'Aeroplane Heaven' closing, but freeware stays available for now

anyone know where we can get this freeware Spit?

i have the JF spits, and love flying the Vb on Floats, what do you expect? they were designed for operations from Greek Island ports, to harass German Shipping, one of my friends on Kos (he's in his 90's) can remember the RAF Officers having a look at the Harbour in Kos Town and down in Kardamena, this was around the time the Germans invaded if i recall, the RAF had Spitfires based on the salt lake and at nearby LGKO (well it is nearby, the entire island is small)... defending these RAF Assets at the time there were the regular infantry and the SBS (Special Boat Squadron, the SAS' lesser known-about brothers)

back to spit... it'd be good to get a fair few of us online for a flight in warbirds, i'll bring BrunoSK's Mossie as me and that thing are inseperable, as are me and mossies in general actually.... the JF ones are fantastic, as is their Lanc, the spitfires are nice... anyways, yeah... alert chain home we're planning a scramble, and let's hope we don't have to rely on 'Darky and Sandra' if it turns to night :icon_lol:
 
If you want to fly the JF Spit Mk.I, there is a time-unlimited demo of the MK.Ia on their website. It is a demo,i would definitely suggest buying the whole package! My favorite is the Mk.IXe.
 
EMatheson said:
If you want to fly the JF Spit Mk.I, there is a time-unlimited demo of the MK.Ia on their website. It is a demo,i would definitely suggest buying the whole package! My favorite is the Mk.IXe.
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I've tried downloading the demo 3 times now...
Something seems to be corrupt, the .exe command always comes up with an error message.
Anybody else having this problem?
 
stuartcox said:
I've tried downloading the demo 3 times now...
Something seems to be corrupt, the .exe command always comes up with an error message.
Anybody else having this problem?
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Hey Stuart --

I saw your post, so just to see... I went over to Just Flight and downloaded the Spit 1A Demo. It downloaded OK on my system. What error specifically are you getting?

This plane is really a handful and requires full concentration and effort to keep her straight and level. Especially on the landings... a firm hand is required otherwise she will develop a bad attitude really quick. One thing I did notice is that the fuel gauge is inoperative and basically says that you are running on fumes... so either it's just a bitmap in the demo or you only have about 10 minutes in the air and then she runs out of gas. A ten minute demo? Reckon I'll just take off and see how far I can get. I can always find a grassy field somewhere to set her down on.

BB686:USA-flag:
 
Blackbird686 said:
Hey Stuart --

I saw your post, so just to see... I went over to Just Flight and downloaded the Spit 1A Demo. It downloaded OK on my system. What error specifically are you getting?

This plane is really a handful and requires full concentration and effort to keep her straight and level. Especially on the landings... a firm hand is required otherwise she will develop a bad attitude really quick. One thing I did notice is that the fuel gauge is inoperative and basically says that you are running on fumes... so either it's just a bitmap in the demo or you only have about 10 minutes in the air and then she runs out of gas. A ten minute demo? Reckon I'll just take off and see how far I can get. I can always find a grassy field somewhere to set her down on.

BB686:USA-flag:
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Hi BB,

I hope you landed alright without too much undercarriage damage :)

The link I was following was for the manual (silly me) and not the demo aircraft. Got it now!
And here the work begins... Importing some of the demo features into Morton's upload!
Apart from the textures quite a lot seems to be transferable. Hopefully I'll end up with a 'Super-Spit'!

Stuart
 
Hey Stuart --

Glad you got her downloaded, I did notice that there are alot of textures in the demo's texture folder, As you say, there will be alot of work involved. You'll have to let me know if the fuel gauge in your Spit works... mine is still sitting on empty. I went into the "Change Fuel" section in FS but as a default, the plane is fully fueled. Not like I had to put some gas in her before takeoff.

BB686:USA-flag:
 
Blackbird686 said:
Hey Stuart --

Glad you got her downloaded, I did notice that there are alot of textures in the demo's texture folder, As you say, there will be alot of work involved. You'll have to let me know if the fuel gauge in your Spit works... mine is still sitting on empty. I went into the "Change Fuel" section in FS but as a default, the plane is fully fueled. Not like I had to put some gas in her before takeoff.

BB686:USA-flag:
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I'm doing a complete reformat of my HD at the moment, and installing everything to a 'virgin' state.
This might take a couple of days, but I will let you know as soon as fs9 is up and running.

edit: You are right, the fuel gauge stays on empty. Not only on this demo version, but also on Morton's upload.
I have imported several other gauges to the demo with no luck, so this does seem to be an XML issue, of which I wouldn't have a clue about...:)

Regards, Stuart
 
Tom Burnside said:
Will all of AH products be availible as freeware one day.
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Not very likely. Models produced after those now offered as freeware were released by JustFlight and it is not common policy of JustFlight to offer older titles as freeware.

Cheers,
Huub
 
stuartcox said:
edit: You are right, the fuel gauge stays on empty. Not only on this demo version, but also on Morton's upload.
I have imported several other gauges to the demo with no luck, so this does seem to be an XML issue, of which I wouldn't have a clue about...:)

Regards, Stuart
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I had an old VW Bug like that... It wasn't really old, it had a gauge, but it always sat on empty, even with a full tank. So I reckon I'll take the Spit out and just see how far she'll go... Average range on the real deal before the idea of "slipper tanks"... about 450 NM.

Cheers, Stuart:ernae:


BB686:USA-flag:
 
I have just looked at the AH/JF Spitfire (Mk1a). The fuel gauge reads empty, but there is a button at about 8 o'clock to the dial. If you push it, it reads the contents of the tank.

I don't know if the version you are looking at is the same, but you can try it and see!

Best,
Myles
 
myles said:
I have just looked at the AH/JF Spitfire (Mk1a). The fuel gauge reads empty, but there is a button at about 8 o'clock to the dial. If you push it, it reads the contents of the tank.

I don't know if the version you are looking at is the same, but you can try it and see!

Best,
Myles
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Thanks for the HU Myles :salute:.
 
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