USA TOUR Event | SAT JANUARY 30TH 17:00 - 23:00 UTC

[SkyBoat]

Hey everybody,

Ive been working on the Lockheed L -188 Electra. This is the four engine turboprop passenger plane they developed in the early 1950s. It was the platform for the P-3 Orion.

The model flies well, even though it has no instruments on the panel. It has Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engines instead of the correct Allison T56 501-D13 turboprops. My guess is that since the Allison engines have never been designed in an xml file they went with a rough equivalent. It's frustrating because the Double Wasps do not provide the authentic level of performance of the Allisons. The plane cannot fly as fast or as high according to specs. Although, it will be okay for tour if it has to.

Ive been working on converting the engines to the Allisons, but have hit a snag. I dont know how to revise the nasal files. It's taken a lot of research, but has been much fun.

Right now when I attempt to run the aircraft, it starts to load getting all the way to the scenery sequence, then it just crashes.

I can fly the original model on Jan 30, but would love to have the authentic engines if someone is willing to help me get them up and running.

On a side note, I'll be flying using the beautiful Braniff International Airways livery IAHM-COL created for the plane. It's shiny and so very stylish!

[swamp]

Sorry I am so late posting this, I have been talking about it while fly and using mumble but I kept forgetting. I will be flying the Lockheed L-1049h Super Constellation.

[jwocky]

David ... copy the engines file for the P&Ws and rename the copy Allison (you maybe want to take also a copy of the props if they were different)
Then change the values to the Allison values (more horsepower, I assume better performance on the props?)
Then change in the JSB-file in the "propulsion" section to your new Allison engines.
The nasals should still work.

[IAHM-COL]

*********USA TOUR TODAY**********

Guys, Looking forward to meet you later today in Portland, on a good long - range propeller aircraft.
Most of us are already selected on the craft, so for those of you in doubts, few hours left to select

We'll be flying at low altitude (15000) and at the best speed those props allows us, and we expect to be on the air for 4.5 hours or about.
Weather in Portland for our departure seems to be a great forecast: http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KPDX/weather
Maybe some showers in the vicinity. But surely, we'll get nice views of the terrain.

In Nebraska, weather forecast is also very nice, with some scattered at 10000AGL.
http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KOMA/weather

See you all soon,
IH-COL

[legoboyvdlp]

Argh!
I forgot all about it!
I'll be around in my DC6 in a couple of hours. Here is hoping for good framerates, no crashes, and nice weather!

[legoboyvdlp]

And hoping TerrySync works... I'm doubtful.

[legoboyvdlp]

It worked for the first time this week, and I am downloading KOMA.

[Octal450]

Well Gentlemen, something has come up and I *may* not be able to make it to this USA Tour. However, there is a chance that I will be able to! I guess at 16:30Z or so, if I am available, I will enter the mumble channel. Keeping my fingers crossedd!

[MountainFlyerN22]

I'll be in the C-130J.
Sorry for the late notice.

[Martien van der P.]

Sorry guys I couldn't join due to TerraSync problems (got simply no terrain to take off or land on at this route). I've also tried to dowload the new TerraMaster v1.2 but the download doesn't worked. And trying out the new TerraSync server through the command line.

Have fun everybody who is flying the tour.

Btw: Nice work on the L-188 guys.