Glowingheat Lockheed A-12 Cygnus has been released

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I've finally released the latest in my Blackbird series, the Lockheed A-12 Cygnus.

Available from Simmarket, justflight, PC Aviator and FS Pilotshop today. Compatible with FSX FSX SE Prepar3d V3 and V4

For screenshots please visit my website www.glowingheat.co.uk
 
Thanks! Will buy it for sure at 1th July (When my credit card is free again). A question if i may: is it good to install the Hustler and the SR71 in p3dv4 too? Thanks again!
 
flaviossa said:
Thanks! Will buy it for sure at 1th July (When my credit card is free again). A question if i may: is it good to install the Hustler and the SR71 in p3dv4 too? Thanks again!
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Hi,

Both the SR and the Hustler both work in P3D V3 and V4, but I have not gotten round to changing all the installers yet!

David.
 
First Flight: April 26, 1962.


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Thank you David! I modified the alpha of the diffuse textures, and modified the specular textures and the canopy glass fresnel ;)

One thing I noticed David, and it's not a huge deal, but repinters just need to know that the exterior reflection is set to 5 or 500% so any small amount of grey in the alpha is going to be treated by the sim 5x more than what it looks like in your paint program of choice. So if you have pure white no change, but if you have the first notch of grey in the scale it will actually be treated as a value 5x darker than it is. It's just harder to control the fine tuning of the alpha channel but it's still doable. Much better than if the setting was something less than 1. Fabulous job! Very excited to fly this beast online!
 
000rick000 said:
Thank you David! I modified the alpha of the diffuse textures, and modified the specular textures and the canopy glass fresnel ;)

One thing I noticed David, and it's not a huge deal, but repinters just need to know that the exterior reflection is set to 5 or 500% so any small amount of grey in the alpha is going to be treated by the sim 5x more than what it looks like in your paint program of choice. So if you have pure white no change, but if you have the first notch of grey in the scale it will actually be treated as a value 5x darker than it is. It's just harder to control the fine tuning of the alpha channel but it's still doable. Much better than if the setting was something less than 1. Fabulous job! Very excited to fly this beast online!
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Email sent regarding the textures :ernaehrung004:

Can't wait to see what a professional can do to them!
 
Hi David! No rush purpose on my post, just information:
- Are you going to update de A12 installer to make it able to install in both FSX and P3Dv4 at the same machine?
- Are you going to update the installers for the Hustler and the SR71 to make it natively available for p3dv4?

Thanks my friend! :encouragement:
 
flaviossa said:
Hi David! No rush purpose on my post, just information:
- Are you going to update de A12 installer to make it able to install in both FSX and P3Dv4 at the same machine?
- Are you going to update the installers for the Hustler and the SR71 to make it natively available for p3dv4?

Thanks my friend! :encouragement:
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Hi

Yes work is progressing on a v1.1 update which will include the new installer.

I will also look at redoing the installers for the FSX SR and Hustler so they can be installed straight in to P3D too.
 
Hi flaviossa,

No problem. Hope you like the changes - the installer should also enable you to install to multiple locations now too. :ernaehrung004:

David.
 
Hi David! I´m with a little issue with the A-12 after the patch 1.1. Look at this video i made. In FSX:

The issue only happens with the FSX version. The VC is not showing in default position. Of course, i tested with my other planes and they show their VC ok in FSX. Only the A-12 is showing this behavior. I use Chase Plane for the camera. The VC of the A-12 was working ok befeore the update.
Any hints what might be?

Thanks again!
 
I have updated my paints for the new model in (v1.1a) and will upload them asap. They alter the Alpha channel much darker to use the improved reduced reflection scale for netter reflection control. Thanks David for taking the input from me! So far so good. Hand flew her up to 3.05 mach and 85K last night before a catastrophic PIO caused me to break Alpha limits and induce a LH engine un-start. Successfully restarted, after losing 20K feet of altitude in about 25 seconds. Then was unable to recover by hand at speed and altitude, and entered another PIO, before suffering dual un-starts and unrecoverable spin. Impacted the ground about 1 min post spin entry....that was quick! She's like trying to ride a wave with a long board with no fin at 60 knots! don't move an inch up down left or right, and you'll be successful!! George (AP) is the way to go with this bird for complete success...although truth be told that was only my second attempt to hand fly her, and I was getting much better...I bet 3rd times the charm! But there's no way to operate systems and cameras while hand flying. Too much concentration required to keep her within strict limits in level flight. Look down at your peril (Unless your looking at the TDI gauge) Don't look away! Great job David! One of the most enjoyable flights I've had in all of my flight sim time!
 
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