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Well.... here are they. I think is my best video (well if everyone thinks the same will be hehe). It toke more than usual make it, but here it is... "spread the word"!! better seen on youtube on HD!!

CAMERON!!! SEE THIS EMAIL PLEASE!!! soon you will have the help from him...That his part!

??? ??? But did you try again and it went up? I mean... after finishing your flight.. did you try to load again and test it? I have found several times on Mentor or other planes... that something is terribly bad... Don't know.. for example cannot manipulate radios... switches.. graphics are bad... or things like the gears.. or rudder that don't move... etc.. Thanksfully that normally only happens to me once a month or what ever... and I found that closing x-plane and opening again fixed all problems.. and also just loading the plane again. The Landing Gear movement are all from datarefs.. if the dataref is bad because a bug of x-plane then all it can be done is reset the plane or x-plane. But imagine my face the first times I found this issue "BUT WHY IS ALL MESS UP.. NOW I WAS 20 HOURS EXPORTING EVERYTHING STEP BY STEP?????" hahahaha.

Hi Simon... Yes.. I saw the raining drops issue in your last video. Are only the ones on the copilot side.. I thought I linked all to the animation of the canopy (I put much attention doing that, but seems need fixing). Anyway is easy to fix. The second thing i Don't understand at all. What are teh streaks? are the rain moving faster? Well there is a problem there. I can't without programming. If Laminar put animation of texture on x-plane I could do something.. but I need something of code to make them move faster. I was thought the best solution would be doing the rain with particles.. but still has work to do. If you see the weather video of Gran turismo weather: that is the best you can have on rain fx and snow.. that only can be done with a good particle system... but today on x-plane is totally years behind from that (hope we can have something close soon). On CRJ there is speed rain.. a little better than on the Mentor.... but that is because the windshield on the CRJ is more "flat" so I could do it better. And because there are wippers that clean the rain. But for sure there are more investigation to do on this. I put on Mentor rain drops.. just because the feeling they give. You know that if you want to hide them (the raindrops appear above clouds where doesn't rain. There is a new dataref from laminar to fix that comming) you can press the thermomether.

Hehe thaks!!

Yes.. that ugly blades happens when you are looking though those blades (on movement) a cloud. Only then.. and if you are outside. Inside never happens.. Sooooooo.. where a pilot should be always???? INSIDE!!! hahahahahaha.

wow!... well I woun't say that the video is not good (well you said you didn't like too much the video) The cameras are good.. but what it happens to me is that the music goes one way.. and the video goes other. I think the video should always "dance" (go) with the music.. Follow the rithm of it. Of course that is more difficult than take some shots mount the video and then just put the music we like most!... what I always do is first think of what music I like.. and then record thinking of tham music... feeling the shock on my back because the music.. Sometimes I have it others not. For example on my last video of the Mentor I had a clear idea that it should be low motion shots, because the music is like too much heroic one. But I wanted to fly up on one of the shots.. and that time for me is like a shocking on my back (don't know how to say into english.. In spanish I would say "ponerme la piel de gallina" (chicken skin) "ponerme los pelos como escarpias" (hair like spikes) or "ponerseme... ..... ejem...." not translation.. hahahahahahah.

as said on comments... WHY DID YOU CUT!!!!???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA great ambient.

Yes! I know that quadrant. And I didn't don't remember exactly very well why.. but did the one on the B version. Why? Because on a photo of a T34C version saw that quadrant also. Even I have seen on diferent "C's" different configurations. If you can reproduce the problem with the GPS please do it. But.. Did you read the manua? there is fully explain the steps you have to make to make autopilot correctly the plane.. and if you don't follow those steps, autopilot may not work. Trully.. it was a headache for me to do that.. but I found the way to do.. and found that I liked too much the old autopilot method. Mentor is an VFR Plane.. with help of a very simple autopilot system. The truth Mentor doesn't have altitude hold.. but because a problem with autopilot on x-plane default simulator (that was reported to Austin, and will be fixed on version 10) and because I cannot program.. I had to include the Altitude mode. As you can see (but is written on the documentation) this is not as the real TurboMentor. It is really really close to it, but it is not. It is "my configuracion" of a C version. I think on real life (as I saw on pictures) If I had a real Mentor I would change something to make me feel confortable inside. Anyway.. a 1.0 version is a 1.0 version. Seamax didn't had a GPS on 1.0 but yes on 1.2 version. Lets see how it changes this one.

sorry for not replying sooner. I I don't know really much what to reply to you because with my english I don't understand what is the question. Well Condition Lever and Mixture lever are the same.. so if on checklist.. it put "Condition lever - Fuel off" it means that you put the mixture lever down to cut fuel to the engine so the blades stops. No.. still is not modelled the Beta Stage.. but will try how to do that without plugin. The problem is that as said on manual.. I am not programmer so I have to think how to solver some situations without the use of plugin. I success on some of them... but others not.. and this is one of them. Because I could put a mark to show where is the beta stage point.. but the good thing would be to make a snap position.. and that only can be made with plugin... (I think. Maybe I could find a solution and for sure would add on next version)

well Texture sent to Scuba... it seems that was a download problem. Hope you enjoy! I have to make promotion of this plane or it will be lost in memory!!! Damm .org page that nothing is shown there! Damm Nicolas! > anyway.. soon I will make a video of all the planes I have made.. included the x-plane 10 version. I have clear authorization from Austin.

Yes it seems to be a problem with the download. Cameron check out this! (if you don't have the texture by today email me and I will send you that one. About steering... Yes yes you have to steer with differential brakes. So if you don't have pedals you have to map them on keyboard or joystick. I made the plane that way.... And also the big torque at take offs. For me was more fun to manage and fly. More challenge. But if people finds it complicated, I could do other version for future update.

Ok.. I am back from street... Well RogueRunner I think you were seeing those "bugs" on replay view. Correct me if I am wrong. I will tell you why I say that. 1. About the landing light. That is a problem of all planes or whatever things on x-plane. Landing lights or other lights are billboards... so when they are behind other object or collision with other object it is cut. So it depends how deep you can put the Landing gear inside. If it is deep you won't see the bright, but if is not.. yes. And that is what happens to Mentor. I cannot do anything if I want to put landing light brights. On the Manual it says.. it is better to switch off Landing light when gears are up. Better do it if you don't want to have that thing on the plane when LG are up. 2. The engine smoke it goes oposite direction what should go when you play replay. Don't know why.. but it does.. it is a X-Plane Stuff. Never saw that behaviour on real time flight. About Scubajuan... Yes.. the Landing gear steers.. It steers.. but not as good as it should. The problem with it came because x-plane data output and the design of the front LG. Design: it is not totally vertical.. so in animation it was hell to make it move more or less correctly. If you drive on platform smoothy you will have a correct steer.. but if you are heavy on your drive.. it will happen things bad. X-plane output data: it was dancing too much on stop position so I had to put limits. Maybe those limits makes the Lg steer animation jumps sometime. Anyway.. is something I have to look for a better solution for sure. Everyday I am learning something new.. and I don't know how to do everything. If I find the perfect solution I will upload it. About Metal livery or changing to another livery. I had not problem at all. In my experience with other planes made before... usually graphical issues are because computer of everyone. Maybe is loading too much memory and your video card crashes.. Try to lower the textures resolution and make the change. Should be no difference between Metal or other livery at all. Hope this can help you both!

I am gonna kill you!!!! hahahahahaha ;D ;D ;D ;D with my english.. and the help page I thought that you couldn't be able to download it because a problem on server!! oooh my estomach!! has suffered too much nervous situations last month!!

Yeah!!! The plane is out and you can now fly on it!! 5 months and a half to complete this beautiful aircraft ready for you! Too much details put on it. All that I have learned on Javelin, Seamax, CRJ and the planes for x-plane 10 are ready on this plane. already 4 people buyed it before ending this post.. hehehe.. Really Thanks! Well, you can find it on x-aviation: http://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=60 or on my page (it sells on x-aviation, but you also will find the manual in high resulution for printing). http://www.jrollon.com best! ;D

yes.. will be up really soon. Cameron!! hurry up!! haha Ok.. for those that cannot wait.. you can now download the manual for free on my page (also will be on x-aviation for free download). My page? http://www.jrollon.com

yes.. the sink of the tires is because the texture of ground of the airport.. At that moment I didn't find how to fit perfectly on ground so it makes that horrible "cut" fx on any plane. Not Mentor Issue at all!

fiuu.. you know how much difficult is to put everyone to end a plane? I have enought with CRJ and Mentor right now... later we have the 320.. too much work still. First lets finish the CRJ and publish the Mentor.. later we will see..

No.. still not.. sorry. work is going really slow, but is normal because things have to be tested and that takes long time.. step by step.

Hello! Well always comming late to new technologies, but here we are..... If you want to follow my work or whatever news are from me, then: http://twitter.com/JrollonPlanes Thanks!

Right now is the only job I have.

The plane is finished. The only thing is needed is correction of documentation (my english has mistakes) and make the page on x-aviation and minor things. So as soon as x-aviation makes those things then the plane will be ready. Today I will start with the video of the plane and my page on my website to link it with x-aviation one.

Amazing!.. sent info to Austin and Ben. I think they are too niiiiiice!! but the problem usually is, maybe they are low performance hit, but it is a engine for that only.. if you put the planes, their graphics, phisics etc etc.. then usually for sure performance will be lower and lower. Nice clouds for sure! would be a pleasure fly with them!

No... I didn't see that configuration. If you have a photo of the hook please post to make it possible on one aircraft version.

Yes it is strange, but it's that way....