February 4, 201313 yr Hi guys I'm a long time devotee to Carenado's fine aircraft since FS9. I decided to buy up nearly every single aircraft they make for FSX during the Xmas sale... But as a real world pilot there are a few things bugging me - some I have fixed and will share with you and some I need some advice on. These are just what I've found so far. Maybe I'm nitpicking but if you want realism you gotta have attention to detail. I would hope these are things a Carenado service pack could address. 1st - Several of the planes in including the C185F & C172N have two vors, none with a GS - yet they did include dual nav/coms and a marker beacon for IFR. Hmmm... I borrowed the VOR2 gauge from the V35B Bonanza and added it to every line in the panel.cfg that had the other VOR2 listed. Now I have an actual IFR panel in those planes. 2nd - The sound.cfg in C185F and C340 have some errors so certain things you should be hearing you're not. [EXIT_CLOSE] filename=opendoor <---- change this to CLOSEDOOR for the correct .wav file to play. Now you'll hear distinct open and closing door sound correctly. flags=0 viewpoint=1 [GYRO_SOUND] filename=giroscopio <--- change this to GYRO for the correct .wav file to play and now you'll hear the gyros spinning! Maybe you didn't notice when you flicked the master on but I did right away. flags=0 viewpoint=1 maximum_volume=9000 3rd - On the C185F - the fuel selector valve is between the seats. It'll take use of "ctrl+shift" then using "backspace and enter" to move views around and find it but it's there and it's functional. They didn't bother to mention that it in the cockpit manual. Last one and I could use some help on this: The C185F (and the cherokee 180, if I recall correctly) do not have suction gauges. It's got a vacuum system so it should have one. I wanted to use the suction gauge from the Arrow IV since it most closely resembles that old-style gauge you saw in most early 185s. The way the VC is designed on the C185F makes it nearly impossible to simply add one to the panel using traditional coordinates to place the gauge. I found I could place it where the clock is but then a clock is required IFR equipment. There goes realism. Again, a small detail but tell me you don't check your suction gauge as part of your scan, especially in actual IFR? Yep, that's what I thought too. Does anyone know how to place a suction gauge into that panel? Thanks for the help and happy flying!
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