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F7F Tigercat New VC for FSX & P3D

Have a Hammond M-100, but no Leslie. Was my late husbands, he was the organist, and the base guitar. I'm rhythm or lead guitar and harmonica.
Sue
 
Penzoil3 said:
Have a Hammond M-100, but no Leslie. Was my late husbands, he was the organist, and the base guitar. I'm rhythm or lead guitar and harmonica.
Sue
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It is a small world isn't it Sue?

Gotta be a B-3.

They did make the X-66 which was a super tricked out monster B-3 on steroids...chrome legs and all the bling. My dad got one of those later on.
He actually had a B-3 for a few years before he died, but his second family kept it.
 
Hammond B3 in the hands of a wild man...Lee Michaels.

I had this entire album down pat when I was 16. My folks hated it. lol


 
My husband had an M-100 in college. His band actually carried it around to gigs. His mother donated it to the church after his divorce from the first wife, with out asking him. He always talked about it, so I found him another one on E-Bay. Cost as much to ship as it did for the organ itself. It was worth it.
LOL
Sue
Loved the Lee Michaels ! Thanks
 
Penzoil3 said:
My husband had an M-100 in college. His band actually carried it around to gigs. His mother donated it to the church after his divorce from the first wife, with out asking him. He always talked about it, so I found him another one on E-Bay. Cost as much to ship as it did for the organ itself. It was worth it.
LOL
Sue
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That's a great story. Bet he cried when he walked in and saw it. :untroubled:

It's a love affair. The weight and feel of the keys...grabbing handfuls of drawbars. Working the Leslie
Starting it was not just a flip of the switch...it had to be spooled up like starting a radial.
 
Yeah, the M-100 is an oil pumper too. Start the pump, as I remember; wait one full minute, then turn the organ on ? Have to get out the service manual to remember where to put the oil...
LOL
Sue
 
A Leslie speaker with a transparent case
BTW: I have all the tubes you see on the bottom rack. My Dad was into aviation avionics/electronics and TV repair when he retired.
I inherited all his vast selection of electron tubes (he had them in a big folding hard case like TV repairman used in the day) and the tube checker he built.

If memory serves me, didn't that band leader (Paul Shaffer) play a Hammond on the David Letterman show- I remember the organ intro
he played when the show started. Good Stuff.

800px-Leslie_Speaker.jpg
 
Penzoil3 said:
LOL, how to hijack a thread. Tigercat, to Hammond. Downloading the Tigercat files now.
Thanks
Sue
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Oh no,,,, I didn't get mine yet. Thought it would be a one time blanket email to all that were interested.

Checked my spam/trash box... nada.

D/L now. MegaSynch? I am using my browser but I guess I'll find out where the files are.
 
I dunno, I did a // to one of the planes and P3D will load


There is something in this spaghetti that P3D won't eat.

//[fltsim.3] <<<<< I hashed this one out and P3D will not complain and will load.
title=F7F-3s Single Seat Armed
sim=f7f-3
panel=
model=F7F-3sa
sound=
texture=single
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id_enable=1
atc_id=
ui_manufacturer=Grumman
ui_type=F7F-3
ui_variation=F7F-3s Single Seat
visual_damage=1
Description=F7F-3 Single Seat Armed
atc_heavy=0
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
 
To get everyone started.

I'll put together a short video to familiarize the cockpit procedures, but that will take a day or so.


Basics:
Start can be done with Ctrl+E, or you can use the start switches on the pilot switch box. (Right side of seat).

Mags are not programed yet, so just turn on the battery, beacon light, set the parking brake, fuel pumps, prime three flicks, flip up the start switch cover and hold the switch until the engine fires. Watch your mixture! Turn on the generator after the engine fires. Turn on avionics and lights.

Taxi
The plane will roll at about 15 MAP.
Steering is castor nose wheel, so no rudder pedal steering. Use your engines and brakes.
Cowl flaps open full.

TO
Flaps one notch, or as needed.
Cowl flaps to slightly open for TO. Watch your head temps.
Adjust your mixture for altitude...very important.
Props fine...I nudge mine back a tad. You should see 2600 prop RPMs for TO.

Elevator Trim +3.5 for medium weight and load out.
Rudder Trim neutral.

Hold brakes when you are lined up and roll throttles up to 30MAP.

Important:
The F7F was not counter rotated, so the airplane will pull left with the torque. Hold full right pedal once the plane rolls out and wait for the plane to begin to respond to pedal pressure. Bring the power up to 41MAP as you gain rudder authority. You can go to 50MAP as needed.
If you have crosswind, apply engine power for additional lateral control. The airplane is very sensitive here.

Slight back pressure on the stick to fly the nose wheel off ASAP. With light pressure the plane will rotate very smoothly.

Gear up as soon as possible.
Flaps up once you have steady climb rate @ 125+. The plane will accelerate and pitch up once you retract and raise the flaps. Adjust your elevator trim.
Aileron trim may need a tiny nudge depending on wind and weather.

Props can stay just below 2600 during climb out.
Roll back to 41MAP for climb.

I try to climb the airplane between 1200 and 1500 FPM. At that rate you can roll prop pitch back to 2200-2300...in the yellow. MAP 34-35 should give you 160-180 knots if you want reduced power (economy) climb out.

Important Mixture:

The FM is very sensitive to mixture, so watch your airspeed and listen. The engines will lug if you don't lean them by inching the levers slowly during climb.
Around 15,000' mixture should be in the low twenties...at FL20 you should be in the high teens.

Once you hit your altitude, roll back to 31.5 MAP and find your mixture. The airplane should settle in right about 200 indicated.


I've set the airplane up with variable engine smoke. Anything above 60% power you will get visible engine smoke. After climb out the smoke will disappear once you throttle back.

Important Engine Smoke Settings: The default smoke settings use a contrail effect. I did this so you could see the effect. To delete or change this, open the aircraft.cfg.
You can edit out the fx_contrail_l (in red here) or change it to an effect of your choice.

[smokesystem]
smoke.0 = -18, 9.70, -0.400, fx_contrail_l
smoke.1 = -18, -9.70, -0.400, fx_contrail_l


There are some very nice effects that work quite nicely here. I personally use a propsmoke effect that turns to contrail at altitude. You can be as creative as you wish.


This should get you going, but feel free to post up here as needed.


BTW: I have also been able to bring the model alive for FSX. I'll put together a small folder with the three FSX models tomorrow. OOOH RAHHH! As it stands now, the current download is P3D DX10+ only.

Thanks for helping me with the testing, and happy flying.

Gman
 
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gray eagle said:
I dunno, I did a // to one of the planes and P3D will load


There is something in this spaghetti that P3D won't eat.

//[fltsim.3] <<<<< I hashed this one out and P3D will not complain and will load.
title=F7F-3s Single Seat Armed
sim=f7f-3
panel=
model=F7F-3sa
sound=
texture=single
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id_enable=1
atc_id=
ui_manufacturer=Grumman
ui_type=F7F-3
ui_variation=F7F-3s Single Seat
visual_damage=1
Description=F7F-3 Single Seat Armed
atc_heavy=0
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
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Don't do that....

Remove your previous installations of the F7F.
 
gray eagle said:
blue_one.jpg
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Important Engine Smoke Settings: The default smoke settings use a contrail effect. I did this so you could see the effect. To change this open the aircraft.cfg.
You can edit out the fx_contrail_l (in red here) or change it to an effect of your choice.

[smokesystem]
smoke.0 = -18, 9.70, -0.400, fx_contrail_l
smoke.1 = -18, -9.70, -0.400, fx_contrail_l

Also, read above. The smoke will turn off below 60% throttle.
 
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