ICON A5 up at Avsim.

ryanbatc · May 26, 2011

It's a cool plane... the VC textures need some work (are they even textures?)

But it appears the GPS is home made... rather built from scratch with a bit of a default overlay so kudos to the author for that.

falcon409 · May 26, 2011

ryanbatc said:
It's a cool plane... the VC textures need some work (are they even textures?)

But it appears the GPS is home made... rather built from scratch with a bit of a default overlay so kudos to the author for that.

On the textures, there aren't any other than the main panel, the remainder of the interior (side panels, floor, seats, etc., are just color swatches.

As for the GPS, I e-mailed the author to see if there was any fix for the fps hit caused when you turn on the "topo" mode. . . .he told me the Moving map only contains elements from the standard GPS500 (done in xml). Not sure why it hits my system so hard but it drops my fps by about 14fps. I replaced the moving map with the GPS500 and no more framerate hits.

ryanbatc · May 26, 2011

Yeah I have a beefy system and the topo map destroys my fps lol. I noticed the topo map seems to be very high resolution... higher than default. Maybe that's why.

Bruce Thompson · May 26, 2011

falcon409 said:
Yea Bruce, just as soon as I win the lottery, pay off my bills, give some to the church and take care of my family, the first purchase I would make would be the Icon A-5 with my name on the canopy frame, lol. A light Sport Aircraft, limited below 10,000, day flights only and I'm about a 10 minute drive from one of the largest man-made lakes in North America. . . .sounds like a plan to me, lol.

Oh, yes I will be uploading what I have in a day or so.:salute:

You mean of the 500+ they have orders for one of e'm ain't yours!!! Euro lottery is £27 million
this week i'll give it ago :icon_lol:

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falcon409 · May 26, 2011

Bruce Thompson said:
You mean of the 500+ they have orders for one of e'm ain't yours!!! Euro lottery is £27 million
this week i'll give it ago.

I wish, lol. . . .really nice all purpose little airplane though. . . .it's nice to dream!

Maury2008 · May 26, 2011

falcon409 said:
On the textures, there aren't any other than the main panel, the remainder of the interior (side panels, floor, seats, etc., are just color swatches.

As for the GPS, I e-mailed the author to see if there was any fix for the fps hit caused when you turn on the "topo" mode. . . .he told me the Moving map only contains elements from the standard GPS500 (done in xml). Not sure why it hits my system so hard but it drops my fps by about 14fps. I replaced the moving map with the GPS500 and no more framerate hits.

how do you replaced the moving map with the GPS500?, i can't see any gauge in the vc section of the panel config

falcon409 · May 26, 2011

Maury2008 said:
how do you replaced the moving map with the GPS500?, i can't see any gauge in the vc section of the panel config

I'm on my Blackberry right now, but in a few hours I'll be at my PC and I can give you the info you need.

Reddog · May 26, 2011

Maury2008 said:
how do you replaced the moving map with the GPS500?, i can't see any gauge in the vc section of the panel config

Panel cfg, VCockpit08 part, like this:

[VCockpit08]
//Moving Map
file=A5_SkyMap_C.bmp
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=1024,1024
visible=1
ident=GPS_PANEL
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$A5_SkyMap_C
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0,1024,768
//gauge00=A5!SkyMap,0,0,1024,768

Maury2008 · May 26, 2011

Reddog said:
Panel cfg, VCockpit08 part, like this:

[VCockpit08]
//Moving Map
file=A5_SkyMap_C.bmp
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=1024,1024
visible=1
ident=GPS_PANEL
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$A5_SkyMap_C
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0,1024,768
//gauge00=A5!SkyMap,0,0,1024,768

Thank i try it

falcon409 · May 26, 2011

. . . .also do this:

[Window01]<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w

unctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w

oNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w

ontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w

ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w

ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w

ontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]-->
Background_color=0,0,0
//size_mm=1024,768
size_mm=512,384
position=2
visible=1
ident=SkyMap
window_size=0.3,0.4
//gauge00=A5!SkyMap
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0
[FONT=&quot][/FONT]

falcon409 · May 26, 2011

After looking at Reddogs version, what I got from the author is a bit different and it works ok, so I'll add it here just as an alternative:

[VCockpit08]
//Moving Map
fle=A5_SkyMap_C.bmp
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=512,512
//size_mm=1024,1024
visible=1
ident=GPS_PANEL
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$A5_SkyMap_C
//gauge00=A5!SkyMap,0,0
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500
:salute:

falcon409 · May 27, 2011

Just some shots of the A5:

Bruce Thompson · May 27, 2011

They all look great falcon409, but that Black one is "the dogs wotsits"!! :applause:

GaryGB · May 28, 2011

Thanks for the heads up on this great freeware aircraft ! :applause:

This reminds me of my real world flying for years in a Lake Amphibian LA4-200 EP (with bat-wing fillet option).

BTW: The ICON-A5's default wide MDL zoom level (which some may wish to adjust with RADItor as described by Ed and Bill above) actually makes for interesting sight-seeing flights at other variable "+ / - key" zoom levels. :icon_eek:

Although I hadn't flown in the Mooney for years, I liked using that aliased FSX default sound set with the ICON-A5 aircraft, even though I knew it was nearly 3x overpowered for the ICON-A5.

FYI: One can use an authentic Rotax 912-S 4 CYL 100 hp (75 kw) engine sound set for the ICON-A5's Rotax 912-ULS flat-four engine, 100 hp (74.6 kW).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotax_912

A Rotax 912-S 4 CYL 100 hp (75 kw) engine sound set is available via another fine freeware aircraft:

Flight Design CTsw for FSX at http://www.premaircraft.com/ctsw_FSX/index.html

* Wheeled VFR - Day-Night version: http://www.premaircraft.com/ctsw_FSX/xctsw_ij.zip

* Float VFR - Day-Night version: http://www.premaircraft.com/ctsw_FSX/xctsw_ij.zip

NOTE: The CTX aircrafts' sound files install to:

[FSX install path]\SimObjects\Airplanes\fsfsconv\Rotax_Snd\

The ICON-A5 Sound.cfg can be ZIP-ped into a backup file, then edited so it aliases to the above Rotax_Snd folder.

After installing the Flight Design CTsw for FSX, by editing the current ICON-A5 Sound.cfg at:

[FSX install path]\SimObjects\Airplanes\ICON_A5\sound\sound.cfg

...so it contains only this text:

[fltsim]
alias=fsfsconv\Rotax_Snd

...one will use the Rotax 912-S 4 CYL 100 hp (75 kw) engine sound set instead of the previous alias to the Mooney_Bravo's 270 hp engine sounds.

PS: I'm looking forward to trying out Ed's new repaints on this fine little bird ASAP. :salute:

Happy Flying !

GaryGB

falcon409 · May 28, 2011

GaryGB,

Many thanks for HU on the soundset. I also fly the CTsw from Premier Aircraft Design, but never knew specifically what soundset they used.

As for the repaints, I'm doing some fine tuning of the colors right now and will upload them within the next day or so.:salute:

Killbilly · May 28, 2011

Thanks for the tips on replacing the moving map with the gps500. That works a treat. Also, those repaints look great.

One question, though: is it just me, or is the throttle animation in the VC backward? Is that the way it really works in the A5? If so, that would seem like some pilots are going to be confused.

falcon409 · May 28, 2011

Killbilly said:
. . . . . .One question, though: is it just me, or is the throttle animation in the VC backward? Is that the way it really works in the A5? If so, that would seem like some pilots are going to be confused.

Actually I never paid much attention to it since I use a CH Throttle and always have my eyes outside. . . .but you're right, it does move opposite of the way you would think it should. Seems like that would take a bit of getting used to if it actually works that way.

The liveries are tweaked and I'll post them as one package later today. There are only three textures that change for each of the liveries. I'm not familiar enough with FSX repainting to know how to shortcut this, so maybe someone else can explain. Right now, each livery contains all of the original textures plus the three that change. I've seen that most FSX repaints have a "common" folder, then a cfg file in each texture folder which apparently eliminates the need to have all textures in all folders. . . .but in the words of a friend of mine. . . ."no comprende". lol :wiggle:

falcon409 · May 28, 2011

It doesn't look like anyone else is doing any repaints on the Icon, but just in case, I took the time to do an overlay indicating what each little block of color on the fuselage texture corresponds to on the model. It can be a bit confusing and unfortunately some colors cross over to several different areas of the airplane so for instance, if you add red to the handle on the tail it also adds that color to the wheel wells (as an example). I'll add that overlay to the upload so it's available if anyone actually has any interest in it.:salute:

falcon409 · May 29, 2011

OK, the three liveries are uploaded here. I have also uploaded it to my "Box" account here:
http://www.box.net/shared/e1xlbabxc1
:salute:

Maury2008 · May 29, 2011

falcon409 said:
Actually I never paid much attention to it since I use a CH Throttle and always have my eyes outside. . . .but you're right, it does move opposite of the way you would think it should. Seems like that would take a bit of getting used to if it actually works that way.

The liveries are tweaked and I'll post them as one package later today. There are only three textures that change for each of the liveries. I'm not familiar enough with FSX repainting to know how to shortcut this, so maybe someone else can explain. Right now, each livery contains all of the original textures plus the three that change. I've seen that most FSX repaints have a "common" folder, then a cfg file in each texture folder which apparently eliminates the need to have all textures in all folders. . . .but in the words of a friend of mine. . . ."no comprende". lol

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