Mooney M20R | Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation

[Coop1019 17]

On 4/28/2017 at 11:47 PM, Pat Mussotte said:

What a beauty! 

Keep up this awesome work and thank you very much for sharing

Pat

 

Thank you!

[sd_flyer 6,043]

I applied for beta testing couple weeks via adm testing page, but haven't received anything back. I flown couple models of Mooney and did my CFI J model. No that is a big deal, but it would be nice at least to hear simple "no thanks" instead of nothing. Just saying..

[Coop1019 17]

On 7/12/2017 at 9:42 AM, sd_flyer said:

I applied for beta testing couple weeks via adm testing page, but haven't received anything back. I flown couple models of Mooney and did my CFI J model. No that is a big deal, but it would be nice at least to hear simple "no thanks" instead of nothing. Just saying..

Sorry about that! I was away for a few weeks, and the notification emails fell through the cracks. Thanks for pointing this out! Emails will be sent out in the next hour or so. 

[sd_flyer 6,043]

32 minutes ago, Coop1019 said:

Sorry about that! I was away for a few weeks, and the notification emails fell through the cracks. Thanks for pointing this out! Emails will be sent out in the next hour or so. 

Got it thanks

[Coop1019 17]

We have been working on perfecting our exterior model's PBR. Interior model to come next.

[Coop1019 17]

Here is the latest from the cockpit:

You can see in here what has been completed. All of the standard six instruments have been finished. 

A few things to show in this image:

• Performance! You can see I am getting around 95fps while taking this screenshot; our aircraft runs significantly faster on my development rig than nearly all of my other planes.
• Circuit Breakers! You can see over at the panel, the Com/Nav1 Circuit Breaker is pulled, causing a failed radio on the GNS 530, and the NAV flag to automatically display in the HSI.
• Switches: Nearly all of the systems are complete that are simulator worthy: the switches work.

A few things that are not finished:

• Display drawing: you can see that the M800 Chronometer, EDM-700 Engine Monitor, the Autopilot, Transponder, and ADF have not been implemented. Logic is there for our custom systems; drawing is still a WIP.
• Annunciator Panel: The actual annunciators need to be textured in.
• Some more miscellaneous stuff here and there.

All in all, the aircraft is coming along nicely. Thank you all for your support.

[JYW 2,981]

The panel is looking really nice, @Coop1019 !  :)

[Coop1019 17]

On 8/11/2017 at 7:23 AM, JYW said:

The panel is looking really nice, @Coop1019 !  :)

Thank you!

[Coop1019 17]

Released in Early Access Beta!

See https://www.afmsimulation.com/m20r/ for more info

[Anxu00 176]

Very nice a buy from day 1.

[Coop1019 17]

The M20R Ovation 3 Alpha has been released!

Feature List:

• Ovation 3 Performance Updates including 130-gallon fuel tank and 310HP engine.
• Laminar Research G1000 is fully integrated
• Customized Engine and Trim overlays to represent the M20R*
• A fully revamped electrical system including buses, circuit breakers, etc.
• Custom Menu system using Laminar’s SDK allowing popout windows
• Revamped Cabin*
• Revamped FMOD sounds
• Full VR Compatibility*
• Ovation 3 Liveries! (All Ovation II liveries are also compatible with the Ovation III as well)
• XP SDK 3.0 features integrated
• Performance Improvements (I am getting ~20fps greater than the latest released Ovation II version. The M20R Ovation II will soon get these updates
• And much, much more!

See more here: https://www.afmsimulation.com/announcments/m20r-ovation-iii-alpha-available/

[finkelstein 25]

I'm glad the plane is being updated frequently, but from what I have seen the graphical quality of the interior (panel in particular) is still lackluster for a current day add-on. It just seems extremely flat. I've been following the dev blogs but don't really see a lot of improvement in that area.

Has anyone flown it recently and is able to comment? I don't generally care for the most cutting edge graphics, but if what I'm looking at all flight doesn't appeal to me, it's a tough one to swallow (especially with a similar plane being available for XP11).