• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

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That works both ways. Your T-6 repaints have got me interested in flying the T-6. I was already planning on making the new Zero my first MSFS2024 aircraft purchase, but your work on that one doubled down on that purchase. :)


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Some more screenshots of Chino's resident A6M5 Zeke. I love starting this thing - hand-rotate the prop to cycle the oil, build up fuel pressure with the wobble pump, a few strokes of primer (you can also pump the throttle to prime the carburetor instead), begin the inertia starter cranking, keep the fuel pressure up, turn the mags on and engage the starter, hit the ignition boost switch and maybe pump up the fuel pressure some more to keep it going - quite a lot of fun to be required to do all of that (it helps if you have three hands!). Standard power settings for the Nakajima Sakae 31 engine are - Takeoff: +25 cm MP/2750 RPM (I only use +12) - Max Continuous: +22 cm MP/2500 RPM - Max Cruise: 0 cm MP/2400 RPM (I use this for climb) - Normal Cruise: -12 cm MP/2100 RPM - Economy Cruise: -30 cm/2000 RPM.

Something I recently learned - when Japan began painting their Zeros in this dark green camouflage scheme in 1943, it led to a flurry of combat reports by Allied pilots claiming they saw Zeros painted black. Freshly-painted IJN dark green Zeros were very dark, and glossy, from the factory, but that quickly changed as the paint was exposed to the elements in the South Pacific, including turning brown.








 
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BTW, some of the Yosemite textures have changed with the latest SP3 update. I've let Cli4F know aobut it. Half Dome and El Capitan no longer have his texture changes and appear to be back to the Asobo default. There may be other things missing.
 
I love the way this simulator is becoming more than flying from A to B. You can now walk around and explore your destination. It opens up a whole range of possibilities.
 
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Reliving the days when the Texas Flying Legends Museum was still around, and it was common to see these two aircraft (N8280K and N209TW), along with several other WWII warbirds, performing together at airshows across the US, and even down to the islands of St. Martin and St. Barts.





 
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