Miserable?

[Charl]

...or just haven't gotten round to installing the new FSX Realair Spitfire?
While Ian is learning how to load his cannon, hop over to SOH for Yago9's latest photoreal paint for the FS9 version:


40,000ft photorec flight over Marlborough.
Rare shot below is an actual screenshot, untouched, for all you purists

Photoreal does for FS9 what bump mapping does for FSX

[yak52dude]

great work ps thats a nice looking spitfire where didi you get it from?

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (yak52dude @ Apr 12 2008, 03:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

great work ps thats a nice looking spitfire where didi you get it from?

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 12 2008, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

the new FSX Realair Spitfire?
Yago9's latest photoreal paint for the FS9 version:

Awesome shots, I reeeeealy want the RealAir Spitfire!

[NZ255]

What kind of setup have you got Charl? Great SS's!

[Ian Warren]

Brilliant shots Matey , I am very surprised RealAir did not come out with a teardrop 14 ... I'd better load the Cannons !

[Naki]

wow thanks for the HU - photo real of a photo recce Spitty!

[Anthony]

Wow brilliant shots Charl!
I'm no screenshot purist, but the second is probably my favourite.

Retouched or not, you take some great screenshots.

Cheers
Anthony

[Charl]

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Apr 12 2008, 05:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What kind of setup have you got Charl? Great SS's!

Thanks all!
It's a long story - Ian is doing FSX stuff with essentially the same rig I believe.

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 12 2008, 07:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Brilliant shots Matey , I am very surprised RealAir did not come out with a teardrop 14 ... I'd better load the Cannons !

There is another one in the works, I believe, they didn't want to trip over someone I think. As to the cannons, you'd better hurry up

[ardypilot]

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Photoreal does for FS9 what bump mapping does for FSX[/quote]
True that, that's one sweet looking repaint.

Judging from the stationary prop in your last shot, I'm guessing you thrashed the engine too hard and blew it up? I remember the first time I did that, viewing the explosion from the VC- had no idea what was going on, but it was all very realistic. Gotta love the attention to detail from the Real Air team.

[Charl]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Apr 13 2008, 12:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Judging from the stationary prop in your last shot, I'm guessing you thrashed the engine too hard and blew it up?

NEVER - boost below +12psi, oil temp always under 105, per manual.
That's a Rolls Royce in there, sir.
Actually, the pic was taken at a "small GA" start point in Ian's Nelson scenery - I was so focussed on the sun glint it didn't occur to me it would look that way

But if I had blown the engine, prop would've been feathered, as in above shot.
Love that kind of attention to detail, too, watch the pitch change as you move the VC prop control lever....

[ardypilot]

Ah ok- I thought they grey pixels in the upper right of the last screenie (of your first post) were a close up of the smoke pouring out that Merlin- my bad!

[K5054NZ]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Apr 13 2008, 03:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

smoke pouring out that Merlin

THAT'S A GRIFFON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The XIVs had RR Griffons, Trolly me old china! NOT merlins! And you call yourself a Spit fan?!

[Charl]

Whew! Glad I got the Rolls Royce bit right!

[ardypilot]

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THAT'S A GRIFFON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The XIVs had RR Griffons[/quote]
To be fair, there were 24 different marks of Spitfires built, and all those IIVXI roman numerals confuse me!
All I know is that I reconise that classic Spitfire shape and love the noise it makes

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[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Apr 14 2008, 08:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

To be fair, there were 24 different marks of Spitfires built, and all those IIVXI roman numerals confuse me!
All I know is that I reconise that classic Spitfire shape and love the noise it makes

Then the Sub-Variants, from extended PRs to High Alts -trial models ,2 seater to seafire47, laminular SPIT a Spiteful ...the lost one , one Great plane .. RR Merlin/Griffon/Packard , the different stage motor produced increasing in length HP , the gun arrangement Wings to carrying beer just a Classic ! so easy to mistake one sometime,s ... simple ... SPITFIRE

[Charl]

Griffon's not harf 'as nice as a Merlin

[Alfashark]

Hmmm, listening to a merlin is like listening to the London Philharmonic Orchestra...

Listening to a Griffon is more like listening to Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony playing S&M...

[K5054NZ]

I heartily agree with both of you! The Merlin purrs, she whistles, She's A Real Engine.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 14 2008, 08:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Griffon's not harf 'as nice as a Merlin

Mk14/16 sound to shape - the very sleek long nose , teardrop , perfomance .. comparing both the WOW 1994 and VE day 1995 at Wigram ........both......SPITFIRE ! .....YEAH

[spongebob206]

Agree,

Love the spit and the merlin sound.

But imagine the Mosquito wizzing past unladen at max speed with two merlins!

Would of been hard for a man to contain himself!