Where is this "light sensor" window, I have never heard of it?

Bill Clark

 

temporary work around for me is to comment out the window entry for the 'light sensor' in panel.cfg like //window18=Light Sensor (777) until a solution is offered. not sure what the light sensor gauge is doing, but i'd rather fly than have a white box in front.

1 hour ago, kdfw__ said:

temporary work around for me is to comment out the window entry for the 'light sensor' in panel.cfg like //window18=Light Sensor (777) until a solution is offered. not sure what the light sensor gauge is doing, but i'd rather fly than have a white box in front.

Please do not go and comment out sections of the panel.cfg. This will cause more issues that fix one.

To everyone having this problem, setting 2D Panel Transparecy to 100% on the display settings is a possible workaround.

Edited June 28, 20187 yr by GCBraun

Thank you Thiago, worked for me so far. I have done one flight with the 737, lot of improvements , all around, including VR.  VR, seems clearer.

Finally a good C130 to boot.

Jerry Friz

Edited June 29, 20187 yr by jfriz
adding more

14 hours ago, jfriz said:

Finally a good C130 to boot.

I am very skeptical of that, I wouldn't bother installing the client update for a default (free) redention of a very complex aircraft that is a C-130.  By "good" you mean arcade quality?  I presume the engines use the default turboprop engine, how is that working out?

3 hours ago, downscc said:

I am very skeptical of that, I wouldn't bother installing the client update for a default (free) redention of a very complex aircraft that is a C-130.  By "good" you mean arcade quality?  I presume the engines use the default turboprop engine, how is that working out?

I see in the p3d release notes:

Prepar3D Content

New Content

• Added six flyable C-130 aircraft as default selectable vehicles:
  • AC-130 ‘Spectre’
  • C-130H
  • C-130J
  • C-130J-30
  • HC-130
  • KC-130

1 minute ago, vonmar said:

I see in the p3d release notes:

Not sure what your aim is, but Dan's point was less about the fact that they exist, but more about the quality of those that do.

5 minutes ago, scandinavian13 said:

Not sure what your aim is, but Dan's point was less about the fact that they exist, but more about the quality of those that do.

The Client update can be installed alone without the C130 and the Content with the C130 is yet another option.

17 minutes ago, vonmar said:

The Client update can be installed alone without the C130 and the Content with the C130 is yet another option.

Again, that wasn't the point. Their presence is irrelevant. His point was about the quality of the simulation of the aircraft.

6 minutes ago, scandinavian13 said:

Again, that wasn't the point. Their presence is irrelevant. His point was about the quality of the simulation of the aircraft.

Ok, I understand.

Hi folks,

In real life I flew the civilian C130 for 16,000 hours, world wide, mostly in Africa. I have tried this one on P3D, and it fly's very much like the original, same stalls, and the feel of a heavy airplane. All the switches seem to work, now if I could just remember how to start the engines. [engines are running when it opens] [ Starting the engines is performed by the flight engineer.]

 

Jerry Friz

 

Edited June 29, 20187 yr by jfriz
forgot my name

56 minutes ago, jfriz said:

Hi folks,

In real life I flew the civilian C130 for 16,000 hours, world wide, mostly in Africa. I have tried this one on P3D, and it fly's very much like the original, same stalls, and the feel of a heavy airplane. All the switches seem to work, now if I could just remember how to start the engines. [engines are running when it opens] [ Starting the engines is performed by the flight engineer.]

 

Jerry Friz

 

Jerry, now you have my attention.  I assumed that LM uses their default turboprop engine model based on a PT-6; however, as you know, the T56 and newer AE2100 are single shaft engines with gear driven props.  The differences are significant to the pilot.  Did LM get it right by modelling a single shaft turboprop or did they stick to their default?

Dan,

I really don't know, I don't have the time to look at the small details. It is free with the sim. check it out. I have looked at other C130 payware, none were worth buying. L/M, has some other good single engine aircraft, like the Maule, for one.

Regards,

Jerry Friz

The "new" default C-130 flies the same as the "old" Captain Sim C-130.  The 6 variants included in P3Dv4.3 appear to be taken directly from the "old" Captain Sim version.  How that happened, I don't know and won't ask.  But if you were flying the "old" Captain Sim C-130 payware product in FSX, based on my experience with the Captain Sim C-130 for many years in FSX you have the same quality C-130 airplane in P3Dv4.3 now.

Whether that makes it "good enough" for P3D users is not the issue.  It's just what it is.  I'm glad I can finally fly "my Captain Sim C-130" in P3D now, 'cos I've missed being able to use it since switching to P3D from FSX.

EDIT:  Uh...if you do own the "old" Captain Sim C-130 and/or the Expansion Packs...have you tried manually installing some of the other repaints?  🤓

Edited June 30, 20187 yr by FalconAF