Dino has released his E-2 Hawkeye - C-2 Greyhound package. There may be multiple vendors carrying this prize.
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let's be honest, not the most glamorous aircraft in the fleet, but 2 Grumman airframes with vital mission sets!
...that is precisely why I did them. With the VRS Superbug and my F-35, with this package we now have a good model for each of the fixed wing aircraft you may see on carrier deck nowadays.
Hello All,
Bought these ladies on the weekend and mighty fine they are but for one thing !?!?
All of a sudden (today) I have no control over the port engine on both models ... starts up fine, goes to full RPM and stays there, no control thru my CH Throttle quadrant.
Crazy thing is the Starboard engine on both model functions just fine ?? Did a test hop on several other twin's in my collection and no such concern.
Just curious if anybody else has encountered this problem .....
PS - I have been using "control + shift + R - ready to start the engine's over the weekend with no issues.
Cheers for now
It is my intention to upgrade all of my fleet with that rain effect.
Hello All,
Bought these ladies on the weekend and mighty fine they are but for one thing !?!?
All of a sudden (today) I have no control over the port engine on both models ... starts up fine, goes to full RPM and stays there, no control thru my CH Throttle quadrant.
Crazy thing is the Starboard engine on both model functions just fine ?? Did a test hop on several other twin's in my collection and no such concern.
Just curious if anybody else has encountered this problem .....
PS - I have been using "control + shift + R - ready to start the engine's over the weekend with no issues.
Cheers for now
Hi - the E-2/C-2 both use custom XML code to simulate the working of the condition levers, as such they may not be fully compatible with turboprop hardware controls. However if your were working fine, I do not think this is an issue. There are some instances in which the engines can get stuck for a while at 100% RPM - they will eventually get back to 60% as expected. Do not start the other engine until this happens. Note that, if you are using P3Dv4, there is an optional better model of the fuel flow gain that improves the engine performance - see chapter 1 in the manual.
Getting stuck is the right comment, on one instance the port engine did come "unstuck" and settled down.... but just the one time so far. As per the manual I'm using the "auto start" control - shift- R ... when the right engine RPM is steady at 87%, start the left !! so your comment about don't start the right engine till the left one settles down is a bit confusing ?? Note - not using P3Dv4.....
Cheers for now
Sorry - my bad about the RPM percentage. There were some last minute changes to the flight model so that the 87% is not accurate. On my system, in FSX-SE (Thurstmaster T.16000 with just throttle control), the engines settle at about 300 SHP, 71-74% RPM.
I encountered the problem you mentioned only once during testing, cause unknown - the situation was solved by aborting the engine start procedure by cycling the condition lever (full forward, then feather and then RUN). On the second attempt the engine ran fine.
There may be conflicts with prop-speed levers in some instances. Apart from that, all the cases of reported issues during start-up were due to the condition lever not being set to RUN.
Sorry I cannot provide a more meaningful feedback but I cannot replicate the issue.
Paintkit available on my blog:
http://indiafoxtecho.blogspot.com/2018/11/c-2-greyhound-e-2-hawkeye-release-and.html
...not the greatest of the paint kits, but I hope it is good enough.