Japanese Zero

[uniform7]

ai.player.dll

It was a few versions ago that I last tried it so I just tried it again in 2.5 just to be sure but no joy.
I even aliased both the panel and sounds to the FSX C172 but that didn't fix it.

I get an appcrash popup that says Prepar3D.exe has stopped working and that the fault module name is ai_player.dll if that means any thing to anyone.

The ai.player.dll as far as I know in FSX has to do with your AI Traffic.

 

[DaveB]

The ai.player.dll as far as I know in FSX has to do with your AI Traffic.

It is and it's been a pain from day one on my current FSX install. A number of things can cause it from rogue traffic files to memory shortage. I finally got rid of it by binning the default trafficAircraft.bgl!! This sounds a bit drastic I know but as I rarely go to tubeliner airports.. it matters not. I now see what I want to see and don't get an error from ai.player.dll

ATB
DaveB

 

[robert41]

This is the A2A Zero that came with the WW2 fighters package.
Have it working in FSX with the usual prop issue and older gauges not working. Repaint by William Bruce Ellis.

 

[PRB]

I always loved the A2A Zero, lots of fun to fly.
Although it does have pitch trim it doesn't have very much so is impossible to trim at higher speeds. I don't know if that's true IRL...

I read somewhere that the A6M did have trim issues at high speed. However, even if true, and you want to "fix" yours, you can do so by finding the elevator_trim_limit in the aircraft.cfg, in the [airplane_geometry] section. I think the original value was 4. Mine is now 16 and it trims ok. I figure this is "my" Zero (PRB Planes of Fame), and I had the trim system upgraded so I could fly around without my arm getting too tired from pushing on the stick all day...

 

[PRB]

Even with its shortcomings compared to Allied aircraft, a Zero in the hands of a skilled pilot was a formidable foe. Its light weight construction gave the Zero the ability to fly great distances (over 1,200 nm), equipped with its belly drop tank.

A good example is Saburo Sakai; on 5/7/1942 Sakai flew from Lae to Guadalcanal (about 550 nm) in his A6M2 to engage the Cactus Air Force. After some heavy ACM, and at the start of his return leg, he tried to attack a flight of either SBD Dauntless dive bombers (or TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, depending on the source) and was shot up badly, including being struck in the head by a bullet, losing vision in one eye, and suffering paralysis on the left side of his body. With these grave injuries, he still managed to fly the 500 miles back to Lae and actually land his crippled Zero.

Permanently blinded in his eye, and after a long recovery, Sakai returned to service and flew from both Iwo Jima and the Japanese home islands at the end of the war. He was also a Consultant on CFS2 for Microsoft.

I love that part of the book. Until August 7, 1942, Sakai and friends had been flying against under-trained and/or under-equipped opponents in China, the Philippines, and Indonesia. In the book he relates how he and his squadron mates had heard that the US navy carrier aviators were well equipped and trained. He knew he would be flying against them for the first time and wondered how these adversaries would “stack up”. After the long boring 500 mile flight from Rabaul, they were approaching the Guadalcanal area, on the lookout for enemy planes, when he saw, first, one of the G4M bombers he was escorting explode and fall out of formation, and a couple seconds later, two blue F4F Wildcats diving vertically through the bomber formation! One hopes that for a brief moment, the Japanese version of “Dang...” crossed his mind...

 

[uniform7]

I read somewhere that the A6M did have trim issues at high speed. However, even if true, and you want to "fix" yours, you can do so by finding the elevator_trim_limit in the aircraft.cfg, in the [airplane_geometry] section. I think the original value was 4. Mine is now 16 and it trims ok. I figure this is "my" Zero (PRB Planes of Fame), and I had the trim system upgraded so I could fly around without my arm getting too tired from pushing on the stick all day...

Thanks! I to get tired of pushing down on the stick. I added the default Cessna 172 trim gauge and helped a bit. Your idea sounds like what I want. Just checked my WOP Zero and its 28 by default.

 

[Fulbert]

I solved this elevator trim trouble like this :

In [airplane_geometry] change the value : elevator_trim_limit = 12.000 //8.000

I also added the [flight_tuning] section (missing in my "aircraft.cfg" from "A6M5 WWII Fighters") :

[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar = 1
parasite_drag_scalar = 1
induced_drag_scalar = 1
elevator_effectiveness = 1
aileron_effectiveness = 1
rudder_effectiveness = 1
pitch_stability =1
roll_stability = 1
yaw_stability = 1
elevator_trim_effectiveness = 1.75
aileron_trim_effectiveness = 1
rudder_trim_effectiveness = 1

 

[uniform7]

I solved this elevator trim trouble like this :

In [airplane_geometry] change the value : elevator_trim_limit = 12.000 //8.000

I also added the [flight_tuning] section (missing in my "aircraft.cfg" from "A6M5 WWII Fighters") :

[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar = 1
parasite_drag_scalar = 1
induced_drag_scalar = 1
elevator_effectiveness = 1
aileron_effectiveness = 1
rudder_effectiveness = 1
pitch_stability =1
roll_stability = 1
yaw_stability = 1
elevator_trim_effectiveness = 1.75
aileron_trim_effectiveness = 1
rudder_trim_effectiveness = 1

Wow! Yes, I am going to try it as well thanks

 

[uniform7]

Wow! Yes, I am going to try it as well thanks

Yes, that did the trick! You know, I installed a trim gauge on some of my helicopters. Wonder if this would have worked as well.

 

[Paul K]

A good example is Saburo Sakai; on 5/7/1942 Sakai flew from Lae to Guadalcanal (about 550 nm) in his A6M2 to engage the Cactus Air Force. After some heavy ACM, and at the start of his return leg, he tried to attack a flight of either SBD Dauntless dive bombers (or TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, depending on the source) and was shot up badly, including being struck in the head by a bullet, losing vision in one eye, and suffering paralysis on the left side of his body. With these grave injuries, he still managed to fly the 500 miles back to Lae and actually land his crippled Zero.

Correct, other than it was Rabaul he was flying from that day, not Lae. Spotting the Green Islands, north of the Solomons, was what eventually guided him back. Also, according to his book, the dates 7th and 8th August are mentioned - presumably, 7th Rabaul time, 8th Tokyo time.

 

[Fulbert]

Failed upload. see lower.

 

[gradyhappyg]

JF and A2A.

 

[Fulbert]

Just for the eyes :

the A6M5 "TAIC nr 7" (Technical Air Intelligence Centre) repainted for exhibition at Wright-Patterson AFB during the 1947 Air show.

Mitsubishi A6M2b Model 21 "Red OHi-101", Oppama air base (Japan), February 1943.
CPO Tetsuzo Iwamoto flew this Reisen while serving with the training Oppama Kôkùtai as an instructor.

 

[DaveSHQ]

Fulbert is that A2A Zero?

btw they're good for target practice...

 

[Fulbert]

DaveSHQ
Fulbert is that A2A Zero?

Yes, from "A2A/Shockwave WWII Fighters".

 

[DaveSHQ]

Yes, from "A2A/Shockwave WWII Fighters".

Where'd you find the repaint at? TIA

 

[Fulbert]

I made both repaints and never uploaded anywhere.
I just upload one of them right now, the other must be slightly modified before upload in the next hours.


Edit : Uploaded ! (on SOH, FSX WWII Skins)