The Flight Unlimited Series

Three screenshots showing a handful of useful updates that I have made to three airports in FU3.1. TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE -- That zig-zag section of taxiway X-Ray was annoying, so I deleted it and created an alternative route. It works fine.2. SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL -- All three runways are now active. Runway 29 is used by planes that are designated "P" or "pracref".3. BREMERTON NATIONAL -- Taxiway signs have been added here (and at all other tower controlled airports in the Seattle region (including McChord Air Force Base).Chris Low.

I have just taken a flight in the Beechjet from Gnoss to University in the rain. Nice, easy flight from one Unicom airport to another (they even have the same Unicom frequency)....or so I thought. At a point somewhere between Napa County and Travis AFB, the right engine failed. The engine fire warning light came on, and the Master warning switch started, er.....warning me :-)Anyway, I decided to carry on to University (they don't call me ICE for nothing) ;-) I had to increase the power of the left engine from 65% to around 90% to hold my cruising altitude (all of 2300 feet) :-lolThe plane was pulling severely to the right, so I had to keep the joystick hard over to the le…

I read about the 2 commands:1. EnablePlayerShadow2. enable_cloud_shadowsthat you can have the first one with an Nvidia- and second one with an Ati-graphics-card.Since I have an Nvidia-card, does anybody of you get the cloud shadows?I really would like to see how it looks like!Please screenshots here: ;-)

Occasionally I see some tiny runways in FU3. Then I forget all about it. Yesterday I landed at Diamond Point. I spotted a windsock floating in the air which is a bad sign. Once down on the tarmac I looked at the runway and the perspective looked right... for a B747. I was sitting in a Baron.I tried to look up Diamond Point in FLED. There's no package as far as I can see. I tried to spot the location but I guess I missed it. I wanted to wiggle an object or two and make them all snap to the elevation.What does your Diamond Point look like?Hans Petter

Here is a link to another set of pictures that I have posted in the Screenshots forum. Why not add some of your own ?http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=156399&page=Chris Low.

I posted some shots in the screenshots forum.http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=156067&page=Everybody's welcomed to continue the 1000 Faces.

Hi, this is my first post to this forum. I have a strange problem with my FU3 (German version). When I land at small/medium uncontroled airports no other airplanes want to land after me. They go around instead. I land on active runway (reported by unicom) and then clear of the runway via taxiway and then head to my parking spot. This is problem only with some of small/medium uncontroled airports like Arlington, Pierce County, Auburn Municipal, while for example Bremerton Nat'l or Sanderson don't have this problem. I've patched my FU3 with German patch from AVSIM library. Thanks for answering and helping me out.

I checked out a Baron panel that Heinz Reiter uploaded several years ago. The IFR version is tall but it provides a realistic view with my head tilt setting. Tonight I rediscovered this one and here's a screenshot:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/88046.jpgDoes anyone recognize this bush strip? :-?Hans Petter

Since I have offered to send Dubravko a set of my upgraded airports and scenery packages, it would seem like a good idea to offer everyone else the same deal :-)I have made lots of tweaks, upgrades and enhancements to both high resolution scenery regions since I released my Seattle 2004 and SanFran 2004 packs. I was intending to upload these to the FU3 file library after the latest version of the AI Enhancement Pack had been released (so that I could add some Dash 8 and DHC6 AI planes). However, I have decided to offer this updated stuff to anyone who responds to this post.Bear in mind that these are upgrades to my existing packs. They will include all of the airports and…

Does anyone have the Toyota "jeep" type model for FU3 ? I have Robert Driscoll's huge database installed, so this will be incorporated into the modelmip.tag file. However, I am sending Dubravko lots of stuff, and he will need this particular jeep as a separate model.Cheers,Chris Low.

I have just been thinking about the difficulties that I was faced with every time that I fired up FLED on my old PC. I know that this utility crashes every now and again. That is common knowledge. What I would like to know is.....has anyone else suffered from "freezing" problems when using it ? Did the mouse suddenly stop moving, forcing a complete system reboot ? I am not sure if I have ever had a straight answer regarding this question. You see, I am not really certain if anyone knows how incredibly difficult it was for me to use FLED on my old PC. In fact, I am sometimes stunned by just how much work I managed to get done.I was frequently faced with system freezes afte…

Another problem that I have with FU3. I don't have any traffic at Renton Municipal airport at Seattle region except an Cessna that is parked at south ramp and some Beavers at north ramp. I've opened airport with FLED and saw that there are plenty o parking spots for 737 and 757 airplanes (Boeing is building them at RNT as far as I know) but they never land or takeoff. I've tried to specific an ILS frequency for RWY 33 and placing a localizer beacon but it didn't help. Also it's alowed for all airplanes to use any of RWYs for landing or takeoff because I unchecked all boxes at RWY properties window. Thanks for answering to my problem.Dubravko Stjepan Sikac

Googeling a little bit I found some old sites over there at simflight.com.There's a nice section "Visiting looking glass studios" with a lot of photos of the crew members.http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/roadtrips/lglass.htmNice to see who was responsible for our beloved sim.

I posted two shots to compare Megascenery with the SFO scenery for Flight Unlimited. See here:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...&mesg_id=145908

I posted five bad weather screenshots of the Jaguar Beechjet in the Screenshot Forum yesterday. Here is a link.http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=154449&page=Chris Low.

I opened Genpile/vcomp1.res (for example) with ResViewer and noticed that there is a lot of other sounds/voices that can be used in conversation between pilots and aprroach or tower. Can anybody tell me why aren't all sounds/voices used in conversation between pilots and approach or tower when playing FU3? It seems that FU3 uses frequently only some of those sounds, some are used but not so often and most of them I've never heard to be used (I'm playing FU3 for 2 yrs now). For example I've never heard that pilot on approach to an airport said: "THREE MILE FINAL", it's always only: "FINAL" or when confirming something I can only confirm with "ROGER", never "WILCO". There i…

I have put an update set of specific models for London into the library. Please read the install instructions, since you need to delete one of the old models before the new one can be correctly installed, or you might lock-up your computer.On the UKS issue in general, I can do little to help anyone having problems with crashes. I can assure you that there are no problems with the models or the packages - they have all been checked and re-checked. My version works perfectly - completely bug-free. Distributing this version has proved difficult, since I can't burn my own CD's and also people must be willing to have a base install similar to mine, i.e.:1) REGIONSUK-South mus…

Hello Flight Unlimited III friends,together with Jon Points 3d-models and texture sets im a big step forward in developing the next AI-package, my newest high quality AI-upgrade for FU3. This is a really huge update and so you will have a lot of new HQ models in future!I didn

Jon,We need to communicate. E-mail between us doesn't seem to happen. I need to know what your situation is with regard to the AVSIM Conference.

Is anyone who regularly participates in this forum planning to attend the AVSIM Conferance next month?Anybody besides Jon Point and myself that is.

1. BEECHJET WEATHER RADAR......is this still unique, or has it been equalled/surpassed by MSFS, Fly2, and/or X-Plane ? Do these other sims have a lightning detector incorporated into the weather radar ?2. BEECHJET LANDING LIGHTS.....are these particularly impressive ? Is the pulsing nature unique ? Are they better/worse than their MSFS/Fly2/X-Plane counterparts ?3. BEECHJET AUTOPILOT.....Is the "smooth" autopilot still better than those in MSFS/Fly2/X-Plane ?Chris Low.PS. There is a reason for all of these questions :-)

I do not have much experience of this plane, so maybe more experienced glider pilots can enlighten me as to the special features/gauges/flight characteristics of the Stemme when compared to a standard prop plane ? Does it include any unique gauges that are not found on a normal plane ? How realistic is it to fly ? What makes gliding so special in FU3 ?Thanks,Chris Low.

A few months ago I cleaned up the Big Red's textures. I ended up with a new palette. Then there's the cockpit. Steve Hess had plans for this and sent me his "Big Red" panel bitmap a long time ago.To avoid too much hassle I have decided to add some "Big Red" features to Steve's standard Baron panel. By doing so I won't have to move or edit gauges. Well, I will have to delete the whiskey compass. I may also end up repainting some gauge bitmaps.I made this combo today -- all being based on Steve's standard Baron panel and images supplied by Ed Weber. There'll be some more air-brushing and color matching and even more so as I set up the night version :-)I assume that the arch…

I have just received a nice, new copy of Prima's Official Strategy Guide for Flight Unlimited III. I purchased it from Barnes & Noble in the USA (www.barnesandnoble.com). It is a 200 page manual with complete VFR and IFR flight lessons, and masses of other information. If anyone wants a copy, then you can order it from the above site. It cost me

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