nigel richards
Charter Member
Hey Man, great to see you around and glad you like the latest.
I wanted the chance to complement you on that radial - beautiful job indeed!
I know you're very into X now, but let's see you more often here too.
Introducing the Avia 51
- Thread starter Milton Shupe
- Start date
Hey Man, great to see you around and glad you like the latest.
I wanted the chance to complement you on that radial - beautiful job indeed!
I know you're very into X now, but let's see you more often here too.
Thanks Nigel. It was an enjoyable venture, the Avia. I wound up getting jet lag due to the project stalling there for a while. Anxiety in the fingers and in search of something to do, my plate got pretty full all at once.
I've been told 'patience is a virtue'. Not me. I'll walk instead of wait for the bus!
I like the looks of the latest endeavor. That BIG radial in that massive cowl is impressive. The belching sounds are perfect!
That one is an easy one to get to like for sure.
I've been told 'patience is a virtue'. Not me. I'll walk instead of wait for the bus!
I like the looks of the latest endeavor. That BIG radial in that massive cowl is impressive. The belching sounds are perfect!
That one is an easy one to get to like for sure.
New Avia 51 Float and Amphib Textures
Hmmm, seems I forgot to upload these two textures. :-/ Will try to take care of that today.
EDIT: These two textures, updated sounds and docs have been uploaded. Simply copy paste all the folders to the Float and Amphib folders and update the aircraft.cfg in each for the new textures.
Hmmm, seems I forgot to upload these two textures. :-/ Will try to take care of that today.
EDIT: These two textures, updated sounds and docs have been uploaded. Simply copy paste all the folders to the Float and Amphib folders and update the aircraft.cfg in each for the new textures.
Blackbird686
Charter Member
Uh huh... see how you are, Milton? I thought for sure I was going to have to get Nigel drunk enough on ouzo that he would eventually just give me those Olympic Flame textures.
The repaints are sweeeet! Thanks for uploading them... they are already available in the library... (that was fast!). BTW, It's a bit OT, but I eventually got the '56' Amphib out of the water, after much "tail wagging" and "wing wiggling" :isadizzy: . It was raining like crazy and surprisingly, the '56' was pretty easy to get through all of those heroics and back on terra firma.
:ernae: -- BB686:USA-flag:
Matt Wynn
Charter Member
darn it we were waiting for you to say to him "Nigel, ο φίλος μου, Ολυμπιακή φλόγα παρακαλώ"
to which being the great buddy he is he would graciously reply: "με το ποδήλατόσας!", just kidding he'd say "ναι ενταξει"
what?! i'm just keeping y'all on your toes...
Wind is key, and you can also vary the prop pitch to help get her moving.
Current Status of Avia Upload Links
Thought this may help folks find the goodies
Avia 51 and 156
FSX Port-Over
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=33&linkid=5266
FS9 Avia 51 and 156
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5267
FS9/FSX Avia 51 Float Amphibian Package
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5555
FS9 Avia 51 Float and Amphib Updates
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5718
Avia 56 4-Pak (Wheels, Floats, Amphib, Skis)
FS9/FSX: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5698
Avia 57 WIP
Thought this may help folks find the goodies
Avia 51 and 156
FSX Port-Over
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=33&linkid=5266
FS9 Avia 51 and 156
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5267
FS9/FSX Avia 51 Float Amphibian Package
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5555
FS9 Avia 51 Float and Amphib Updates
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5718
Avia 56 4-Pak (Wheels, Floats, Amphib, Skis)
FS9/FSX: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=6&linkid=5698
Avia 57 WIP
Blackbird686
Charter Member
Come to think of it, I had dialed in a good 12 knot wind for the little thunderstorm I created to fly the '56' in. And you're right about the prop pitch. Just gotta make sure the wind is at me back, and I'm not trying to fly into it. :isadizzy:
Sorry, Matt... my Greek is not really good. lol!
BB686:USA-flag:
Matt Wynn
Charter Member
as long as you can say 'Ouzo?' thats fine with me
speaking of which... it's 1734GMT.... Ouzo o'Clock
Blackbird686
Charter Member
as long as you can say 'Ouzo?' thats fine with me
speaking of which... it's 1734GMT.... Ouzo o'Clock
Or as we say, across the pond.... "Beer Thirty"
BB686:USA-flag:
Yes, I have that in the original folder upload as well. My apologies.
Attached is a replacement. The Float FDE will not work as the contact points do not have the wheels set in them.
EDIT: I also uploaded the fix to the library for other FSX port over users.
nigel richards
Charter Member
Easter Tap, tap, tapping...what's this?
Strange thing happened to me very late, last night.
I was doing the late-night rounds when my attention was drawn to a constant tap-tap-tapping sound coming from one of 'our' hangars.
Cheb?
Not yet I'm afraid, still much work in progress, with electricians. plumbers and builders very busy.
No this was 'another' regular haunt where there's always something of interest going on.
But at midnight+?
I was both baffled and curious.
So I decided to take a look...
Then I got the shock of my life...
a familiar and beloved figure to all of us, silhouetted by a dim light crouching over part of an aircraft I immediately recognized as an Avia 51 Amphibian (but at this time of the night?).
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"Milton, Sir?..."
"Oh, hello Nigel"
His hand deftly made a long unhurried stroke accross the alloy ending with a firm pat as one would caress a thoroughbred race-horse.
"Is that the New Zealand 'Seaplane Safaris' and the Greek 'Olympic Flame' Sir?"
(I regretted my idiotic statement of the obvious before even completing the question).
He politely refrained from answering, and continued busily about his task.
I finally realized his purpose when a stack of official documents caught the diffiused light as Milton moved his way around the airframe.
"Surely you're not going to release now Milton, it's Easter!"..."Shouldn't you be relaxing or taking things a bit easy Sir?"
"I am!"
was his monolectic reply - a skill and economy with words I seem totally incapable of.
"Nigel, are you sure these floats are correctly boxed?"
I'll check...anything else... umm engines for example?
"No just the floats...and could you please turn on the landing lights of those two parked aircraft, it's dark out here."
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"Wow! the Avia 57...Gee Milton, that's one heck of a dreamship...can I take her up for a circuit....please?"
"Nigel, you spent all yesterday afternoon flying it - now is neither the time or the place...just the lights."
"Okay, better make some coffee then Sir."
And so, there he worked until early dawn...busily tapping, adjusting, polishing and packaging.
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Gentlemen: The Avia 51 Amphibian 'export' version- New Zealand 'Seaplane Safaris' in honour of our fine New Zealand pilots and the Greek 'Olympic Flame' bringer of friendship and goodwill.
Milton: Many, many thanks for this great ship.
Strange thing happened to me very late, last night.
I was doing the late-night rounds when my attention was drawn to a constant tap-tap-tapping sound coming from one of 'our' hangars.
Cheb?
Not yet I'm afraid, still much work in progress, with electricians. plumbers and builders very busy.
No this was 'another' regular haunt where there's always something of interest going on.
But at midnight+?
I was both baffled and curious.
So I decided to take a look...
Then I got the shock of my life...
a familiar and beloved figure to all of us, silhouetted by a dim light crouching over part of an aircraft I immediately recognized as an Avia 51 Amphibian (but at this time of the night?).
View attachment 62644 View attachment 62645
"Milton, Sir?..."
"Oh, hello Nigel"
His hand deftly made a long unhurried stroke accross the alloy ending with a firm pat as one would caress a thoroughbred race-horse.
"Is that the New Zealand 'Seaplane Safaris' and the Greek 'Olympic Flame' Sir?"
(I regretted my idiotic statement of the obvious before even completing the question).
He politely refrained from answering, and continued busily about his task.
I finally realized his purpose when a stack of official documents caught the diffiused light as Milton moved his way around the airframe.
"Surely you're not going to release now Milton, it's Easter!"..."Shouldn't you be relaxing or taking things a bit easy Sir?"
"I am!"
was his monolectic reply - a skill and economy with words I seem totally incapable of.
"Nigel, are you sure these floats are correctly boxed?"
I'll check...anything else... umm engines for example?
"No just the floats...and could you please turn on the landing lights of those two parked aircraft, it's dark out here."
View attachment 62641 View attachment 62640
"Wow! the Avia 57...Gee Milton, that's one heck of a dreamship...can I take her up for a circuit....please?"
"Nigel, you spent all yesterday afternoon flying it - now is neither the time or the place...just the lights."
"Okay, better make some coffee then Sir."
And so, there he worked until early dawn...busily tapping, adjusting, polishing and packaging.
?View attachment 62639 View attachment 62638
Gentlemen: The Avia 51 Amphibian 'export' version- New Zealand 'Seaplane Safaris' in honour of our fine New Zealand pilots and the Greek 'Olympic Flame' bringer of friendship and goodwill.
Milton: Many, many thanks for this great ship.
nigel richards
Charter Member
BB686, Matt; okay you pair of aviation pirates - welcome aboard 'Olympic Flame'
Prefered bev; Ouzo 12... (on the house)
Prefered bev; Ouzo 12... (on the house)
nigel richards
Charter Member
Avia 51 sounds
On a more serious note - this release includes the very latest refinements to the '51's sound envelope.
Following the release of the Avia 56 it was felt that the '51 still had room for improvement of exterior sounds.
It is now also truly amphibious and the soundset update covers all versions of the amazing Avia 51.
So for those conscious of storage space - 1 soundset applies for all Avia 51 models.
We try to include as wide variety of sounds as possible within all of these packages, so please take time to experiment with power settings and enjoy exploring what is intended to enrichen your flight enjoyment.
Happy flying.
On a more serious note - this release includes the very latest refinements to the '51's sound envelope.
Following the release of the Avia 56 it was felt that the '51 still had room for improvement of exterior sounds.
It is now also truly amphibious and the soundset update covers all versions of the amazing Avia 51.
So for those conscious of storage space - 1 soundset applies for all Avia 51 models.
We try to include as wide variety of sounds as possible within all of these packages, so please take time to experiment with power settings and enjoy exploring what is intended to enrichen your flight enjoyment.
Happy flying.
magoo
SOH-CM-2013
Experiment...?
What is there to experiment with...? They've only got two settings....don't they...?
....On...off....
You know......all the way back....all the way forward...?
...ummm...
...there's something in between...?
Oh.....I see.
Well.....anyway....never mind the spare engine crates.
Very, very impressive sounds, Nigel. (And too...) best paint possible, very evocative.
Do you have any background in arts, graphics, maybe commercial art..? Maybe advanced scale modeling..? One doesn't knock off creative work like this on a sudden whim....I'm just amazed.
nigel richards
Charter Member
Lol!
Okay Magoo my friend - now there you have me on all accounts!
All I will say, is this;
A long time, many, many moons ago, as a student of Art & Design, I had the great privilege
of studying next to 'Ken' from Vancouver, BC.
He was a giant of a man, had a heart of gold, a humour the size of canada itself, and a hearty, contagious laugh that would echo around the walls of any valley the size of Stewart.
He amused us with tales of bears larger than life, mountains that dwarfed our puny English hills, salmon the size of basking sharks, and giants of men who would dwarf good old Goliath.
Well Magoo; I can't speak for the bears, have only ever seen the mountains from FS and only get to see paper-thin slices of salmon down here in Greece.
But of one thing I am certain; He wasn't kidding about the Giants!
And you Sir are one of them.
Blackbird686
Charter Member
I couldn't help but notice in those photos... you had Milton's Avia 57 parked next to the fence. Me wonders if he knows you have it. I recognise those big tires, and that clean three engine airframe design in a minute. You best hurry along and get that plane back into the hangar, mate. Especially before Matt sees it sitting there. You'll wake up the next morning with buckets of aeroplane paint at the doorstep... and the cash on delivery bill to boot. By the way Nigel... thank you for your excellent painting on the '51' Amphibian... the New Zealanders thank you too!
BB686:USA-flag:
By the way Nigel... thank you for your excellent painting on the '51' Amphibian... the New Zealanders thank you too!BB686:USA-flag: