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Thanks for the heads up Cameron. For those of us running newer versions of OSX (and therefore new versions of Safari), the new way to clear your cache is Safari>Reset Safari>Clear History. If you don't want to lose your browser history when you reset, go to Safari>Preferences>Advanced and turn on the developer menu. Then go to Develop>Empty Caches.
Something I discovered in the new forum software: if you want to split a post you have quoted into two quoted posts, put your cursor where you want to split and hit return twice. Much easier!
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Yup, that's what i'm using, and it works like a dream. I cant figure out how to rotate the objects though. Anybody know?
"q" and "e" keys to rotate, I believe. That and other great info should be in the help file.
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START by using OE.
I agree Chris. I haven't used WED since the ability to edit the DSF was added, but I always found Overlay Editor to be extremely intuitive and easy to use.
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How do I do that? Do i have to use WED?
Or overlay editor.
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If you used winterworld by Tom Curtis then things would go white. But that was an add-on and had to be manually enabled before runtime.
Exactly. I've used WinterWorld for a long time, but just wondered if there was a little plugin or something that I had missed to enable this auto turn-on feature.
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In previous versions when the temps went below freezing the ground textures went white and the blowing snow across the runway made it actually look COLD!!
Could you explain this? I never saw this in any version of X-Plane 8 or 9 I used.
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Come on, man. Why don't you help him out with what's wrong rather than crucify him?
Just following the example set by a few seemingly respected members of this community. If things are changing, that's wonderful and I'm very much looking forward to it.
@Kaphias-thanks for the input, i corrected a few mistakes
On the 787 page:
Un-capitialize "Resolutionary"
Capitalize the p in "X-plane"
Try "The 787 is also equipped with"
Un-capitalize "Pushback"
Capitalize "over"
Don't put the download thing in all caps
Capitalize "the 787"
Capitalize "there"
On the 767 page:
Capitalize "boeing"
No period after sounds
On the About Us page:
Remove any reference to the past, shutting down, etc. If you don't want people to hound you for it than you need to forget about it. Out of sight, maybe out of mind one day.
Change to "two new people"
Un-capitalize "While"
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ya i know...i am not that good in english
Learning to put a period at the end of a sentence is a fairly basic English skill...
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Nice design, but several grammar/punctuation issues and the continual mentioning of Michael's checkered past need fixing.
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Watched the ANA 787 take off from KSEA yesterday. Beautiful machine, and very quiet too.
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Lots of people don't know the difference between the -F and the -BCF, so i'm here to explain. The -F has a larger rear cargo door, which is a lot wider than the -BCF's rear cargo door. That's the only difference.
I think it should also be noted that the -F designates a plane that was built at Boeing as a freighter, while the -BCF aircraft are former passenger planes that have been converted to freighter use by Boeing (Boeing Converted Freighter) or by Bedek (Bedek Special Freighter), which have the -BDSF tag-on.
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What aircraft(s) are you seeing this with? Do you have all of the failures turned off? Weather set to non-freezing conditions? Will the autopilot still control the plane?
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Yes Kaphias it certainly does protrude as in your shots. But wouldn't the Floats do the same. Do you have a plan view? Zachs image just seems so much finer all round. Great puzzle!
From what I've read the plane is just sitting there rotting away, so it wouldn't surprise me if they've been removed.
Edit: 3-view:
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I started this flight, TXKF-KLGA, knowing full well what I might encounter when I was ready to land... let's just say it was quite a battle! The landing actually ended up better than I was expecting while on approach. Came close to running off the side of the runway but didn't. Enjoy!
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Cannot find an image of a Grunman so far where the Cockpit Windshield protrudes the Engines
Did you look at the images that I linked to in my previous post? Both of those show that the Albatross had a cockpit windshield in front of the props.
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How about a Widgeon The goose had radial engines and those engines are just to narrow to be radial
Thanks Larry, you got me on the right track... looks like it's N8497J, a 1953 Grumman Albatross.
http://www.myaviation.net/search/search.php?view=®nr=N8497J
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Twotters have a rectangular horizontal stabilizer, so its not that. Was thinking a Shorts or a Dornier but it looks too short to be either of those.
Edit: thought you said you thought it was a Twotter, I see you said Goose haha. Looking at some 3-views it certainly looks like it could be.
Edit again: Google's imagery makes it a little easier.
(click on the thumbnail)
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File Name: Bombardier Q500 Concept
File Submitter: Kaphias
File Submitted: 24 Oct 2012
File Category: Heavy Metal
X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9
Bombardier Q500- By Kaphias for the 2011 X-Plane.org Next Gen Turboprop Competition
This aircraft is a derivative of my SkyFerry. The Q500 concept is a stable, easy to fly canard design, with plenty of power to get in and out of short strips. It seats 72 passengers.
Below is the "read me" file, which is also included with the download.
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Engine start procedure:
On the right side of the panel, turn on the battery, avionics, and both generators, then the igniter and fuel switches for each engine.
Press and hold each start button for five seconds until startup, then turn on the Inverter as well.
Takeoff procedure:
Lower flaps one or two notches depending on runway length. Throttle engines to full power, rotate at 130-155kts depending on weight.
Retract gear, raise flaps as needed. Climb at 230kts and 1500-2000fpm.
In an engine-out situation:
Increase speed to stabilize aircraft, retract flaps, return to airport.
Landing procedure:
Slow to 120-140kts depending on weight, deploy flaps to full as needed. Trim up or pull back on the stick to keep the nose up.
Always keep some power to the engines, if you close the throttles the plane will drop.
Flare, close throttles for touchdown, speedbreaks up, engage full reverse thrust, add brakes as needed.
Disengage reversers, close speedbreaks, taxi off runway.
This aircraft uses two Europrop TP400-D6 engines, the same engines used on the upcoming Airbus A400M.
Data sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europrop_TP400
http://www.mtu.de/en/products_services/military_business/programs/tp400_d6/index.html
http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence/products/transporters/tp_400_d6.jsp
The airfoils are from the Car Ferry competition package.
The Q500 seats 72 people in a 2x2 configuration. This makes for 18 rows. I have spaced the rows 40 inches apart, which is just above the average for many of todays airlines. Bags are placed in the rear of the plane. Six 2x6 bag "weapons" were used to represent the size and weight of 72 bags.
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Enjoy!
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File Name: SkyFerry
File Submitter: Kaphias
File Submitted: 24 Oct 2012
File Category: Heavy Metal
X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9
SkyFerry- By Kaphias for the 2010 X-Plane Car Ferry Competition
This aircraft tied for 2nd place in the Car Ferry competition. Put simply, it's very easy to fly. It has very docile handling characteristics and can carry an absurd amount of weight. Below is the "read me" file, which is included in the download:
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This aircraft uses two Europrop TP400-D6 engines, the same engines used on the upcoming Airbus A400M.
Data sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europrop_TP400
http://www.mtu.de/en/products_services/military_business/programs/tp400_d6/index.html
http://www.rolls-royce.com/defence/products/transporters/tp_400_d6.jsp
Engine start procedure:
On the right side of the panel, turn on the battery, avionics, and both generators, then the igniter and fuel switches for each engine.
Press and hold each start button for five seconds until startup, then turn on the Inverter as well.
Takeoff procedure:
Lower flaps one or two notches depending on runway length. Throttle engines to full power, rotate at 115-135kts depending on weight.
Retract gear, raise flaps as needed. Climb at no more than 1000 fpm.
There is a maximum takeoff weight of 100,000 pounds, though the aircraft will fly at up to 200,000 pounds.
Just don't expect to survive an engine-out, or any other situation, hence the 100,000 pound limit.
NOTE: This aircraft is unpressurized. Do not climb above 10,000 feet.
In a engine-out situation:
Use generous amounts of rudder, pray.
Landing procedure:
Slow to 110-125kts depending on weight, deploy flaps to full as needed.
Always keep some power to the engines, if you close the throttles the plane will drop.
Flare, close throttles for touchdown, engage full reverse thrust, add brakes as needed.
Disengage reversers, taxi off runway.
To remove cargo (cars):
Extend speedbrakes to open door, imagine cars rolling off the plane. Receive large payment from customer.
Buy yourself and co-pilot a beer, providing proceeding flight was last of the day.
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Enjoy!
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From reading this topic, it seems that the purpose of that setting is to help the sync on CRT screens, not slow down the sim itself. Besides that, it doesn't seems to have any effect on my computer, which is backed up by other reports of the setting doing nothing on LCD screens.
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So I'm sitting here doing a flight MHTG-KMIA out over the gulf, with little to no land in sight. X-Plane is showing 370fps. Activity monitor is showing 95% CPU usage, and I know my GPU is getting run up as well because of the temps and the way my MacBook Pro sounds like it's about to lift off and fly away from my desk. Doing a little bit of research it seems that this behavior is typical for X-Plane: it likes to run your hardware 100% at all times, even if it clearly doesn't need to. I've heard stories about MBPs going kaput from constantly running hot.
Is there any way I can limit how much of my computer's resources X-Plane uses? Because frankly I don't need 370fps for the 2 hours I'm over the ocean with X-Plane hidden. Or for the 18 hour KEWR-WSSS flight I'm looking at.
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Would it work on a MSFS demo?
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official X-Plane forum
There is no such thing.
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You sure? I just attempted an update and 10.10r3 remains in place. It's also not noted in the dev blog, which is usually the go-to place for news of such things.
-Greg
E-mail from Austin on the 3rd:
X-Plane 10.10 is final now!Run your installer to get it.
This is the version of X-Plane 10 that would have been 10.00 in a perfect world: Really stable and well-tested, and good for tremendous amounts of bug-free use.
NEXT on our plate: 64-BIT!
THAT will make X-Plane 10.20 able to withstand any rendering option you can imagine entering without crashing!
Of course, the frame-rate will die off, depending on your computer, but you will be able to use your hardware for whatever it is worth, that's for sure!
Then, once 10.20 is out with 64-bit and running the way we like, we will start aiming at 10.30... what shall it have?
Well, that depends on what you email me asking for! ;-P
austin
KLEB Lebanon Municipal Airport
in Scenery Development
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Those big glass windows would be a perfect opportunity to do some interior modeling and open them up.