Hawk.

Just got the Alabeo Cessna 195 and would LIke to Fly it without Wheel Fairings ?? There is a Keyboard Popup Menu to Change them, but I forgot how to Bring it up ! I looked in Options Buttons and Keys, No Help ! Does Anyone Know the Combination ?? - Thanks - Johnman B)

What you need: Carenado B200 installed (we use the 530 GPS from her)

1. go to FSX main/Gauges  and COPY THIS FILE (select, right mouse click, COPY) "GPS530_3D_B200.CAB"

2. go to FSX main/SimObjects/Airplanes/Alabeo C195_BusinessLiner/panel    and PASTE that file in there.

3. open panel.cfg and add the following (MAKE A COPY BEFORE EDITING):

under [Window Titles] add:

Window03=GPS
Window04=Auto Pilot

now scroll down and add the following BELOW/AFTER [Window02] and BEFORE [Vcockpit01]

//--------------------------------------------------------

[Window03]
Background_color=8,8,8
size_mm=524,378
visible=0
ident=10000
window_size= 0.310,  0.370
window_pos=  0.550,  0.160
no_luminous=1
zorder=7

gauge00=GPS530_3D_B200!GPS_530,  0,0,520,378

//--------------------------------------------------------

[Window04]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=348,219
position=0
visible=0
ident=796
window_size= 0.290, 0.290
window_pos= 0.020, 0.190

gauge06=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP,           0,0

//--------------------------------------------------------

4. go to FSX main/SimObjects/Airplanes/Alabeo C195_BusinessLiner - and make a copy of the aircraft.cfg file... this is your back up.

open aircraft.cfg

in the [piston_engine] section, change the following:

max_rated_hp= 350

turbocharged= 1    /was 0              
max_design_mp= 30        /was 0                     
min_design_mp=  0                    /no change          
critical_altitude= 7000                  /was 0

5. AFTER the [exits] section ADD this entire code:

[autopilot]
autopilot_available= 1
flight_director_available= 0
default_vertical_speed= 700.0
autothrottle_available= 0
pitch_takeoff_ga=8.0
max_pitch=10.0
max_pitch_acceleration=1.0
max_pitch_velocity_lo_alt=2.0
max_pitch_velocity_hi_alt=1.5
max_pitch_velocity_lo_alt_breakpoint=20000.0
max_pitch_velocity_hi_alt_breakpoint=28000.0
max_bank=25.0
max_bank_acceleration=1.0
max_bank_velocity=3.00
max_throttle_rate=0.10
nav_proportional_control=18
nav_integrator_control=0.20
nav_derivative_control=2.0
nav_integrator_boundary=2.00
nav_derivative_boundary=2.00
gs_proportional_control=14
gs_integrator_control=0.26
gs_derivative_control=0.00
gs_integrator_boundary=0.70
gs_derivative_boundary=0.00
yaw_damper_gain=0.000000

save

How To Fly: Take off full throttle and full prop... after lift off, back throttle to 25 mp, and 2000 RPM for climb (it will get super hot if you don't). cruse at 25 mp and 1900 rpm. Speeds are 170 to 180 kts @ 9000 ft.

In this config, she is a respectable mountain flyer.

Enjoy!

Once you get pretty good at flying this plane, its allot of fun... still too slow.. but the prospect of a C196 conversion got me thinking...

C196 is a 195 with a 450hp P&W Wasp Jr slapped on the front. A few where done by Falls City Flying Service at Standiford Field in Louisville for air survey work. They had tip tanks.

I might play around with this, and upload a simple conversion you can copy paste. No graphix changes of course, but the .air and .cfg can easily be changed to Wasp specs.

khef  - CSN LDN EKN CVG OOM RSV BIB STL FTZ COU OJC DDC GCK TBE RSK TBC GCN -  kgcn

1664.1 NM

Old school manual control, VOR to VOR.  Doing it in 3 hour stretches (one fill up) with RWeather. I added the FS GLV2000 GPS for airport info, otherwise its off.

Three days now, and almost in Texas.

Flying at 7000 ft, 34 mp, 2500 rpm.   It walks around and wont let you walk away. My landings are super crap until I get some skill with the rudder peds and the fickle tail drag-er. But I have to say.. I'm digging it.

Now if someone would make a freaking Beech 18... (I have the supie, but something a little more.. developed).

Hardware: been without RP's for years now.. got the saik pro flight ones... also ordered a couple saik throttles (for twins)... but everyone is out until August 31st!

The real one:

Mine:

There's a stock panel with the registration plate included if you don't care for the black panel

It's been uploaded to AVSIM library. Just waiting for Jesse to climb out of bed! :biggrin:

I have now done some flights with this beauty. It is a great plane, but keeping it trimmed for climb, cruise or descent is horrible!

The trim is extrem sensible, I trim it a bit up... and woooosh up goes the nose to 2500 fpm ^^ the same thing for trimming nose down.

I dont think that the real thing does this :-)

Has anyone the knowledge for changing something in the aircraft .cfg for desensitizing the trims of this otherwise great aircraft? If so, please tell me how to :-)

Many many thanks and happy landings,

Klaus

How do I navigate with NDBs in this bird?

So the questions are:

1. Is this something that Alabeo are aware of?

2. Will something be done to sort it out?

3. Is this behaviour normal/correct?

3. If 'Yes' to 3, ignore 1 and 2. :Whistle:

Be nice, Ron

On a positive note, I get to look at the VC for about .2 seconds upon loading. It's beautiful! 

Patch coming soon?

John

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