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by **deaneb** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:49 pm

Fletcher model is being uploaded to Avsim.com and Flightsim.com as I type this.
Keep an eye out for it over the next few days.
FU24_950.zip approx 37 MB

Deane

by **JonARNZ** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:52 pm

Great news Dean, a new legend is born!

by **Naki** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:58 pm

Excellent! >nzflag<

by **Snowman** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:08 am

Wow, and double wow !!! :clap:

Thanks Deane, wanna get in on this action :thumbup:

Now all we need is a good Wanganui Airport Scenery to go with it...........

Lawrie. >nzflag<

by **hinch** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:56 am

umm...in fs9:

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so i read the read me and even tried moving the cab file :givein:

looks and sounds beautiful mind.

by **K5054NZ** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:59 am

Snowman wrote: Now all we need is a good Wanganui Airport Scenery to go with it...........

Sentiment seconded!

Now, once we've all trained up on this luvly, hows about we organise a formation team? B-)

I know how I'm spending my Saturday morning....and lunch...and afternoon....

by **deaneb** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:03 am

hinch wrote: umm...in fs9:

so i read the read me and even tried moving the cab file

looks and sounds beautiful mind.

Do not know the fix for this. My FS9 is not working so I have not been able to test how the new cab files and XML gauges should be set up in FS9.

Oh the joys of plane design !!!

If anybody knows why some gauges show and some don't then I'd be keen to hear.

Deane

by **PILOT WARRIOR** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:08 am

Will it work on FSX or only on FS9? Also I have to agree with snowman, Wanganui Scenery needs to be upgraded.

by **ardypilot** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:52 pm

People may call me weird for liking planes such as the 1900d and 737 nose, but man I really love the shape of this one. Those bent wings remind me of a Corsair, and you're model looks brilliant in my FS9 sim! Thanks Deane :clap:

The VC is incredable too (apart from the missing guages which hopefully somone will point out a fix for). I really like how smooth it is on FPS.

Just two questions for you before I go back to flying- 1) What altitude are you meant to crop dust from? and 2) When I bought the Fletcher into land on a sealed runway, with one notch of flap, the wheels sunk below the ground and it bounced and flipped around all over the place- how can I stop this?

Cheers again for such a brilliant addon :cheers:

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:04 pm

Nice model, thanks!

by **scon** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:25 pm

WOW cool

By the way I like the 737 nose

by **Charl** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:57 pm

Deane
Congratulations, that must be a weight off your shoulders!
Like everyone else in NZ I've been cropdusting, still looking out for the scenery area which hits the sweet spot.
The FSX model really does it from the pilot's seat, and well done with that amazing hopper mass gauge :clap:

The plane becomes a veritable aerobat on an empty tummy.

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But of course when you are flying spot view at zero altitude you want a bit of scenery, and my FS9 custom installation knocks the spots off the stock FSX one.

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Hope you find a fix for the FS9 gauges, becauase that's my model of choice for the foreseeable future.
Oh, and lest we forget, I hope you haven't forgotten the AI model which was the first we heard of the Fletcher Project, all those months ago B-)

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:17 pm

Travel'd half the country today ,

.. DEANE , Love it in X
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Playin around with gauge files in 9 ... FSX winner BUT
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ripping around old established FS9 scenery .. ARRRrrrHH .. . another thought ..AGplane's , HELLS .. .. half them had there gauges ripped out in the Earlier days startin out

Brilliant Deane , THANX :clap:

by **ZK-KAG** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:43 pm

Damn!!! Congratulations Deane!!! I downloaded today and had a great amount of fun doing aeros on an empty stomach. You have to watch your speed when its empty!

:clap:

~ZK-KAG~

by **Christian** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:08 pm

Hi Deane

Congratulations. Great plane, love it. Had a great time taking it for a spin! :clap:

My eagle eyes did notice a small bug (maybe it's not, not sure), the kollsman window in the altimeter is empty in FSX.

I haven't flown any freeware planes lately (to be honest, I haven't flown many addons at all), but this surely must be up there with the very best. I hope you rake in some awards with this one. Well done!

Now back to FS and explore the 3500 farm strips of mine

Cheers,
Christian

by **Timmo** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:50 pm

Thanks Deane!
Lots of people are downloading this by the looks.....

I thought id make the most of the high resolution capabilities of FSX in order to do some low flying...

Full thread here http://z11.invisionfree.com/nzff/index. ... topic=3109

Sample
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by **Airwolf** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:36 pm

Hi I dowloaded this new plane and followed the readme for FS9 installation and as soon as I went to use the plane in menu got a Crash to desktop with No error message.

Does this only work in FSX then?

by **Timmo** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:41 pm

Gauge problem: Dont quote me on this....but arent gauges for FS9 stored in the Gauges folder whereas the gauges for FSX can be stored with the aircraft in its own a/c folder?

by **Airwolf** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:19 pm

I did put gauges in the FS9 gauges file as was written in readme.

by **hinch** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:56 pm

Timmo wrote: Gauge problem: Dont quote me on this....but arent gauges for FS9 stored in the Gauges folder whereas the gauges for FSX can be stored with the aircraft in its own a/c folder?

no, gauges will work fine in the panel folder - i only put them in the gauges folder if they are used by multiple aircraft.

'<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="1,0" id="ASI">
<Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>
<Filename>ASI.xml</Filename>
<SimGauge.Gauge id="ASI" ArtDirectory=".">'

i think that's FSX syntax. I can certainly try to fix them (since you have already made a complete plane, it's the least i could do!), all the gauges that aren't working are simple enough (i hope) and just made of a background and rotating needle. These are the gauges that i don't think are FS9 ready:

- ammeter
- stall light
- ASI
- CHT
- fuel quanitity
- manifold pressure
- Oil pressure
- RPM
- compass

...all gauges i've made before for FS9 :ph43r:

so yeah, if you want me to i'll sort it out :thumbup:

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