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Handley Page Hampden Version 2 Update

This should do it:

[fltsim.5]
title=Virtavia Hampden 0
sim=Hampden
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=1
KB_checklists=hampden
kb_reference=hampden
ui_manufacturer=Virtavia
ui_type=H-P Hampden
ui_variation=1. B.Mk.1, 185 Sqn., Cottesmore, 1939
ui_typerole="Bomber"
ui_createdby="Virtavia"
atc_id_color=0x00000000
atc_heavy=0
atc_id_font=Verdana,-11,1,600,0
visual_damage=1
atc_id=L4194
atc_airline=AIR FORCE
atc_flight_number=
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT
description=© AlphaSim 2007\n\nThe Handley-Page Hampden was an aircraft that was very nearly obsolete when it went into service. One of the first British
bombers to see service in World War, it carried a payload similar to the Wellington and Whitley, but was much faster and more maneuverable. It was the newest
design of these three, sporting a very slender fuselage and fixed guns. It was indeed faster and more agile but the defensive armament was inadequate and was
later updated. Still and all, the aircraft was a poor performer and was ultimately retired in 1942. However, as a civil aircraft and warbird, the Hampden makes an
excellent viewing platform and is a great place to practice those tailwheel skills.
 
Asked PC Aviator about the Hampden update, no reply yet...

I do hope its bigger sibling the Halifax is somewhere on Virtavia's to-do list, as I would love to have a new FsX version... :wiggle:

 
I have updated the the flight model for the Hampden and will post the files here if Hampden owners would like to give them a try.
 
Here they are. Realism sliders on full.

If the flight profile needs modification let me know.

BTW, these files are built for Steam so they might need adjusting for FSX. If so let me know. These files have lots of changes; corrected fuel tank amounts and locations, flight tuning, added stations (crew), adjusted contact points, corrected airplane geometry and flaps. Sorry, no leading edge slats, not built into model. Lots of tweaks to the airfile.

Forgot to mention, I added the throttle pop up from the MS DC-3 to my 2D panel because I wanted to add trim gauges. If anyone has questions about the Hampden, I should be able to find answers being that I got my hands on the Pilot's Notes and the Aircraft Maintenance Manual.

View attachment Hampden FDE.zip
 
Hi,everybody
I don´t want to crash this thread, but when mal998, roger and DaveB talk about Alphasim fdes I have to ask! Intruder (Thanks mal) and He111 (not sure
who did that) are now a real joy to fly.
Are there any fdes for the Albatross and B-24 around?

Cheers, Thilo
 
I'm pretty sure I did both the Intruder and the He111. If you open up the aircraft.cfg there should be a notation at the top. Regarding the Albatross, open up your aircraft.cfg and tell me what version is listed. I believe I sent an updated version to Phil some time ago. Probably version 1.6.

As far as the B-24 goes I started to update it, but I never finished it. Time permitting, I'll take another look at it.

Updates are not just a matter of fiddling with the airfile. I like to pull out the manuals (particularly the maintenance manuals) and re-vamp all the numbers. Once those are updated, it's on to tweaking the airfile. That's where the real fun begins.

Unfortunately, all those numbers normally do not always correspond with how an aircraft behaves in the sim. It's more a case of Voodoo flight dynamics, as much an art as a science. Without having flown a real aircraft there's always a lot of dependance on the manuals and how they describe flight characteristics. Numbers do not always translate.

How about some feedback on the Hampden? Remember, it's only me tweaking and testing. Without feedback I have only my own results to depend on. Not always the same as what others experience. Call it "community testing".
 
Hi,mal
thanks for your response! The way you describe the process is what I feared. Regarding the Hampden I can give no feedback cause I don´t own it.
The Albatross cfg has no version note, it reads "last updated 19 May 2009 by Shane O."
Thanks for your clarifications!

Cheers, Thilo
 
mal998 said:
How about some feedback on the Hampden? Remember, it's only me tweaking and testing. Without feedback I have only my own results to depend on. Not always the same as what others experience. Call it "community testing".
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Still waiting for PCAviator to provide the update (?) - altho I guess I could load up your fdx files in the original while I'm waiting . . .
 
Portia911 said:
Still waiting for PCAviator to provide the update (?) - altho I guess I could load up your fdx files in the original while I'm waiting . . .
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Still waiting for the updated version at FSStore also. Maybe they're not sending the file to Australia :mixed-smiley-010:.
 
Well Australia is a long way from Cricklewood I guess :untroubled:
. . . but in this instance I purchased from the US PCAviator store.
 
No real rush on my end. Unfortunately I have had to contact developers directly on several occasions when the Aussie stores have failed to update products, even months after they have apparently been sent. The developers, especially Milviz, have been pretty helpful when I have requested updates because the vendors have failed to keep the products updated. They have supplied several updates for products when they really didn't have to, although it was somewhat reluctantly, as understandably they stated it was the vendors responsibility.

I have also contacted vendors on several occasions and usually received an equal level of support from them regarding updating their products and servers. I just can't understand why it isn't done more frequently and automatically without a special request for a product to be updated. At least the Aussie stores will actually reply quite quickly, and help out with any issues.

I had a bad experience with Simware where for months I was trying to get Drzewiecki Designs products I had purchased updated, and they failed to even respond to my messages directly to the store or via email. They even failed to respond to Stanislaw Drzewiecki after he also emailed them regarding the same updates, following my post on the DD forums. To this day those products remain at version 1.0 when DD have released updates up to around version 3.2. I will obviously never be purchasing from them again.
 
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