T-Rex 600 & 450 released - Phoenix

[robgt]

I feel it's just worth pointing out that I'm nothing to do with Phoenix - I'm just another regular (too regular?) user of the sim!

IMHO, it's always cool to question faults and raise issues - it's how anything gets better

Cheers,
Rob

[Ashley Davis]

I should also point out I'm not a developer for Phoenix. I did the initial review on TrexTuning after purchasing the sim (no I didn't get it free of charge). As part of doing the review I contacted Phoenix about a couple of bugs and they later came back to me via Ade and asked if I would do the two T-Rex flight models for them.

[Symon]

Oops, seems I worded that badly if you guys feel you need to defend yourselves.

Apologies for giving that impression...it wasn't my intention (Sy slaps himself again!!!) hehe

Sorry guys

[trvo]

Trev slaps himself cos everyone else is slapping themselves and making Trev feel left out of the slapping.

Trev

[Ashley Davis]

Ash slaps Trvo.

that better? I know I feel better now

[trvo]

Thanks Ash, really did need that...

Trev

[Symon]

Ash...is it true they've tweaked the sound so it should be downloaded again?

[Ashley Davis]

yes, we went back to Phoenix as I had recorded my Rex 600 for the flight model but it sounded all speeded up. They have now fixed it so it sounds just like my 600 running at 1950 RPM at 0 degrees pitch.

I also found a slight bug in the flight model on the 600, working on fixing that too. Basically the RPM is wrong it's sitting at 1800 and should be 1950.....don't know where that crept in but somehow it made it past into the released model, hopefully will have that sorted as well. Just talking to Ade and Phoenix about it. It means a couple of changes in the model which I've done but want to test a bit more before we all agree it's sorted.

[Symon]

Excellent stuff. I downloaded it this morning but haven't had time to listen to it. Good work as usual Ashley.

One of the big things with these guys is their continuing efforts to improve. Fantastic.

[RCfan]

Appears there's yet ANOTHER fresh update to the 600 ... the fact that the PxRC site isn't being updated with the new info is getting to be a bit of a pain. Anyone know what's changed.

(Note: this is different from the update mentioned above.)

[Ashley Davis]

Yep, this is the official update to the sound files plus some physics alterations on the 600. The updates people 'noticed' over the last couple of days were not officially released.

The physics changes on the 600 are as follows :

Fixed headspeed and engine RPM mis-configuration that caused rotor speed to be 1800. It's now 1950 as it should have been on original release.
Upped power to 1.3kw as the above change altered the power dynamics slightly.
Fixed the tail rotor which was blowing out too easily, it's now much closer to the real heli.
Reduced cyclic loading and tail loading slightly.

The pitch has been left at +/- 11 to simulate the bogging that a normal 'sport' flier would get and to give good collective acceleration. More advanced fliers should set pitch to +/- 10 for better performance in moves such as chaos.

[robgt]

I'll be mostly having a dabble with that a bit later on then :P
Nice work Ash!
Cheers,
Rob

[RCfan]

Thanks for the update. I see the site has been updated now as well.