Simviation Forum - Wellesley

Dec 8^th, 2003 at 5:27am

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Here is something a bit different Cheesy

Cheers Paul

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Reply #1 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 5:31am

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You don't see many of those about! Always nice to see something a bit different. Nice shots.

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Reply #2 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 5:56am

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Yes, its nice when someone does one of the rarer planes. this one is for CFS2 but seems OK in FS9, although I can see that I need to do some work on the VC gauges.

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Reply #3 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 6:01am

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I bet you drove up in your Morris 8 and parked next to a bloke with a Brough Superior to take those pics

Probably means nothing to you at all

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Reply #4 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 7:10am

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Nice one Paul. I seem to remember this strange looking aircraft featured new-fangled construction methods of some chap named Barnes Neville Wallis.

PS. My old boss had a Morris 8 all the time I knew him. He swore by it & said they didn't make them like that any more. He drove me round the peri track of Shoreham Airport in it almost every day for 2 years. The owner of the motorcyle shop where I purchased my first bike often rode his own Brough Superior around my home town. Happy days. Wink

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Reply #5 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 8:29am

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mmm, nice.

Where's it from may I ask? (the Wellesley)

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Reply #6 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 8:40am

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Hi RollerBall

You are right, I am oldish, but not that old Wink

. Having said that, they had quite a few nice Morris 8s at a classic car show that I attended locally recently. A lot easier to work on than some of today's new cars!

Hi Hagar

Thanks

This particular one apparently depicts K7718 of No 47 Sqd Squadron code: KU Sep 1939 - Sep 1942. Re Wallis, I think that he got the idea from his previous work on airships.

Also, I am sure that you know, but the Wellesley held a world distance record of 7,157.7 miles which stood for eight years until 1946. Now maybe that's something to try out in FS2004.... Grin

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Reply #7 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 12:20pm

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sorry,but: what an ugly plane! Tongue

nice model 'though.

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Reply #8 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 3:09pm

Oso Ex Member

Where did you say it was from? I missed it the first time. Wink

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Reply #9 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 5:05pm

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Sorry Charles Sorry Oso

I got it from
www.pavaservices.com/cfs

Cheers Paul Wink

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Reply #10 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 7:33pm

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oo it's not that ugly....nice details on the wings and engine.
But what are those black spots on top of the wings (somebody been wing-walking while the paint was still wet?) and what is in the pods under the wings?
btw those are serious questions. I am from '67, you see....
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Reply #11 - Dec 8^th, 2003 at 7:33pm

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Thanks Paul. I report that it works quite nicely in FS2k2. The VC panel is nice but shows no guages. The 2d panel is a joy though. I had to put a darker prop.bmp on it to get it to show up but that is not unusual for Imported aircraft.

I was wondering though. That little rod that sticks out of the fuselage just below the bullseye. Is it like our old curb feelers on cars? If it starts a rubbin' ya know ya fergot to put the wheels down? Grin

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Reply #12 - Dec 9^th, 2003 at 7:34am

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Hi AJ

Well the pods under the wings are for bombs as these pictures show. If you use it in CFS2 then you can add bombs to the bomb-bays. The max bomb load was 2,000 lbs. As for the black spots on top of the wings, I believe that these are footprints which tell someone working on the aircraft where they can walk.

Hi Oso

Glad to hear that it works for you. I and others have the same problem with the VC dials at the moment.......

And yes, I sometimes forget to put my wheels down as well! Grin

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Reply #13 - Dec 9^th, 2003 at 7:45am

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Thanks Paul. I report that it works quite nicely in FS2k2. The VC panel is nice but shows no guages. The 2d panel is a joy though. I had to put a darker prop.bmp on it to get it to show up but that is not unusual for Imported aircraft.

I was wondering though. That little rod that sticks out of the fuselage just below the bullseye. Is it like our old curb feelers on cars? If it starts a rubbin' ya know ya fergot to put the wheels down? Grin

Hi Oso. I didn't try this aircraft myself as I'm not too keen on it. Maybe it uses CFS2 default gauges for the DVC. I thought most of these are already included with FS9. It's only a small download so maybe I will try it after all.

From what I can see in the shots the little rod is either a radio aerial mast or a footstep.

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Reply #14 - Dec 9^th, 2003 at 8:34am

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OK. I tried the Wellesley. It's a nice model but as you already discovered the DVC gauges don't display in FS9 for some reason. I don't know why as they are the same ones used on the 2d panel & the gauges are included with FS9.

It all works fine in CFS2 & displays better in outside views on my system. This might be due to the texture format.

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