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Looking for sounds to power the Heinkel HE-51

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fleurdelys

Charter Member
I have recently been looking around for sounds to use with the HE-51.

After listening to the "Brutus" race car on YouTube which sports a BMW VI V12 aircraft engine (the same used on the HE-51), I feel that the present sounds are a bit anemic... :kilroy:

This is what it sounds like : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwOomfZ-hfM

Anybody wants to share what he's using on the Heinkel presently ?

Are there any good sounds available (either freeware or shareware) ?

It definitely needs sounds with a Sabretooth tiger under the hood...

Obio, Lawdog... ?

Cheers,

Fleurdelys
 
Well I use the very nice sounding Rolls-Royce Kestrel soudpack by Gary jones, it can be found at Britsim.

I don't know how close it is to the BMW, but it was a V12 with a similar power output. And the souds were designed with a fixed pitch prop in mind.


Owen.
 
A major difference between the BMW and the Rolls-Royce was the displacement; 45.84 L (2,797.5 cubic inch) for the BMW against 21.24 L (1,295.88 cubic inch ) for the Kestrel.
The sound from the aircraft/ engine was not only created by the number of cylinders, but intakes and exhausts make great differences.

Cheers,
Huub
 
Thank you Owen for the suggestion and Huub for the precision... :kilroy:

Should I try to compensate for the difference (almost twice the size) by upping the sound a bit (my cat LuLu will hate me for this) or re-working the Kestrel sounds with a program to give it a Sabertoothed roar... :redfire:

And what about exhaust flames ?

This seemed to be one fiery engine which would have belched some flames even with the exhaust pipes added, no ?... :icon_eek:

They even cooked a big sausage on another video by putting it in the flames coming out of the long side exhaust ... :ichile:

Oh well, back to the drawing board...

Fleurdelys
 
FentiFlier1 said:
Well I use the very nice sounding Rolls-Royce Kestrel soudpack by Gary jones, it can be found at Britsim.

I don't know how close it is to the BMW, but it was a V12 with a similar power output. And the souds were designed with a fixed pitch prop in mind.


Owen.
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Just downloaded and tried the Gary Jones Kestrel sounds... :kilroy:

They are very good (as can be expected from Gary Jones made sounds) and I like the idle but they were made for a variable pitch prop as stated by the author in the readme file, which would account for the whining prop sound heard in flight, most probably...

Or are there two files, one for a fixed pitch prop and another for the variable pitch prop ?

Still searching...

Fleurdelys
 
Fleurdelys,

The set you have is done for Ed cook's Miles which had a variable pitch prop. There is a second set created by Gary Jones for use with the highly recommended models of the Hawker Demon, Hart and Hind by Edward Cook" (according the read-me).

I have this file on a back-up disk, but when I look at the file name, I assume it is available at Britsim as well.

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
A major difference between the BMW and the Rolls-Royce was the displacement; 45.84 L (2,797.5 cubic inch) for the BMW against 21.24 L (1,295.88 cubic inch ) for the Kestrel.
The sound from the aircraft/ engine was not only created by the number of cylinders, but intakes and exhausts make great differences.

Cheers,
Huub
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:jawdrop: 45 liters V12? That's BIG. Do you have any more specs for the BMW, Huub? I would be very interested to see it. :)
 
I looked on Wiki and it shows the Rolls Royce Kestrel at 21.24 litres capacity.

If you want to use the Kestrel sound without the prop wine, just delete Kes_RPM5 and XKes_RPM5 from the sound folder.
 
Bruce Thompson said:
If you want to use the Kestrel sound without the prop wine, just delete Kes_RPM5 and XKes_RPM5 from the sound folder.
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Thank you Bruce,

Followed your suggestion and it is much better now ! Found the other Kestrel sound but they had both the prop whining sound. No problem with the removal of the RPM5...

Fleurdelys
 
Already, there's some great HU for this beautiful project.

If anyone's looking for something throaty and exotic, I've hitched the sounds from the Avia 156 (Hispano-Suiza 12Y) to the He 51 with promising results.

Give it a whirl, you'll need to make this entry to the sound cfg for wind effect.:

// Wind Sounds ________________________________________________________________
[WIND_SOUND]
filename=wind_opencanopy
minimum_volume=4500
maximum_volume=9600
minimum_rate=0.40
maximum_rate=1.10
minimum_speed=20.0
maximum_speed=140.0

No need to search for the wind sound - it's already in your main fsx sound folder.
Leave it there, the cfg will automatically pick it up.
 
Where can I find these Kestrel Sounds Please?... I tried Classic British Flightsim but couldnt see them. Have a link maybe?

Matt
 
MDIvey said:
What a superb sound set...thanks for suggesting it all.

Matt
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Exactly what I think!

I've known of this soundset for what seems like ages, but I nerver had a plane in my FSX setup to go with it until Craig released his superlative He-51.

Three cheers for Craig Richardson and Gary Jones! The He-51/Kestrel sound is giving me some real enjoyment! :wavey:

Owen.
 
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