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SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

Milton Shupe said:
Thanks. The others will trickle out this week once we see if these "trial ballons" can fly. :)
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They fly real well. Thanks, Milton and "Grumman Seven" Project Team.

Took them up for a short hop first thing. Only item I need help on is the ILS. Not sure how to get the power on to change it.

Cheers
:ernae:
--WH
 
WarHorse47 said:
They fly real well. Thanks, Milton and "Grumman Seven" Project Team.

Took them up for a short hop first thing. Only item I need help on is the ILS. Not sure how to get the power on to change it.

Cheers
:ernae:
--WH
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Thank WH.

I will mention that some folks experience overly sensitive pitch trim. If you are one of them, speak up so I can assess the severity.
 
I've been following this since the beginning, and can't wait to try them out !

Thanks to all the flightsim Gods that cooperated to produce this.

Alastair
 
A very large thanks to Milton and an amazing group of talented folks. Beautiful airplane, the sounds are awesome, just an exceptional package all the way around. Took her for a quick circuit around some scenery I just completed. . . .short field landing. . .no problem.
"ooops" forgot to mention that this is in FSX.
 
Milton, first of all thank you so much, to you and all the other guys who participated in this project. It's a great plane and I can't wait to take it out of the hangar.

I could not resist testing it in FSX, and it displays quite well (I'll have to change the prop texture but that's fine). I noted some issues there:
- for an unknown reason, the resolution of the overhead panel is much lower than the main panel. The main panel is crisp and clear, but the overhead is blurry and pixelated, hardly readable in fact.
- there is something, like invisible 3D objects, which are "blocking" the clickability of the overhead panel switches. In fact, if I move the position of the camera more up, then the buttons become clickable. Most severe problem is with the starter button, which is unclickable until I move the camera really close to it.

Appart from this, it's a beauty. I have not rolled out of the parking space yet, still taking my time to discover the cockpit and the features :)
 
Hello Daube :)

I knew you could not resist, even though the File Id says "NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN FSX". :wiggle:

Euroastar350 says that he will convert all these aircraft to Native FSX. Depending on whether and when he gets to them, I may do a port over version set taking in consideration any issues found.

To give you high-res gauges on the main panels, I used 3 1024 textures, plus one for the console. With that, I could not use but one 1024 texture for the overhead panel which is quite large. Therein lies the answer to the lack of clarity on the overhead, trying to minimize jerkiness in the priimary gauges.
 
It's fine Milton ;)

There's a new topic that started in the FSX section.

Thanks again for this new addon :ernae:
 
Thank you Milton and Team for these great aircraft. :applause: :applause:

Like many here, I've been watching from the sidelines and quietly waiting for this day to arrive where we can take to the skies with these classic Grummans.

Well done to all who have had a hand in creating these fine aircraft. :applause: :applause:

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Pete.
 
i Created a Fix for the props in FSX will be downloadable from soh soon

Tracker.jpg




Plus here is some Camera Views for the Tracker aswell for FSX users paste into aircraft.cfg

[CameraDefinition.1]
Title = angle view 2
Guid = {C690EAFD-223A-42d0-99E0-681ADF93BB59}
Description = angle view 2
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.40
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = 4.4, 1.2, 7.0
InitialPbh = 9, 0, 210
XyzAdjust = TRUEa
Category=Aircraft
ClipMode=Minimum




[CameraDefinition.1]
Title = angle view 2
Guid = {C690EAFD-223A-42d0-99E0-681ADF93BB59}
Description = angle view 2
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.40
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = 4.4, 1.2, 7.0
InitialPbh = 9, 0, 210
XyzAdjust = TRUEa
Category=Aircraft
ClipMode=Minimum


[CameraDefinition.2]
Title = angle view 3
Guid = {3A09FD6C-D406-4d8f-A5CD-FA4F5E0C12ED}
Description = angle view 3
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.46
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -5.3, 0.25, 6.2
InitialPbh = 4, 0, 135
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
ClipMode=Minimum


[CameraDefinition.3]
Title = "angle view 4"
Guid = {D8D67955-2E9B-4e75-9D8B-8EFFBBFAC64A}
Description = angle view 4
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.44
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -2.8, 0.2, -7.4
InitialPbh = 10, 0, 5
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum


[CameraDefinition.4]
Title = "angle view 5"
Guid = {f25dfa2e-fd2e-4b89-81e2-0575cbcb60de}
Description = angle view 5
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.48
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -9.7, 0.5, 0.5
InitialPbh = 8, 0, 100
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
ClipMode=Minimum


[CameraDefinition.5]
Title = "angle view 6"
Guid = {7a91803e-898b-435a-8391-725be6a48203}
Description = angle view 6
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.40
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = 2, 4.0, -10.3
InitialPbh = 31, 0, 345
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
ClipMode=Minimum


[CameraDefinition.6]
Title = "angle view 7"
Guid = {8A1987D0-09B6-7E48-B4E1-62C5DBE2A720}
Description =angle view 7
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = Nonea
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom =0.43
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -0, 1.1, 7.2
InitialPbh = 15, 0, 180
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=FALSE
ClipMode=Minimum




[CameraDefinition.7]
Title = "angle view 8"
Guid = {8A1987D0-09B6-7E48-B4E1-62C5DBE2A721}
Description =angle view 7
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom =0.53
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -10, 2.1, 5.2
InitialPbh = 10, 0, 122
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=FALSE
ClipMode=Minimum
 
Milton Shupe said:
Thanks. The others will trickle out this week once we see if these "trial ballons" can fly. :)
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I reckon that all depends on what those baloons are filled with... but I'm sure they will fly beautifully. Nice to see this project come full circle, and considering the degree of hard work and effort by all involved, these planes will be definate keepers.

Thank you, Milton and Team :ernae:


BB686:USA-flag:
 
Thanks to all of you for the comments and for the support during the project, a long and winding road. :)

It was great to work with such talented artists to help make it what it is. Their work is awesome! :applause:
 
Thanks. The others will trickle out this week once we see if these "trial ballons" can fly. :)
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Oh, they can fly...and very well! Great work by all involved! I can only imagine the range of colorful repaints that'll eventually pop up for this series.

I will mention that some folks experience overly sensitive pitch trim. If you are one of them, speak up so I can assess the severity.
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The pitch trim seemed a little twitchy on mine...but it could just be my setup (Saitek X52). I dialed back the elevator trim effectiveness in the [flight_tuning] section of the aircraft.cfg to 0.40. That seemed to work well for me.
 
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