---- SIMSAMURAI NEWS AND UPDATES ----
NEWS FLASH !! - Some gent on eBay (Blackwolfrage) in the Netherlands is selling his Airbus A320 cockpit panel and throttle parts for $20,000!
I guess he saw this website -- ;P
In other news ...
SimSamurai recently released two great free tutorials on key functions for Flight Simulator 9 and FSX. The first is a 13 page tutorial on how to properly set up FS-Inn for VATSIM. It is highly detailed and includes very important things like how to map your push to talk buttons and transponder ident function as well as how to correctly assign your aircraft ICAO.
It is basically several combined excerpts from the UGTAFS.
Secondly released is a 15 page tutorial for the FSUIPC registered device assignment utility. This was commissioned and authorized by Pete Dowson himself and SimSamurai is happy to share this FSUIPC quick start guide with the flight simulation community!
Both .PDFs can be received for free via email request to simsamurai@earthlink.net or can most likely be found on AVSIM forums, or Pete Dowson's FSUIPC Sim Connect Forum.
Both .PDF files are also included free on the Samurai D-I-Y Data Disc whenever you make a purchase of any Samurai SIm Station blueprints.
--- NEW PRODUCT UPDATES ---
Coming Soon March / April 2010 !!!
The Samurai LX-1 -- Much like the XS-1 but specifically designed for two pilots who prefer to use all widescreen LCD monitors instead of front projection for exterior visuals.
The Samurai SS-1 -- An "open cockpit" single seat variant for those jet jockeys who want fighter like stylings while still using projection for main screen exterior viewing.
The Samurai HX-1 -- A single seat fully enclosed cockpit design specifically tailored for LCD use only and can be used for helicopter enthusiasts.
---- SIMSAMURAI FREEWARE GIVEAWAYS ----
UPDATE: - All 3 panels below are finished but I have had a gauge export anomoly and am working on the issue. Most likely I will provide a link for my entire 1 gig gauge library (minus my payware gauges) for customers to use with these three freeware panels.
As a salute to our feathered men in uniform SimSamurai is giving away 3 free cockpit panels in March 2010. These are perhaps the most complex yet most fun and functional instrument panels ever seen for the three following U.S. Navy aircraft !
All three are for FS9 Users Only -- FSX panels are a few months out...sorry!
ALL THREE PANELS WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA MEDIAFIRE DOWNLOAD BY THE END OF MARCH 2010. ALL AIRCRAFT PANELS ARE COMPLETE AND I HAVE PERFORMED
FINAL FLIGHT TESTS IN ALL THREE.
SEE MY YOUTUBE VIDEOS FOR SOME GREAT SNEAK PEAKS!
THEY WOULD'VE BEEN AVAILABLE LAST MONTH BUT I AM HAVING SOME ISSUES EXPORTING THE GAUGES IN PANEL STUDIO - IM WORKING ON IT!
You can grab the A-5 Aircraft Model From AlphaSim Below:
The RA-5C Vigilante (The Tomcat's Gramma)
( Alphasim A-5 freeware for FS9 )
http://www.alphasim.co.uk/as_freeware.html
*** The vintage RA-5C panel I have made uses an amazing 3000 x 2000 bit photo-real panel from the vaults of NASA Dryden research laboratories!
WOW --- dated 1963 even!
WHEN AVAILABLE : SELECT FILES, USE SAVE AS .. AND DOWNLOAD TO DESKTOP.
YOU WILL NEED THE GREAT FREEWARE "7ZIP" UTILITY OR "WINZIP "TO EXTRACT FILES.
http://www.7-zip.org/
http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm
Hooyah -- Go Navy!
A-5 PANEL / FLIGHT TESTING UPDATES :
SimSamurai recently escaped near fatal injury during high-altitude secondary stall testing with the RA-5C Vigilante. The pilot performed a gradual 90-degree vertical pitch maneuver at 700knots while the aircraft climbed through FL350 to initiate a full power vertical stall. The aircraft, at the peak of the stall, and with zero airspeed, rolled onto its back where the aircraft initiated a full inverted flat spin. As the aircraft fell through FL200 the pilot was breifly able to get the aircraft into a nose low dive attitude however the spin was non-recoverable most likely due to compressability factors.
The aircraft impacted terrain in an approximate 70 degree inverted vertical attitude. Investigators determined that the impact occured at an estimated speed of 400+ knots due to the size of the impact crater and other available test data. The pilot was able to eject at low altitude, however, the canopy had been jettisoned at FL150 and there were indications that ejection occured below FL100. There were no ground fatalities and there is little recoverable wreckage. Other test data shows that the throttle was closed immediately after the initial stall and that the speed brakes were fully deployed below FL250. There were no indications of airframe overstresses prior to terrain impact.
Pilot error is not being considered as a factor due to the stall testing circumstances.
RA-5C flight testing will resume in another available test aircraft.
---- SIMSAMURAI - FEB. 2010 CLUB BRIEFING ----
Attention all Samurai Club Pilots and prospective members!
You are invited to attend the second ...
SimSamurai Carrier Ops Fly In!
Date : Sunday March 21st
Time : 7pm Pacific (U.S.) UTC -7
Location : To be announced 72 hours prior to flight.
Server : VATSIM
Recommended Aircraft : F-18, F-14, EA-6B Prowler, A-5C, or EC2 Greyhound.
Special Needs : Ability to land on an aircraft carrier deck using FS9 and RCBCO 2.O or FSX and RCBCO 3.0 ... Yea, its hard ...but so are we!
I will email the carrier / zone launch and recovery files to all interested parties!
Join the squad, have fun ... and step outside the box for an afternoon!
Stay On This Frequency For More Details!
