The Flight Unlimited Series

Hi all,Could someone please tell me when (date and time) the next FU3 chat will take place? I'd really like to join in.Also, after spending some time learning FLED while making new tiles and airports, I am interested in helping to improve the AI for UK-South. However, I don't have the address for the site where the current AI/beacons files are stored. Anyone able to post that here as well please? I think it would be cool (and would help to make the AI work properly!) to have to proper British accents in FU3, and I'm willing to record that and possibly a pilot voice as well (I have a decent microphone, and a Midlands/East Anglia hybrid accent). I hear that there is a sprea…

Hi!Is there a way to program new gauges as it is possible in MSFS?I know that you can edit the bitmaps with a panel tool for FU3.But how to create a new gauge?Regards,Harry

Hello all,Just like to introduce myself, I'm a Brit who has been playing FU1 2 and 3 for years and finally got around to doing some editing! I tried out the UKS scenery recently and didn't find either of my home towns, Birmingham or Cambridge. So I made the extra scenery! (see attached picture)I have also added a LOT of airport definitions for all of the active airfields I could find in the main scenery, and some fully functional airports in the new area (Birmingham, Cambridge and Coventry).More to come soon when it's all done...Davehttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/39791.jpg

Hi Jon, I have built the control surfaces for the DH82 but I need a hand in testing them out before moving onto to texturing and it would appear cockpit design.Thanks, QvdG

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I am currently experiencing some strange problems with these forums. The main forums page has some misplaced text, missing moderator names, and other slight anomalies. The FU3 Forum has three red arrows at the top and bottom of the page (partly covering some text), and one or two messages in various threads are missing text :-eekDoes anyone know what the problem could be ? This doesn't happen on my PC at work, and it doesn't happen anywhere but these forums on my home PC either.I can't work it out, and it's starting to **** me off.Chris Low.

Hi all, The DH82 has been progressing slowly but surely. With Jon's help I will be soon testing out the moving surfaces. This will be followed by a tidying up of the model including adding (within polycount constraints) the essential wires. At this point I will move onto to texturing (a new adventure) and flight modeling.You have guessed what is missing; Yes indeed its the cockpit. Although I think that I can do a reasonable 3D model and hopefully flight model with help from the experts - I would rather leave the cockpit to the real professionals. I have found cockpit photo that can be used as photorealistic basis.So who wants to be involved in the restoration of thi…

Can anybody help me.While putting the finishing touches to Lydd I noticed a severe drop in framerate when flying overhead. After some research I found that I had 5 or 6 plane models sat on the apron all with a polygon count in excess of 1500 each plus an ambulance with an extremely high polygon count. (around 10000 polygons)When I removed them, the framerate improved alarmingly, so my question is are there any lower polygon count plane models out there, or do I just leave the apron emptier.Andy

Hi guys ;I'm at a hotel looking out at runway 120 San Carlos airport.across the strip is FBO. to my right is tower. I'm chartered to fly (Cessna 172)around bay in about 1 hr .Approx flying time is 2 hrs . Taking asany pictures as can . I allready have good ground pix of Half moon bay and San Jose , This is a busy airport for GA aircraft . I see some King air ,cessnas, pipers , malibu mirage.helos,biplanes,.some jets. I tried to send pic but too large .I will have to convert when I get home.I allready have 200 pics of land and coast line to Los angeles.Put 1200 mi on rental car More later --Leaving tomorrow CaptRolo

Finally, Lydd is near completion (I mean it this time)Here are some screenshots just to prove itFlying overhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/40248.jpgFly Runway Heading towards Dungeness Nuclear Power Stationhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/40249.jpgWatch out for the row of double pylons which surround the airport to the West and Southwesthttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/40250.jpgAnd finally, absolutely nothing to do with Lydd, but a great shot of London City Airport.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/40251.jpgWill keep you posted.Andy:-yellow1

Good evening fellow FU3'ers.I've been a little absent from the FU3 scene recently, mainly because I've been working hard developing, in association with Getmapping plc, the England & Wales VFR Scenery for X-Plane (you may have noticed the announcement on the avsim front page yesterday).This is an exciting project and obviously I'd like to generate as much interest as I can, so this is just a 'heads up' for anyone who might take an interest.My last FU3 project was to improve the weather systems and sky images, which I have put on hold, but I must stress that this is a temporary situation. After Christmas, I'll have more time, and will continue with this project.Many th…

Many people have complained about the Seattle palette over the years. I tried extracting the palette and adjusting it, and I've put some comparison shots below to invite comment. Things to note are the bluer water, less yellow trees, whiter snow and beaches.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/38577.jpgOn the rooftop - BEFOREhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/38578.jpgOn the rooftop - NEW BLUE HUEhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/38579.jpgLake Kachess - BEFOREhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/38580.jpgLake Kachess - NEW BLUE HUEI am very interested in comments. I know its hard to judge from a couple of pictures, but if you think this is worthwhile, I suggest that maybe Ha…

Please help before this is me!!!!:-hang Finally tonight I got my PC stable and reloaded FU3 UK South. Fortunately when I had loaded LCA recently I completely backed up my UK South files so within a few minutes of getting FU3 installed I was up and running in the UK (Except Cardiff). So I decided to do a little work on Lydd having made some new signs that I needed last week.I placed the sign in Fled but having flown out of the airport, decided I needed to adjust the position so went back into Fled. Can anybody tell me where my sign might be? Its not where I see it in the game. I systematically deleted all models one by one just in case it was hiding and its not there......…

Sorry about this, but I thought I'd better post this as a general'heads up'.I had a couple of e-mails yesterday that were infected withthe Win32.Swen.a virus. My anti-virus stopped it when it tried to self-execute (!)but I can't be sure if it had already copied my address book and mailed itself on by then :-(and most of my 'contacts' are either here,or in the BFU forumHere's a description of the virus,"Win32.Swen.a===========================virus/Vandal name: Win32.Swen.aThreat Level: MediumAlias: Swen, I-Worm.Swen, W32/Swen.A@mm, W32/Gibe.E@MM, Gibe.EPlatforms: Win 95,Win 98,Win ME,Win NT,Win 2K,Win XPUpdated on: September 18, 2003Arrival …

Here's a shiny one for you.This pic was taken at the Reno Air Races a couple of weeks ago by a friend of mine.I think Motormouse will like this one. :-) http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/38830.jpg [table][tr][td valign=top]http://www.avsim.com/other/usaribbon.gif[/td][td valign=center]Bob "FlyBert" StilesAVSIM Moderator[/b][/td][/tr][/table]"Don't stall on me, I have to soar!"~Richard Harvey, 1/21/2003

Does anyone know if there is a more upto date version of the BAe 146 for download? The one I have has the ILS, but the skin doesn't look very good - although full marks to the person who to time to make it in the first place.

Hello together,are there some here around which are a little bit "high-speed interested", and that with an absolute beauty in the sky???OK, then it

Just wondering what is being used to create the new aircraft for FU3 ?? Any doc's on this or other modeling for FU3 ??Jeff

I've been doing a couple of repaints and I thought I would just upload the repaints because they should be a smaller file. Wrong! The repaint file is almost three times larger than the res file for the whole aircraft. I will be uploading them as complete airframe as soon as they are ready. It's just wierd.

Mike Magatagan's FU2 airports document states that the runway at Delta Airpark is 2600 feet long. However, it is clearly obvious to anyone who attempts to land or take-off here that the runway is probably the shortest in the entire FU3 world. So, are the statistics in the document right or wrong ? Is the runway supposed to be 2600 feet long, or much shorter (probably half that length if the dirt strip in the SanFran scenery region is accurate) ?My reason for posting this is simply that I have just made a short flight from Flying B Ranch to Delta Airpark in the Beechcraft Baron (with Steve's new panel), and the lack of runway at Delta is frightening. In fact, I had to use …

My recent flight from Flying B Ranch to Delta Airpark highlighted something about the Baron panel that still annoys me. That bearing indicator that "sticks up" above the main panel is a pain in the **** :-) Since the main bearing indicator is clearly visible on the VFR cockpit panel, the presence of this "anomaly" would seem to be superfluous.It may well be an accurate reflection of a real Baron panel, but it is something that I would like to see removed from my own personal version. Can this be done ?Chris Low.

But you've got to go to Racing Fools to do it. :-)http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=5249&page=[table][tr][td valign=top]http://www.avsim.com/other/usaribbon.gif[/td][td valign=center]Bob "FlyBert" StilesAVSIM Moderator[/b][/td][/tr][/table]"Don't stall on me, I have to soar!"~Richard Harvey, 1/21/2003

I would be interested in any feedback from those of you who managed to download my Seattle 2004 pack before it was removed from the FU3 file library. Have you managed to install the pack successfully ? Did the import.bat file (this was supposed to flatten the terrain at three airfields) work correctly ? Do you like the upgrades that I have made ?Many thanks,Chris Low.

I just uploaded a US Air Force repaint for Ansgar's Baron. It includes internal and external bitmaps so it can be used with any painted version. Enjoy.

I just uploaded a factory repaint for Ansgar's Baron. It includes internal and external bitmaps so it can be used with any painted version. Enjoy.