C23 Sundowner Problems

[WIPilot]

I just purchased the C23 Sundowner and it looks great and works alright except one thing! The Enigine or RPM not sure but at Full throttle the engine seems to produce 2100 to 2200 max RPM when I believe the correct should be more like 2500. The RPM gauge even has the green arc to 2600RPM. I seen that another guy posted this same thing a while ago but you guys never followed up on it?

I am using X-Plane 10.25 

 

Any chance we can get an update/follow up?

[Goran_M]

Wow.  Is that beast still around??

;

Ok, give me a day or 2 and I'll take a look.  

[AeroPictor]

 

Dear Goran_M your elder work is still in use, small and beautiful  … If only time would allow more hours to explore the world onboard of your planes   

[jboyd]

Any progress on this?  Just purchased as well since I fly one routinely except in the polar vortex winter here.  A little tweaking on the power issue noted above and the opportunity to add the latest Garmin 430 in version 10.3 would allow me to practice instrument just like sitting in the real thing.  I can provide some real world numbers if helpful.

 

Thanks!

[Goran_M]

I was actually working on this late at night last year, and totally forgot about finishing it the next morning.

Thanks for reminding me.

I'll take a look and see what I can find.  Putting it in my planner.

As for the Garmin, I'll consider it.  

[WIPilot]

Heck I would pay an upgrade fee to have this plane upgraded for the latest XP. this is my favorite a/c of all time and was stoked to see a great looking one for XP then bummed to see the bugs! Happy to actually see some response here now hopefully we will see this baby in the virtual skies soon!

[jboyd]

Thanks Goran. It's a really nice model. Please let me know if I can provide any data.

[jboyd]

Ok, here's where I've tinkered with the model-  Engine set at 120hp, prop diameter to 2.99, speed through prop 110 at 2500rpm.   Empty weight up to 1588 from 1288.  CG- moved the aircraft and fuel tanks back another .2 feet.  Putting in actual flight plan fuel, passengers, baggage model performs pretty close to real world for me.  Now for the bonus-  under Standard, Systems there is a block on the lower left side for FMS/GPS- set both to use modern ARINC424 and you get the version 10 Garmin 430. 

[Goran_M]

I'll give those numbers a try and see what happens.

 

[xflyermat]

Any news on progress? Would love to see it updated with fixes    I use it as a training aid for flying the real thing.

[Goran_M]

Still looking at things and working on some new mesh for an added Garmin.  

There's been a large change in the LES world (which I'll disclose soon) and I've had to re-organize a few things and overcome a bit of an obstacle.  Work is continuing, though.

 

[WIPilot]

Glad to see your working on it please keep us updated!

[WIPilot]

Any updates on this one? This plane has been in the hangar since the day i bought it due to the engine power issue. The plane is magnificiant just the power issue! Updated GPS would be a bonus but isnt a must for me.

 

Thanks!

[Goran_M]

http://forums.x-pilot.com/topic/7799-interest-check-duchess-c23-sundowner-update/#entry84380

 

There's a lot going on in the LES "offices" at the moment...things I can't discuss.  But I've finished the new exterior mesh of the C23 and the flight model is about half done.

I'm working on it, just no timeline yet.  I can look into wrapping up the flight model and issuing it as an update, but I'll have to discuss that with Cameron.

[WIPilot]

this is great to hear! keep us posted!