de Havilland DH.86 Express

[DispatchDragon]

Thanks Garry

it was coinicidental that I found references to it at the Kings Cup in 1957 whilst trawling for the shhhh you know what
It seems it was owned by some titled lady down White Waltham way
Leif

[Garry Russell]

HI Leif

Bearing in mind that owners and operaters may not be the same, it was at the time of it's demise operated by V.H. Bellamy


Does that ring a bell??


Garry

[steve p]

Another colour shot (amongst others) of the Viv Bellamy machine via the key Publlshing forums:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showth ... 187&page=2

Viv Bellamy was a giant in the post-war British aviation field. He well deserves a thread of his own.

Best wishes
Steve P

[DispatchDragon]

ROFLOL now why did I think Vivian was a female?


Leif

[Garry Russell]

Never mind

Garry

[simondix]

I downloaded, installed. Tried to fly it from Croydon. Still on ground at 150mph going through Kenley.

Perhaps you might like one in London Transport colours :think: :roll:

Garry[/quote
Only if they come two at a time!

I think I'll wait until someone does a FDE. In the meantime I'll have a tinker with the panel.

[FlyTexas]

I downloaded, installed. Tried to fly it from Croydon. Still on ground at 150mph going through Kenley.

Perhaps you might like one in London Transport colours :think: :roll:

Garry

Brian

[emfrat]

Simon -
If you use the Ito mdl with the Lee Holmes air file you can get a pretty good machine. Unfortunately the VC is part of the KI mdl, so there is a mismatch there if you use the LH panel, but the 2D cockpit is OK, although the boost gauge seems to be working backwards...I am thinking of trying the JBK Scylla 2D panel instead.
For the aircraft.cfg, I kept the top part of the KI file (all the [flightsim.xx] bits) and replaced the bit below that with the corresponding chunk of the LH aircraft.cfg. I then disabled the wheel contact points ( // at the top three lines) and pasted in the ones from the KI file.
I also aliased the sound to the Dave Garwood Rapide. It all works well, and flies as I would expect a plane from that era to. Right now, it is a 'keeper' but the panel deserves improvement.

Cheers

MikeW
(Edited to clarify that I am using the Lee Holmes panel)

[tonymadge]

Keep Ito's lights settings in the CFG otherwise it seems a bit odd with lights 20 foot away from the plane

[simondix]

Thanks for the tips on the model and I will change them when I have a moment. I did a flight yesterday, when I got her off the ground, on the autopilot. She would only climb at 195-200KIAS and could just maintain height at 170. Is that what everybody else has been getting?