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Hopefully within a month or so and depending on my work schedule and dad duties
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P3D v5 Aerospatiale AS350 Ecureuil
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I've been working on the center console gauge, internal lighting including backlit dimming gauges and dome lights. FDE has been improved (with limitations), rotor speed now matches the real world figure. Handling has been improved and is now a tricky bird to fly at slow speeds. I'll eventually do away with the turboprop flight model as it is severely restricted on what can be done (FDE, engines, etc), although the EH101 FDE ain't no better. Slowly getting there....
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I decided to do away with 2D gauges and replace them with 3D parts. While the 2D gauges has served this project well, it was best to create better resolution units to match the rest of the model(s). Everything has been built, painted and animated. Hopefully I can do all code in the next few days and it won't be a lot 
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3D gauge transformation complete with dimming night lighting roughly 95% complete
I am sooo anxiously looking forward to this release. A really really nice put together project. A 5 start helo.
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Next two items checked off. Animated turbine blades and custom electrical system. The new electrical system is capable of charging, discharging and overload. Also a new battery temperature model that increases with everything thrown at it alone, even more with the starter engaged. Battery alone will die if left on too long, it'll die quicker if everything is turned on, no engine combustion and no generator 
And a video of the final sounds. Awaiting for approval to use one sound clip
And a video of the final sounds. Awaiting for approval to use one sound clip
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The first release (AS350D) is not far off, other versions will be released in increments (with code changes to the engine logic). All 2D gauges (except for radio displays, logics) have been replaced with 3D parts, FDE is more or less complete as well as the sounds. Turbine Sound Studios have been gracious enough to let me use a couple of sound samples from their FS9 AS350 soundpack, but modified slightly for this project.
Of course this is a continued work in progress project as other variations are planned (with time of course) and I do have plans to switch FDEs at some point as the turboprop flight model is showing its age and is very limited on what could be done with it.
I'm hoping for an initial release sometime this month and if there's interest for FSX version, I'll do one for that platform (I'm only on P3DV5 and XP12 these days).
Of course this is a continued work in progress project as other variations are planned (with time of course) and I do have plans to switch FDEs at some point as the turboprop flight model is showing its age and is very limited on what could be done with it.
I'm hoping for an initial release sometime this month and if there's interest for FSX version, I'll do one for that platform (I'm only on P3DV5 and XP12 these days).
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The new build will have an autopilot in place. By default, P3D does support helicopter autopilot and this will be my first project to include it.
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I'm not trying to nitpick here ............... but ............. isn't that panel a bit 'black'?
As in 'looking for a black cat in a coal mine with the light off' black, or is it that the panel has not been textured yet and we are seeing the model without any textures applied to it?
I'm guessing the latter.
As in 'looking for a black cat in a coal mine with the light off' black, or is it that the panel has not been textured yet and we are seeing the model without any textures applied to it?
I'm guessing the latter.
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The final color for the panel itself is grey with a non black glare shield, it's just the way P3DV5 renders materialsI'm not trying to nitpick here ............... but ............. isn't that panel a bit 'black'?
As in 'looking for a black cat in a coal mine with the light off' black, or is it that the panel has not been textured yet and we are seeing the model without any textures applied to it?
I'm guessing the latter.