Thanks for creating a support forum, that is much appreciated. I am still learning the basics of the airplane but I already appreciate the enormous amount of research that went into creating this model. It is a unique airplane and I am quite happy with the purchase. However, nothing is perfect, so here are some suggestions.

• Some of the textures in the FE/Navigator room are extremely blurry, to the extent that one cannot read what is written on them. This includes the fuel selectors and the RPM switches. It would be nice if they could be improved a little. They are well readable on the 2D panels.
• I watched the 1936 movie China Clipper and was impressed by the way they navigated over the Pacific. It would be great to add some links that explain what the usual procedures were.
• It would be neat to have a sextant on board, as well as radio communication with the company (not necessarily audio) so that they can tell you on which radial you are from their position. Maybe one could make that configurable, or include the headquarters of PanAm and BOAC, or simulate radio communication from some hubs (like Shannon or Gander).
• Maybe add some simple navigational aids, like a log book that keeps track of flight time, magnetic direction, and speed.
• It would be awesome to have some add-on sceneries for the locations where the Clipper arrived/departed. I wouldn't mind paying extra for that. 

Thanks again for developing the Clipper,

Peter

Edited November 7, 20205 yr by qqwertzde

And some more:

• Is there a way to mute the Morse code sound that is played when the radio is operating at the frequency of an NDB?
•  It would be great to have a much reduced and smaller 2D panel with all the relevant switches for engine start. Similar to the mini controls that Manfred Jahn's DC-3 or A2A airplanes have. I find the large 2D panels a bit confusing because they overlap and need to be operated more or less simultaneously.

1 hour ago, qqwertzde said:

And some more:

•  It would be great to have a much reduced and smaller 2D panel with all the relevant switches for engine start. Similar to the mini controls that Manfred Jahn's DC-3 or A2A airplanes have. I find the large 2D panels a bit confusing because they overlap and need to be operated more or less simultaneously.

Personally I think that 2D panels are useless (and creates new problems). It was ok long time ago when the 3D environment was not as developed as it's Today and not like Today's GPU to handle this without problem (so for FS2004 and beginning of FSX). A good solution is to use 2D panels only for informations and some nice feature like - payload manager (for examle for passengers, cargo, fuel) and checklist (so for example like it was for A2A Connie). It would be enough but it probably won't change, the development is already on too advanced level I think. For me they are useless twice because i only fly in VR 😉.

Edited November 7, 20205 yr by YoYo

4 hours ago, qqwertzde said:

• It would be neat to have a sextant on board, as well as radio communication with the company (not necessarily audio) so that they can tell you on which radial you are from their position. Maybe one could make that configurable, or include the headquarters of PanAm and BOAC, or simulate radio communication from some hubs (like Shannon or Gander).

You can use free addon Simulated Aircraft Bubble Sextant https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=copyright&fid=121527 . The same AeroplaneHeaven used in his DC-3 for P3Dv5 (manual of Dakota https://www.aeroplaneheaven.com/img/products/DC3/filedownload.php). It works still in P3Dv5 also :).

Edited November 7, 20205 yr by YoYo

4 hours ago, qqwertzde said:

• It would be awesome to have some add-on sceneries for the locations where the Clipper arrived/departed. I wouldn't mind paying extra for that. 

It would be nice. Just notice that the package has some of kind of sceneries - few "weather stations" (for navigation). I haven't been looking yet, but maybe you can find something interesting in the library on Avsim? If you find anything, please share it. 

Hello Yoyo,

thanks for your suggestions. I installed the freeware sextant and it seems to work fine. I found some good youtube videos on the developer's page at https://www.kronzky.info/fs/sextant/ , which also refers to a web page that displays the positions of celestial bodies at an assumed position. Unfortunately, that web site is down right now.

Cheers,

Peter

On 11/7/2020 at 4:50 PM, qqwertzde said:

• Is there a way to mute the Morse code sound that is played when the radio is operating at the frequency of an NDB?

Id like to know it too. Cant find swich or knob for this.

On 11/7/2020 at 1:39 PM, YoYo said:

 If you find anything, please share it. 

I didn't, so I created my own files for P3D v5. They currently contain simple sceneries for Port Washington (NY, U.S.A.), Shediac (NB, Canada), Botwood (NL, now Canada). Foynes (Ireland) and Southampton. I will probably add some .pln files for easy of flight planning, and I might refine these sceneries or add some more (the Lisbon-Azores route, or Pacific routes). Since Avsim doesn't want us to frequently update our work, I will not yet publish this in the Avsim Library. However, contact me via PM if you want to have an early access copy 🙂

Peter

On 11/7/2020 at 12:55 PM, qqwertzde said:

Some of the textures in the FE/Navigator room are extremely blurry, to the extent that one cannot read what is written on them. This includes the fuel selectors and the RPM switches. It would be nice if they could be improved a little. They are well readable on the 2D panels.

Options | Graphics | Image and Texture Quality

Set everything as high as your video card will take. Labels etc. were all written with 4K monitors in mind.

 

Edited November 14, 20205 yr by dragonflightdesign

3 hours ago, dragonflightdesign said:

Set everything as high as your video card will take. Labels etc. were all written with 4K monitors in mind.

 

Thanks Dragon,

I switched to P3D v5 only recently. Thanks to your suggestion, I realized that my texture quality was set to 1024. After I increased it, the problem with low texture quality is gone, and it appears my ageing system can take it. 

I thought you guys hadn't worked on the model for 15 years, and now I am very happy to discover that I was wrong 🙂

Peter

The scenery package for the B314 is now available at https://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=219834

I have included all Atlantic PanAm stops from 1939: 

Northern route:
Port Washington (NY, U.S.A.)
Shediac (NB, Canada)
Botwood (Newfoundland, which, in 1939, was not yet part of Canada)
Foynes (Limerick, Ireland)
Southampton (England, UK)

Southern route and Bermuda route:
Baltimore municipal airport (MD, U.S.A.)
Darrell's Island airport (Bermuda)
Horta (Azores, Portugal)
Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base, Lisbon (Portugal)
Marseille-Marignane (France)

Peter

Edited November 15, 20205 yr by qqwertzde

Few words about weatherships...

Here's a complete list of ships in Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Not all of them are used in B314. We need all of them I think)))

Letter    Name         Latitude (North) Longitude (East)

A       Able/Alpha                        62°    −33°         - ATLANTIC

B       Baker/Bravo               56° 30"     −51°        - ATLANTIC

C       Charlie                        52° 45"    −35° 30"   - ATLANTIC

D       Dog/Delta                          44°      −41°       - ATLANTIC

E       Easy/Echo                         35°      −48°       - ATLANTIC

F           Fox                                35°      −40°        - ATLANTIC

G        George                             46°      −29°       - ATLANTIC

H          Hotel                               38°      −71°       - ATLANTIC

I            India                               59°       −19°       - ATLANTIC

J      Juliet/Juliett                   52° 30"       −20°       - ATLANTIC

K          Kilo                                  45°       −16°       - ATLANTIC

L         Lima                                  57°       −20°       - ATLANTIC

M        Mike                                  66°          2°        - ATLANTIC

N   Nan/November                       30°      −140°    - PACIFIC

O        Oboe                                 40°      −142°    - PACIFIC

P    Peter/Papa                            50°       −145°   - PACIFIC

Q      Quebec                               43°        −167°  - PACIFIC

R       Romeo                               47°         −17°     - ATLANTIC

S        Sugar                                 48°       −162°   - PACIFIC

T       Tango                                  29°       −135°   - PACIFIC

U       Uncle                             27° 40"      −145°    - PACIFIC

V       Victor                                  34°         164°    - PACIFIC

X        Extra                                  39°          153°   - PACIFIC

As for the weather ships ...

In the B314 product we have added those weatherships needed for routes the B314 was capable of flying. The B314 was not able to do a Pacific crossing. The B314A in the extention pack will be able and the package will come with those weatherships needed.

We are in the process of finishing fixing the known issues and fingers crossed we will have an update within two weeks.

16 hours ago, Stefan Schaefer said:

As for the weather ships ...

In the B314 product we have added those weatherships needed for routes the B314 was capable of flying. The B314 was not able to do a Pacific crossing. The B314A in the extention pack will be able and the package will come with those weatherships needed.

We are in the process of finishing fixing the known issues and fingers crossed we will have an update within two weeks.

But Hawaii, Guam, Fiji... Pacific Ocean... 

Pilot's Boeing B314 Manual Part 1. Page 25. Pacific routes. How to fly them with no weatherships?

2 hours ago, lightwriter said:

But Hawaii, Guam, Fiji... Pacific Ocean... 

Pilot's Boeing B314 Manual Part 1. Page 25. Pacific routes. How to fly them with no weatherships?

I think Stefan's point is that the Pilot's model currently only includes the B314, not the B314-A. The B314's range is much shorter, so it wasn't capable of flying the Pacific routes. A quote from the manual:

B-314: 3,500 nautical miles
o B314-A: 4,700 nautical miles
o Both quoted ranges would be for a full-fuel, no-payload flight. Ordinarily the maximum leg flown was San Francisco – Honolulu which was 2410 (scheduled) miles with just 25 passengers and a full fuel load*.

Peter