Lockheed L-18 Project

Milton Shupe said:
WOW! Great find there Rob! :applause:

EDIT: I read other references to the "Warning Light" but do not know what it was used for. Can anyone explain?
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I've never seen it referenced that way but at a reasonable guess substitute "daytime running light". By day a light source is often more visible than a reflective object and at night would be a clear indication that the dim (and remember, flashing in some cases) red/green lights ahead were not stars but an approaching airplane. If conveniently controlled in the cockpit it could also be used to alert or even identify a flight to persons on the ground.

<looking down at the t-shirt I'm wearing that says: "The light at the end of the tunnel........... may be an approaching train">
 
srgalahad said:
I've never seen it referenced that way but at a reasonable guess substitute "daytime running light". By day a light source is often more visible than a reflective object and at night would be a clear indication that the dim (and remember, flashing in some cases) red/green lights ahead were not stars but an approaching airplane. If conveniently controlled in the cockpit it could also be used to alert or even identify a flight to persons on the ground.

<looking down at the t-shirt I'm wearing that says: "The light at the end of the tunnel........... may be an approaching train">
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Thank you for that opinion/observation; it is helpful.

Beware the train ... :) But the Ides of March was Saturday so good for this month.
 
Hi,
I've been away from my computer ,but read something about Morse signalling lights on the 'roof', but maybe they had them on the front as well?!

Also, a bit about these side windows; an item I read said they were removable, so perhaps not open-able at all, except to take them off altogether if it was icy.

Also a picture of a panel, fairly old fashioned.

C-60-5.jpg

Andy.

This is such a long post, and I'm so addled that I don't remember if this has been posted already! If so my apologies.
 
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Steady Lodestar L-18 VC Progress

Still humpin' trying to get the basic parts and gauges in place and showing a little progress here. The primary focus is just getting panels shaped, sized, positioned, and getting switches, levers, and gauges in the game.

This is the general setup for the civilian cockpit. The C-57 and C-60A military variants will be more austere.

Everything is rather temporary and WIP shown here. Once I get all the "stuff" in place then I can start sizing and positioning gauges. Lots to do yet but wanted to let you know, I am working on it every day, all day. :)

Fliger is doing magic on the flight model; she flies beautifully.

Thanks to Srgalahad and Maarten for all the research and help so far, and to all of you who contribute.
 
I have been busting on the Lodestar 4 VC panels all day and getting all the right gauges sized and positioned and making decent progress there. I am trying to keep the gauges as close to the original as possible, keeping in mind I do not have a gauge programmer anymore but a good inventory of our XML gauges over the years. I need to play with the underside of teh overhead panel a bit but this is getting close.


Then I will move on to other parts of the cockpit to finish that up.


Anyway, here's the current status of the gauges (without bezels at the moment), large and easily readable hi-res for the main and knee panels.


Looking forward to mapping all this for textures maybe next week.


EDIT: and BTW, this is for the civilian version.
 
An amazing amount of work going into this on Milton's part! His progress is quite phenomenal and certainly still at the top of his game.

cheers. Tom
 
L-18 Civilian Cockpit Radios

The attached, although mod'ed, is the basic gauge layout I am using for the overhead panel of the civilian version of the L-18, and the radios I would like to use so that they will be functional in FS (unlike the original radios).

I am looking for XML radio gauges that look like the ones in the attachment. Does anyone know if such radios exist in freeware from an author who may wish to share them for this project?

Thanks
 
Hi,

The Nord 2501 Noratlas of Jean Michel RENAUX has similar looking Radios to the ones you show. I have just downloaded it (in 4 folders) and will load it into FS9 and take a screenshot to post up.

The L-18 is really coming on :redfire::redfire:

Andy.
 
lemonadedrinker said:
Hi,

The Nord 2501 Noratlas of Jean Michel RENAUX has similar looking Radios to the ones you show. I have just downloaded it (in 4 folders) and will load it into FS9 and take a screenshot to post up.

The L-18 is really coming on :redfire::redfire:

Andy.
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Thank you Andy for your efforts. I look forward to that screenshot.

I was able to contact Ken Mitchell about using his VHF gauges he used in the DC-6 panel and received permission.

It will be interesting to have options available to us. :)
 
Was hoping Ken Mitchell's radios would fit the bill and are available to you for release with this project!

I love them. Installed them in manfreds fs9 c47 when I upgraded her ifr capabilities.
 
Finally finished working on the panels and gauges for now and back to some modeling to add the quarter deflector windows. I think these will work out just fine.
 
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