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Aaron Ingebo has done five of the MAFFS C-130s for the Captain Sim C-130. (Search for "MAFFS" here at AVSIM.) The MAFFS carries 3,000 gallons, so you need to modify the aircraft.cfg weight and balance section to give yourself the right amount of water/retardant: Figuring that water runs 8.3 pounds/gallon, the cfg gets modified as follows: station_load.5="24900, 0, 0, -11, Cargo" For retardant, which seems to weigh about 10 pounds per gallon (correct me if I'm wrong), use this line: station_load.5="30000, 0, 0, -11, Cargo" Reload times for the MAFFS are about 15 minutes, so set the reload time to 900 seconds. Drop rate for the MAFFS is 700 gals/second, so for water, set the drop rate to 5800 pounds/second and the time to 1.1 (25%), 2.1 (50%), 3.2 (75%), and 4.3 (100%).

Guys, None of the real world B200 pilots who've reported on the Flight1 B200 have complained about excessive ballooning. It's just a fact of life -- flaps exist to increase lift. Is it pronounced in the F1 King Air? Yes, but it's also pronounced in the real airplane. Those of us who flew the Aeroworx B200 are well familiar with how hard it was to get that airplane onto the runway. It seemed to float forever. Turns out, that's something that real world King Airs are notorious for. Is the F1 B200 a perfect simulation? No, but then nothing is. The F1 King Air does get most things right, though, and if you use the techniques advocated by Tom Clements (who has more than 35,000 hours in King Airs), then you'll find out just how good it really is. The tutorial, by the way, was written with Mr. Clements' techniques in mind.

Looking at the credits, I thought: "Who is Rex Clouds?" Very nicely done!

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The tutorial for the Flight1 B200 is done and uploaded. Just waiting for it to show up on the server.

It'll be up on the Flight1 Library, and probably here, as well. It's essentially done...I have it out to a couple of guys to look it over, and once I incorporate their feedback, I'll post it. Just a few more days!

Well, I am admittedly biased, since I have been so heavily involved with the development of the Flight1 B200. I think you've hit the nail on the head in describing the differences between these two products; they are intended for somewhat different audiences. Both are sold through the Flight1 wrapper, I believe, so it's really a matter of personal preference.

I did it shortly after the C90's release, Ryan. Working hard on a B200 tutorial for the Flight1 B200. The first part should be out in the next few days. I was gonna suggest that. B)

Stan, Come on over to the Flight1 B200 support forum and let the guys who are most familiar with the installer help you out. They're not trying to hide anything, it's just easier to track issues when they're called out in their own forum.

Phillip, Your member name at Simforums is "okphillip"? If so, the problems you reported were attributed to the well-known FSX "short battery life" problem. Three solutions were offered, but you availed yourself of the refund instead.

Six weeks ago, I took delivery of my fifth BMW. I've been driving them for twelve or thirteen years now, and I feel like I know BMW pretty well. Before that, I owned a succession of Japanese cars, so I'm not unfamiliar with them. Not even remotely. What keeps me coming back...what keeps most BMW owners coming back to BMW is the quality of their products, and the quality of their service. Now, when you compare quality of service between these two companies, one of them consistently comes up short, while the other backs its products with ongoing and regular updates, sometimes just to add a widely-requested feature for free. On that score, at least, you have the comparison reversed. Of course, there will always be a Toyota owner out there who thinks their precious little Prius has more pizzazz than my 535i GT, and quite frankly, I don't care if they do. I think it's cute, because clearly, those people have NO IDEA what they're talking about.

You do not use SHIFT+1 to "access" the VC. Note again that in the manual, there are only SHIFT+2 through SHIFT+5. Nowhere does the manual say that you can or need to use SHIFT+1 to access the VC. What I'm saying is that the view listing that comes up when you hit, say, SHIFT+7, is going to list the panel sections in order...since the first panel section is the VC, it shows up as "SHIFT+1" on that list, but you can't use it. For further support questions, please post in the B200 support forum at simforums.com. Ryan wasn't being brushed off. He was mistaken. It happens.

Robert, That SHIFT+1 is the main VC and as far as I know, it's got to be there. Nothing we can do about it. You'll find that on other aircraft, as well. If you look at the manual, the meaningful ones are SHIFT+2 through SHIFT+5. There actually IS a Cold & Dark setting, located in the Maintenance Module, which you can access through the addons menu in the sim.. There were things we wanted to do (like change the color scheme of the cabin) that had to be done outside the sim, hence the options executable.

Thanks, Henry. Great feedback!

Henry, would you please post this comment in the Flight1 B200 forum? It'd be helpful if you could elaborate on it, too. Thanks!