+1 on RealAir in FSX! RealAir also had the Citabria, which was one of my favorites as well. So excited to have such a nice SF-260!!
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Been flying it a bit again ā¦and noticed (donāt ask how!!!) thats its impossible to crash.
The aircraft just bounces a bit ā¦as if crash detection is turned off ā¦but I have it turned on!
My take on it after flying it for ten minutes.
- Ground handling is terrible. Too abrupt and very synthetic feeling. Like early flight models in the sim.
- Sounds are not well done at all. Loopy in the cockpit. Opening the canopy give no rise in sound volume but adds a cheap wind noise. External sounds are very low and much too quite for an engine of this type. terrible is the word.
- Cannot get rid of co-pilot. Even if I use the weight dialog and set it to zero. The switch for the co-pilot doesnāt work either.
- Prop texture and animation in flight is horrible. 2D texture with the typical cheap prop effect strobe thing going on.
- Radio lights are weak and hard to see.
The good. The modeling and texture are great. Thatās about it for me. This one is hanger bound for now. Iāve got too many other planes that fly much better than to want to deal with this. I honestly expected more out of SSW on this one. Not a typical release from them IMO. It could have been much better.
Having flown a real SF260, the sounds in the cockpit on this are not even closeā¦ the real one has a throaty growl to it. Tons of examples on Youtube. Seems like there are some bugs on this one, I love this airplane IRL so would be nice to have it in sim. I will pass for now. Devs, the pressure is on. When you have great devs out there putting out top-notch products, you canāt put out sub par products and charge people for them. That is just the way it is now.
SSW has literally said they recorded the sound from a real SF260. So the sound complaints are interesting.
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Good morning,
given that a new version is expected to be released to correct the bugs found, I would recommend introducing the equivalent of a tablet (or management checklist as in the G91 and the F104) to manage various possible settings such as presence/absence with management automatic load, start settings like Cold and dark start, automatic start etc. Currently, at the start of the simulation you are not in a real cold and dark situation: the fuel cock is already open and the tank selector is already set to Bothā¦ If it is to be a trainer aircraft, so be it completely.
When the paint kit?
Greetings
I noticed that the TACAN does not work, can anyone confirm?
Well, thats fine but the sounds are not correct. Validate for yourself.
Hello,
based on several reports about sound we are investigating the issue honestly are not top quality as we did in the past.
Therefore will resample them using a different technique.
Next version will have sound completely remade from scratch.
/SSW
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Thatās awesome, canāt wait for the update. The flight model is outrageously good. Love this plane, thanks for making it!
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helllo,
just checked, it works correctly.
SSW
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Ok, some tips to activate it?
I enter the TACAN code and set the switch to T/R but nothing happens, not even when I select the NAV1 and/or NAV2 buttons.
I tried to follow the manual but I canāt find how to make it workā¦
Thanks for the help
hello, the procedure is correct, however may be you do it on ground, difficult to have signal unless the station is really close to you.
When TCN is operating NAV1 & NAV2 are excluded.
Picture shows TCN CEV 83X tuned at LIPC RWY (dist. 1.5 NM radial 292Ā°)
(we noticed a bug, CDB missing on left HSI)
/SSW
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I have no idea about how a sound set for MSFS is created. But I assume a number of well recorded audio samples is only the starting point of the process.
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I tried flying near the destination airport, nothing to doā¦ I have a white and red band on the instrument.
Why is this an issue? Iāve never bothered to close the fuel or switch tank selectors in any of the planes Iāve ever flown. Itās not necessary or required in small GA planes like this. I assume fuel cocks in planes like this are more for maintenance and emergency situations.
And these settings are convenient for new users and people who are unaware of these systems.
Itās actually standard procedures on a 172 to select either left or right to prevent cross feeding when parked. Not a huge issue normally but stillā¦
Right, in my Piper, I leave it on left or right, same thing. The only time Iād switch it to off would be in the event of an engine fire or leak.
I tried again by removing all the addons and leaving only the 260ā¦ the TACAN works.
At this point itās a conflict with another addon, Iāll check tomorrow
EDIT: I found the culprit, itās the āTACAN ITALIAā mod found on flightim.to
Bought yesterday. Fantastic model. It fly very well. I am very happy
I agree with who say that the displays of the radio are not well visible. Is it possible increment the light of displays?
In VR is a really beauty. Great works!
I am waiting for a better sound because in my headset (HP Reverb G2) at high RPM is loopy while at low rpm is great.
Is it possible to set the initial position on the left seat by default (or chhosing a specific airplane in the list like as it make with the liveries) instead on the right seat? (even though is not a really problem since i can shift with a setting in my joystick, but when i shut off the avionics msfs returns me in the right seat)
Thank you for your fantastic work
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