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Lancaster!

Speaking as the son of a former Flt Engineer who completed a tour on this terrific ole girl , pls allow me to say thank you ..... job well done lads !:applause:

If you will allow me two quick observations , are there any plans to tweak the present plane to accomodate smooth tires and the wartime wheel hubs so often seen with the dimples.

Are there any takers on doing a repaint of my fathers's aircraft :kilroy:


Cheers for now.


Aircanuck
 
Hi Aircanuck,

See my attached photo :ernae:

I'll pass the suggestion of mods on but I cannot promise anything. Many thanks for all of your comments.

Best
Dan.
 
Hi guys - newbie on this forum, but not to FSim, and most definitely not to the Lancaster !

There's quite a bit I like about this model, particularly the interior VC and exterior texturing (I like models that look lived in.) But there's also quite a bit that needs to be fixed/improved. Some stuff I noticed (apart from the points already mentioned by others):

Requesting gear/flaps down above about 150 kts has no effect (except the gear red lights go out - indicating gear in motion) - but then when speed then drops below 150kts the gear/flaps come down all by themselves ! This is not correct. I know gear/flaps should not be lowered above that IAS, but either (a) the a/c should attempt to lower the gear/flaps anyway – with consequent effect ! or (b) nothing should happen (maybe a warning should sound – I can’t recall) until the a/c is below 150 kts AND the pilot requests to lower them again.

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p>The operation of the Altimeter is incorrect – the small needle should indicate the 1000 fts and the bigger sweep needle should indicate the 100s. At the moment it is the other way round.</o:p>
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<o:p></o:p><o:p><o:p>The shadows from the wire aerials on the outside of the a/c are unrealistic and distracting.</o:p></o:p>
<o:p><o:p></o:p></o:p><o:p><o:p>Cockpit reflections/Cockpit lighting – others have commented this. Personally I like the reflections, except for the yellow disc, which is unrealistic and should be removed. However, I agree that they are unacceptable at night if the current cockpit lighting is on. But I agree the cockpit lighting is far too bright and should be a lot lower, more ambient and more red in colour. (Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of fx_vclight_red ?) Also, the gauges themselves are too bright and need to be dimmed by at least 30%. At present they overpower the night view through the windshield even when the cockpit lights are off.</o:p></o:p>
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<o:p><o:p><o:p><o:p>I also had to play around with the eyepoint and VC camera to get a realistic viewpoint, but that could be just because I'm a short-ass !</o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p>
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<o:p><o:p><o:p><o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p></o:p><o:p><o:p><o:p><o:p>I have reported the above to FCS. Someone asked the question - if the RealAir Spit is a 10, how should this model be rated ? At the moment I would say maybe a 6-7, but it certainly has the potential to be a lot higher.
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