Lancaster fun

[meine]

Nice shot man :) What aircraft is that?

[jaapverduijn]

Thank you, Alejo! It's a totally revamped version of the main 2D panel of the Wings of Power Lancaster III. I changed the pilot's point of view to a somewhat more realistic position (on the left seat or "throne" instead of "mid-cockpit"), added a few things that the true III had but the WoP panel doesn't, rearranged the stuff so that it looks a bit more like what a Lanc III skipper would see, mapped a lot of gauges to my collection of GoFlight units... that sort of thing.

It's an ongoing project. In the meantime I've been cleaning up a few things, like putting some bezels/gauges in a better relationship with their shadows. Next thing will be a revamping of the lower left corner, where the map and the silly buttons temporarily fill up the gap that was created by shoving all and sundry to the right. I guess I'll leave the map there in some way, because it covers a very low corner where otherwise the outside view would need to be extended downward, with possible bad consequences for framerates. But the collection of buttons is surely a temporary measure!

Anyway, I'm far from finished. That doesn't mean that the WoP Lanc in its original form is bad, on the contrary! In fact it's bloody good! However, when trying to make a real cockpit (from the skipper's point of view) look more or less realistic on a computer screen, many compromises need to be made, and the WoP guys made other compromises than I would have done. So I'm correcting that (grin)!

By the way: if you're into WWII warbirds, the WoP package is truly worth buying.

Be well!

Jaap Verduijn.

[jaapverduijn]

Greetings all!

I fear that, once back on base, I'll have to buy six VERY upset and bruised crew members a drink! Well, let's make that seven: I'll have one myself too (grin)!

The picture is probably not too good in quality, since I'm still learning how to post these things the optimum way.

Be well!

Jaap Verduijn.

Edit by myself: I forgot to mention to look at the trim indicator. You need some nose-down trim to keep flying inverted witht the Lanc. Not too much though, because that will put you in trouble when you suddenly need to righten yourself and forget about the trim (grin)! So it's a bit of pushing against the yoke, one does. In the picture my speed is still a bit too high, but eventually you can settle down on normal cruise speed, and keep going like this for as long as the fuel lasts. It's wise to keep the electrical fuel pumps on (I do that below 3000 feet anyway), and trust the Bendix-Stromberg carburettors to keep doing their job!