Just Flight Dove Released....

[DaveB]

Err...

What say you Dave? The airfile on the JF Dove should not contain the same data at the end as our airfile
ATB
DaveB

[Marijn]

Well at least it does trim out nicely now. just added the table 1546 at the end of the file and it is behaving as it should.

[DaveG]

That's interesting. I'll have to take a closer look tonight.

[Airspeed]

Are we talking ".air" ?
My .air files are in machine language, and I see nothing readable as mentioned above.
I'm wondering whether the quoted line has something to do with the programme used to build the model?

[DaveG]

What baffled me was this:

End line on the CBS dove's .air file:

V2.84.65 de Havilland 104_t 30/11/2004 14:27:28
Last AirUpdate: Nov 30 14:28:06 2004R

Record count: 64

vs.

End line on the JF Dove's .air file:

V2.84.65 de Havilland 104_t 30/11/2004 14:27:28
Last AirUpdate: Nov 30 14:28:06 2004R

Record count: 65

I've just looked though both .air files using 4 different programs & I can't find that info posted above.
It's true there are many entries that are the same, but as 90% of air files are based on the original default MS ones that's hardly surprising. I've a suspicion that the aircraft.cfg started out as the one from here, as there are many similarities in the content, formatting and overall style, but also much that is completely different. Again they could both have originated from a default MS aircraft.

[JohnWillimas]

Are we talking ".air" ?
My .air files are in machine language, and I see nothing readable as mentioned above.
I'm wondering whether the quoted line has something to do with the programme used to build the model?

Mike, you need some sort of app to read .air files - I use airfile manager (available here:- http://www.difusco.de/fsd/aam_ini.htm) although I am sure there others...

PS - Alex Ford from JF has confirmed over at AVSIM that they are working on an update .

[DaveB]

Thanks Dave and John. I don't have anything on this pc capable of reading airfiles so I'm in the dark too.
Atb
Dave

[Dev One]

For .air files I also use the ones available from Herve Sors - just google his name, although for changing things I prefer to use AirED 1.52 although there is also AAM (Aircraft Airfile Manager). AirED I find easier to change & save things because it doesn't try to produce safety copies which confuse me!
Keith
[edit: Forgot AirED 1.52 & got it confused with AAM! Sorry blame it on my age!]
K

[DaveB]

I've just dug out a copy of AirEd and don't see that text above. I did try AAM but it didn't want to work on my 64-bit OS
ATB
DaveB

[Dev One]

You know I really am getting senile! AirEd does work OK on my 64bit W8.1 & is my default program, but the AAM V2.2 is the one that comes from Herve Sors. I don't have it set as default, so I have it as a Shortcut on my desktop & then just click & drag the air file you want to read to that icon. The main advantage of AAM is that the tables, e.g. propeller data, are shown graphically.
Keith

P.S. They also both work on my laptop with todays update of W10 & I have them both as desktop shortcuts there.