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Sludge:
Mike...
--- Quote ---Anyway, he leaves on Sunday so if there is anything specific you would like him to test, please let me know.
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Great, as I'm all up and running, I'll get some fixes out and see how they compare/contrast with the real world Hornet. Hope we can get a Skype session up at some point, so when he is flying a pattern, I can watch and possibly record for future reference.
--- Quote ---As he put it, if we want the Hornet to be as realistic as possible the trim should be set to 16 NU as specified in table 8-1 of the NATOPS.
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Yeah, the 34 NU auto-pitch on carrier cat-shot is an FSX workaround... it lets me set up the Hornet for hands-off stick cat shot (realistic?) yet as soon as you make a stick input you have direct control back. Whereas, if I program in AUTO Up-Trim... I have no way to put it back to reset the level flight trim. Will have to talk more about this and find the best balance between FSX-playable and what your son's real-world inputs are... remember, since I have no way to alter the inner workings (ie. the hard-coded stuff of the default Hornet; bad auto-flaps logic, etc.) of the FSX Hornet, I have to make certain consessions and many times do workarounds. So having his inputs will get me closer to realistic but will still have to be balanced within the constraints of FSX and a plane that isn't my own.
--- Quote ---The $100,000 question is, can trim sensitivity be set in the aircraft.cfg?
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Yes, it can... And no, thats not an Obama ripoff political statement. Its in the [flight tuning] section. Simply change the scalar back to 1.0 and you'll have default settings.
Later
Sludge
Essex:
--- Quote ---I have no way to alter the inner workings (ie. the hard-coded stuff of the default Hornet; bad auto-flaps logic, etc.) of the FSX Hornet
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Sorry Sludge I don't understand this.
Surely the MDL is mainly cosmetic. In the past I've transplanted a MDL from one plane and used it with a different cfg & air file. I'm not saying I did a professional job of it, but the worst of it was changing the contact points and the flap parameters. Getting the launch bar to work properly may be difficult but who cares if it doesn't show properly? There's no holdback bar anyway.
In theory couldn't we start with just about any pair of cfg/air files (preferably twin engine etc)? I do realise this would be considerably more work, and don't ask me to recommend a plane to start with.
Or is it the VC that causes the problem? I know some planes have a separate MDL for the interior, but as I prefer 2D it's a bit academic for me.
Apologies if I've missed something critical.
Cheers
Sludge:
Essex...
The whole default Hornet isn't just cosmetic, its the fa-18.dll that controls many of the internal functions of the default Hornet, whereas I'm simply coding .XMLs to get them to work with or around that base. Beyond the legal parts (that its Microsoft's plane), I don't realistically see how to "transplant" the inner workings of another jet into the MDL (exterior and/or interior) of the default Hornet.
Besides, if I knew that much, I would just get a team and develop my own Charlie Hornet. But thats WAYYY BEYOND my current skill level.
Later
Sludge
Essex:
I seem to have missed something critical.
Needless to say I'm new to this whole thing.
Please keep up the good work.
SUBS17:
--- Quote from: Sludge on December 29, 2011, 07:16:37 pm ---Mike...
Great, as I'm all up and running, I'll get some fixes out and see how they compare/contrast with the real world Hornet. Hope we can get a Skype session up at some point, so when he is flying a pattern, I can watch and possibly record for future reference.
--- Quote ---As he put it, if we want the Hornet to be as realistic as possible the trim should be set to 16 NU as specified in table 8-1 of the NATOPS.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, the 34 NU auto-pitch on carrier cat-shot is an FSX workaround... it lets me set up the Hornet for hands-off stick cat shot (realistic?)
Sludge
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If you're refering to pilots not holding the stick on take off for a cat shot thats correct they do take their hand off the stick for cat shot. I've heard the other hand though is on the throttle throughout launch by someone a while back.
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