AH Globe Swift is out

[JimmyRFR]

This is how the viewpoint tool is looking.

Looks great. Can't wait to see what kind of goodies are coming in the update.

I've been a busy beaver with my lowly little Swift. Not content with a few custom paints (which I still haven't finished 100%), I now have wind noise from the landing gear, overspeed stress noises, and flap failures with noise and effect. I started off by trying to tweak engine volume, and kinda got carried away.

 

[heywooood]

This is how the viewpoint tool is looking.

looks helpful - I just use the keyboard keys to adjust each plane - like part of the pre-flight seat adjustment but this is nice too...

Your Swift is really a terrific aeroplane - thank you

 

[falcon409]

This is just my opinion but it seems that adjusting the "eyepoint" setting in the cfg file just once (granted, it may take a few tries to get it just right) is a much easier way of handling this. You do it once and it's done, you don't have to mess with it every time you load the airplane.

Changing the eyepoint in Aircraft config:

First number moves the eyepoint fwd or backward. (higher numbers fwd)

second number moves the eyepoint left or right of center (higher numbers right)

third number moves the eyepoint up or down (higher numbers move up)

It's normally the first and last numbers you adjust most often, usually the pilot is at least centered in the seat so rarely will you have to mess with the middle (second set) numbers.
Note that I use TrackIR which overrides keystroke adjustments in the cockpit, so using those in any cockpit is useless. Also be aware that the first number may be a -negative number so adjusting that requires that you think in reverse when adding or subtracting numbers. (ie; higher numbers will move you further away rather than closer).

 

[donnybalonny]

Yeah, I agree. Thats what we do with our car, isnt it? I always do it in the AC that I use a lot.
The eyepoint tool looks neat though.

 

[Dimus]

Although I got this over the weekend, I only managed to fly it yesterday. I also had Bill's version for FS9 so I had to get it. Very nice model and the FDE is challenging for a light taildragger. I have never flown a real one but I find it convincing.

My only gripe would be the engine sound looping that was mentioned in another post. Not much but it gets irritating after a while. I would appreciate if this was addressed soon by AH, otherwise flying this gem would not be so appealing.

 

[binarkansas]

Here are two shots of my sweet little Swift just out of the paint shop. It is a fictional representation of what the full size Swift of virtual dreams might look like.

 

[Rudyjo]

Thank you for the information on how to change the numbers in Aircraft Configuration under eyepoint , I changed the first number from -1 to -1.5, works much better now.
For those who have a problem on takeoff, the default setting has the plane 77 lbs. overweight, so be sure to reduce either the payload or fuel before trying to takeoff.

 

[bazzar]

Patch V1.1 is available today. Existing owners will be notified. The demo has also been updated. There is a change log issued with the patch.

 

[donnybalonny]

That good news Bazzar.

Withe respect of take off, my obeservations are: change fuel to 50%, reduce weight of people to 150 each, change rudder size to 7 ( thanks my friend) in aircraft.cfg, and dont give full throttle untill the Swift is running some 20 mph.

 

[Maury2008]

Also the download from Fspilotshop was updated?

 

[DaveB]

Go to your downloads at FSPS and check the 'Last updated' date for this file. If it's newer than when you bought it, it's been updated

ATB
DaveB

 

[donnybalonny]

It says 04the march on my account.

 

[DaveB]

I think that'll be the original mate as this thread is also dated 4th. It takes them a while to update files but how long depends on how much string you have

ATB
DaveB

 

[pilto von pilto]

I got notified that it is being updated tonight ( US time, apparently the US is a big place so I dont know which timezone that is ) on fspilotshop. Understandable really as they are a wee bit larger than us and will have lots of other jobs to do. We only have to update one site and work out how to animate a worm driven gear system...

 

[pilto von pilto]

I think that'll be the original mate as this thread is also dated 4th. It takes them a while to update files but how long depends on how much string you have

ATB
DaveB

We have an answer to the string question on our FAQ by the way.

 

[Paul Anderson]

FSPilotShop now shows update (March 11).

 

[donnybalonny]

I have installed the update.
But I dont really know what to think:
The autopilot has disappeared. Its just not there, even though the manual clearly writes about it.
I still get no reading from the socalled ILS gauge. If I tune the nav receiver to a ILS, and the ADF receiver to an NDB, I get an ADF reading on the "thick" needle of the NAV1 and ADF gauge and a directional reading to the ILS on the "thin" needle of the NAV1 and ADF gauge. The socalled ILS gauge remains unactive.


I hope someone else will check this and reply to this thread and I hope someone from APH will chime in. And finally I hope that its because I´m to stupid to make it work.


btw, I use P3Dv2.4, I completely uninstalled the Swift before installing the updated version.

 

[Maury2008]

I also can not understand what they had upgraded.The bugs remain the same.The ILS indicator do not work.The altimeter set indication also isnot working.Set the box to hide the pilot on the configurator that reamain always visible.The manual state that the com and nav radio had a standby frequency, but in the aircraft cfg the standby frequency is set to 0.

 

[donnybalonny]

Maury (and anyone else)
Do you have the autopilot in the updated version?

 

[therealjambo]

Maury (and anyone else)
Do you have the autopilot in the updated version?

Hi, yes I have the autopilot, still available to me by the switch to the right of the co-pilot yoke.