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Lockheed L18 version 1.1 available

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:08:30 +0000

Changes due to update 1.1:
- Modern aircraft cockpit version added (modern avionics, autopilot and GPS).
Now you can fly VOR radials with OBS function.
For detailed information and how to use the modern avionics read the manual.
- New realistic Fmod engine sounds.
- Black-out effect in high altitude is fixed.
- Window icing textures showing now correct.
- Less blending effect on the instruments when Visual Effects set to high or maximum.

Happy flyings
Oliver, oliXsim

Lodestar -- why is it not for sale anymore?

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:07:02 +0000

Hi,

I can't find an answer to this question anywhere, but can someone please tell me why the Lodestar is not for sale anymore? Would the developer still be willing to offer it on an ad hoc basis to interested parties like myself? Thank you.

X-Plane 12 Lodestar

Sat, 27 May 2023 16:54:25 +0000

I'd love to see an update to the Lodestar. I've been flying it in X-Plane 12 and it seems to function normally. The sounds need a little work as there are error messages and the volumes seem a bit off to me. It's a great flier and one of my favorites for cruising around and radio navigation.

Edit: As the product has recently disappeared from the ORG Store perhaps it is permanently retired?

Lockheed L18 Fmod Sound v2.0 BETA

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:15:11 +0000

A new Fmod Sound Package is in Beta mode.

Changes:
- new exterior and interior engine sounds from a real L18
- Supercharger has now sound effect

You can
- download it
- test it
and post your inspirations here!

Before install make a copy of the original!!!

L18_Fmod_v2.0.zip

JU52

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 03:57:51 +0000

i recently purchased v1.9 off xplane store...i watched a few videos on youtube before buying...the sound on videos sounded okayish but the real installed sound is...well not much good...it still sounds like the old stock xp prop engine sound...(inside that is)...ya know like a hyperactive fly!so...has anyone made a replacement mod for this ac or will the developer update?...i tried looking on oliXsim site but could'nt see where to contact to ask the question...

latest versions

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 04:34:16 +0000

hi everybody, how can i see which version of olixsim products do i have? i want to be sure i use the latest version. thanks

X plane 12

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:49:09 +0000

Just want to know. Will your aircraft be updated for x plane 12?

Thanks

Lockheed L18 in X-Plane 12

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 23:08:24 +0000

I get a lot of fmod related errors when loading the L-18 in X-Plane 12.00b2, but other than that, it seems to work.

Quote

0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_switch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_master
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_alt_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_alt
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_rotatingknob1_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_1000
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_rotatingknob2_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_100
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_rotatingknob3_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_10
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_rotatingknob4_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_1
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_ident_lit could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_ident
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/transponder/transponder_test_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_test
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com1/com1_pwrswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm1_master
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com1/com1_volswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm1_vol
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com1/com1_rotatingknob1_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm1_mhz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com1/com1_rotatingknob2_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm1_hz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com2/com2_pwrswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm2_master
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com2/com2_volswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm2_vol
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com2/com2_rotatingknob1_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm2_mhz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/com1/omL18/com2/com2_rotatingknob2_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Comm/comm2_hz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav1/nav1_pwrswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav1_master
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav1/nav1_volswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav1_vol
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav1/nav1_rotatingknob1_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav1_mhz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav1/nav1_rotatingknob2_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav1_hz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav2/nav2_pwrswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav2_master
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav2/nav2_volswitch_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav2_vol
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav2/nav2_rotatingknob1_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav2_mhz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18/nav2/nav2_rotatingknob2_pos could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Nav/nav2_hz
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/instruments/DG_sync_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/gyro/gyro_up_pilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/instruments/DG_sync_down could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/gyro/gyro_dn_pilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/instruments/copilot_DG_sync_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/gyro/gyro_up_copilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/instruments/copilot_DG_sync_down could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/gyro/gyro_dn_copilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18_altimeter/alt_pilot_rotatingknob_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/altimeter/alt_baro_up_pilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18_altimeter/alt_pilot_rotatingknob_dwn could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/altimeter/alt_baro_dn_pilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18_altimeter/alt_copilot_rotatingknob_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/altimeter/alt_baro_up_copilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name omL18_altimeter/alt_copilot_rotatingknob_dwn could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/main_panel/altimeter/alt_baro_dn_copilot
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/autopilot/autopilot_roll_left could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/autopilot/ap_roll_left
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/autopilot/autopilot_roll_right could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/autopilot/ap_roll_right
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/autopilot/autopilot_pitch_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/autopilot/ap_pitch_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/autopilot/autopilot_pitch_down could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/autopilot/ap_pitch_dn
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/autopilot/autopilot_appr_lit could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/autopilot/ap_appr
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/headset/headset_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/flightdeck/headset_vol_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/headset/headset_down could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/flightdeck/headset_vol_dn
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_power_switch could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/ap_gps_power
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_hdg_switch could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/ap_gps_hdg
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_com_ff could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/com_ff
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_nav_ff could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/nav_ff
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_cdi could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/cdi
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_obs could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/obs
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_msg could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/msg
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_fpl could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/fpl
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_proc could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/proc
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_zoom_in could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/zoom_in
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_zoom_out could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/zoom_out
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_direct could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/direct
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_menu could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/menu
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_clr could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/clr
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_ent could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/ent
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_L_dw could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigL_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1440
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigL_dw has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_L_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_L_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigL_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1446
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigL_up has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_L_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_L_dw could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalL_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1453
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalL_dw has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_L_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_L_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalL_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1459
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalL_up has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_L_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_navcom_push could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_pushL
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1466
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_pushL has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_navcom_push
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_R_dw could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigR_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1473
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigR_dw has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_R_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_R_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigR_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1479
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_bigR_up has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_big_R_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_R_dw could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalR_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1486
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalR_dw has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_R_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_R_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalR_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1492
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_smalR_up has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_knob_smal_R_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_cursor_push could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/knob_pushR
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: snd error in file: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd line 1499
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: The sound event event:/omL18/gps/knob_pushR has an invalid command trigger olixsim/omL18/gps/gps_cursor_push
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_vvol_dn could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/volume_nav1_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_vvol_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/volume_nav1_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_vvol could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/volume_nav1_push
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_cvol_dn could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/volume_com1_dw
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_cvol_up could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/volume_com1_up
0:00:14.687 E/SOUN: Param name sim/GPS/g430n1_cvol could not be turned into a dataref! Event: event:/omL18/gps/volume_cvol_push
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: One or more issues were found with this sound bank. Please check the Log.txt for more details.
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: sim/GPS/g430n1_cvol
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: event:/omL18/gps/volume_cvol_push
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: /jenkins/design-triggered/source_code/engine/sound/soun_fmod_container.cpp:215
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: | One or more issues were found with this sound bank. Please check the Log.txt for more details.
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: | Aircraft/AddOn_Aircraft/Lockheed L18(olixsim)/fmod/omL18_modern.snd
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: | sim/GPS/g430n1_cvol
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: | event:/omL18/gps/volume_cvol_push
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: | (soun_fmod_container.cpp:215)
0:00:14.687 E/SYS: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JU 52 hydravion

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:24:57 +0000

Hello, my JU52 seaplanes are half sunken (see photo) I don't have that with my other planes???

JU52 3 M.pdf

Quesiton About The Tailwheel Lever of Your Lockheed L-18 Lodestar

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:11:58 +0000

I just bought your L-18 yesterday. In today's test flight I found the function of the tailwheel lever is strange.When I place the lever in "UNlocked" position,the plane always ground loops,and the tailwheel can hardly steer following the rudder input.However,when I lock the tailwheel,taxing became really sommthand confortable,just like an odinary Tricycle plane! Completely oppesite from any other taildragger plane.

Ju-52 floatplane sinking

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:49:20 +0000

Loaded the JU-52 into Special Starts and it loads sinking. Thought it might be my settings but it's only happening with the JU-52 - other seaplanes float on the water but the JU-52 isn't. Has anyone any solutions for this?

Normal

JU52 Landing Lights

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:15:40 +0000

I have just done my first night flight in the JU52 (modern) and had a hard time seeing the runway, then noticed that there seems to be a bug in the Landing and Taxi Lights.

When I turn on the Left Landing light I get a beam of light in front of it. If I turn it off and turn on the Right Landing Light I get the beam of light in front of that light. When I turned both on I was expecting to see 2 beams of light in front of the (1) Left and (2) Right but, instead, I got a single beam under the nose of the aircraft and no light beam from the L & R Landing lights even though the lights themselves are lit.

If I turn on the Taxi Lights I get the same single beam under the nose as with both Landing Lights on. So with both landing lights on all I get is the taxi lights.

The fix needs to be ..

Left Landing Light on ... Beam of light in front of Left Light

Right Landing Light on .. Beam of light in front of Right Light

Taxi Light on ... beam of light in front of nose of the aircraft

All on ... 3 beams of light.

Hoping the developer can fix this or anyone tell me if they have the same problem and if they have found a fix for it ?

Heading drift on heading selection

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:19:27 +0000

Hi all.

Getting a lot of heading drift when using the heading select autopilot on the old variant. Not sure why.

I have a small wind from 330, and I am heading of 200. The heading keeps slowly sliding the left about a degree a second.

Anyone know why?

Thank you

Lockheed L18 Liveries made by users!!!

Sat, 25 Jul 2020 12:37:18 +0000

If you have paint a livery for the Lockheed L18 and like to share it with other users.

Please post it here!

This is my private L18 Livery. Regards Oliver, oliXsim

Maximum Range

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 04:29:30 +0000

Hello, the images ive seen of this aircraft look fantastic, I am curious about some of the aircrafts specifications since there are some varied results just searching the internet, mainly just want to know the range and cruise speed

Lodestar Tricycle Gear Config?

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:27:55 +0000

So glad to see that the aircraft has been updated now with new FMOD sounds! This has almost entirely guaranteed my purchase, especially since I've previously bought the Ju52 and LOOOOVED it. The new modern avionics package is a nice touch too.

For my question, is there currently in this package (or is there planned to be) the tricycle gear configuration? According to Wikipedia:

"After the war many Lodestars were overhauled and returned to civilian service, mostly as executive transports such as Dallas Aero Service's DAS Dalaero conversion, Bill Lear's Learstar (produced by PacAero), and Howard Aero's Howard 250.^[7]^[8] A few of the latter were converted to tricycle landing gear."

I'm wondering if this configuration is planned or implemented currently.

Lodestar is one of my fav modules :)

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:41:18 +0000

I loaded my Lodestar last night for the first time in months and immediately remembered it's one of my favorite modules. The systems are fantastic, the cockpit and cabin have great style both in the real world and in this module. It's so pleasant to sit inside this aircraft The only upgrade I would love for this airplane is better live cockpit illumination, otherwise it's perfect. Great job!

JU52 mixture lever not working

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:02:46 +0000

Hi there,

a few hours ago, I purchased the Ju52 and had fun flying the vintage version.

Now I wanted to check out the version with the modern cockpit. Unfortunatelly, all three mixture levers do not work. Not by mouse (single and all three like described in the manual), not by keyboard and the behaviour when using one of my throttles of the joystick is very strange. It is possible to move the levers a bit, but then, they flip back to the cut off position immediately. That means, it is not possible to start the engines. Even not when loading a flight when the "load with running engines" setting is active. (Don't know the exact wording, because I use the German language setting.) The engines start, but stop after a few seconds. So, no flying with the modern cockpit? Do I get half of the price back?

Any help is appreciated! Thank you so much!

Regards,

Steffo42

Lockheed L18 Right engine will not start from cold & dark

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:53:46 +0000

Hi, love the aircraft and been using it since V1. Now update to 1.1.

However an issue I have is in both version, from a cold and dark start, the right engine just will not start. It turns, I can sort of "hear" it catch, but as soon as I release the starter the prop spins down. I have tried both with and without fuel pump and primers, but nothing makes any difference. Left engine fires easily and immediately. Yes, I have followed all instructions for the correct startup procedures. Any suggestions? FWIW I am using Vulkan on Windows 10. I don;t seem to experience this issue with any other twin I own either.

Any suggestions, or has anyone else experienced this? I would prefer to perform cold and dark startups on each of my owned aircraft.

If I enter the sim with the 'Start with engines running' checkbox however, both engines are humming nicely.

Lockheed L18 Modern crashing X-Plane 11.51

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:15:43 +0000

Attempting to load oml18_modern.acf causes xplane 11.51 to crash to Desktop after displaying a dialog box: "Couldn't find a GUID for this event name! event:/oml18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_100_up" - on pressing OK, the X-Plane crash reporter appears. Upon sending the report you are returned to Desktop. This does not seem to affect some of the other models such as oml18_G430.acf

Hers the bits of the log prior to crash:

SASL: Path to panel: D:\X-Plane 11 - Vulkan\Aircraft\Lockheed L18(olixsim)\avionics.lua
SASL: Loading avionics...
SASL INFO: loading   panel
SASL INFO: loading   checklists
SASL INFO: loading   textureLit
SASL INFO: loading   clickable
SASL INFO: loading   button
SASL INFO: loading   texture
SASL INFO: loading   rectangle
SASL INFO: loading   views
SASL INFO: "panel"   under manipinit
SASL INFO: "panel"   Opening D:\X-Plane 11 - Vulkan\Aircraft\Lockheed L18(olixsim)/lodestar_persistence.txt
SASL INFO: "panel"   Parsing lodestar_persistence.txt file ...
SASL INFO: Avionics loaded
0:00:29.058 I/SND: This aircraft is using FMOD in PARTIAL mode.
0:00:29.058 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: Couldn't find a GUID for this event name!
0:00:29.058 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: event:/omL18/overhead_panel/Transponder/transponder_1000_up
0:00:29.058 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert:
0:00:29.058 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert:
0:00:29.058 E/SYS: MACIBM_alert: C:/jenkins/design-triggered/source_code/app/X-Plane-f/../../engine/sound/soun_fmod_container.cpp:61
--=={This application has crashed!}==--

[SOLVED] How do you close the door?

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:43:45 +0000

Took this out for the first time today. Nice and easy start from cold and dark (which I like), but...how do you close the rear door? I didn't see anything in the manual, I clicked all round the door and the door itself and didn't trigger the (hidden) click spot. Tried the shift-F1 tactic to see if that worked. Only way I could do it was to re-load the plane with the engines running. There be some other control somewhere that closes the door. Any help appreciated.

Some small issues

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 13:52:06 +0000

Hi,

You guys from OlixSim have done a very interesting plane. I especially like the cockpit layout, much more useful than in other vintage airliners. There is also a persistence plugin for this plane already which makes it even more attractive

I've done some test flights and have noticed some stuff that maybe could be fixed/adjusted.

1. When there is moisture or snow on the ground and gets blown around by the engines it clips into the passenger cabin:

2. I really like the windshield icing, and that it's done in 3 steps (the second one is especially interesting when the wipers are working and are going through the snow-like frost), but they could be separated more in time. Right now they are pretty much going through mild, medium, to hard in like 15 seconds in normal icing conditions, which kind of wastes the fact of there being 3 steps at all.

Here a screen, the xplane dataref for window icing is as low as 0.0060 (so, like 10-15 second in icing conditions) and the windows are already frozen solid and the other steps were visible for like 1-2 seconds each:

3. Also, would be wonderful if there would be drag spots to move the engine levers in pairs.

Startup / Save State Mod for L18

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 17:24:30 +0000

Hi all,

Here is a mod that adds a bit more to the startup experience as well as saved state between flights. Please let me know in this thread if you have any issues or what you think...or if you have any suggestions. Thanks again to @oliXsim for the permission to share, and of course for making this beauty!

VR Tweaks

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:49:25 +0000

I've been unable to roll the L18 in VR, so I've took on modifying some files to my preferences. Feel free to copy and improve.

To enable rolling with the VR yoke change the yoke section of your vrconfig.txt files to:

BEGIN_MANIP drag_xy sim/cockpit2/controls/yoke_roll_ratio sim/cockpit2/controls/yoke_pitch_ratio
    YOKE_MANIP_ROTATE -0.59267 -0.27494 3.34763 1 0 0 0.00000 21.43118     -0.27523 0.330579 -0.07552 0 0 -1 0.00000 160.22075
END_MANIP

The throttle quadrant works well enough, but the experience can be improved by replacing the manipulators in the Cockpit.obj files - search for the commented out ATTR_manip_drag_axis sections and replace them with ATTR_manip_drag_rotate as seen below. The sections and values are the same for each cockpit file.

Carb Heat Left:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/carb_heat_ratio[0] Carb Heat
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.08009 0.21176 3.22648 1 0 0    0.00000 -73.52497 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/carb_heat_ratio[0] none

Carb Heat Right:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/carb_heat_ratio[1] Carb Heat
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.06844 0.21176 3.22648 1 0 0    0.00000 -73.52497 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/carb_heat_ratio[1] none

Supercharger left engine:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/idle_speed[0] Supercharger left engine
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.10571 0.22212 3.22541 1 0 0    0.00000 -68.77879 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/idle_speed[0]

Supercharger right engine:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/idle_speed[1] Supercharger right engine
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.13679 0.22212 3.22608 1 0 0    0.00000 -67.46355 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/idle_speed[1]

Mixture Lever (Locked):

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/mixture_ratio_all Left Mixture Lever  Locked
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand 0.06060 0.24254 3.40701 1 0 0    0 -89.78202 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/mixture_ratio_all  none

Left Mixture Lever:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/mixture_ratio[0] Left Mixture Lever
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand 0.04290 0.24254 3.40701 1 0 0    0 -89.78202 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/mixture_ratio[0]  none

Right Mixture Lever:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/mixture_ratio[1] Right Mixture Lever
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand 0.07548 0.24254 3.40623 1 0 0    0 -89.78202 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/mixture_ratio[1]  none

Propeller Lever (Locked):

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 49.00000 173.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/prop_rotation_speed_rad_sec_all Left Propeller Lever Locked
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.04908 0.24254 3.40693 1 0 0    0 -91.22724 0    49.00000 173.00000 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/prop_rotation_speed_rad_sec_all  none

Left Propeller Lever:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 49.00000 173.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/prop_rotation_speed_rad_sec[0] Left Propeller Lever
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.06679 0.24254 3.40693 1 0 0    0 -91.22724 0    49.00000 173.00000 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/prop_rotation_speed_rad_sec[0]  none

Right Propeller Lever:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 49.00000 173.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/prop_rotation_speed_rad_sec[1] Right Propeller Lever
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.03421 0.24254 3.40695 1 0 0    0 -91.22724 0    49.00000 173.00000 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/prop_rotation_speed_rad_sec[1]  none

Throttle Lever (Locked):

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/throttle_ratio_all Left Throttle Lever  Locked
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.00271 0.24254 3.40695 1 0 0    0 -90 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/throttle_ratio_all  none

Left Throttle Lever:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/throttle_ratio[0] Left Throttle Lever
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand -0.02835 0.24254 3.40695 1 0 0    0 -90 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/throttle_ratio[0]  none

Right Throttle Lever:

#ATTR_manip_drag_axis hand 0.00000 0.05000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/throttle_ratio[1] Right Throttle Lever
ATTR_manip_drag_rotate hand 0.01992 0.24254 3.40695 1 0 0    0 -90 0    0 1 0 0 sim/cockpit2/engine/actuators/throttle_ratio[1]  none

L18 Operating Instructions

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:23:37 +0000

Could not find a free online POH, so broke down and bought an inexpensive one for the civilian model, titled L18 Operating Instructions. I intended to upload for everyone's use, but the file size is too big. It has great descriptions of the systems, though weaker on operating procedures as you'd find in say the C-47 manual. While oliXsim may not have used these numbers in his development, I pass them along as informational-only, as I didn't run across them in his documentation/checklists:

Vref = 56kts (this surprised me). Landing roll = 750ft. Take-off Roll with 10% flaps = 870ft. Take-off roll to clear 50ft obstacle = 1500ft. There were no Vr/V1/V2 speeds listed. Vy = 112kts. Vyse = 101kts.

Max power for take-off (1-min only) is 41"/2300 RPM or 39.5/2500. METO = 800 BHP (not sure how to translate into MAP) at 2250 RPM.

Max Cargo Load = 3,400 lbs. Not good compared with the DC-3's 6k lbs of cargo.

Max CHT Emergency = 500F, Max Continuous = 450F. Max Oil Temp = 185F.

For take-off, it says to use 39.5/2500, and as soon as TO assured, retard to 35/2200. At 1kft AGL, normal climb is 30/2150 or less. The manual speaks a lot to the plane's auto-mixture controls with the pilot just having 3 settings: EMERG-RICH, CLIMB and CRUISE, but I don't think that's modeled in xplane. In just very limited testing, I didn't find the mixture controls to affect CHT at all, short of engine cut-out. Olixsim would have to speak to. Once 30/2150 set, mixture is put in the CLIMB setting, throttles go to max, and the engine controls handle the rest (though again, I don't think that exists in our module).

Cruise RPM = 2000.

For decent & approach, use 20/2000, then adjust pitch for desired decent rate. Mixture back in the EMERG-RICH setting for the approach. Just like the module's documentation/checklists, there is no Vfinal given. Very strange. Vref is the 56 kts.

If you lose an engine on take-off, unaffected engine goes 39.5/2500.

No Vbg listed. By definition, it's 1.3 times Vs0, but that's not given either surprisingly. If you go with Vref, Vbg is about 73kts, though that's likely high.

If there is something else specific you're looking for, let me know and I'm happy to see if the operating instructions cover.