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Oct 10^th, 2003 at 6:19pm

RollerBall Ex Member

Here's an unusual one I found on PlaneSimviation again. It's an AN-26. Do we have it here? I don't know

Looks great in the air...

..but how's your Russian when it comes to the flying instruments?

Wonder when one last flew over Hong Kong

Unusual model with some nice detail (inc the cockpit views - not a VC which is how I like it) and flies well

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Reply #1 - Oct 10^th, 2003 at 6:23pm

Silent Exploder Ex Member

it's a very good plane,but navigating with that panel is a real torture! Shocked

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Reply #2 - Oct 10^th, 2003 at 8:57pm

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"Wonder when one last flew over Hong Kong"

Most likely not to long ago, the PLAN has a couple of these aircraft.

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Reply #3 - Oct 11^th, 2003 at 2:53am

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Lovely shots Roger, and Cyrillic isn't too bad once you've got the basics (I had to learn it for my date with Mrs Mi-24D) Grin

I quite like the 26, I'll try and scan some photos I've got of HAF ones and post them Wink

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Reply #4 - Oct 11^th, 2003 at 4:04am

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Cyrillic isn't too bad once you've got the basics (I had to learn it for my date with Mrs Mi-24D) Grin

Ahhhh... now there's a thought. IF we could find someone who has some Eastern European experience and IF that person had a knowledge and understanding of flying and IF that person also had a grasp of Cyrillic....maybe they could re-do the AN-26 panel with similar instruments in English ...or perhaps even modify the bitmaps of the Russian ones or something...

IF ONLY we knew someone like that....any ideas??????

Wink

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Reply #5 - Oct 11^th, 2003 at 4:53am

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very nice! and the panel looks like a real russian panel! 8)

ps: roger, i miss your old avatar... Sad

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Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2003 at 6:59am

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Lovely shots mate, well done Grin

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Reply #7 - Oct 11^th, 2003 at 7:16am

RollerBall Ex Member

Thanks for the comments gents.

Ken, yeah the whole package is in Russian with only the ReadMe file translated into English. I have no idea which instrument is which or even how to make the AH come alive!

It would be a shame to swap the panel (eg Dash 8, Saab 340) because then you'd lose interesting visible features like the heads-up radar. It needs text on the panel bitmap to be put into English and either the gauges to be swapped for English look-alikes or, better, for the gauge bitmaps to be edited using Chuck Dome's GauBM2.exe (or is there a later version?) to convert the Russian characters into English while retaining the (excellent) look of the panel.

Just need a volunteer, who may be Eastern European based, with a knowledge of the language and culture, a knowledge of flying and simming and experience of panel design.

Wonder if we know such a person....??

New edit added - Dunno now. I've re-read the Word doc that comes with the plane and it explains all the instruments by number references. Maybe I'll just spend a little more time getting familiar with the Russian instruments that way without looking for English versions. Certainly retains the authenticity!

Roger

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Reply #8 - Oct 11^th, 2003 at 9:00am

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been there done that...

- ADF radio's don't switch to the sub-1000 band even when you dial it in correctly.
- Autopilot use: read the manual or crash Cheesy

- there are 3 NAV radios on the nav panel: ADF (2x), VOR (2x) and RSBN(1). you'll need to download some extra scenery for the RSBN (i haven't tested that scenery in fs2004 yet...)

Water rudder opens the door in flight mode (slides under), shift-e opens it in grond mode (drivable ramp)

bind the tailhook and fold wings to some key combo's.
AFAIK fold wings opens the engine covers (usually i do both tailhook and fold wings, you'll never know what surprises are built-in)

And RollerBall, cruise is 60% TLAI, not 100%.
All power switches are available on the panel which is linked to the BN label thing on the left side.
HSI is powered on on the NAV panel (click on the yellow thing with the black stripes on the right side)

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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