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MSFS RV-12 (legacy) got an update

Eriselle

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Hey RV-12'ers. If you aren't aware, there is a guy who goes by the handle ODG who makes an RV-12 addon for MSFS. It costs like 30 pounds (uk) here https://odg.podia.com/. I'm not affiliated with them, just a consumer of it. They posted a pretty big update in the last couple of days to use the new Working Title G3X (Microsoft contracted out to have the G3X completely overhauled for MSFS). Tbh it wasn't even working before this update for me. But it works now, and the update is pretty darned good. Just thought some of you RV-12'ers might want to play with it too. It's not perfect, some of the engine speeds seem a little off to me, and it likes to float because its still putting out power at idle as far as I can tell, and there is some backwards right turning tendancy on the ground at full takeoff power, but its flyable. Importantly, there are no other airplanes in MSFS that in my opinion are a great substitute, so this fills a gap. The VL-3 is close, but it has a constant speed prop. Other airplanes with a rotax 912 and fixed pitch prop don't have the G3X, or certainly not the newer G3X from Working Title which is waaaaay improved over the legacy one. If you like to sim, maybe throw him some love and buy his addon. :)
 
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SWS just released an excellent RV8 (I did their flight model testing) and they already have a well done RV14 and RV10. There's also a freeware RV4 out there that's nice.

I'm not afraid to say I'm a bigtime flight sim geek.
 
Eriselle said:
Hey RV-12'ers. If you aren't aware, there is a guy who goes by the handle ODG who makes an RV-12 addon for MSFS. It costs like 30 pounds (uk) here https://odg.podia.com/. I'm not affiliated with them, just a consumer of it. They posted a pretty big update in the last couple of days to use the new Working Title G3X (Microsoft contracted out to have the G3X completely overhauled for MSFS). Tbh it wasn't even working before this update for me. But it works now, and the update is pretty darned good. Just thought some of you RV-12'ers might want to play with it too. It's not perfect, some of the engine speeds seem a little off to me, and it likes to float because its still putting out power at idle as far as I can tell, and there is some backwards right turning tendancy on the ground at full takeoff power, but its flyable. Importantly, there are no other airplanes in MSFS that in my opinion are a great substitute, so this fills a gap. The VL-3 is close, but it has a constant speed prop. Other airplanes with a rotax 912 and fixed pitch prop don't have the G3X, or certainly not the newer G3X from Working Title which is waaaaay improved over the legacy one. If you like to sim, maybe throw him some love and buy his addon. :)
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I tried to purchase on ODG's site earlier today, but neither of the payment methods in the shopping cart (CC or Google Pay) appear to be functional. I've sent a note to him, but have yet to hear back. Has anyone else purchased this RV-12 add-on recently? Thanks for your assistance. My local Aviation Museum (Aviation Museum of NH) is sponsoring 3 NH high school RV-12 builds and we'd love to have a virtual acft for our sim.
 
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I can ping him on the discord and let him know if you don’t hear back soon.
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I'm super excited about this RV-12 in MSFS. Our airplane was one of two airplanes used to build the G3X in MSFS. I've been a beta tester with Working Title for a while. Could you send over a link to the discord maybe in a PM? I am more than happy to help further with this project!
 
Hi, I'm the author/writer of the MSFS RV12 Eriselle mentions, thanks for posting it on here as I wasn't able to get on for the last few years.

Finally got a new account setup. I lost my email from the account I used when building and for a couple of years could never seem to register for a new account :(

About me, I built an RV12 about 6 years ago (when I got it flying) but had to sell it soon after due to money issues, I missed it so much I decided to try and create one in Microsoft Flightsim 2020. I'm not a business or a flight sim developer so it took me a long time to get to where it is now (I probably have more hours in building this than the real thing) .

I tried to make it as realistic as possible in the flight characteristics although MSFS 2020 doesn't make it easy. i.e. You put in all the data (sizes, drag, forces, moments etc) and flight sim decides how it will fly. As a lot of info wasn't available (how many here have ever heard of the Oswald Factor, which it wanted :D) I did have to guess at some of them but I got it close(ish) to the real thing. I still need to work on getting the p-factor right and also the prop needs some tuning (it seems to drive the engine too much on a closed throttle).

As I don't have a real aircraft to compare to anymore please let me know if it doesn't feel right or if something needs tweeking, I'm going on 6year old memories (plus I only got to put about 50hours on the aircraft) and my memory isn't that great.

I was originally going to stick rigidly to the uk spec for the aircraft (i.e. plans only). I have softened that approach a little now.

I have added things like flap positions indicator (in the sim it is harder to just look down at the handle than real life) and parking brakes (the sim would creep the aircraft when stationary for people without rudder pedals it was a pain.

I have now also added a duel S3X setup (still in beta testing) and removed the manifold gauge on the screen (does anyone use that IRL?)

At some point I also want to revisit the model as it is quite a low poly count (which I thought was being smart but compared to the big jets I shouldn't have worried about it) and also add some petina so it doesn't look so much like a toy model.

As this is only a hobby and it takes me a while to do stuff it does mean updates might be slower than with a real company. I never really expected anyone else to be interested in it so it has just kind of sat in the state it was in for the last year but as people are using it I'll try and update it to make it feel as close to the real thing as possible.
 
I've recently uploaded V7 with a small update (added a parking brake knob on the dash)

In case someone didn't get the update (there was someone who put the wrong email address in so if have one and didn't get the Version 7 update then check you're email on podia before I lose the account in a couple of weeks, see below for details). Once I end up on another site I won't have the emails available from them to send future updates to.

The update was just adding parking brake to the panel, I was hoping to avoid this (as they don't have them as standard) but sadly without them, for people do don't use pedals (myself included if I don't have the space/time to set them up it is spoils the fun.

Also the service (podia) I'm hosting on is changing their terms (one month notice and about 2 weeks left), it was now going to cost $38/month, it wouldn't take long to wipe out everything I made for it so far and I'd be paying them, just to keep it on the site so I have moved it to Gumroad RV 12

I'm now on my second application to MSFS partner program to get it in the store but I guess they don't want solo amateurs on there lol. My original application is still pending after after almost a year lol.
I understand now why none of the main aircraft makers for MSFS has made one yet. I guess it would take far too long (if ever) to get the dev and hosting costs back with the amount of work/time it takes to create a new aircraft.
 
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