Ken and team,

 

Congrats on this release, really looking forward to taking her up!

 

Cheers.

Concerning the MP and the rudder, we may have put the incorrect airfile in the installer. We are looking at this right now and will keep you updated

 

Thanks

Confirmed here as well. This would be an almost perfect compromise if the large knobs worked, as all the other controls seem to "poke through" just fine.

 

Scott

 

I just use the 2D popup for the most things like data entry etc.

I love the look of the original Milviz bezel and how well the RXP gauge integrates below.

For me, that´s a perfect compromise.

I'll add to Mik75's post and say that yes the RXP units will work and his mods place them properly into the aircraft. If you are using hardware ie PFC430 to control your Garmin radio you will need to swap the order they appear in the panel.cfg so the 530 loads first. If the 430 appears first in order in the panel.cfg it will load first and the PFC430 will control the first Garmin unit loaded. Easy swap but curious that the designer would write the panel.cfg with the secondary radio being loaded first in order.

 

Ken, nice work on the mission pak. This is worth the price of the title alone. I did notice a few places where 310 was mentioned instead of Baron. I also noted that there may be some positional problems when someone is using UTX (which might reposition the airport). The call out you gave for turning base was mid field and final was called out about the time I turned base. There were no further calls other than a warning regarding blue line as I came over the fence and retarded throttles for landing. I think I might install this package into P3d and re run the mission to see if it happens there (no UTX).

 

Hmmm, what mission(s) referenced the 310R? I thought I scrubbed them all out, but seems like I missed one. If you can tell me when it happened on which mission, I can go back in and scrub my communications to remove it and then re-upload the updates.

 

The triggers for events within FSX seem to work ... how's the word .... inconsistent! Yeah, that's a "nice" way of putting it!

 

The trigger points I built were constructed with the stock FSX airports. So, it is possible that if airport locations got moved with a third-party add on that the triggers could be misplaced some. Unfortunately, I can't see how I could fix that since the options for misplacement could be as varied as the sheer quantity of scenery updates that are out there! The scenery for Portales Airport that I created laid out upgraded scenery objects on the airport, but using the stock airport location of FSX with Acceleration.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

Hmmm, what mission(s) referenced the 310R? I thought I scrubbed them all out, but seems like I missed one. If you can tell me when it happened on which mission, I can go back in and scrub my communications to remove it and then re-upload the updates.

 

The triggers for events within FSX seem to work ... how's the word .... inconsistent! Yeah, that's a "nice" way of putting it!

 

The trigger points I built were constructed with the stock FSX airports. So, it is possible that if airport locations got moved with a third-party add on that the triggers could be misplaced some. Unfortunately, I can't see how I could fix that since the options for misplacement could be as varied as the sheer quantity of scenery updates that are out there! The scenery for Portales Airport that I created laid out upgraded scenery objects on the airport, but using the stock airport location of FSX with Acceleration.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

Hi Ken,

 

I know what you are talking about with mission building. The upgraded Portales scenery looks fine so I am not sure if UTX changed the position of the airport or not. The RXP Garmin appears to show my location correctly in relation to where I am on its map which is independent. The 310 comment came up during the talk through for twin engined operations either during the runup sequence or right after during the talk through for takeoff and climb operations. These are the long versions you recorded which I wanted to give a listen to so if someone skips over them to get to flying faster they will miss them. I may go repeat the mission to see if I can specifically locate the location. I did successfully install the aircraft and scenery in to P3d but the missions so far will not show up. There may be a way to trick them into showing up since this would be not only nice but would fit into P3d's purpose as an educational and flight training aid.

Pumps work, I get both sounds. Depends on the setting. I start with high and go to low in flight as high pumps are rather noisy.

 

One thing that looks like a bug is the lighting. The lighting of the radio stack works despite no power (battery off etc.). Intentional? Besides the switches for the lighting are not that easy to handle. Well hidden and without a proper tooltip so you don't know what intensity you have just set up.

 

And one question. Rudder seems to effect the plane in similar fashion as aileron, the plane starts to bank if you apply rudder only. The rudder does work but it also generates banking to an extend. Is that indeed the case?

 

 

 

 

To answer your question directly, yes rudder does and will affect the roll axis and does so to varying degrees with difference aircraft. For aircraft of relatively little weight (like your standard GA airplanes) the rudder alone can turn an airplane quite effectively. It causes a lot more drag than a properly coordinated turn, but rudder can do the job.

 

For example, during certain phases of flight, rudder is considered an ideal tool for turning. One prime example is on final approach, where using rudder to maintain runway centerline alignment (or localizer course alignment) is a more precise and immediate method than using aileron. Also, you use rudder to counter a wing drop when the plane stalls as the rudder retains effectiveness longer than does ailerons.

 

Of course, a lot of this is based upon the specific airplane. For example, the rudder is practically useless on a T-38A Talon. For them, you have to roll and pull with elevator to effect a turn. However, even on the T-38A, you can use rudder to maintain runway centerline on final approach but you must be careful with the inputs. One thing you don't do on the T-38 is cross-control to counter crosswinds as you do with about any GA airplane. Instead, you land in the crab -- something you try to avoid in a GA airplane.

 

Long-winded answer to your question, but ultimately the right answer is that it is not unrealistic to have rudder perform both a primary yaw but also a secondary roll axis adjustment.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

 

Hi Ken,

 

I know what you are talking about with mission building. The upgraded Portales scenery looks fine so I am not sure if UTX changed the position of the airport or not. The RXP Garmin appears to show my location correctly in relation to where I am on its map which is independent. The 310 comment came up during the talk through for twin engined operations either during the runup sequence or right after during the talk through for takeoff and climb operations. These are the long versions you recorded which I wanted to give a listen to so if someone skips over them to get to flying faster they will miss them. I may go repeat the mission to see if I can specifically locate the location. I did successfully install the aircraft and scenery in to P3d but the missions so far will not show up. There may be a way to trick them into showing up since this would be not only nice but would fit into P3d's purpose as an educational and flight training aid.

 

We don't know for sure if the Baron 55 will fly in P3D. But, I do know that our 310R will and I also know that our missions will work in P3D as I have a copy and gave it a shot myself. Porting FSX aircraft over to P3D requires that you find every single piece of file and move it to the appropriate folder in P3D. As Colin has said, we cannot offer any official support for that process. And to be honest I have not even had the time to port over my own personal copy of the Baron 55 to my copy of P3D.

 

I will say that it is likely more a case of the triggers are just acting inconsistent. I almost got rid of them because of this inconsistency given that locations in patterns are by their very nature very precise. But, in the end I felt verbal inputs by the virtual instructor are helpful. I hate blaming other applications for things that go wrong with things I create. But, in truth, I have to say that FSX executes missions was a significant degree of inconsistency.

 

Ken

To answer your question directly, yes rudder does and will affect the roll axis and does so to varying degrees with difference aircraft. For aircraft of relatively little weight (like your standard GA airplanes) the rudder alone can turn an airplane quite effectively. It causes a lot more drag than a properly coordinated turn, but rudder can do the job.

 

For example, during certain phases of flight, rudder is considered an ideal tool for turning. One prime example is on final approach, where using rudder to maintain runway centerline alignment (or localizer course alignment) is a more precise and immediate method than using aileron. Also, you use rudder to counter a wing drop when the plane stalls as the rudder retains effectiveness longer than does ailerons.

 

Of course, a lot of this is based upon the specific airplane. For example, the rudder is practically useless on a T-38A Talon. For them, you have to roll and pull with elevator to effect a turn. However, even on the T-38A, you can use rudder to maintain runway centerline on final approach but you must be careful with the inputs. One thing you don't do on the T-38 is cross-control to counter crosswinds as you do with about any GA airplane. Instead, you land in the crab -- something you try to avoid in a GA airplane.

 

Long-winded answer to your question, but ultimately the right answer is that it is not unrealistic to have rudder perform both a primary yaw but also a secondary roll axis adjustment.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

 

 

 

We don't know for sure if the Baron 55 will fly in P3D. But, I do know that our 310R will and I also know that our missions will work in P3D as I have a copy and gave it a shot myself. Porting FSX aircraft over to P3D requires that you find every single piece of file and move it to the appropriate folder in P3D. As Colin has said, we cannot offer any official support for that process. And to be honest I have not even had the time to port over my own personal copy of the Baron 55 to my copy of P3D.

 

I will say that it is likely more a case of the triggers are just acting inconsistent. I almost got rid of them because of this inconsistency given that locations in patterns are by their very nature very precise. But, in the end I felt verbal inputs by the virtual instructor are helpful. I hate blaming other applications for things that go wrong with things I create. But, in truth, I have to say that FSX executes missions was a significant degree of inconsistency.

 

Ken

 

Maybe so, nearly all other GA aircraft I own have some bank when the rudder is applied, but this seems really odd, I basically stopped using it, it's not comfortable to fly at all :(

 

Hoping its a small bug that can be easily fixed.

I've experienced the "rudder problem" too, trying to fly a crosswind landing with the sideslip techninque.

Just finished downloading the B55 zip file. While unzipping the file Norton's gave me a "Trojan Horse Alert" and would not allow me to unzip the file. Is this a false alarm or has anyone else received a similar alert:.

 

thanks for any help.

Maybe I have another issue here.

 

Is it normal to have the aux fuel pump noise only in the LOW setting? If I set it to HIGH, nothing is audible.

 

The hi-pressure pump sound is the default FSX sound file: ..\Sound\fuel_pump.wav

The lo-pressure pump sound is the custom sound file: ..\Sound\Milviz\SND17.wav

 

If you get no sound on HI, then check your default FSX ..\Sound folder to make sure that file is present...

To answer your question directly, yes rudder does and will affect the roll axis and does so to varying degrees with difference aircraft. For aircraft of relatively little weight (like your standard GA airplanes) the rudder alone can turn an airplane quite effectively. It causes a lot more drag than a properly coordinated turn, but rudder can do the job.

 

For example, during certain phases of flight, rudder is considered an ideal tool for turning. One prime example is on final approach, where using rudder to maintain runway centerline alignment (or localizer course alignment) is a more precise and immediate method than using aileron. Also, you use rudder to counter a wing drop when the plane stalls as the rudder retains effectiveness longer than does ailerons.

 

Of course, a lot of this is based upon the specific airplane. For example, the rudder is practically useless on a T-38A Talon. For them, you have to roll and pull with elevator to effect a turn. However, even on the T-38A, you can use rudder to maintain runway centerline on final approach but you must be careful with the inputs. One thing you don't do on the T-38 is cross-control to counter crosswinds as you do with about any GA airplane. Instead, you land in the crab -- something you try to avoid in a GA airplane.

 

Long-winded answer to your question, but ultimately the right answer is that it is not unrealistic to have rudder perform both a primary yaw but also a secondary roll axis adjustment.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

 

 

 

We don't know for sure if the Baron 55 will fly in P3D. But, I do know that our 310R will and I also know that our missions will work in P3D as I have a copy and gave it a shot myself. Porting FSX aircraft over to P3D requires that you find every single piece of file and move it to the appropriate folder in P3D. As Colin has said, we cannot offer any official support for that process. And to be honest I have not even had the time to port over my own personal copy of the Baron 55 to my copy of P3D.

 

I will say that it is likely more a case of the triggers are just acting inconsistent. I almost got rid of them because of this inconsistency given that locations in patterns are by their very nature very precise. But, in the end I felt verbal inputs by the virtual instructor are helpful. I hate blaming other applications for things that go wrong with things I create. But, in truth, I have to say that FSX executes missions was a significant degree of inconsistency.

 

Ken

 

Hi Ken,

 

For P3d I just pointed the extracted installer already used for FSX (since it would now have the registry and anti-piracy entries) at P3d and the Baron installed just fine. I moved the missions into the mission folder as done in FSX, the flightplans were already in the root folder c:/ and moved the reward file respectively. P3d doesn't seem to recognize with this... possibly the hierarchy is wrong, I did try moving the Baron mission part to other mission folder locations but no joy.

 

Regarding the 310 comment in the mission, it is in the first mission doing the runup when explaining the magneto bug for FSX. I haven't flown the subsequent missions yet.

 

I have landed on runway 19, 1, and 26 so far. The instruction to turn to base and final seem to come at a time that makes the most sense if landing runway 1 but upon slowing below blue line I get a verbal warning about my speed and no further comment even after coming to a stop off the runway, cleaning up the aircraft and taxiing back to the hangar.

The hi-pressure pump sound is the default FSX sound file: ..\Sound\fuel_pump.wav

The lo-pressure pump sound is the custom sound file: ..\Sound\Milviz\SND17.wav

 

If you get no sound on HI, then check your default FSX ..\Sound folder to make sure that file is present...

 

Fixed! Dunno why, but my original fuel_pump.wav was renamed to fuel_pump.bck... and another fuel_pump.wav was present, but playing it you hear nothing.

 

Probably some other addon I've installed in the past messed up the file.

 

Thanks.

Is this a false alarm or has anyone else received a similar alert:.

 

This is very well-known, discussed (and cussed!) "False Alarm" that virtually every virus scanner company on the planet simply refuses to fix!

 

All files using the Flight1 wrapper system are affected, but are guaranteed to be virus free.

 

Probably some other addon I've installed in the past messed up the file.

Most likely is that some other addon developer didn't like the very loud and obnoxious sound of the default fuel_pump.wav and simply substituted a version with zero volume! At least they were polite enough to rename the default instead of deleting or overwriting it!

I took her for a first spin from 2S1, over Boeing Field to KSEA and back to 2S1. That´s a short circuit that I fly with every new add on since I have Orbx PNW.

And I can just say: WOW! Or better: Wooooohooooo!

That bird feels and flies fantastic! Sure, you need some aileron when the rudder is in use, but I don´t have the feeling that this effect was overdone, nor do I have to use full aileron... I have to compensate. That, plus the fact that she seems to fly, more than riding on a track in the sky, makes it a pure fun to fly this Baron.

The VC looks really nice, too. The glass effect on the instruments is amazing.

I´ll have to jump in that cockpit again, right now!

Milviz, you did an extraordinary job!

This is very well-known, discussed (and cussed!) "False Alarm" that virtually every virus scanner company on the planet simply refuses to fix!

 

Yes I do remember the last time I bought using the Flight 1 wrapper. Anyway had to disable antiviurs and firewall since Norton stopped payment as well until I disabled my firewall.

 

All is well and time to go fly my new B55.