FSX Warbird Start-ups...

[jetstreamsky]

Guys have a look at this video from the 1980's showing Spitfire IX MH434 completing a start-up procedure and flight. Again, notice the two slow revolutions of the prop when the starter and booster coils are pressed, and then the engine turns over and chugs into life and smoke is released from the exhaust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzsJBjbCyvM

Of course, what would also be great would be the ability to complete a walk-around of the exterior model, checking for damage etc.

What an interesting video, the air to air shots alone are priceless

 

[letsgetrowdy]

Quite, what's more I've sat in this spitfire. It was at Goodwood last year, and the display pilot said if I knew how to start it, I could have it! LOL I told him, and he said it's all yours Haha.. MH434's truly a beautiful machine.

 

[GBrutus]

I've got a lot on my plate right now, but I'll see if I can pull out the source files for the Spitfire and fix the problems with the gauges in the next month or two. I've looked at the problem before but frustratingly wasn't able to get it to work reliably on different systems.

Ed, that would be fantastic if you can manage to find the time. Your Spitfire is the aircraft I most miss from FS9 and I would be delighted to be able to fly it in FSX.

 

[cheezyflier]

because of this thread i have spent the past couple days surfing youtube and watching every prop start up i could find there. it's been fun, thanks!

 

[letsgetrowdy]

Here you can see some of the Duxford lads with their spits- and can see how far off most develpoers are to capturing that slow turing over of the propeller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HbB9G3hAPk

Notice the flames at 1:14 where the pilot has slighly over-primed.
And, here just listen to the chugging sound of Rolls-Royce Griffon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BG_PTRsv_I

 

[bstolle]

Confirmed, the plane design spitfire outclassed EVERY other spitfire in fs9.
An FSX version would be highly appreciated!

 

[letsgetrowdy]

It had really the nicest exterior model of any Spitfire on FS.

 

[letsgetrowdy]

Ok, here's the lousy attempts I've made at a port-over to FSX. I've updated the texture of this model, CR-S, into DDS 32-bit format, and modified the flight tuning to that of the RealAir Spitfire IX. I've corrected the SP2 prop issue, and the opaque VC Glass problem, and got a few gauges working, but not very well.
Ed Walters, if you have time, would you like me to send you what what I've achieved so far?

On the flight-line at the Shoreham airshow...

 

[HighGround22]

One additional problem with having a truly realistic starting sequence is that you have only one mouse in a sim. Starting a real reciprocating engine involves holding the priming switch, energizing/engaging the starter and switching on the magnetos. Real pilots use both hands, try it with a single mouse pointer. . . .

And too, of course, one can also assign all of the functions ( Primer, Boost Coil, Starter, Etc ) to suitable switch panels, such as those made by GoFlight. Using their assignment program, all of the switch functions can be nicely assigned to appropriate switches or buttons.

I particularly employ this sort of thing to the MAAM-Sim C-47 family, which sorta need a bit of pampering to get the en-jines turning.

For a button panel, the GF-P8 seems to do the trick, while for the various switches, the GF-T8 works a treat. Then the whole caboodle is hooked-up using their program.

I've gradually acquired five GoFlight panels, all mounted in a nice tidy vertical rack, which seems to work for me. And just in case anyone's interested, the panels are: RP48, GF-P8, GF-MCP Advanced Autopilot, GF-T8 and the all-important GF-LGT.
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[stansdds]

GoFlight products are nice, but a bit pricey for my budget.

 

[letsgetrowdy]

Where can one find GoFlight's products?

 

[stansdds]

Where can one find GoFlight's products?

http://www.goflightinc.com/order/index.php

 

[letsgetrowdy]

Cheers