
 
Hi Dean, I will try again with that amount, but if that's a minimum requirement you need to change the manual in an update as both the included manual and the one on your forum state 20% ;)
 
Reading on this maybe related to your fuel selector..

do you have drop tank on and selected ?
 
Ok, I can't start the Hellcat at all if I start with a Cessna first (the old norm). However, if I start the plane with Ctrl+E, then shut her down cold, I'm then able to start her back up using the correct procedures, which is fine for me at the moment. :mixedsmi:
 
realflight said:
Reading on this maybe related to your fuel selector..

do you have drop tank on and selected ?
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Hi Dean, I did but also tried all tanks. It's not too important to me know because I can get her to dark and cold then re-start, to be honest not switching to a Cessna and then switching back saves time!

I have noticed some other peculiarities with animations, but I'll post those in your forum.

Thanks for your help though, it's truly a lovely aircraft.
 
Well, I watched and waited long enough. The dedication and support by the team is impressive. I was trying to wait for v1.1 but I just couldn't because of all the great looking screen shots and fun everyone seems to be having. Sure, the "2 Activations" still makes me nervous but I'm counting on the continued support down the road should I need to use more then two. Well done RealFlight on the initial release. :ernae:

@ MudMarine: You're not completely alone with joystick/rudder strangeness and the guns. I don't have the issue where the ammo covers flap open/closed but to fire the machine guns I have to rotate one of the brake pedals on my rudder control. Which one doesn't matter and it looks a little funny with the guns randomly kicking in while you try to do a coordinated turn. :costumes: The trigger button on my joystick doesn't work even though I've double checked to confirm the brake function is mapped to the control on the joystick. I'm using the CH Fighter Stick Pro and the CH pedals but I don't have their throttle control like you do. Also, I don't have FSUIPC installed. My FSX Accel is a fairly clean install on XP Pro 32bit and I haven't done any custom key configurations on either controller yet nor did I install the CH software (its not supposed to be necessary). So, they should be pretty much "out of the box".

I plan to post a few observations about some (hopefully minor) issues over at the RF forums so they can be considered for the upcoming patch ~ or if too late perhaps a subsequent patch.
 
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