Goran_M

C++... Gizmo...

Hefty project. Good luck!

I had a bit of a "wow" moment myself when I was going through these tests for the exact reasons you describe. Happy it's been cleared up.

Got a final response from Austin. He confirmed it is definitely ice. My suggestion, stay away from clouds in temperatures that promote ice build up. Keeping in mind, Icing can happen in above 0°C temperatures...if there is enough humidity while flying through cloud.

"Take it on the chin" basically means... to be brave and not to complain when bad things happen to you or when people criticize you

I'll just say something. Zroman, you're not the only one who has been banned from the org. Nor are you the only one to be on the moderators receiving end. Venting about it in a blog will not make anyone from the org unban you. It will only cause more angst. Sometimes it's best just to let things go and take it on the chin.

Glen I ran a few tests after getting a reply from Austin and I would like to know if you had roughly the same settings. This was tested with the default King Air to eliminate whether or not it's an add on issue or an x plane issue. From what I can see, flying through clouds at a low enough temperature, will cause a lot of ice build up and the engines will lose power. Took this screenshot a few seconds before my engines died. Full power and flying almost straight and level. Note the ice output in the top left of the screen. Edit: Further correspondence is happening on this issue. I'll post an update on this as soon as I have it.

Thanks for that, Glen! I just filed a bug report. Should get fixed soon.

You MIGHT have warnings turned off. Turn them back on under "operations and warnings" and see if you get a carb ice warning. I'm only guessing but you may have Carb icing. The Carb heat levers are on the center column under the throttle console. I have just taken it for a small test flight to try and duplicate what is happening but I got no engine problems. Granted, I was over Hawaii, that's why I think it was carb icing.

Could you give me the flying conditions you were in. As much detail as possible. There are a couple of gauge issues that I have actually fixed a couple of weeks ago, but there are still 2 or 3 other issues that are being a bit stubborn. Also, just a shot in the dark, but was your mixture set correctly? If you're at a reasonably high altitude, and air pressure is lower than normal, having a Full Rich mixture setting will drop the engines power. In some cases, it will also stall the engines.

Spent the day flying it in XP10 and making flight model refinements. Can confirm it flies beautifully. No problems whatsoever. Even the framerates (90fps) are more than acceptable with this latest update

Yes. When 10 is considered stable, and completely out of beta, it will be made available (freely) for that as well.

Few more night lighting screen grabs... We did the standard reflective glass at first, but both Theo and I agreed it doesn't work on an old DC-3. I gave Theo a suggestion but he came up with his own idea. We're getting there. A few more issues to sort out and refinements to...refine.

Could have landed the float version of the DC-3 on the river next to the reactor. Much safer in X Plane.

Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing I can do atm to make it work properly. I have been working on what can be worked on. Rest assured, it'll be ready soon after 10 is considered stable.

My room is my man cave! Cheers, bud!

ha, no insulation in the roof, no heating, no cooling, and a solid concrete floor

It's either the room I have, or the garage. Everything else is hers. Apparently, I have no taste in decorating.

I wanted the bigger room in the house but the wife wouldn't have any of it.

Gizmo all the way.

Yes. Theo will get a paintkit up soon after he finishes the liveries.

We have a shortlist of liveries. What Theo is working on so far, besides Duggy, is Icelandair, Buffalo Airways, Rosinenbomber and Swedair. They are pretty much done, but, with the exception of Duggy, we have to grunge them up a little. As they stand now, they are way too clean. And yes, it is the C1 model of the Sperry. That has more code in it than anything else Theo coded.