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Very unigue flying boat. Well modeled externally, the VC is nice enough. The usual "problems" existed in the original configuration....turbo prop engines, turbo prop gauges.

Well....using the FDE set from Payakan (Richard van Hein)'s BV138 for FS2002, I have Ito's 138 running diesel piston engines now. The plane flies real nice....has the roll rate of an elephant (slow, slow, slow banking)...not sure if this is accurate or not but it sure makes the plane feel different than any other plane I have flown in the sim. I have the 2D panel regauged with piston engine gauges (German ones no less), still have to regauge the VC. Working on a sound pack for the bird....I have no idea what a Jumo 205 diesel aircraft engine sounds like...I am working toward something totally unique sounding for this plane. Need to add lights and stuff.

Hopefully, once I get my work done and this and uploaded, someone with real FDE skills can tweak it to make it better.

OBIO
 
The VC is regauged, though I have some sizing and position work to do yet. Added in a pop-up window for Engine controls, starter buttons and fuel gauge and selector. Still need to add in a radio stack (will borrow the default C-172 stack) and a GPS window.

Made a few tweaks to the FDE that resulted in a better take off behavior and landing behavior...though the bird still wants to turn to the right at the beginning of the take off run and as it slows down after landing.

I had the bird up at 19,700 feet for a top speed test. At that altitude with a full load of fuel (800 gallons currently) but with no crew members or passengers (the BV138 had a 6-man crew and could carry up to 10 passengers), the plane maxed out at 137knots indicated. I have no idea how that relates to the published top speed of 275Km/hour at 6000meter or 171MPH at 19,700 feet.

Flying the BV138, it feels like a heavy plane...and with an empty weight of 17,680 pounds and a max loaded weight of 32,400 pounds, that's just how it should fee.

OBIO
 
So, at 19,700 feet with 800 gallons of fuel to be 11 knots too slow...that's pretty much close enough. I'm not going to worry about trying to dial that number in.

OBIO
 
BV 138

Hard to say what the crews actually though of it, but their nickname of "The Flying Clog" (Der fliegende Holzschuh) may be indicitive.

Whatever the actual opinions of it were, it ought to be fun to fly about off of the German coast.

The Discovery Channel has a program from the 90s under the "Wings of the Luftwaffe" banner about German flying boats. I'd like to see it again as it's been years since I've seen it.
 
Hey OBIO, if you haven't done anything with the cockpit bitmap, I'd like to do an update to that with sharper gauge faces and, switches and such. Basically a whole new panel. I was also going to revamp the frames as the rivets appear way too big when sitting in the cockpit. Will probably redo the floor and side panels as well.:salute:
 
Falcon

The only thing I have done to the cockpit textures is to paint out the painted on gauge bezels on the VC panel to make room for the improved gauges I put in place. It isn't lovely, but it's better than the stock version.

OBIO
 
falcon409 said:
Hey OBIO, if you haven't done anything with the cockpit bitmap, I'd like to do an update to that with sharper gauge faces and, switches and such. Basically a whole new panel. I was also going to revamp the frames as the rivets appear way too big when sitting in the cockpit. Will probably redo the floor and side panels as well.:salute:
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A great idea :applause: ! But whats about a new sound, or a better sound ? I have found Richard Alexander van Hien's B&V yesterday. Nice soundfiles included, unfortunatly I can't hear them ingame

Greets
Andi
 
I am working on a sound pack for the BV138. I have no idea what the Jumo 205 diesel engine sounded like, so I am creating something that is totally unique sounding to use on this plane.

OBIO

I just checked out the sound files that came with Richard's BV138. The external sounds are really neat. I may just use those four files as the basis for a new sound package.
 
cockpit BV 138

OBIO said:
Falcon

The only thing I have done to the cockpit textures is to paint out the painted on gauge bezels on the VC panel to make room for the improved gauges I put in place. It isn't lovely, but it's better than the stock version.

OBIO
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I have redone the texture for the 2D cockpit... in case you are interested I can let you have it for inspiration or use...View attachment 42242
 
Here are a few WIP shots. The first is with the panel slightly transparent to show what I still need to replace. Not easy since none of it is very readable. The other is with the panel showing the actual color. I have since added the "Radar" screen (that's what I'm calling it for lack of any other description).
 
Falcon

The new VC panel looks great....except for 1 tiny thing...well, a number of tiny things actually. The gauge bezels. The gauges I am using to redo the 138 have the bezels as part of the gauge....so having the bezels and holes painted onto the panel bmp makes getting everything lined up a real chore. Is it possible to do up a bmp without the holes and bezels? nd without the painted on flap control and fuel selector. That way I can place real working gauges there....clickable from the VC even.

Paint kit progress: Wings, done. Tail booms, done. Fuselage, done. Panel lines at least on these areas. No rivets...and problably won't do them as they will most likely get stretched out of proportion to the lines.. Got a lot more lines to lay down before I am ready to sling paint. But I have some profile pics saved already for that time.

OBIO
 
OBIO said:
Falcon

The new VC panel looks great....except for 1 tiny thing...well, a number of tiny things actually. The gauge bezels. The gauges I am using to redo the 138 have the bezels as part of the gauge....so having the bezels and holes painted onto the panel bmp makes getting everything lined up a real chore. Is it possible to do up a bmp without the holes and bezels? nd without the painted on flap control and fuel selector. That way I can place real working gauges there....clickable from the VC even. . . . . . .OBIO
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Yep, all that is on overlays anyway OBIO.:salute:
 
Further rework of my last post

falcon409 said:
Here are a few WIP shots. The first is with the panel slightly transparent to show what I still need to replace. Not easy since none of it is very readable. The other is with the panel showing the actual color. I have since added the "Radar" screen (that's what I'm calling it for lack of any other description).
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Here is another version... more in tune with the BW photo of real oneView attachment 42464
 
Hi,

could you give me a download link, please?

An interesting point of the BV-138 were the Diesel engines which gave it a long endurance. This could be even improved by refuelling from U-boats at sea. It would require very calm sea conditions and take-off weight would be lower than for a catapult take-off, and probably was not performed very often, but at least some were fitted with a device to strain water from the diesel fuel when refuelling from ships.

Best regards,
Volker
 
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