Keith Paines Percival Proctor V4.0 now ready in the library for FS9 and FSX.
Keith has reworked his Proctor for you all and has included several new models, a revised cockpit in 2d and VC and a Paint kit
here in his own words.
Intended for FS9, but it will port over, although you will need to use the alternative aircraft.cfg file within the 'FSX file' folder in lieu of the FS9 version because it does not fly the same in FSX SP2, but it also has camera views that cannot be used in FS9.
This is a major rework of my Proctor released in 2008. I thought it would be an easy job to do in order for the re-painters amongst you to create various textures that have not been possible in the old one - WRONG - It would have possibly been quicker to start from scratch! I hope that these redress the balance & that I have created it for repainting successfully - you will no doubt let me know in the cbf forum.
The Kit consists of;
1. G-AHNA (Nannie Ann) a MkI as modified by my father (A.S.K (Buster) Paine for air racing.It has its own aircraft.cfg file to cater for the speed increase - hence a separate package. There is also a 'Repainters resource' folder within this package that is applicable to the others. Hope you find it helpfull.
2. A MkI shown as VH-AUC which is displayed at Moorabbin, Victoria Australia & painted to represent A75-1 (in reality that was a Mk IV).
3. A MkII - these normally were fitted with a slightly larger DC Generator on the Stbd side - hence the bulge on the stbd engine cowling. As with most things rules are broken & R7524 aka G-AIWA was built as a MkI but probably had this generator fitted at a later date.
4. A MkIII, G-ALJF (was according to my reference data built as a Mk II) which has an even larger generator & fairing. This aircraft is still airworthy.I have not though made the interior as she currently is with the instrumentation & radio & nav aids.
5. A second MkIII, G-AKEX which was rescued from a Swedish barn by Mike Biddulph & she is currently being rebuilt at Great Oakely Airfield near Harwich, UK.She is shown here in her 1949 civilian colour scheme.
There is also a 'Repainters resource' folder within this package that is applicable to VH-AUC, R7524 & G-AKEX, the other two are 'specials' & you might have some difficulty in repainting some areas of those! Hope you find it helpfull.
EFFECTS:
Move the contents of this folder (fx_engstrt_proctor.fx, fx_engstrt_proctor_stubs.fx& fx_vclight_proctor.fx) to your FS9\effects folder
SOUND: This is Aliased to the DH88 Comet for FS9, but for FSX you will need to copy & paste the Maule_M7_260C sound file as it will keep the file size down, but Gary Jones has created a Proctor sound file that is available from www.classicbritishfiles.com.
STABILITY: I have purposely made her less stable than normal in Roll & Yaw, in the hope that she seems more lifelike in response to gusts etc., so watch your speed when landing, especially in a crosswind & be ready to catch the roll!
The .AIR & aircraft.cfg files have been amended using data from Jerry Beckwiths FDWorkbook Freeware programme.
Unzip into your FS9 Aircraft folder. If you have my earlier version I suggest the you create a new folder 'New Proctor' in order to keep things separated.
PLEASE READ the Pilots Notes & the FS9 Sim Commands.
Hope you have fun flying them.
A very BIG THANK YOU goes to Dave Moly for his assistance, free use of some of his ideas & code, as well as encouragement during the making of these models - Gmax & exporting them can be VERY frustrating at times!!
Thanks also to Peter Watkins & Jaap de Baare for their comments & testing of the painting rescource.
Thanks also to Mike Biddulph for supplying many photos from his collection, & I hope my model represents his aircraft satisfactorially.
