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Alternative FDE

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 12:14 pm
by doodlebug

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 11:09 pm
by Ron Attwood
Shhh. :)

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 1:29 pm
by Ron Attwood
35 views and no-one asks what the differences are? Maybe if Oisin told you what it did you'd be all over it like a rash.

After a few take offs and landings it was obvious to me that the tail wheel comes up much, much sooner. A great improvement.

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 9:37 pm
by alehead
Need to try this one out, I would love the Beaver's tail to lift quicker on the takeoff roll...

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Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:13 pm
by Ron Attwood
At last! Someone has put his above the parapet. Three of us this evening were flying the Beaver with these files and ALL said what an improvement. Why Milviz wont come out and say what they have done is beyond me. Pride?

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:30 pm
by doodlebug
Please don't mistake lack of organisation with pride. It is on my todo list.

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:41 pm
by Ron Attwood
:D I'd rather admit to pride... Is this FDE going to be incorporated in an update or should I/we keep it under lock and key for safety?

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:49 pm
by alehead
Well, I have my copy safe and sound...

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Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 11:01 pm
by doodlebug
Subtle tweaks: Propwash is more pronounced and the tail should lift more easily. Rudder and trim has been finessed, as has centre of drag.

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 11:16 pm
by Ron Attwood
tail lifts much more easily.

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 2:39 pm
by sunjunkiesi
I realise this dynamic is for the wheeled version, but will it migrate to the float versions as well to improve things there?

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 3:16 pm
by doodlebug
Yes, if people like it, it will be modified for the float versions

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 9:55 pm
by StearmanDriver
THANKS GUYS!

I look forward to trying it out tonight!

:D

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 1:04 am
by StearmanDriver
Gentleman,

This is PERFECT. Exactly what I've been hoping for. It replicates the handling qualities of a Beaver when compared to all the takeoff and landing videos available online, and more importantly.. it FEELS correct. It feels how a taildragger of this size and weight should handle.

One bug I found, and it's visual: I don't appear to have a visible tailwheel when seen from an outside view. I have no idea if that is related to the replacement of the .cfg and .air files, or something weird on my computer. I imagine if it's on MV's end, it's probably an easy fix, but frankly I'd take the tradeoff all day either way ;-).

Thanks!

Re: Alternative FDE

Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 3:18 pm
by gaab
Hi,

Thanks for your new FDE. It's great !

Just for your next updates :

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- [EFFECTS]
startup=fx_None
fx_None does not exist, but fx_dummy should be what you are looking for...

And if you envisage to look at the model, you could fix that annoying syntax warning...

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Type: Animation Script
Name: DHC2 Beaver AEROTAXI HK-182
Error: Empty parentheses or closing parenthese missing: "(A:AVIONICS MASTER SWITCH,bool)! or
          (A:NAV GS FLAG:1, bool) ! or
          if{ 10 }
          els{ 0 }
        "
Missing space between ) and !

I know, I should just turn off ContentErrors and ignore the message. But, this has helped to fix a lot of errors...

Regards.

Gérard