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FSX Native Howard 500 from Milton

Looking good so far! I did a test flight from KPDX to KPAE, less than a 1 hour flight. Near the end of the flight I lost the rear door, rudders, and it looked like I had a gigantic dive-bomber speed brake extending below the fuselage. I shouda taken a screenshot of that. Maybe next flight if I see it again.

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I love the bumps/spec and shine in the paint as shown in post #26 in this thread. ... Hopefully it will be one of the paints included. :encouragement:
 
MZee1960 said:
I love the bumps/spec and shine in the paint as shown in post #26 in this thread. ... Hopefully it will be one of the paints included. :encouragement:
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Thanks; bumps and specs have been done for all liveries included. I think Wellis has found the perfect balance of exceptional appearance up close while not degrading the appearance at 50'.

TuFun said earlier that the paints were still a WIP. I had them in the package for testing the remapped tail models but removed them when done. I left the aircraft.cfg [fltsim] entries in place as placeholders. The paints look awesome and hopefully he will finish and release them for us.
 
MrZippy said:
Looking good so far! I did a test flight from KPDX to KPAE, less than a 1 hour flight. Near the end of the flight I lost the rear door, rudders, and it looked like I had a gigantic dive-bomber speed brake extending below the fuselage. I shouda taken a screenshot of that. Maybe next flight if I see it again.

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Yup, love the slow soft landing with those big flaps.
 

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I completely understand, although looking at your body of work, I'd say you've already cornered the market on consideration! :encouragement: I'm sure everyone will love whatever paints you include in the package. I know I can hardly wait!
 
Hi Milton
Haven't read everything so don't know how much input you've had about operations in P3D V4. I flew the airplane in this simulator (v4.4) and flew with no problems I could find. Trims worked well and it stalled sedately - not sure if that would have been the case in the actual 500 but good enough for me - great sounds. Thanks for doing it and if a cargo version is ever available I would be very appreciative.
All the best.
Warren
 
Have a complete parking apron awaiting the 500 package arrival. All in one download, or split up, but please, don't remove any of the paints. I am one of those insatiable collectors who has nearly every repaint for every aircraft modeled, that interests me, which is nearly everything except the modern tubes. However, I do not have all of them, and there were, surprisingly, about a half dozen in your previews I don't have, and can't locate. Looking forward to this package. :redfire::jump:
 
Milton Shupe said:
Thanks everyone. Happy that you can enjoy the 350, and hopefully the Howard 500 very shortly.

I do have a question for you all.

I have 21 liveries in the Howard 500 package with five models. These represent the original two liveries for the passenger and cargo versions, and around 16 liveries in total for the old model versions.
This includes around 11 from the late Damian Radice that are becoming hard to find, and now tweaked for the FSX native version.

There are also 4-5 paints from Ted Wolfgang (TuFun) that use the remapped newer versions of the Howard 500. These are the only paint version examples that use the newer remapped tail versions.

There is also a beautiful TWA livery from Willy that can be used with either the old or new passenger versions.

The package size is not extraordinarily large (167M download) but some have suggested maybe too many liveries for a release.

I did remove 10 other liveries from other artists and now down to the original authors, plus Damian Radice, Willy, and TuFun.

I will likely remove two liveries that I cannot identify the authors bringing the total liveries to 19 reducing total size by 10MB.

Do you have any suggestions or preferences in this regard?
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Send all of it. We can take out what we don't want.

-d
 
Thanks for the reports on the 350, and for the feedback on the 500 packaging.
The 350 release is done, and will not have a cargo variant.
The Howard 500 release does include a cargo variant.

The Howard 500 beta testing is wrapping up and I will likely have the release uploaded Friday.

I am including 16 liveries and have three placeholders for TuFun's liveries should he choose to finish them.

I am withholding 14 other liveries that are not my team's work.
These liveries are all available at Com-Central in the Howard 500 package (34 liveries). You must be a member there to download.
The CC packaged texture folders will need some careful management to slim them down to the appropriate textures with the common texture folder carrying most of the load.
 
There was a little delay getting to this Howard 500 upload as i was focusing on an FS9 variant of the Howard 350 for those simmers.

Today I will focus on getting the Howard 500 package reviewed and uploaded. Should be close to ready now.
 
I want to add my thanks to Milton for continuing to feed the hungry masses with his classic aircraft now as native FSX. . .ensuring that they live on for years to come. . .a wonderful testament to his talents. Of course may thanks also to all those who joined with Milton "git er' done" in such a timely manner. . .well done to all those involved.
 
My "tweaked" VC. I just need to find where the side walls are coming from so I can update those also.

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Milton Shupe said:
Ed, you did a nice job with that update.

The sidewalls for the passenger version is cabinwalls2; for the cargo version, aluminum.
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That's what I thought. I was hoping it was something else though as the change I was going to make (for the MATS livery) was to replace it with the padded "diamond" design soundproofing you see in many Military Cargo Airplanes. Can't do that though because the aluminum covers other areas besides just the walls.

Thanks!
 
falcon409 said:
That's what I thought. I was hoping it was something else though as the change I was going to make (for the MATS livery) was to replace it with the padded "diamond" design soundproofing you see in many Military Cargo Airplanes. Can't do that though because the aluminum covers other areas besides just the walls.

Thanks!
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Ed,

Send that texture to me to use; tell me where it goes; I will remap the interior of the cargo variant to use it properly.

Thanks
 
Howard 500 for FSX and P3D - Native FSX

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category FSX Civilian Props

Description: FSX Native Howard 500 for FSX and P3D
by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, Joáo Paz, Damian Radice, Nigel Richards, William Ellis, and Willy McCoy

Pkg incl 5 models (Passenger and Cargo - Original Mapping and Revised Tail Mapping), custom panel and gauges, custom sounds, custom Flight Model, and 16 liveries.

Tested in FSXA and P3Dv4 without issues however your appearances of the various liveries may be different based on your options settings.

Optional Paints Available by Web Search by - Tony Radmilovich, Matthew Garraway, Heather, Cha Seung Ho, Gregory W. Hux, and Siegfried Schaeffer, and others.

April 2019

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Howard 500 for FSX and P3D - Native FSX
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
 
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