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The original Westland Whirlwind

Yes, everything on the panel seems to work fine in P3Dv4.5 and all around it is a lovely plane. I wouldn't mind if the prop discs were a little more transparent in P3D, but otherwise it looks great.

August
 
One of those aircraft that have charisma and should have had better service life.
I've got the CWDT version on one of my backup drives, and IIRC the Ito-San release received a decent rework (with permission) by 'Lionheart'.
No idea what Bill is up to but he did a really nice job on that one.
:encouragement:
 
wombat666 said:
. . . . .and IIRC the Ito-San release received a decent rework (with permission) by 'Lionheart'.
No idea what Bill is up to but he did a really nice job on that one.
:encouragement:
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Indeed he did! Flew it off and on for many years before I moved into GA types as a change of pace.
 
Hi all,
I have uploaded a slightly revised (and hopefully improved) version to the Library.

It should be available under FSX Military Props.

Please delete the version you downloaded from my link and get this version.

Thanks
Gavin
 
Very Happy

So glad to see you guys brought this out of the junk pile and like it. Can you remove the cowl to see the guns? Do whatever you want with it.

Jerry
 
warbirdlover said:
So glad to see you guys brought this out of the junk pile and like it. Can you remove the cowl to see the guns? Do whatever you want with it.

Jerry
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Warbirdlover, I have always liked this Whirlwind. Flew the wings off it in CFS2 back in the day.

Yes the cowl animation works, as does your pilot sliding the canopy back.

Gavin
 
Priller said:
Thanks Gavin! Could you elaborate on the changes you've done?

Cheers,

Priller
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Hi Priller,
I have cleaned up the texture settings a bit, finalized updating the VC and I thought fixed the rudder animations.

However going back and flying it again this morning I noticed that the rudder animation fix hadn't made it into the released package.

There is a V1.1 update just uploaded that contains the corrected models.

Gavin
 
Hello, Gavin,

-I see that the panel lighting does not work! To fly in the evening or at night it is not practical !!!
I tried several choices of light, and positions in relation to the point of view, without result!
Is there a way to fix this?
- another point, unlike the propeller pitch levers, which can be operated independently with the mouse, the power levers act together but are not clickable, can we remedy this?
thank you for your attention
(yes, I really like this plane !!):adoration:


Alain

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sjrichardson said:
One of my favourites too - great to hear from someone else who likes the oldies! What's needed to convert it to native FSX (I'm a Luddite technophobe and also a Bear of Very Little Brain....)
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hi is there still a 2004 version I cant seem to find it
cheers
greycap
 
I noticed when clicking the panel light switch it was coming on barely behind the panel and illuminating the foot pedal area. Here is how I fixed mine. Delete or comment line 6 in Lights section.
Copy this to Lights section: light.6 = 4, -3.00, 0.00, 3.65, fx_vclight,
 
greycap said:
hi is there still a 2004 version I cant seem to find it
cheers
greycap
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The original model was/is payware. I bought my copy in 2006 so I don't know if it is still available.

Andrew Wai recently released an updated version for CFS2 that is available in the library here. You could see if that worked in FS9.

Gavin
 
alain0568 said:
Hello, Gavin,

-I see that the panel lighting does not work! To fly in the evening or at night it is not practical !!!
I tried several choices of light, and positions in relation to the point of view, without result!
Is there a way to fix this?
- another point, unlike the propeller pitch levers, which can be operated independently with the mouse, the power levers act together but are not clickable, can we remedy this?
thank you for your attention
(yes, I really like this plane !!):adoration:


Alain

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Hi Alain,
Glad you are enjoying the Whirlwind.
Are you sure you are using the most recent version from this site - the power levers should be working independently and are clickable. You should be able mouse over the red ball or the handle itself and move the 2 throttles independently. The only lever in the VC I couldn't get working with the mouse is the flap lever (on the bottom right beside the landing gear lever). It has the right tags but doesn't respond to the mouse. All I can think is that the angle is such that the area of mouse control is too small to respond.

As for the panel lights I see they are already fixed. Must admit I didn't notice when I did my testing, guess I don't fly much at night.

Gavin
 
Hello Gavin,

- I used the last version that you modified concerning the rudder !!!
- I will redownload the model again, to see !!
Thank you for the clarification!


Alain
 
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