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PZL/Mil Mi2 Hoplite

WarHorse47 said:
Euroastar350, any thoughts about converting the Mi-24P over to FSX now that it's freeware?
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I've inquired about the sources for the MI24, MI17, MD500, EC120, AS350, but they don't have the files any longer. The only ones I was able to get was the MI2, KA26 and S76. Converting from MCX is possible, but not by me as there is too much work involved converting just one model. I prefer to work with original sources with related coding as it makes it so much easier to do the conversion.
 
As I pointed out in a recent topic, the Mi-2 in FS9 format is already working quite well (almost perfect, in fact...) in P3Dv3, but a native conversion will finally allow it to work in P3Dv4 :jump:
I'm glad to read you are taking care of that one, and the Ka-26 as well, thanks a lot :applause:
The Ka-26 also works and displays flawlessly in P3Dv3, for those who are wondering.

The Mi-24 also displays perfectly in P3Dv3, but I haven't tried to start it yet (the startup procedure is a bit complex, I didn't have time to go through it yet).
It's quite sad that you won't be able to convert that one because of the lack of source files. But at least for that one, a FSX native model exists in payware, contrary to the Mi-2 and the Ka-26.
 
I spent a good part of the weekend playing around with the Mi-24 in FSXA, and indeed it works quite well. I borrowed some internal views from their other Mi-24 products and was quite pleased with the results.

The only downside to the port-over was the shadows of the rotor when on the ground. It looks great before startup, but I noticed once the blades were rotating it produced one big, round shadow. The glass was the other issue typical of an FS9 problem.

All the gauges and switches worked for me. I had to do some renaming of the [Windowsxx] in the panel.cfg to get all the 2D panels to show, but that was about it.

I inquired about Euroastar360 magic to see if at least his work would eliminate the shadow issue. Maybe ND might redo this version of the Mi-24 in the future?
 
The latest version of the EC 120 has a Steam installer selection. (nd_ec120_fsx_v101.exe) It came with XML gauges, and to my delight works in P3D4 quite well. There can be advantages to losing a drive and having to re-install...
Sue
 
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