Helles Belle

I have tried this skin in game and in model viewer, apart from the fuel tanks missing a texture (which I am fixing) what exactly is wrong with the aircraft skin? It seems to appear fine.

When Lock On Modern Air Combat first came out a ‘Roadmap’ was something I used to find out where the nearest computer store was so I could go and buy it. You’d walk in with your hard earned cash pick up the box, buy it and rush home to install the game. There were no newsletters or announcements of what was to come, you just enjoyed what you had. Of course after 10 minutes you realised you needed to spend more money on a new computer.

I’ll get around to having a look at it when I can. I haven’t had time to instal the latest A-4 version yet but will do so soon. If the paint kit hasn’t changed substantially since that was posted it should still work. As @plusnine says there may be some differences in the lua description which can be easily fixed by the user. I will have a look at that as well.

Does the livery file contain the bottom skin? if it does then it is a lua problem and easily fixed.

@Reflected LOL, go two/one ranks higher. It’s all just fictional stuff at this stage. Playing around until the template comes out.

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@Nozzle best way is to open a ticket at https://github.com/heclak/community-a4e-c/issues

Forget modman. just install it as per the instructions and it’ll work fine. https://discord.gg/HjdnDCkw

Is there a fix for this? It is still doing it.

+1 i tried slowing the rate down in the lua (like the elevator trim) but I was not successful. if the rate at which the brake is applied is halved or even more it would make it a lot easier when using button control. the rudder pedals work ok after a lot of trial and error but I would also prefer to use a button on the stick.

Sorry @Bungo I couldn't help myself. I was after an Aussie STOL type ship. So I 'activated' your HMAS Sydney skin (added the number and the warning)

https://discord.gg/cc9PYNEw

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+1 can confirm this is true. If you try to de-fuel below 76% it gets stuck. I'm not sure what the standard procedure was in 1942. But it re-fuels the centre tank last. While this appears to be correct, to keep the weight on the wings. I would expect if you don't need fuel above 76% i.e. 2x59 gals which = the total amount of the outer tanks. Then you'd be better having the inner tanks & centre tanks full instead of the outer tanks in case you get an engine failure, as you can then use all available fuel.

Re: what fuel gauge shows what. I have used the diagram from the FB6 manual (it’s easier to understand for me) @rkk01 hope this helps. @bart I did the same thing with transfer of wing tanks. (50 gal drop tanks) although I started with full outer tanks, used the fuel down to 10 gal, then transferred the fuel. it took a while but same thing, the gauge stopped at 40 gal. Which tells me it only transferred 30 gal. I’ll try the same with the 100 gal drop tanks and see what happens. interesting what happened with the de-fuel, sounds like a bug. I only tried starting with about 40% fuel then went up in by 10% at a time. Everything seemed to ‘fill up’ ok. I was even impressed that the centre tank was filled last, which is the expected behaviour.

Thanks @Holbeach I thought that might be the case

I am no way an expert of this and like a lot of people I am still learning. The fuel system on the Mosquito is obviously a bit different to what we have used before – a total of 13 tanks if we count wing drop tanks and long range tanks. I’m not sure the long range tank is even operative. I thought I saw the gauge at full with full internal fuel loaded when I first used it, but now whenever I take full fuel the gauge reads zero. No offence to the developers as the game supplied manual is still a work in progress and is also derived from the actual Mosquito FB6 Manual. (I’ll refer to this manual as the FB6 manual to avoid confusion later on). But I believe a more rigid checklist structure needs to be produced to help understand what to do to manage the fuel system. From reading both manuals, (the original FB6 manual goes into it a bit further), I came to the conclusion of how the fuel system ‘should’ be managed. As I said earlier I could be wrong & am more than happy for correct advice to be given. I’ll start as if wing drop tanks are being used and work down from there. WING DROP TANKS usage: After take-off Fuel Transfer Cock................... *OPEN When OUTER tank level drops Fuel Transfer Cock........................ OFF *HOWEVER from the FB6 Manual re: the Fuel Transfer Cock: ‘If Mod. 613 is incorporated, the cock is marked ON FOR AUTO TRANSFER and it may be left on whilst using fuel from the outer tanks. Transfer will then be automatic until the wing drop tanks are empty when the gauge will show a fall in the contents of their respective outer tanks.' Ours is labelled JETTISON TANKS FUEL TRANSFER. Therefore from the FB6 Manual: ‘If the transfer is not automatic this cock is marked JETTISON TANKS FUEL TRANSFER ; in this case the outer tanks must be nearly emptied before transferring, or fuel will be lost by venting to atmosphere.’ ‘If automatic transfer is not provided, sufficient fuel must be used from the outer tanks before attempting to transfer, or fuel may be lost through the atmospheric vents. To transfer fuel, change to main supply and turn on the transfer cock. When the outer tanks are full, turn off the transfer cock and revert to outer tanks. Repeat the sequence until the wing drop tanks are empty. Therefore for our aircraft I believe the correct procedure when using wing drop tanks is: Empty the OUTER Tanks, then: Fuel Tank Selector.......................................... MAIN Fuel Transfer Cock.......................................... OPEN When the OUTER tanks are full: Fuel Transfer Cock.......... CLOSE Fuel Tank Selector.......... OUTER Repeat until Wing Drop Tanks are empty. If Wing Drop Tanks are NOT loaded but all internal tanks are full: OUTER TANKS usage: Fuel Tank Selector............................. OUTER Fuel Transfer Cock............................. CLOSE Fuel Tank Pressure.............................. ^OFF Immersion Fuel Pump........................... OFF ^doesn’t appear to be required ON when using the OUTER tanks as it only pressurises the INNER & CENTRE tanks LONG RANGE TANK usage: Fuel Tank Selector............................... MAIN Fuel Tank Pressure.............................. #OFF Immersion Fuel Pump............................ ON When pump pressure light comes ON Immersion Fuel Pump................. OFF Fuel Tank Pressure........................ ON #From the FB6 Manual: ‘When Mod. 443 is incorporated the pressure venting cock is usually wired in the ON position because the pressurising is then extended to the long-range tank. When this modification has not been incorporated it is advisable to turn the cock OFF whilst actually using the long-range tank because the immersed fuel pump might not be able to overcome pressurising in the fuel collector box sufficiently to ensure a supply of fuel from the long-range tank.' Continue on MAIN – CENTRE & INNER TANKS. Please correct me if I am wrong and I will modify the above procedures.

Hi @Gunfreak can you post the solution?

Brilliant !

Still have to do better alignment of the ply. But this looks better for now.

Thanks @Krupi. Those pics are great. That’s the intention, to eventually get small grain running how it would have been in real life. It’s going to be tedious getting a lot of small panels lined up and correctly trimmed. Luckily the panels that are wood in the files seem ‘flat’ so it shouldn’t be to bad.

Now you've started me Very much a work in progress, but I'll continue with it when the others are done.

Thanks @No1sonuk yep that’s the kind of stuff I need. that is a well done model.