Nico87

Good morning pilots! I would like to report here this little contest we're doing: http://www.simcoders.com/2016/08/12/20160812make-nice-repaint-get-rep/ It is a good chance to do something for the community :-)

Hi, what you say is right if you talk about Lycoming engines. For the old Continental IO-520 that's a different story. Continental writes about it in its manuals and there's a graph showing the unrecommended oversquare operations in the aircraft's POH. That's why there's that message in there. That said, a little oversquare is forgiven by the sim. A strong oversquare is not (except for the turbo TSIO-520 which is ok to be operated oversquare, also because it has a lower compression ratio). About climbing at full power, yes, that's better than climbing at 25MP@2500RPMs because there is more fuel cooling the engine. No problem for REP if you climb at full power @2700RPM. For example, about the TCM IO-550 is a whole different story, again.

A nice review of the V35B has been published by Osamah Alabdullah

I was going to post the news here on Avsim but someone has preceded me :smile: The V35B is powered by the newer REP v2.4 (that will come to the C210 and the F33A as well within days). This new package features all the previous enhancements that we did to the other aircrafts and something new: Custom Osborne tip-tanks simulation: for this we added the custom electric fuel pumps switches to the 3D cockpit. They'll transfer the fuel from the tips to the main tanks Interchangeable spark plugs between default and fine-wire Spark plugs fouling LOP/ROP engine operations and damages

Hi guys, Yesterday we pushed the new v2.2 update. Here's the changelog: http://www.simcoders.com/2016/03/02/the-reality-expansion-pack-update-v2-2-is-available/ Cheers!

It's [email protected]. You find it in the manual too, under "Support & Credits".

The license is ok. Usually this problem happens when the installation is incorrect. I would suggest you to remove the C210M folder and restart the installation from zero, installing first the Carenado Package then REP. Here's a FAQ about it: http://www.simcoders.com/faqs/i-get-the-invalid-product-licence-error/ In case you still have issues in activating the package, please send us your Log.txt file to our support email (so we do not spam this post). Thank you!

Hello guys! Yesterday we released the update to v2.1 for the Reality Expansion Pack. I was thinking that maybe this is the first addon that adds a working engine preheater to X-Plane. For sure it is the first to provide a winterization kit. Am I wrong? By the way, here you find the official announcement: http://www.simcoders.com/2016/02/09/the-reality-expansion-pack-v2-1-is-now-available/ The update is free for the current C210 and F33A users. Let us know what you think about it :smile:

After some months of work, a new update of the Reality Expansion Pack is now available. If you're already a REP owner, this update will come for free. Just go to the store and download the package again. Here's a link to the official blog post about the new version 2.1: http://www.simcoders.com/2016/02/09/the-reality-expansion-pack-v2-1-is-now-available/ And here it is the video about the new engine preheater!

I forgot to mention that the walkaround improvements are on the way. That's exactly the point. The V-Tail is not just sigthly different from the F33A. They have the same engine and about the same gross weight but they differs for the stability, for the (optional) tip-tanks and for the W&B too. The V35B is more forgiving in its C.G. range. It may seem a little difference but is not! Keep in mind that a good part of the code of REP is "invisible" and drives the flight model. We'll have to write the code that simulates the "personality" of the V35B. For example, it goes fish-tailing when flying in turbolence, unless you keep a foot on the rudder. Also, the drag model must be reviewed, as well as some minor things like the sounds. So yes, you can install REP on the V35B but what you get is not really a V35B...just a strange F33A By the way, the update v2.0.3 is now available for the Bonanza: http://www.simcoders.com/2015/12/13/update-v2-0-3-for-the-f33a-is-now-available

Nice to see that you solved the problem. I'm using RTH too but I'm not having those issues. Maybe you just need to update it to the latest version (the same may be valid for FlyWithLua). In reality I usually do the same walkaround I do before the flight to put up the chocks and the pitot cover. Anyway, yes, it would be a nice addition. I take note! Those screens are stunning! I would like to know your RTH settings too! Eheh...who knows! :wub:

It seems an installation issue. Did you complete the installation inside X-Plane correctly? I would like to see your Log.txt file (you find it in the main X-Plane folder). Could you please send it to our support email address? Thank you!

Yes, you can do that. :-) More improvements will come in next versions about the sparks fooling. At this moment the prop governon is half-customized. In v2.1 the prop governor will be replaced with a full custom one.

Do you mean the walkaround? Yes. You can see it in the video.

Hello guys, I'm finally very proud to announce that the Reality Expansion Pack is now ready to be installed on the F33A. You can get all the informations on our product page: http://www.simcoders.com/reality-expansion-pack/carenado-bonanza-f33a/ Here's a little blog post where I've pointed out the main differences with the C210: http://www.simcoders.com/2015/12/06/reality-expansion-pack-bonanza-f33a-available/?preview=true&preview_id=7339&preview_nonce=0e3730d19a It features all the cool stuff that you have already seen in the C210: the towing system, the walkaround, the most realistic piston engine in X-Plane, the flight dynamics, a complete sound set and much more. Hope you enjoy it!

Well before Christmas :-)

Yes, it's separate.

Hi there, At SimCoders.com is now published the new Reality Expansion Pack v2.0 for X-Plane. It's an A2A-Like software that enhances the C210 by Carenado. The new version adds more complex engine dynamics, more damages (such as engine's oversquare operations), the interactive walkaround and the towing. Here's a video of the walkaround and the towing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43tx_DYRmc You can find more informations at http://www.simcoders.com/reality-expansion-pack/carenado-cessna-210 We're going to release the same thing for the F33A Bonanza. :smile:

I'm happy to say that the v1.0.2 update is now out. We worked mainly on the ground physics and on the HeadShake integration. Here you find the changelog: http://www.simcoders.com/2015/08/21/published-the-v1-0-2-update-of-rep/

Nice to see that you found out what was wrong. ^_^ Next? We have tons of ideas. Primarly, we will work on new aircrafts, adding new features to REP. Our plans are to back-port the upgrades of REP to the planes we already published (the C210 for now) <-- Beware: This is a plan, not a promise.

Hi, The plane should not roll right..maybe it does because the default fuel tank selected is the left, and the more you fly the more the right tank weight rolls the plane to the right. Remember that the fuel quantity is saved between X-Plane sessions. Also, if you feel that the REP roll effect correction is not ok, you can disable it in the plugin settings ;-)

The C210 does not have the aileron trim. About the trim tabs and the torque, I'm happy to say that we may have found a solution to simulate the correct torque (and it's not the trick suggested by Carenado). Since we found some minor bugs I think that we will soon release an update in which we include this enhancement too. :-)

Speaking to a mechanic, he said that they set the aileron trim tab in order to neutralize the roll at cruise speed (and that's what we did with REP). That said, the roll force of X-Plane is quite a controversial topic as it's correct under certain points of view and incorrect under certain others. I remember flying a Piper Arrow just few minutes before it finished building up the hours for the next maintenance call. It was flying horribly. Maybe a student did some hard landings with it, I don't know, but it was impossible to keep it coordinated, even in straight flight. After the maintenance (and trim tab corrections) it was flying flawlessly!

Compared to the default you get: Correct stall speeds Correct distances for takeoff and landing Correct climb performance Correct engine power output (that leads to correct engine fuel flows) Correct drag model (that, together with the correct engine output, results in the correct cruise speeds) Realistic landing gear drag Maybe I'm forgotting something...but those are the main improvements. It will be available for other aircrafts too but it will require a different licence. This because we will have to create more and more code for each aircraft since every plane has its own flight dynamics and onboard systems. It's not just a matter of settings configurations.

REP is out now: http://www.simcoders.com/reality-expansion-pack/carenado-cessna-210 Enjoy! ^_^