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Dear A2A team,
first I want to say 'thank you' at this point because I never did this before, thank you for all the effort and great aircraft (especially the Spirfire), and thank you for beeing there and doing your job guys.

Now to my questions:

1. A couple of days ago I installed the new accusim core update v1.2 for the Spitfire but I could only test it today because of school. Well, I jacked the Spitfire Mk.IIb up (in could & dark) and wanted to test the landing gear. I tried to retract the gear but it only moved a few inches up and then got stuck, so I could not extend or retract it anymore. In addition to that it is not possible to start up the engine when the aircraft is jacked up. I thought that the Mk.I with its manual hydraulic pump would allow me to retract and extend the gear in a jacked up position, but it didn't.
Could someone explain me how to do this properly ?

2. I've read somewehre that the Spitfire and P-40 are using the same "Accusim-core" or "basis" and my question is whether the upcoming P-51 will use it too. BTW: I will buy your amazing P-40 in some days when I have enough money (I am 16 and going to school). Can't wait !

With kind regards,

Bogdan M.

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1.The mkII landing gear will not work without the engine running, becouse the hydraulic pump is not powered, when you press the gear handle, the gear will only unlock, but not retract, you can't do that on jacks, becouse you can't start the engine, its a limitation, becouse in RL, you could fall off the jacks and ditch into the ground, personally i succeded in starting the mkII on jacks, but then jacks disappear, and the gear automatically locks itself in down position, also cranking the engine can help you move the gear.

On the mkI things are different, you can pump the gear up or down, thanks to the manual gear pump, on jacks too, its irrelevant.

To summ this up the gear system at present has some problems, listed here: viewtopic.php?f=77&t=27852

2.I believe so, new accusim airplanes share this engine, Mr.Scott said that in the future, all planes will be updated by a single core update.

Regards

Allright, thank you for the response.
Arghh, I hate bugs

BTW: Why do the new systems of the P-40 affect or even spoil the systems of the Spitfire. I mean this are two different planes with different hydraulic systems.

For me it somehow seems that A2A is only concentrating on their "latest" plane (like in this case the P-40) and spoils the older ones (like the Spitfire)

I hope this will be fixed and I hope accusim can "operate" both, the P-40 and the Spitfire and maybe future planes like the P-51.

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Well, it can look like that, but i wouldn't go so far, that saying the A2A is not supporting their older works, look at the new features list that made it into spitfire, this is the result of the greater complexity of the simulation, however there is some truth to saying that the core updates should be tested some more for interfering with old stuff, to see what i mean go here: viewtopic.php?f=78&t=26976&start=60

Last post.

But im sure (well, almost ) that the next core update will get rid of those, so DON'T PANIC , lets give A2A enough time to properly check things, they won't leave us on ice.

(I would start to worry, if the next update would brake something, and if its true, that update to one plane can affect the other, it can do some serious damage, and the river of countless updates, but i think that every module is scaled to every airplane, for example one module has a different work scheme on different planes, depending on the data provided )

Well, i think A2A will have one core for the Spitfire Mk.I,II and V, P-40 and upcoming P-51 in the future. One accusim core for the warbirds. The same will be with the jets I guess.
A2A Simulations is my favorite developer for FSX because they do an outstanding job. All of their planes have a soul and actually feel like the real ones. I've been lucky enough to get to fly a Cessna 182, Cessna 172 and Piper Cheyenne with my 16 years and therefore I know what it feels like to fly, to get in a stall and apply a side-slip. A2A flightmodel is way better than FSX's. I heared somewhere Scott saying that their planes are actually flying through air in accusim.

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"If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down."