Hans_Petter

I've implemented the "true taildragger fix" and works fine. Take-offs from a runway position work without any special procedures since the rudder starts taking effect at 40 - 60 knots. Thus, rudder pedals or a twist stick will keep it running straight during the take-off roll.The real world way of turning a DC-3 on the ground is by means of differential braking and differential engine thrust. Since I have rudder pedals the differential braking is no problem. However, it takes access to both thrust levers to accomplish differential thrust. Some throttle quadrants have separate levers for each engine but mine doesn't. Further, keyboard commands for each of two engines does not seem to be an option. The only way is to access the throttle quadrant in the 3D cockpit. This works, but it's awkward since it seems impossible to set a viewpoint that gives access to the throttle quadrant and be able to look over the panel at the same time. This is what I do to make a turn on the ground, 1) While holding the brakes I check whether I need to turn left or right. 2) I click a preset showing the throttle quadrant and throttle up the outboard engine while holding the brakes. 3) I go back to a straight ahead view and release brakes carefully. 4) If necessary I facilitate the turn by stepping on the inboard brake, intermittently or as a slight steady brake pressure (requires rudder pedals).. This would all be quite straightforward if it wasn't exacerbated by the need to switch views back and forth.

Thank you guys--exactly what I needed. I've set up a full set of useful views, from instrument panel to pedestal and overhead. You might consider shipping the aircraft with 10 useful presets but at least I've learned to set them myself.

You might send this request to Lees De Jager.

Please educate me--how do I create a view preset and make this into my standard "look-straight-ahead" view or make it into an easily accessible "glance down" view? regards, Hans

I can see why you are reluctant to introduce a yoke hiding option since it's unrealistic. However, it's very useful since it blocks the view of the airspeed gauge. In real life you look down at the panel at an angle and will be able to look at the instruments over the yoke. If we could tilt the view (preferably the default panel view) this issue could be fixed the right way. With a 3D cockpit it should be possible to set an oblique panel view rather than a "straight on" view. Regards, Hans

I just upgraded to a 64 bit Vista and my original serial worked. It'll be a few days until I'm all set since all of my drivers need to be updated too. Right now I'm getting a proper driver for my video card. Then I'll have to figure out how to get 64 bit drivers for my yoke, stick, throttle quadrant and my rudder pedals. There are a lot of programs I'll need to re-install too--image editors and AC3D / Blender for 3D projects and then I'll have to swap all of my 32 bit X-Plane plugins for 64 bit versions. Apart from being able to fly the LES aircraft I'll be in a better position to run heavy scenery addons.

Point taken guys--I'm a lagger. i might upgrade my 32bit Vista to 64 bit but then I'll have to double the ram to be able to use the heavier scenery tweaks. it will make more sense to change the entire rig. but then, I won't be in a position to dish out a couple thousand dollars anytime soon. i guess it won't hurt to turn my current OS into 64 bit. Whatever I choose to do I'll keep the LES DC-3 and fly it when I'm able to fly it. i'm well aware of 32 bit ram utilization limits and know that ram intensive scenery add-ons, as hi-res terrain mesh, are likely to cause memory exhaution. I was just baffled to see panel gauges that require 64 bit. it makes sense though since they're running on a non-native programming code which is designed for 64 bit only.

Sorry about a belated reply--I've been away. You can certainly have my log.txt but neither me nor my X-Plane log knows anything about Gizmo (hence, no GizmoLog.txt). I guess this is my problem. How do I acquire and implement Gizmo? Added: I've got a Gizmo64 plugin folder. My system is 32 bit. I went back to the X-Aviation site and scrutinized the LES DC-3 advert. The 32 bit option has a red cross. Until now I've seen nothing but "64 bit compatible" as aircraft are concerned--recent aircraft are expected to be 64 bit compatible. Now I've just made a 40 dollars purchase that's 32 bit _incompatible_. Strictly speaking this is my mistake but it's very unusual (until now) to have an aircraft that will not run under a 32 bit OS. In a couple of years I'm sure that 32 bit will be obsolete but I guess we're still at a 50/50 user base and "64 bit only" should really be spelled out in boldface letters. Well, I'll just keep it until I can afford my next computer :-)

I just bought the LES DC-3 and took it for a spin. I launched it with engines running and quickly noticed that I had no airspeed. I took off when it looked about right and flew with nothing but the aid of the artificial horizon and a working compass. This may a registration issue or it may be that this aircraft requires a start up from "cold and dark" to work properly. In any event, there must be an easy solution. regards, Hans_Petter