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Devildog73

Devildog73

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The real question is about the Stuka or Bf-109 spiraling for eternity. I shot him up pretty badly and figured he was a gonner as he started his death spiral. Only thing is, it is at about 8,000ft and stays there, totally horizontal, not vertical. Must be the updrafts off the N. African desert........

Also, anyone know what gauge I am missing in my P-38 panel?

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The reason I don't know if he is a Stuka or Messerschmitt is that I shot him, he went smokin' into death spiral and I left him for another target. I shot up both types of aircraft, and can't get close enough safely to see what he is. The mission only has either or. Not one of the other shoot downs did the same thing. He is a loner, so it is not in the DP affecting all of the DLW Stukas or Bf109e/f.

Got me scratching my head.
 
Hey man, i got one of those too! I use a whiskey compass in that spot, which takes the instrument nav-aids to three - whiskey comp, directional gyro and heading indicator.





Even added a static yoke for a little extra realism...hehe.






BTW, i get that death spiral also quite often - never figured out the cause. Just for grins i like to get as close as possible and use those spiraling pieces of junk as target practice. But watch out for the collisions, they can leave a nasty scar! :icon_lol:
 
Devildog73 said:
So bearcat, publish your panel.cfg for me, so I can see the error of my ways!
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Well, i wouldn't say there's any error there besides that missing whiskey compass gauge and if your gauge box is anything like my own, i'm sure you have something in it to serve the purpose. Besides, if you use my cfg to the letter you're bound to come up missing something.
 
Yeah, I knew it was the 300 whiskey compass, it is in my config and in my gauge folder. It just doesn't show up.
I will try your cfg.
 
AIR File Tweak.....

Devildog73 said:
...The real question is about the Stuka or Bf-109 spiraling for eternity. I shot him up pretty badly and figured he was a gonner as he started his death spiral. Only thing is, it is at about 8,000ft and stays there, totally horizontal, not vertical. Must be the updrafts off the N. African desert...
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I wonder if this is a function of too high a number set in the AIR File MOI [1001] ?

Try cutting those numbers [Roll / Pitch / Yaw] by HALF and save the file, then try shooting them again.

Some of the Stukas I worked with last Winter were "flying" upside-down and backwards before I adjusted those numbers...... And NOW they even attack like good little AIs should.

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Devildog73 said:
Yeah, I knew it was the 300 whiskey compass, it is in my config and in my gauge folder. It just doesn't show up.
I will try your cfg.
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Devildog, is your whiskey comp an FS98, FS2000 or FS2002 gauge? If its the later, that would explain it not showing. You can't get FS2002 gauges to show in CFS2. Even though they'll show in the editor proggy for placement, they will not display in the sim.
 
bearcat241 said:
Devildog, is your whiskey comp an FS98, FS2000 or FS2002 gauge? If its the later, that would explain it not showing. You can't get FS2002 gauges to show in CFS2. Even though they'll show in the editor proggy for placement, they will not display in the sim.
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I have NO idea.......I did not even know that there was a difference. Seems to me that mine came from my David Copley_P38s. Haven't a clue.
I do use a number of MK's panels. Could have come from the "Wings of Norway"......
 
If you use Cfgedit or FS Panel Studio you can always tell the sim version of a gauge by noting ALL the details displayed in the selection dialog box when you select a gauge for placement. There's a box there that gives that info. You can also get that info in Cfgedit or FS Panel Studio by double-clicking any gauge on the panel and looking at the details displayed.

In the meantime here's mine if you need it.
 
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