Today i downloaded and installed two repaints man o war , and chow hound , and had a problem with man o war not being recognised in fsx , turns out the file for the thumbnail , needed to be put into the texture file seperatly , and renamed to thumbnail , not yet tried man o war .
UPDATE:- man o war by john barner , i will be deleting as there are a few parts not right . looking for a replacement .
UPDATE 2 :- aircraft memphis belle (v2) by gunnar van der meeren has replaced man o war.
Started my flight in chow hound , at KBFI with ASN giving very cold temps , had difficulty starting and keeping engines running , but they where not coming to temp , and exhibiting problems , shut them down , in the hangar the engines showed no faults , not sure if weather ASN or Twitch might have some how interfered with the engines , i decided to shut everything down , and start again , with just FSX/ASN .
Once i had FSX/ASN up an running with chow hound on the heavy stand at KBFI , checked in the hangar , only fault was rh worn gear , all engines passed inspection , checked fuel/oil qtys , did a bat check , then set up for engine starts , engine 3 now showing 50 hrs my oldest eng , it turned over , but refused to start , atis was giveing temp as -4 and dew point -6 , so decided to try the winter oil , this did the trick , but every engine that started had a red message on shift+2 page stateing all engines had problems , knowing the hangar showed no faults , i can only think it was caused by low oil pressure on warm up , took a chance and taxiied to runway and took off , sofar all engines appear ok , and aircraft is in flight as i write this at fl195,
video of my first attempt at getting the engines started and failed to warm up:- https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/108023998
video of second attempt and still flying:- https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/108047289
Well i kept a close eye on the engines and inst on this 3.3 hr trip , once the rpm was above 1500 the oil pressure was in the green , engines took a lot to fire up , now have the winter oil in , so its thinner , and with the engines being old , and worn , this can only hasten the wear rate of the engines , so just wondering how long it will be , before any fail , also that RH gear to keep an eye on , and haveing to watch my landings , to make sure they are not heavy , or it could collapse , if that happens , it will also take out the engines/props on that side , the other thing to worry about regarding the RH gear , with it being worn , will it fail to retract/extend , so i have to be prepared for that during the next trip or two .
Engine hrs .
1 49.8
2 50.9
3 53.3
4 52.1
Took up Memphis belle for a trip of 2.1 hrs , very nice repaint , engines still holding out , but the vibration on all of them is now noticable ,on landing the hyd pump was showing as worn , only replaced that 2 days ago , seeing as its needed for cowl flaps/brakes i replaced it , but rh gear still showing worn.
video of memphis belle :- https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/108129126
engine hrs now.
1 51.7
2 52.8
3 55.4
4 54.1
regards alan.
