At Last! DC-3 native on the way!

Martyn - Your my son's age and it's great to see someone as young as you with a sense of humor.
By golly, I'll look forward to fly your C-47 as soon as it comes out.
 
A momentary digression from the topic...

Helldiver said:
Who ever saw a DF loop located that way. How did they steer it? With their feet?
Not being sour, just a thirst for the truth and what I saw was not a DC-3.
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"[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]Radio Direction Finding[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica] There are several types of equipment under this general head. In each case, however, use is made of the directional characteristics of a loop antenna. The loop may be either fixed or rotatable. [/FONT][FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]The LF radio-range system had two principal drawbacks: it provided no information on the aircraft's position nor whether it was flying to or from a beacon. If a pilot were flying along a known airway he could extrapolate the to/from situation with a drift off course slightly to pickup the "A" or "N," then deduce from the charts whether the beacon was in front or behind him. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]A number of maneuvers were available to a pilot to eliminate the ambiguity of which direction the beacon was relative to his heading, or to determine which quadrant of the radio range he was within, or identify which beam of the range he was intercepting. These maneuvers had names such as the 90° turn method and the parallel method. Useful as they were, they each required a significant deviation from the aircraft's [/FONT] [FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]intended course, sometimes even a 180° turn away from the station.[/FONT]

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[/FONT][FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]The Radio Compass was the first glimmer of hope in determining bearings to a radio station, of filling the information void of the four course radio range. It added a fixed loop antenna and visual indicator to the receiver system. With this system, as long as the aircraft was headed directly toward a radio station the needle of the indicator remained centered; headings to the right or left of the station resulted in a corresponding deflection of the needle. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]The radio compass was chiefly used as a "homing" device, and bearings of radio stations off the line of flight could be obtained only by turning the aircraft toward the station and noting the magnetic compass heading when the needle was centered. [/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]Replacing the fixed loop antenna with a rotatable loop eliminated this cumbersome maneuver. This system was called a Radio Direction Finder. With the rotatable loop, bearings could now be obtained without turning the airplane itself. The pilot or navigator would rotate the loop, usually mounted on the fuselage below the cockpit, to the position of minimum signal strength, or "null." The bearing to the radio station was then read from a graduated, mechanical dial.
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[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]The Automatic Direction Finder, a marvelous invention, followed the RDF. Finally, a self-contained apparatus for aircraft navigation was available. Gone were rotatable loop antennas and guess-work readings from mechanical azimuth dials. The ADF indicator needle always points directly towards the beacon, which now could be a Non Directional Beacon—NDB"[/FONT]
http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/ndb-nav-history.htm

[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]For visual reference of a couple of variations:[/FONT]
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas-R4D-6-Skytrain/0234751/&sid=cb45c9e52920946994ec248a941ccaac
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Swis...0244464/&sid=cb45c9e52920946994ec248a941ccaac

[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]So, to determine the type of antenna and it's location, it's first necessary to determine the type of radio equipment installed on the aircraft (has nothing to do with the version of a/c but in many cases it does reflect on the original purchaser's requirements). As aircraft were often field-modified or spec'd. for different equipment during a production run, well...[/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, Arial,Helvetica]BTW, a modern ADF antenna is a flush-mounted flat box, often no larger than a poor man's wallet, and hardly noticeable on quick inspection.

Rob

Now, we return you to the program in progress...
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What type of engine modelling is planned for this model? ie will it include a realistic tempermental radial startup proceedure and require proper monitoring of the temp gauges?

Looking foward to it. :)
Cheers
TJ
 
I am going well thanks Bazz ..... I am not 100% sure it the Big Mac used a viewmaster but I have a friend who flew for Airlines of NSW and he flew a couple of Viewmasters there.

Cheers
Pat
 
Helldiver said:
Martyn - Your my son's age and it's great to see someone as young as you with a sense of humor.
By golly, I'll look forward to fly your C-47 as soon as it comes out.
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Now I am confused...:icon_lol:

OK let's have one more go at this Helldiver.

We are producing a C47, a DC3, an AC47 GunShip and more .

The DF Loop is, as Rob so ably points out, in the correct position. We too have a thirst for the truth or in this case, accuracy.

No matter, we move on.I'll just have to cut the beer ration...:engel016:
 
pilottj said:
What type of engine modelling is planned for this model? ie will it include a realistic tempermental radial startup proceedure and require proper monitoring of the temp gauges?

Looking foward to it. :)
Cheers
TJ
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Hi TJ,

We have an excellent practitioner in the dark arts. The engines will behave as they should.

:engel016:
 
bazzar said:
Now I am confused...:icon_lol:

OK let's have one more go at this Helldiver.

We are producing a C47, a DC3, an AC47 GunShip and more .

The DF Loop is, as Rob so ably points out, in the correct position. We too have a thirst for the truth or in this case, accuracy.

No matter, we move on.I'll just have to cut the beer ration...:engel016:
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bazzar said:
Hi TJ,

We have an excellent practitioner in the dark arts. The engines will behave as they should.

:engel016:
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AC-47 with correctly functioning engines and the beers are on me,Baz ! :d
 
SADT said:
Hi,

You have to include a Viewmaster, think of all those Ansett-ANA/Butler Air Transport (yes, they did operate Ansett converted Viewmasters) and all of those SPANZ repaints. Who knows we may even see the art of SPANZmanship (An a campaign for SPANZ in the '60s) come to the skies of FSX! Heck, NAC even operated a viewmaster (ex SPANZ)!
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Dont forget the topdressing DC-3s ...now that would be something - not likely to see it in FSX though, at least in payware.

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The Waco comes as a standalone with its own VC, troops and a Willis Jeep for good measure.
We've converted one of the C47s to tow it so you have a choice of flying a C47 glider tug or piloting an assault glider.
 
Crossing the Channel and then cutting loose is a blast...timing your landing however, is a bit of a challenge...:redface:
 
Since I fly at a certain VA focused on this plane and variations I'll be in line when it comes out:jump::jump:. Nice looking VC and Nav/Radio station. Awesome you're going to include the glider in one of the packages.

Al
 
I wonder if I could ask for a little assistance please.

I only have a few very indistinct views of the gunsight arrangement in the AC47 Spooky. I believe the sight itself was "borrowed" from a Skyraider but I can't clearly see how it was mounted. The reticle was set up to zero on 12 degrees depression and 30 degrees bank, I know that much...also were the spent shells ejected outside or collected or is that what the big flex tubes were for?

If anyone can help please drop me a PM or email me. Thanks:engel016:
 
Lovely shots. Aren't they just beautiful?

Would you happen to have a close up of the noseart etc. on Z8? She looks pretty original.
 
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