Goran_M

Code, testing, code. testing and more code and testing. It will be very soon.

We don't always post progress reports, Steven. After the DC-3 is out, I'll make a few, rather large, "announcements".

Jason posted this on his Facebook profile. Being a pilot is not as glamorous as it used to be. If you absolutely LOVE flying, and don't have any commitments, and are living on a shoestring budget, then it can be ok for the first several years. Otherwise, think twice. What really got me was they can work for 16 hours a day and get paid for only 1 hour. They only get paid from the moment the doors close on the aircraft when departing to the moment the doors open on arrival. No pay for layovers or other time spent at the airport. First year FO on a regional airline can earn $22 000 GROSS. Bus drivers make more than that! http://youtu.be/1gqPH8UZWcw

I am SO showing Theo this thread!!

Thanks guys. Your comments are seriously, very much appreciated. Just want to add that we're doing our very best to hurry up and get it done, but as we always say, we want it done properly. Doesn't matter if it's an ultralight, single engine prop, twin engine turboprop or a jet. We put a lot of hard work and a lot of long hours into our projects to get them looking and flying just right. Keep the comments coming!

Yes Yes

Perry, it's in X Plane 9. Not touching X Plane 10 until I get the word that it's out of beta.

We're choosing things that would be authentic and look "nice".

New night lighting screenshot.

Not saying.

The Duke was actually started a while ago. Even before the DC-3. Theo and I were discussing which one to do out of the ones I posted in this poll. The Duke will most probably be done some time this year, but for now, we have the DC-3 and then 3 other projects all lined up to finish in the next 6 months. One of them is the Saab which is finished but for a small amount of coding left for Theo to finish. The other 2, well, I want to keep them under wraps for now.

I'll be doing a whole new upgrade for the flight model for 10 when it is considered stable and out of beta. There are a few other things I need to do for the gauges as well to make the whole thing work in 10. They shouldn't take too long though.

Night lighting is getting a few fixes. Once it's completely done, then I'll post something.

Nothing external just yet. A few things need to be fixed. Theo wants to work on night lighting first and get that out of the way (looks incredible so far, btw) and then he'll make some fixes to the externals, and then I'll throw some more screenshots up.

Happy New Year to you too. I can appreciate what you are saying, but we're limited to what's available to us. Is it possible to make the props feather and NOT windmill? Anything is possible with plug ins. X Plane is not a "perfect" sim. But it comes close.

A small update to keep you informed. Night lighting is being worked on. We still have a few panel regions to take care of for the radios. Manual is half way done and then testing. If things go smoothly, with no other problems, it will definitely be this month.

Yeah, I miss that thing. It's not a dead project. I've actually remodelled the cockpit completely over the last year. Just a small change from my other stuff. I go back to it maybe one day a week. I'm happy with how the cockpit looks now. When we finish the stuff we're doing, we'll look into programming it. That'll take a while.

Might take this opportunity and say Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, or whatever holiday you celebrate, to ALL our customers and we look forward to sharing a rather "large" 2012 with you! Drive safe and appreciate each other. All the best! From Goran, Theo and the extended LES family.

Thanks Have a happy and safe one!

Very simple avionics. 2 Nav Radios, 2 comm radios, 2 ADF's and a Transponder. All on the overhead panel. I've had to change the overhead radio panel from the earlier render I posted because the windows for the frequencies were too small to read. So I found another radio panel from the period that is much easier to read. On the main panel, an RMI for the Left side that tunes to ADF 1 and NAV 1 and the right side will tune to Nav 2 and ADF 2. Marker Beacon indicator lights. Sperry Autopilot that has a heading hold function and a pitch hold function. No ILS. ILS is for whimps!

Short answer is no. To make it work the way it's supposed to work, with modulated signals, will take a bit of work. We might put in some simple distance measuring equipment. That would take about an hour to customize it and add it, but we'll see how it pans out.

Not much more to show yet. Lots of work going on lately to make things work. When I get a finalized cabin and exterior, I'll put up a few screenshots of that. I'll see if I can get a few screenshots of the overhead and center console in the next day or 2.

I'm not really sure what you are trying to correct. I never said the feathering or the prop governor was dependent on the electric current. I said you need an electric current to cause spark plug ignition. The windmilling will start the engine if the mixture is set to rich, there is an electric current going to the spark plugs and the prop levers are pushed fully forward. Without an electric current, the spark plugs won't fire and the engine won't start.

If you're talking about "fully feathered to 90°", then yes, it is possible. It's possible to feather props to any amount. The Beech Duchess prop feathering limit is 80° to 82°. I set it to feather at 81°. Taken from the Beech Duchess TCDS: "Pitch setting at 30 in. station: low 12.1° +- 0.01°, high 17° to 20°, feather 80° to 82°" Pulling the prop levers on the throttle console all the way back will set the props to a feathering position of (what I set it as) 81°. Because of this, there will occasionally be some amount of windmilling.

The angle of the props when fully feathered is 81°. Because of this, they will sometimes continue to windmill. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7x8iAjFtzI