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Post by jbell7 on May 7, 2015 10:35:31 GMT -5
Only 12 or so of these were produced. I made these textures from a photo I saw on the DC3 Airways forum. Boeing ended up with this one in Douglas Co. livery. John  |
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Post by Maarten on May 7, 2015 11:38:55 GMT -5
Hi John,
Wow! That's a very nice livery. I knew that Boeing had acquired one of these gems. As a matter of fact I flew a few rounds with the FS2004 J.R.Lucariny/Wayne Tudor/FSAviator DC-5 in KNILM livery. Nice wee plane. Pity that WW2 prevented any serious production. A few years ago I met a Dutch former naval pilot who, as a boy, was a passenger on board of one of the KNILM DC-5's just before the Japanese invasion in the Dutch East Indies.
Cheers,
Maarten
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Post by aharon on May 7, 2015 12:25:07 GMT -5
I thought DC-5 is four propeller Canadian version of DC-4 which is the combo of DC-4 body and DC-6 wings. Only one or two were built for Canada's air force?  ? Regards, Aharon |
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Post by Maarten on May 7, 2015 12:34:23 GMT -5
No, that was the Canadair C-5. A DC-6 with the fuselage of the Canadair C-4 Argonaut. 4 P&W Double Wasp CA-18 engines. Only 1 built.
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Maarten
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Post by jbell7 on May 7, 2015 14:47:06 GMT -5
Yes Maarten, this is the fs2004 ver. Good flying plane, though seems to be underpowered. I upgraded to a pair of R2800's, helps out a bit. Climbs like a rocket. Cruises @ 300kts. This has been a fun project.
Dave Bitzer and I worked up an icing kit several years ago.
I make 8 or 10 masks with varying degrees of windscreen frosting, then hit the prop de-ice switch and reverse the process until all the ice is gone. I use Ken Mitchell's excellent ice fluid gauge. Thanks Ken.
If anyone wants the DC5 livery, just say so and I'll put up a link to my site. Also I have some ice kits made, DC7B Int, JBK DC4,Maam Dc3, Default DC3, MJ's c47 C117D and etc.
I borrowed somw code from the Russians,TU114, (thanks Sergey for permission) Dave rewrote the ice gauge that now builds ice au natural. (Ambient temp,dew point)
John
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Post by av8trkevin on May 13, 2015 13:17:44 GMT -5
I for one would definately love that livery!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 14:24:40 GMT -5
John,
I would be very interested in the ice kits you mention if it were possible to make them available. Many thanks,
Ken
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Post by jbell7 on May 31, 2015 9:25:23 GMT -5
Ken, sorry was so late replying to your post. Which aircraft were you interested in?
I've made kits for CClassic DC7B, most DC 3's, JBK DC4, Douglas DC5, C119, let me know and I'll put it on my site for D/L
John
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 16:02:34 GMT -5
John,
My apologies for this late reply as I have not been on here for some little time. I chiefly use the MAAM DC3, the Cal Classic DC6B and the L749 Constellation by Manfred Jahn. Might your DC7b kit work with the Cal Classic DC6B, or could it be modified? I know enough to be able to alter aircraft and panel cfgs. I also use the JBK Argonaut version of the DC4. This and the MAAM DC3 are, of course, in the list you give above,
Best wishes,
Ken
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Post by jbell7 on Jun 14, 2015 10:27:10 GMT -5
I'll start work on it Ken. I'll send the Maam dc3 first(second)(segundo). I think some of us use the DC7 panel for th DC6 also. dca1013.com/MaaM_R4D_ICE.zipYou can start on this DC4. It will be the same as the Argonaut except for the boost gauges instead of the MAP. Try this and I'll send you the other 4 gauges if you need them dca1013.com/DC4_ICE_Panel.zipI forgot to tell you these panels include the FSX Radio Range that Dave Bitzer and I worked on for a loooong time. Put these three FLT, FSSAVE and WX files in My Documents, Flight Sim FSX files John |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 16:44:56 GMT -5
John,
Many thanks for all this. I should have said that I am using FS9. I will start with the Maam DC3, but a complicating factor is that I am using the excellent widescreen panel released on AvsimRus a short while ago. I will see whether I can modify your files to work with it, although it will mean modifying the ice bit maps too. I am very surprised that I am the only one showing any interest in this. Could it be that it is because it is in the Screenshot Forum where people are less likely to see it and that it would get more attention in the main forum?
Best wishes,
Ken
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Post by jbell7 on Jun 16, 2015 8:59:58 GMT -5
John, Many thanks for all this. I should have said that I am using FS9. I will start with the Maam DC3, but a complicating factor is that I am using the excellent widescreen panel released on AvsimRus a short while ago. I will see whether I can modify your files to work with it, although it will mean modifying the ice bit maps too. I am very surprised that I am the only one showing any interest in this. Could it be that it is because it is in the Screenshot Forum where people are less likely to see it and that it would get more attention in the main forum? Best wishes, Ken Ken I'm glad to see someone interested in this. I have just started using a 32" Samsung monitor.( 2560x1440)So as you can see I'll need to get up to speed on the wherefores of the panel resolution thingy. (of which I know not a thing). I d/l CClassic and Ken Mitchell's DC6B panel and I think it has a large panel bitmap. If you need any help with the windscreen masks let me know. It's really easy. If you have FSpanel studio you can resize the x/y dims. John |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 14:31:05 GMT -5
John,
I have been able to alter the windscreen masks to 16x9 in Photoshop without undue difficulty. However, the AvsimRus panel together with refinements I have made to it makes it difficult to know what to do in terms of altering the panel entries. The DC6b, of course, already has a widescreen panel and from the point of view of people in this forum is probably of more interest than the DC3. I have also remembered that in the DC4 and the Constellation I fly from the virtual cockpit, whereas in the DC6b I use the 2d panel. When I do fly in the vc it is largely to avoid the distortions one gets on a widescreen monitor with 'normal' 2d panels. The AvsimRus panel is well worth bothering with in this respect, as it has been very well done and all serious work at MAAM seems to have stopped. I would have thought the DC3 Airways people would be very keen to have your ice gauges. Would it help if I sent you my version of the AvsimRus panel?
Best wishes,
Ken
A further thought. With the DC3 could you possibly give me simply the panel entries that need to be added rather than a complete panel cfg? As there are so many panels for the DC3, even just the MAAM one, this might be the most useful thing for quite a lot of people, providing they are capable of modifying panels.
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Post by jbell7 on Jun 18, 2015 13:32:09 GMT -5
Ken, try this for your DC3 Dc3 uses one 10 gallon fluid tank, DC4 uses one 40 gallon. Ken's DC7B gauge has 25 gal printed on face, but xml code reveals two 25 gallon gauges. So we can call that one 50 gallons. dca1013.com/DC3_ICE_Panel.zipJohn |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2015 15:58:33 GMT -5
John,
I added the entries to the MAAM panel.cfg but the right hand gauge does not display. Perhaps I might also point out that the overhead panel of the MAAM DC3 already has to the right of the Generator switches two switches marked AntiIcer, then one marked Defrost and then two Pitot Heat switches, one for each engine. I wonder if we would be better concentrating on the DC6b, which of course does already have the deicing switches, which work because I use them in conjunction with the Ice Gauge done by Charles (Dutch) Owen. What would be wonderful is of your iced windscreen bitmaps could be tied into all this, not least because they would probably give earlier warning of ice forming than Charles' gauge does,
Best wishes,
Ken
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