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A2A release Albatros D.III (Oeffag) (Payware)

Love this plane

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Absolutely stunning,(and I don't think those two words describes this addon well enough).
This is totally undervalued. It's worth double, even triple the asking price of $12.99USD, IMHO.
The craftsmanship really shows how much you loved this project, Lucas.
It's just so finished and polished, through and through. What a treat!

Really felt like I was sitting in a real wooden WWI era aircraft in the VC tonight.
Any WWI or biplane enthusiast is required to have this addon in their FSX hangar. Period.

Oh, and yes, like aircraft of that era, it has no flaps or brakes.
Plan your landings accordingly. :icon_lol:

Many thanks to you, djwaglik! :salute::applause:
 
A work of art, Lucas! Very nice.

Coincidently, Kermit who owns a museum here in America was just flying an Albatros yesterday in England, posted it in Facebook. Now you release this! Is it tied together? Ad campaign? ;)

Looking good. I will be needing this for my hanger.




Bill
 
Hello,

I would like to thank you for a such warm welcome and feedback! I am very happy that you are enjoying this little plane :)
Bill, I also 'like!' Kermit Weeks and saw his pictures from England. I must add that he flew totally different Albatros. He flew original, German-designed Albatros D.Va. We have a licensed built Albatros D.III. So... different nose, engine, cockpit, totally different fuselage. Austro-Hungarian markings instead of German Jastas.

I am going to start making some repaints today. I hope to create one Austro-Hungarian, but I am also thinking about the plane of Merian Cooper from "Kosciuszko Squadron" to honor this great man.

Lucas
 
Fantastic!

I wrote that already in the readme included in the paintkit, but just to explain:
Although the package represents the final version of the plane, marked "series 253", the earlier version called "series 153" was very similar. The '153' had 200HP engine (instead of 225HP) and a couple of minor changes (different trailing edge on wings). It will be not very 'historical', but the 153 version had so many beautiful paintschemes that it would be a sin not try to depict some of those :)
Stiz's Brumowski skin is from 153, but this is one of the most classic and known WW1 paint schemes. And he was a top Austro-Hungarian Ace with 35 air kills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin_von_Brumowski

And here is an Albatros Oeffag gallery with some interesting profiles:
http://www.wwiaviation.com/gallery-austrian-Alb-DIII-Oeffag.html


Lucas
 
Thank you ! ..nice flying and nice model

One thing though that surprised me , it seems that you are using the same engine sounds as Ant's Tiger Moth which is the Gipsey motor .
Are the engine sounds very close to the real thing ?
 
Hi Greenie!

Yes, those are similar sounds. I had huge problems with collecting some good sounds of the typical Central Powers 6-cylinder inline engine. I tried to contact with few persons who made the soundpacks, but, sadly, without any feedback.
Luckily, I got permission from Donald Putnam to use his Gipsy Major sounds. I know that some replicas of German WW1 planes built in the USA are using 6-cylinder, inline, more powerful Gipsy engines. The best way would be to pay a visit to Mr. Mayrhofer in Austria who built an Oeffag replica with the original engine... Maybe one day...
If you are looking for some alternative, I may suggest the following:
- Mercedes D.III or BMW D.IIIa CFS3 sounds availble at SOH in the Netwings section. Those are CFS3 sounds and may require some additional work in the sound.cfg
- Engine sounds from the Jeanin Taube made by Full. Those are a very good sounds, too.

If you are going to do so, please remember about backing up the current sound folder by renaming it to "sound_original" or something like that.

Lucas
 
Thanks Lucas for those suggestions , I'll take a look .
I do fly Ants Tiger Moth occasionally and the same sound just doesn't feel right . The Taub I have ( another great model ) , that sound will do but I'll check out your other suggestions too . :)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PwNxpq87M&feature=related might give u some idea to what it sounds like


djwaglik said:
Hi Greenie!

Yes, those are similar sounds. I had huge problems with collecting some good sounds of the typical Central Powers 6-cylinder inline engine. I tried to contact with few persons who made the soundpacks, but, sadly, without any feedback.
Luckily, I got permission from Donald Putnam to use his Gipsy Major sounds. I know that some replicas of German WW1 planes built in the USA are using 6-cylinder, inline, more powerful Gipsy engines. The best way would be to pay a visit to Mr. Mayrhofer in Austria who built an Oeffag replica with the original engine... Maybe one day...
If you are looking for some alternative, I may suggest the following:
- Mercedes D.III or BMW D.IIIa CFS3 sounds availble at SOH in the Netwings section. Those are CFS3 sounds and may require some additional work in the sound.cfg
- Engine sounds from the Jeanin Taube made by Full. Those are a very good sounds, too.

If you are going to do so, please remember about backing up the current sound folder by renaming it to "sound_original" or something like that.

Lucas
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Exactly! This is how this plane sounds. Although this is a replica, it has an original Austro-Daimler engine.

Lucas
 
djwaglik said:
Exactly! This is how this plane sounds. Although this is a replica, it has an original Austro-Daimler engine.

Lucas
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i would have to say a modded version of a RR merlin engine sound set would probaly work, V12's and 6 cylinders sound about the same more or less. it has to do with the shape of the crank shaft and its firing patterns.
 
Some WIP started long time ago. The pilots of the 13th Fighter Squadron had some huge personal emblems on the fuselage. Here - Zeus and Leda ;)

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Lucas

PS: I need to find some photos of the Oeffag in Czech aviation serving as stunt plane painted in black-white checkers :)
 
gotta love the ww1 era, little to no restrictions on how you could paint your plane :)
 
First of all, absolutely exquisite work, Lucas! One can easily see that this aircraft has been worked to perfection. I love that "Zeus & Leda" paint scheme!

For sounds, I'm using those that come with Stuart Green's FS9 Fokker D.VII, though still not quite there. If anyone else is interested, the file can be found at Flightsim.com as sgfok04c.zip

Funny enough, the start up and idle sounds included in the "Early Merlin" sound set available at Britsim, are just about dead on I think, though the medium and high power sounds are just not quite there for the old straight-6.

Also, if it hasn't been posted already, here is video of the Mayrhofer Albatros D.III's first flight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0G8ZSBEQA
 
How hard would it be to make a sound set for this lovely plane using some sounds from a few diftent sound sets,

B12 I do agree the Merlin and this thing sound alot alike on idol start up and on the lower end rpm
 
John,
thank you very, very much for such a nice opinion. I am very grateful that such a respected and talented community member likes our work.

Ryan,
Well this is doable as a kind of an "unofficial comunity addon" :) I'd had to ask the original creators of the sound packs to give the permission. I'd not worry about a freeware project, but this one is a commercial release. I wanted to use some sounds availble at SOH in the Netwings section, but the original author did not reply. So I just can not use them. This is why I am so grateful that Donald agreed to use Gipsy sounds.
Anyways, I'd love to release some update in the distant future where we would have some nice sounds.

Lucas
 
maybe we can work out a freeware fix for it maybe.

i do hope one of those guys let you use the sound set later on.
i do have a idea for a few things to add, im not 100% sure if they ever had them on the DIII but a temp gage would be cool i think they had them.

also quick question but how on earth dose the real ones starter work?

djwaglik said:
John,
thank you very, very much for such a nice opinion. I am very grateful that such a respected and talented community member likes our work.

Ryan,
Well this is doable as a kind of an "unofficial comunity addon" :) I'd had to ask the original creators of the sound packs to give the permission. I'd not worry about a freeware project, but this one is a commercial release. I wanted to use some sounds availble at SOH in the Netwings section, but the original author did not reply. So I just can not use them. This is why I am so grateful that Donald agreed to use Gipsy sounds.
Anyways, I'd love to release some update in the distant future where we would have some nice sounds.

Lucas
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