This is very common with the Arrow, as mixture leaning plays a huge role in climbing performance. It happened to me too while I was learning the gotchas of this aircraft, as I could barely make 10000’ even with small payloads.
Now I make sure I always start to lean after 3000 MSL until I find the highest EGT temperature and then I add mixture until it drops 100 degrees (that’s Rich of Peak). Rinse and repeat every few minutes and I can easily climb to 12000’ or higher.
On a slightly different topic, what am I doing wrong with the tablet? Every time I load any of the PA28 series I get a verbal ‘State Saving Disabled’ which is all well and good, except it’s actually enabled and the tablet muted.
Is this a known bug or is there something I’m doing incorrectly?
Yes it’s one of those that’s hit a snag. Practically anything developed by the in-house team at Just Flight suffers the same fate currently. We await more news from MS on this. Doesn’t look like it’s going to be a quick fix or indeed workaround. Sorry about that.
Hi, that would be a good texture.
But unfortunately this texture like all others on Flightsim.to does not remove the ugly partial ripped-off carpet with dirty rusty black metal underneath to the left and right on the drive-shaft hump:
And unfortunately it is impossible to modify a bumpmap texture without completely messing up the whole interior all reflections and various other things for no reason.
I think will go with the Carenado Archer because the carpet does not look so ugly and tattered in the Carenado Archer:
No problem, and thanks for the reply. I’d rather it was able to work to its fullest on release, and if that takes time, such is life - and it saves me from being disappointed each week when it isn’t in the store update.
In the meantime I may pick up the Carenado Piper to tide me over until the JF does arrive- its definitely still on my wishlist!
I never interpreted that as a ripped off carpet but as a metal or plastic part that keeps the carpet in place and maybe even prevents it from being frayed by use. I checked several interior pictures of older but well-kept Arrows and Warriors and many had a kind of protection/fastener at that spot. That’s why I interpreted it as simply being a scratched part, and cleaned it up to make it a more even black.
But your interpretation with the ripped carpet is as good as any. It should be easy enough to change it. However it IS a lot of work because I have so many different variations for four different planes. Also even after over a year I didn’t have any complaints about that (as opposed with other details), so I don’t plan on doing that.
However, you can send me a PM if you want one specific colour for one specific aicraft, I will change those files for you.
Hi
Wow look at these beautyful planes - this is a true pleasure to sit an! This is how I love my airplanes.
The main problem is that changing this area of the carpet needs changing the bump maps. Unfortunately airplanes don´t react very well to any changes of the bump map and the whole cockpit looks off with various random texture errors everywhere when a bumpmap is changed.
I have noticed that the normal maps can be modified, the reflection maps can be modified - but not the bump maps. I have tried this on the Carenado Ovation to test and it failed, and it failed too on the Piper Archer.
The fake-3D-bumpmaps and reflections for the carpet are in
ARROW_EXT07_NORMAL.PNG.DDS
ARROW_EXT07_SURFACE.PNG.DDS
I don´t know if it´s a problem with Gimp and Photoshop or if a third special texture conversion tool is needed, but after spending the whole weekend on this F-16 texture just to fail I am sure there is
And I assume it is some kind of Nvidia tool or very special texture converter that is needed for the new BC7 textures DCS and Flight Sim 20 are using.
That´s really nice of you!
But even more interesting would be knowing what kind of graphic design tools you are using because I need a normal map and bump map change for the Carenado Mooney M20 Ovation too (behind the left Yoke are some pixelated off-looking reflections in the Carenado Mooney M20.)
I fly IFR because the weather is not always perfect and I fly with as real weather as I can. The Arrow is a great IFR plane. Full lateral AP to DH. The 172 AP and IFR setup will take a localizer and glide slope to DH. Love the challenge of flying in marginally acceptable weather.
When I get cruise altitude, I try to reduce some power and trim, but at the end it always oscillate and sometime I feel like the aircraft get some instant pitch up or down.
Yes, the JustFlight PA28 tends to porpoise without using the autopilot hold altitude. I have never been able to get a stable elevator trim on it, either flying level or when climbing. Descending not so bad. But I love the fact that it has an altitude hold autopilot added.