Jens Short Empire FSX v3.0 prop issue fix?

[tommieboy]

I had an issue with the props on V3 of his Short Empire Cleopatra and Awarua aircraft. They seemed slow and lazy and not wanting to load the proper prop texture when upping the RPM.

I had a look-see at the aircraft.cfg file in the following folder:

JBK Short S30 MR

I noticed that the propeller section had an additional entry (the last entry) that the other aircraft.cfg did not have:

rotation=-1,-1,-1,-1

So I hashed it out as follows:

//rotation=-1,-1,-1,-1

This seems to have solved the lazy propeller syndrome. The following is the entire [propeller] section for your reference.

[propeller]
thrust_scalar = 1.0 //Propeller thrust scalar
propeller_type= 0 //0=Constant Speed, 1=Fixed Pitch
propeller_diameter= 11.53 //Propeller Diameter, (feet)
propeller_blades= 3 //Number of propeller blades
propeller_moi= 40.2 //Propeller moment of inertia
beta_max= 65.0 //Maximum blade pitch angle for constant speed prop, (degrees)
beta_min= 15.0 //Minimum blade pitch angle for constant speed prop, (degrees)
min_gov_rpm= 800 //Miminum governed RPM
prop_tc= 0.1 //Prop time-constant
gear_reduction_ratio= 2.00 //Propeller gear reduction ratio
fixed_pitch_beta= 0.0 //Fixed pitch angle of fixed pitch prop, (degrees)
low_speed_theory_limit= 80.0 //Speed at which low speed theory becomes blended in (feet/second)
prop_sync_available= 1 //Prop synchronization available? 0=FALSE, 1=TRUE
prop_deice_available= 1 //Prop de-icing available? 0=FALSE, 1=TRUE
prop_feathering_available= 1 //Prop feathering available? 0=FALSE, 1=TRUE
prop_auto_feathering_available= 0 //Prop auto-feathering available? 0=FALSE, 1=TRUE
min_rpm_for_feather= 700.0 //Minimum RPM for prop feathering
beta_feather= 89.5 //Feathering pitch angle (degrees)
power_absorbed_cf= 0.9 //Coefficient of friction for power absorbed by propeller in feather
defeathering_accumulators_available= 0 //Defeathering accumulators available? 0=FALSE, 1=TRUE
prop_reverse_available= 0 //Prop reverse available? 0=FALSE, 1=TRUE
minimum_on_ground_beta= 0.0 //Miminum pitch angle on ground, (degrees)
minimum_reverse_beta= 0.0 //Minimum pitch angle in reverse, (degrees)
feathering_switches = 1 //Switches which invoke feathering
//rotation=-1,-1,-1,-1

[railrunner130]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[beana51]

Yes thanx...Fixed the "LAZY PROPS"on this great plane!!....Cheers!!

[tommieboy]

Aug 10, 2012 10:58:00 GMT -5 beana51 said:

Yes thanx...Fixed the "LAZY PROPS"on this great plane!!....Cheers!!

Great!......I'll try to get in touch with Jens to see if he will update his current uploaded files to make this fix, as this seems to be an easy to do fix for such a great plane. I've heard through the grapevine that Jens is no longer active in the flight sim modeling community though. Still, I'll drop him an e-mail in any case.

I may also look into creating a slightly darker prop texture too.


Tommy