Another stupid question

[Brian_Gladden]

How do I acess some of the "Hidden" default aircraft features? Like on or off Wheel pants on the 172, tundra tires on the Beaver and the "Classic" and updated panels on the DC3 and Goose...

 

[Killbilly]

I think, unless there's some secret I've missed, most of those are done through mods. For example, you need the Got Friends expansion pack for the Beaver. There are a few mods for the 172, the Goose, and the DC-3. Check your favorite mod download site (and the Got Friends website).

 

[modelr]

Sometimes it is in the texture selection. All depends on the aircraft.

 

[Spook48]

Or sometimes it can be selected in a tablet inside the cockpit.

 

[Brian_Gladden]

Okay... I was kinda fooled by all the screenshots on Flightsim.TO having all these extra features on default planes. Got it sorted now

 

[Brian_Gladden]

Another stupid question.... I am missing about half the textures in my DC-3 cockpits and I have a weird radio font

 

[Tom Clayton]

Brian, plug this mod into your Community folder. It makes the Gooney Bird much better:

Duckworks DC-3 for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

✓ Duckworks DC-3 is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 mod created by Imenes. Enhance your experience with the Duckworks DC-3 improvement mod for the Aeroplane Heaven DC-3 in MSFS. This project offers various enhancements including a reworked flight model, improved textures, custom systems,...

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Also, if you like bare metal, this is a must-have:

DC-3 Bare Metal Cargo - Reworked Normals for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

✓ DC-3 Bare Metal Cargo - Reworked Normals is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 mod created by VonBarb. A detailed rework of the Asobo / Aeroplane Heaven DC-3 cargo version, featuring a meticulously crafted bare metal texture with reworked rivets and panel lines, alongside new Normal maps. The...

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The reworked bare metal, to me, is the only livery worth flying. I just don't like the looks of any of the others. It covers both the Sperry and Garmin panels.

 

[Brian_Gladden]

Got those downloaded. Still wondering about the funky radio font. All my analog/Bendix King/Collins radios have it

 

[Tom Clayton]

Check your Community folder for any avionics mods. Mine doesn't look like that. If that doesn't do it, check the official forum. Yours is the first I've seen like that.

 

[blanston12]

I am sorry but based on the topic header I could not resist. I do not mean to imply anything on the author of the OP or anyone who has replied to it.

 

[Brian_Gladden]

Got the radio issue sorted. I had a mod that came with a freeware RV that had the weird font and screwed up the transponder. All is well again

 

[Daube]

Was it the freeware RV-7 ? I just recently installed it because it looks so good, but haven't flown the DC-3 since then so I didn't notice any issues...?
Did you just drop the RV-7 folder in community or did you perform any additional steps ?

 

[Brian_Gladden]

It was the RV-6 that had some extra folders in the zip that supposedly went into the community folder. I was going file by file and noticed it had a folder with fonts and I removed it and voila...

 

[Daube]

RV-6 ?
I have never seen that addon. On which website did you find it ?
On flightsim.to they have only the RV-7 (which is very good, and includes both the taildragger and front wheeled version, with both gauges and glasspanel options available for each).