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RCS North American B-25J RAF MkII FSX native

Thank you Bluebear, I missed this a/c from the old FS9 days. Sad though to hear that Roy is so sick. He's such a good guy and has been for many years now, I wish him well and a most speedy recovery.
 
Still a joy to fly. I cleared up the vc a bit by changing the pixel size to 4096,4096.

LouP
 
LouP, that was my question. How did Postbaer61 get the VC so clear? You mentioned increasing pixel size to 4096. Are you referring to max texture size, or did you modify the cockpit textures offline first? I'm afraid my wimpy computer chokes when I put in anything over 2048. I'll live with the 2D. Excellent model though.
 
Pixel size. VC01 should be 4096,4096 (currently 1024,1024) and VC02 should be 2048,2048 as 4096,4096 in VC02 causes the hud to stop working. Sorry if I wasn't clear but it cleans up pretty well.

LouP
 
Anyone have a problem with RPM max being only around 1800 at FULL INCREASE? Even at max MAP of 44" - I can reduce RPM, but max is only 1350 RPM. Prop levers also show 100% (FSX Steam /Windows 10). The cfg file shows:

max_rated_rpm=2600.000
gear_reduction_ratio=1.778

Any ideas? maybe the tach gauge is wrong?
 
Mike, I noticed that also. I installed RCS original panel and the rpm does exceed 1800 and go to 2400. But on the panel that ships with this d/l, I also noticed about 1800 max. I even tried moving the prop levers manually in this panel..no change. In the air, prop rpm increases slightly, but not in the 2400-2800 range we're used to seeing on these engines. I remember with Dean's Recorder, the prop rpm on the ground was below 2000. In the air, it seemed to eventually get to normal. Not sure if this was modeled purposely or not..Airplane flies good though. Roy's original panel really looks authentic in this one. Caution, if you install his original panel, don't open the flight in windowed mode or you'll only see a black screen and a spinning cursor. Load in full screen and you will see a click box at the middle bottom of the page that then opens fsx window. I thought at first that FSX had crashed, it hadn't. It was waiting for the CLICK that I hadn't seen in windowed mode.. Great panel..Hope we find out about the props though.
 
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simtech said:
Mike, I noticed that also. I installed RCS original panel and the rpm does exceed 1800 and go to 2400. But on the panel that ships with this d/l, I also noticed about 1800 max. I even tried moving the prop levers manually in this panel..no change. In the air, prop rpm increases slightly, but not in the 2400-2800 range we're used to seeing on these engines. I remember with Dean's Recorder, the prop rpm on the ground was below 2000. In the air, it seemed to eventually get to normal. Not sure if this was modeled purposely or not..Airplane flies good though. Roy's original panel really looks authentic in this one. Caution, if you install his original panel, don't open the flight in windowed mode or you'll only see a black screen and a spinning cursor. Load in full screen and you will see a click box at the middle bottom of the page that then opens fsx window. I thought at first that FSX had crashed, it hadn't. It was waiting for the CLICK that I hadn't seen in windowed mode.. Great panel..Hope we find out about the props though.
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Thanks for the feedback - I meant 1400 vice 1800 in my first statement.

I agree about the original panel in the older version. I had tried it to see if it had RPM issues too, and got the "oh-oh moment" you talked about. I think mine was the FSX "do you want to use " trusted gauge thing. I noticed to late that he had a bat file that would eliminate the black screen issue supposedly.
 
Very sorry to hear about Roy's fall and broken neck, I hope that he will heal and feel better.

Sure wish this B-25 had a more complete virtual cockpit.
 
I think i found the culprit for the RPM issue.
In the B25.cab the PROP_RPM_12.xml has a value setting (A:pROP1 RPM, rpm)
and (A:pROP2 RPM, rpm)
and must have (A:General eng rpm:1, RPM) and (A:General eng rpm:2, RPM)
as settings.
I have attached a updated file.

View attachment RPM_Patch.zip

Simply replace the B25.cab with this file
 
Postbaer61 said:
I think i found the culprit for the RPM issue.
In the B25.cab the PROP_RPM_12.xml has a value setting (A:pROP1 RPM, rpm)
and (A:pROP2 RPM, rpm)
and must have (A:General eng rpm:1, RPM) and (A:General eng rpm:2, RPM)
as settings.
I have attached a updated file.

View attachment 63497

Simply replace the B25.cab with this file
Click to expand...
PERFECT! Thanks for looking at this. Works great now --
 
Postbaer61 said:
I think i found the culprit for the RPM issue.
In the B25.cab the PROP_RPM_12.xml has a value setting (A:pROP1 RPM, rpm)
and (A:pROP2 RPM, rpm)
and must have (A:General eng rpm:1, RPM) and (A:General eng rpm:2, RPM)
as settings.
I have attached a updated file.

View attachment 63497

Simply replace the B25.cab with this file
Click to expand...


:jump: Postbaer61, thank you for checking this out. Works very well.
 
Texture aircraft

Does anyone know which squadrons are associated with these textures? I tried Googling "Moon Drop", for example, but didn't learn anything.

Bill
 
It looks like this wonderful add-on may not work in FSX-SE. Roy says in the installation instructions that the auto-installer is the only way to use his B-25. SE, as you may know, has a couple of other steps in the installation sequence due to the SE file structure. I can get everything to install except the gauges.
 
Thanks folks, for the nice comments.
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@downwind
I'm sorry to hear.
I only have FSX ACC and P3Dv4.3 in use, so i don't know the
special installation routine and structure from FSX SE.
If i understand you right, is there a working FSX SE version by Roy Chaffin.
Why don't you use this version ?
This new version isn't much different to the original and the original panel is also
more complex then the new one.
Perhaps you can try to install Roy's FSX version and replace the model and the
texture folders against the new ones, if that makes sence for you.
 
Roy and I had been friends for quite some time, before he left maamsim, We lost touch for the last couple of years, as I had no time, my wife was criticall ill, and finally passed, he shared with me several of his textures. I will try to find his email address and see if he would be willing to release them. I have 8. The textures extras are the Yellow Rose, 7B,9A,nok, usa1,usa1942,and usaAfrica.

jankees said:
That's because I never published any, Roy wouldn't allow me.
I sent him two, which he included in the 'FSX' version (the ones with 7B and 9A on the tail).
I have two more, one of the RAAF and one more of the 340th BG, but never published them.

jk4711

jk4715

Looks good in P3Dv4 as well!
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