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SWS Van's RV8 and more...

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2 hours ago, cavaricooper said:

Hey Ryan- what's with the RV-8 canopy... is there a way to make that more visible/realistic... doesn't look like Perspex atm... perhaps that's a SWS materials choice?

Love and appreciate your work- as ever.

C

There's no canopy - it's just a model for painting.

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  • 4 months later...
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SWS has updated all of their RVs now!

The RV8 already had it but now both the 10 and 14 have the new G3X paired with either PMS or TDS GTN.

53943383021_1f7a52c182_o.jpg309wwcockpit by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

53943638038_dea0d52d92_o.jpg56rkcockpit by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

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  • 2 weeks later...
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Did another RV14 paint, this time for the triycle gear version.  Based on the one by Evoke...

https://flightsim.to/file/81113/n120mb-for-sws-rv14a/580999

Untitled-1 Untitled-9

 

Edited by ryanbatc

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  • 1 month later...

I only bought the RV-8 a little while ago but I've fallen in love with it! A friend and I do formation aerobatics and I've painted Redline Airshows planes....BUT two very disappointing aspects have arisen. One, the most important, you can't see each others smoke and Two. you don't see a pilot in your partners aircraft. It takes the edge off.

Check out Redline Airshows

2c

Oh and you cant assign a button for smoke on/off.

Edited by Ron Attwood

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On 4/23/2024 at 7:18 AM, Mace said:

Adobe Substance Painter is expensive!  Wow!  $50 a month?  

I know this was posted quite some time ago but Armorpaint is becoming a viable alternative to Substance Painter. 
There is a compiled version that can be bought for a one-time fee of 19$.
https://armorpaint.org

 

BTW Great repaints Ryan! 😎

Download my repaints at AVSIM.

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On 9/4/2024 at 4:26 PM, ryanbatc said:

Did another RV14 paint, this time for the triycle gear version.  Based on the one by Evoke...

https://flightsim.to/file/81113/n120mb-for-sws-rv14a/580999

Untitled-1 Untitled-9

 

 

 

Downloaded.  Thank you Ryan! She's a beauty!

Ed

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2 hours ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

 

 

Downloaded.  Thank you Ryan! She's a beauty!

Thanks, that's one of my favorite paints - turned out really well.

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Being on the fence for the RV-8 I'm wondering how the GTN units are implemented. The product page states "PMS GTN and TDS GTNXi* compatibility, with hot-swapping supported in the analogue variant". Does the glass cockpit also offer a pairing of the G3X with a GTN?

Cheers, Bert

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3 hours ago, Rimshot said:

Being on the fence for the RV-8 I'm wondering how the GTN units are implemented. The product page states "PMS GTN and TDS GTNXi* compatibility, with hot-swapping supported in the analogue variant". Does the glass cockpit also offer a pairing of the G3X with a GTN?

I believe all pairings are supported, but for the G3X/TDS panel you would need the GTN Pro version..  Personally, I love the analog gauges coupled with the TDS GTN, and I am still running the basic TDS unit..  Lovely airplane!

Edited by Bert Pieke

Bert

On 10/6/2024 at 11:41 AM, Rimshot said:

Being on the fence for the RV-8 I'm wondering how the GTN units are implemented.

Here is my personal plane...

https://imgur.com/i5qqXJE

[img]https://i.imgur.com/i5qqXJE.png[/img]

 

Edited by Bert Pieke

Bert

  • 2 months later...

Hi all, I just got MSFS 2024 and would like to purchase the Vans RV-8 module.  I've heard good things about it.  Has the NO SOUND issue been fixed or is there a workaround?  Are there any other issues for FS 2024?

I own my own RV-8 and am very interested in how the RV-8 module flies in the sim.

Thanks in advance!

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