Brett_Henderson wrote on Jan 12^th, 2008 at 9:52pm:


Brett, contact me email and I'll send you what I have so far in about a week or 2.  I'd like a chance try a couple of things with the c172 prop.  Diesel's still giving it way too much climb power (unless you only give the bird ~30-40% power).  Plus, need time to write a short primer on dieselization.

  BTW, I'd love to build the plane my Dad and I flew, but can't build radios for it -- the Cessna 205 had Narco Mk VIII nav/com, Narco Mk III Nav 2, Norelco(?) ADF, Narco DME w/2 dials, one for distance from radio, 2nd for optionial ground speed.  No autopilot but we did have a suction-generated wing leveler which replaced the 2-min. turn.  Leveler had functions of ball and 2-min. turn guage, but off the the bottom left was an on-off for wing leveler, plus a knob to give an exact 2-minute turn using ailerons.  I've been able to simulate partial function by adding the FS2K Concorde wing-level button to the auto-pilots, but I fear this won't work in FSX.
  I got the airframe and flight characteristics for the 1961-1970 205/06/10 in fs5 almost perfect (I was even able to get virtual interior w/6 seats, one pilot (co-pilot optional)) without bleedthrough, semi-animated prop, semi-see-thru cabin windows, and cowl flaps that automatically closed and opened - keyed to airspeed -- then Microsoft switched aviation factories on me.... - sigh --
   Haven't matered G-max but still have the AFX File for the old bird.  Oh, well.   Dieselization first....
   John Murphy