Vickers Wellesley
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There was a Bf-109 too. IIRC they were from IS4G.
peperez
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CFS2 don't support 32 bits format. The best conversion would use Extended 565 bitmap.
Pepe
Motormouse
SOH-CM-2024
Looks like stock scenery modified by Bill Lyons GW3,
I expect Huub will be along to explain.
Ttfn
Pete
Is that Bf-109 out there somewhere?
Hi Demile,
As I play too much with my scenery and textures, this is a difficult question to answer for me. The screenshot was taken over Australia, somewhere along the border between the Northern territory and West Australia. As you have a very nice mixture of sand dunes and vegetation over there.
The textures could come from Vista Australis v1.8 Final Scenery Pack or they could also come from ORBX converted. See the links under the YouTube movie in this thread: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/118230-How-to-get-FS9-nearly-perfect
It could also be that they came with Golden Wings as the screenshot was taken in my GW3 install, but I consider this less logical.
When you want to fiddle with Vista Australis, I should warn you as it behaves like weed and along with replacing default autogen in Oceania, you might end up with palm trees in London. In the past I made a separate VOZ v1.8 install, from which I just copied the parts I really wanted to have in my other installs.
Cheers,
Huub
No problem with Huub's repaint (looks great) but I'm not seeing any gauges in the VC. 2D panel is OK. Has anybody else noticed this?
I haven't checked the version which is available here at the SOH as I have installed the Wesseleys from my FS9 back-up library. But both the Mk.I as the Long Range version have working gauges in the VC.
Cheers,
Huub
Looks nice KevinI'm glad you like it.
Will you upload the 16-bits version as CFS2 repaint, or do you want me to do it?
Cheers,
Huub
Hi Huub,
Would you mind uploading it so it will be in your name? Normally I can do it and get Rami to change it from my name to yours. He is busy at the moment with a change of job and abode.
Here are the amended textures.
Thanks,
Kevin
Kevin,
I've taken care of it, available now, thanks for the conversion. Knowing Huub, you'll have plenty more to do
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I've taken care of it, available now, thanks for the conversion. Knowing Huub, you'll have plenty more to do
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Huub, thanks for your response. I re-downloaded the Mk.I from SOH and the VC gauges now show up with the original panel.cfg and also your 1024x1024 cfg. Another one of those flight sim "gremlin" type things, I guess.
In the 1930s long-distance record-breaking flights were very much in vogue, capturing the publics imagination all over the world. With the Wellesley, the RAF had an aircraft that had the potential to break the point-to-point record. The combat range of the Wellesley (with a bomb-load released at the mid-way point ) was some 1,300 miles. However, the geodetic structure of the Wellesley gave ample space for extra fuel-tanks and it was hoped that refinement in the engine would cut fuel consumption to bring the record within reach. So the RAF set up a special unit based at Upper Heyford called the Long Range Development Unit (LRDU) with a complement of five Wellesleys to explore the possibilities.
The LRDU Wellesleys were modified to carry three times the fuel of the normal Wellesley, the undercarriage being strengthened to support the extra weight. The aircraft were fitted with special Bristol Pegasus XXII "LR" engines that ran on 100 octane fuel and had their superchargers modified to give maximum fuel economy at cruising altitude. The engines were mated with new, constant speed propellers and housed in NACA cowls that were, in turn, merged to the lines of the fuselage for extra drag reduction. The aircraft also had a rudimentary autopilot fitted. These aircraft were given the Vickers type number 292.
For the attempt to break the world distance record, a route from Ismailia in Egypt to Darwin in Australia was chosen. The route went over territories that would not present any diplomatic problems and would also demonstrate Britain's ability to reinforce its assets in the Far East. The runway at Ismailia had to be lengthened to enable the heavily laden Wellesleys to take off. To save weight the crews did not take any parachutes with them, and all oxygen equipment was stripped from the aircraft. On the 5th November 1938, three Wellesleys took off from Ismailia for the attempt. Two of the aircraft landed at Darwin on the 7th November having flown the 7,175 miles from Ismailia in 48 hours 5 minutes. The third aircraft ran short of fuel and had to land on the island of Timor, but even that was still more than the existing Soviet distance record. It refuelled and quickly rejoined the other two aircraft at Darwin. This was a huge success for the RAF, featured prominently in the newsreels and newspapers of the times.
All three aircraft then did a "flag-waving" tour of Australia. Sadly two of the aircraft crashed in the course of the tour, one of these had to be abandoned where it had crashed (it was later retrieved and used as an instructional airframe by the RAAF). The other crashed Wellesley was dismantled and sent back to the UK by sea. The remaining airworthy Wellesley was also shipped by sea but to Egypt.
Source:https://www.dingeraviation.net/wellesley/wellesley.html
I have finished the repaint depicting the aircraft with registration L2680 flown by Flt.Lt A.N. Combe. One of the 3 aircraft which flew to Darwin.
Cheers,
Huub
The LRDU Wellesleys were modified to carry three times the fuel of the normal Wellesley, the undercarriage being strengthened to support the extra weight. The aircraft were fitted with special Bristol Pegasus XXII "LR" engines that ran on 100 octane fuel and had their superchargers modified to give maximum fuel economy at cruising altitude. The engines were mated with new, constant speed propellers and housed in NACA cowls that were, in turn, merged to the lines of the fuselage for extra drag reduction. The aircraft also had a rudimentary autopilot fitted. These aircraft were given the Vickers type number 292.
For the attempt to break the world distance record, a route from Ismailia in Egypt to Darwin in Australia was chosen. The route went over territories that would not present any diplomatic problems and would also demonstrate Britain's ability to reinforce its assets in the Far East. The runway at Ismailia had to be lengthened to enable the heavily laden Wellesleys to take off. To save weight the crews did not take any parachutes with them, and all oxygen equipment was stripped from the aircraft. On the 5th November 1938, three Wellesleys took off from Ismailia for the attempt. Two of the aircraft landed at Darwin on the 7th November having flown the 7,175 miles from Ismailia in 48 hours 5 minutes. The third aircraft ran short of fuel and had to land on the island of Timor, but even that was still more than the existing Soviet distance record. It refuelled and quickly rejoined the other two aircraft at Darwin. This was a huge success for the RAF, featured prominently in the newsreels and newspapers of the times.
All three aircraft then did a "flag-waving" tour of Australia. Sadly two of the aircraft crashed in the course of the tour, one of these had to be abandoned where it had crashed (it was later retrieved and used as an instructional airframe by the RAAF). The other crashed Wellesley was dismantled and sent back to the UK by sea. The remaining airworthy Wellesley was also shipped by sea but to Egypt.
Source:https://www.dingeraviation.net/wellesley/wellesley.html
I have finished the repaint depicting the aircraft with registration L2680 flown by Flt.Lt A.N. Combe. One of the 3 aircraft which flew to Darwin.
Cheers,
Huub