Hi cpomaski8312, Thanks so much glad it helped. One thing you should know Most of the airplanes in XP 11 and all XP12 airplanes do NOT use the 2D panel so you won't be able to make these changes, sorry. This will work on almost any airplane using the 2D panel so it depends on the airplane you want to modify, again sorry if this messes up with your plans. Blessings and Thanks for watching, skip

Hi, I'm learning to use Plane Maker to build a Durand Mark V bi-plane and want to use 2D panels in seperate monitors. I can cast the 2D screen to several kindles at the same time and arrange them as an instrument panel. I'm also working with an Alouette III and want a 2D panel to clean up the display and move the instruments closer to my old eyes. I'll be going through all your videos and try to learn as much as possible. Thanks for your efforts!!

Wow what a great project good luck keep me posted on your progress and hope my videos continue to help :-) Blessings, skip

Hi mistymartinez3578 , Thanks glad you got something out of the video glad it helped and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Thanks Trackhoe075 glad you liked it and thanks for watching :-) If you downloaded the app here is a link to another app I wrote helps with when to start your descent. forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/50468-start-descent-v40/ Here is a video on the start descent app kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHWvq2WKpbJqnsU Blessings, skip

HI Trackhoe075 , Really sorry about that my equipment isn't the best unfortunately :-( I hope it didn't distract you too much and you got something out of the video. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideosthanks Skip I would definitely suggest investing in better equipment It didn’t look to me that you confirmed your skyvector readings to your plotter either I would think it would be very important to be able to use one to confirm the other I realize we are talking about a simulator here but accuracy in the real world is quite important

Hi Trackhoe075, This video is five years old and sectional charts are updated every 56 days so there has been lots of changes since this video was made. Skyvector always has the latest up to date charts so I would not be surprised at all if there were several differences between the chart I used and Skyvector in just a couple months after the video was made. I appreciate and understand your comment and I try my best to be accurate and not have mistakes but unfortunately I've messed up on both on more that one occasion. With that I hope you got some value from the video and it helps in some way.Thanks again for watching. Blessings, skip

Hi Spoot12 , Thank you and thanks for watching so glad it helped :-) Blessings, skip

Hi Cap_JV-k3v, Most likely that's because most new airplanes in XP12 do not use the 2D panel anymore so they do not show up in plane maker :-( This is an old video made when most airplanes, not all, used the 2D panel so some of your older airplanes will work or airplanes you get for free from the XP forum will open. Sorry, thanks for watching. Blessing, skip

@ thank you so much Skip

@ hey Skip, my Aspen avionics is “ON battery 99% REM.” SIM innovation told me to change the bus voltage for my Twin Comanche. Is there a way to change the voltage for the Twin Comanche I was having a hard time finding it on the Xplane Maker. Thank you.

Hi Cap_JV-k3v , I did some research and could not find much sorry. I did find this link but it doesn't say much but maybe you might know what they are talking about. I don't have the Comanche so could not do any testing myself. discuss.ardupilot.org/t/remaining-battery-always-shows-99/7634 Let me know if you find your answer, sorry :-( Blessings, skip

Hi jomckarth4836, Yes some might work so just put the airplanes you want in the Aircraft folder and see what happens. I got some to work but not all sorry to say but it's worth the try. Hope yours work and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos i will delete my ssd and install xplane12 so i have to store my aircraft on a usb stick. thanks a lot skip, blessings!

Sound like a good plan :-) Blessings, skip

Thanks simonetruglia glad you liked them and they are helping and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Thanks waphotographer3710 glad you liked it and hope it helped. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi hugge6267 Thanks so much glad you liked the video hope it helped :-) Blessings, skip

Hi madnessmethod2823, Good question. This is a VFR flight so there is no exact course we must fly. This whole flight is in Class G airspace so we can almost go any route we want. As long as we can get close to our waypoints we are good. We need to stay out of restricted air space but in this flight there's only Redding Muni and Chico airspace we have to be concerned about. You are flying to waypoints you can actually see so just fly directly to the waypoint as long as you don't violate airspace rules. As you get close to your waypoint veer to the right a bit so you can see it on your left. Once over your waypoint go back to the heading you planned in the flight plan to get to the next waypoint. Hope this helps let me know :-) Blessings, skip

Hi SuperKamiRose, Don't exactly understand your question but you can add instruments and controls to the instrument panel in Plane Maker assuming the plane you want to modify uses the 2D panel. Most new airplane do not use the 2D panel so this will not work. Check out this video on changing 2D panels: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqnYooR3a5qio8U Hope this helps and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi billjirsasr3025, Yes indeed I'm still responding :-) For takeoff and landing you always have the prop control all the way forward and mixture would depend on altitude, all the way forward below 3000ft above sea level. You want to be able to get full power if you had a problem and had to go around so prop forward takeoff and landing. I don't fly constant speed prop airplanes so I'm not the best for information other that what I said in the video so if this is your airplane of choice might want to check other videos with pilots with more experience than me! Since you are new to flight sims check out my channel and videos for new pilots get a free Cessna 172N, the one I use in most of my videos in the series, by watching the first video: kzbin.info/aero/PLjqSrWIZDAi8IsbmFdGfJBVJ7jYSxAt26 Let me know if you decide to follow along with the training and get the Cessna, hope you do :-) Blessings, skip

Hi tracortracor92, Unfortunately most airplanes for XP12 do NOT use the 2D panel so there is no way to edit the instrument panel, this only works on older airplanes and most of those you might download for the X Plane forum, sorry. Blessings, skip

Hi johnhunter3011, The file is actually a png file. Files have an extension and for photos common extensions are .jpg, .RAW and.png there are other extension but you should get the idea. X Pane uses a png file for the instrument panel in older airplanes so you need to find the panel.png file. It should be located in the airplane folder where all your airplanes are located, look for the airplane you are trying to make a 3D cockpit for. Here is the path to locate the png file. X Plane xx>Aircraft>folder your airplane is in>your airplane folder>cockpit>-panels- If there is no file then you can NOT make a 3D cockpit. Newer airplanes do not use a .png file so this can't be done. In the panels directory you should see a file named panel.png this is the file you open in Gimp to modify as you like. You can click on the file and select "open with program" and select Gimp. Or you can start Gimp and select open and navigate to the panel.png file. However I suggest you try and follow the videos just using the original panel.png file and see how it goes. Watch the videos a couple time so you know exactly what to do. This is actually very simple but it MUST be done in the correct order with no step missed. If you have trouble watch the video on the area you are having trouble everything should work if you follow the video exactly. You do not need to do anything in Gimp if you don't want to. The idea of editing the .png file in Gimp is to make it look better or remove something you don't want. Once you get the 3D panel working in your airplane with the original panel you then can start to modify the panel.png file in Gimp and work on a copy so you always have the original. I usually create a copy of the original panel.png for backup purposes using a different name. Note for the panel to show up in your airplane it must be named "panel.png" IMPORTANT! Make a copy of the airplane folder the whole airplane and work with that panel.png file so if something goes wrong you still have your original airplane, always work on a copy! Hope this helps, let me know. Blessings, skip

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Hi johnhnter3011, Here is a link to older versions of xplane2blender I suggest version 1.80 that's what I used but you can try an earlier version if you like. Let me know if this works, good luck :-) www.blender.org/download/previous-versions/ Blessings, skip

Hi Santos-2024, Thanks so much really glad the videos are helping! Stick with practicing the pattern until you find it too easy before continuing and let me know how you are progressing along the way :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos Hi Skip, I have changed to FS2020, but I still use the same plane... There are lots of concepts to take into account and I have little time, but I keep going. Your videos are really great and helpful. I hope I can still learning from them although using FS2020...

Hi Santos-2024, You should do fine using FS2020 in most cases no problem and glad to hear you are learning and the videos are helpful, good luck :-) Blessings, skip

Hi ED-zm8ut, Glad you are liking the series so far hope that continues :-) I didn't know the runway headings were changed been quite a while since I've flown out of Benton Field. I'm guessing they check the runway headings on all airports from time to time to make sure they are accurate not sure why they would need changing but there surely must be a practical reason for the changes. Thanks for watching hope you enjoy the rest of the series let me know how it goes. Blessings, skip

Hi pfv3462, Are you talking about different views or do you want to make a video from different positions? I don't know of any way to make a film. However you can change your view to outside the airplane and use free software to make a movie. I use OBS Studio to basically do a screen capture and make a video. If that sounds good here is a link to copy and paste into your browser to download OBS Studio. obsproject.com/download Hope this helps Blessings, skip

Hi pfv3462 I'm glad you found them too :-) Yes you can install airplanes made for X Plane 11 into X Plane 12. Actually you can put any airplane in XP12 Aircraft folder and if it's not compatible it just will not show up in your list of airplanes when you run XP or it won't run correctly so just delete the airplane from the Aircraft folder. If you are purchasing airplanes then you should be sure they will run in XP12 before you buy :-) Thanks for watching hope this helps and let me know how you are doing with the series. Blessings, skip

Wow! Thanks Gulf76 really appreciate your comment and glad you found the series useful and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi jimphillips9297, Thanks :-) Sorry I'm not sure what you mean "pop-up on left monitor". Are you saying you don't get anything on your second monitor? What exactly isn't "popping" up? Blessings, skip

Hi AncoraImparoPiper, Thanks so much and welcome to the wonderful world of flying! Really glad the video helped, if you have any questions just ask I might be able to help. Thanks for watching! Blessings, skip

Hi writersbrock9246, Thanks so much really glad you like the series. Believe me I understand the "small brain" thing. It took me months to get this down and even longer to make the series. Don't give up just go slow. Download the video series if you need. I did make a digital navigation log that does all the math for you. You still need to get all the information to input but it can help you check your math calculations and could be useful for quick planning of short flights. Watch the video in the link below, in the description is a link to where you can download the program for the X Plane Forum. Thanks for watching and good luck and let me now how you progress. If you download the program please let me know what you think, it's a very small simple program. Digital Navigation Log kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5nVnKhtq56dg5Y Digital Navigation Log part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5nVnKhtq56dg5Y Blessings, skip

Hi medwaystudios, Nice to hear from you again :-) Yes you could use the BEIRA waypoint but you can't see it. With this type of VFR flying you are not using autopilot or GPS you are flying manually and going strictly off visual ground references. We use the VOR in case we get lost and as a double check but don't want to rely on it for flying the route. In my opinion it's best to be able to know exactly where you are by looking out the windows. In real life VFR flying you would probably be flying the same routes over and over and should become familiar with the terrain and have many ground references you always look for especially places you might be able to land in an emergency. Again this is just me but I like flying manually trying to maintain altitude, heading, and speed and try to see if I can match my flight plan calculations. It's just a lot more fun in the simulator otherwise, like I said in the video, using AP in the sim is like watching TV. You might like my series on the Navigation Log where you create a flight plan then try it out and see how it works. Here is a link to the 5 part series if you are interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWYpXdrq9aJl6M If you don't want to create a Nav Log or do the math I have made a digital Navigation Log you can download. Watch this video there is a link for downloading the App: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHKoe5KDqrKdrMU Thanks for watching and Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos Thanks for the explanation Skip. I shouldn't have made the comment until I watched the next video where I see you didn't have a GPS at all so makes sense to not use a predefined waypoint since there would be no advantage of that. Agree doing it manually seems more fun so far. I'll watch those nav log videos too. I just got the AFL C172 Analog and about to take it for this demo flight you setup first :)

Looking good let me know how it goes :-) Blessings, skip

Hi user-fh2pc2ru3f, Hope it works for you and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi reizandy5883, I'm not sure where the files would be this is a Microsoft FSX file and I haven't used FSX for years. You might try C:\user\<your Name>\Appdata oaming\Microsoft\FSX or try searching your C Drive for "GrantedRewards.BIN and see if it shows up. Sorry I'm not much help here FSX was uninstalled a long time ago. I did just find find some old saved reward files in my documents folder with a file extension .RWD but I don't know where they were saved on the computer for FSX. The files were: FSXX_rewards.RWD mission_rewards.RWD sandbox_rewards.RWD Might want to think about going to Microsoft's new simulator it's really not bad but I still prefer X Plane 12 :-) Let me know if this helped :-) Thanks for watching and Blessings, skip

Hi darthsmack7090, I can certainly relate to your concerns about the math that's why I wrote a program to do the math for me :-) Below are links to my videos on the program I wrote to do all the math, there's a link in the video description where you can download the program if you like. Thanks for watching and Hope this helps! Blessings, skip Digital Navigation Log. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4Sop354jct7f9k Here is a link to video showing what's new in version 2.0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4bRoqWIatimitk This is a windows program but you can run it in a Mac with and app called WineBottler. WineBottler Link: winebottler.kronenberg.org/

@@WEHVideos Thanks for the reply I'll definitely check it out.

Hi criscusack, Yea it's been a few years but some things don't change :-) Thanks for watching and I'm glad you like my work!! Blessings, skip

Hi JoLo-vx1nb, Thanks so much glad the videos are helping. Sorry but I'm not sure when I will be making another video but I will consider slow flight when the time comes. For slow flight and precision flying in a simulator I have found it very difficult. Slow flight and precision flying in a sim is much harder than in real life flying because you can NOT "feel" the airplane you only have a visual sense plus consumer controllers just don't cut it, this combination is just not going to work well. If you are trying to preform precision flying in you sim you MUST have at a minimum a really really good Yoke, Rudder Peddles, and Trim Wheel. Without these precision flying in the sim is at best very difficult and frustrating or impossible. I am curious as to why you are interested in these maneuvers, in my pilot training we never discussed these but I had to stop training so maybe that would have come later, I don't know? Here are my thoughts and suggestions you can play around with if you like: As for maintaining a fixed airspeed in a climb or descent and the other things you want there are no set "rules" to follow just setting your trim and throttle for a desired FPM rate of descent and airspeed. For climbing you should use full throttle for climbing 99.9% of the time and trim for speed. For descending us throttle to control descent rate and trim as necessary (Take off & Landings have some requirements). Maintaining altitude with a change in speeds again is a combinations of trimming and throttle. The more you slow the airplane you will need more trim to maintain altitude, as you speed up you would use less trim to maintain altitude. Sorry this is not exactly what you were looking for but it's the best I can do right now. Have a great Christmas and New Year! Blessings, skip

I agree -- to do these settings in X-Plane with (in my case) a joystick is difficult. However, I did assign 3 buttons on my joystick to set trim (up-down-takeoff) along with throttle control. I was then able to obtain excellent control of airspeed / altitude. Controlling pitch with trim control only (no manual joystick input) -- allowed excellent control. Certainly NOT what you would do normally - but for the simulator - OK. I was interested in learning how to do this because I thought this was a fundamental skill all pilots must accomplish. I refer to this skill as "slow flight " but maybe I am wrong. You mentioned precision flying also.THANK YOU for responding to this request so quickly along with your suggestions. GOD bless you also.

Hi JoLo-vx1nb, Glad to hear back from you and you figured out how to make things work. If you are serious about sim flying and want to experience what is like (almost) to fly a real airplane I highly recommend rudder pedals and trim wheel. I know these can be expensive but once you have them you will never want to go without them they really do make a huge difference in the sim experience. I never did a video on slow flight because I assumed most people don't have ruder pedals and it would be a waste of time. I think I will go ahead and make a video since you asked, at least you will have the information needed for slow flight and that just might encourage you and others to upgrade their sim controllers :-) . With that said first I will have to test and make sure it''s practical in the simulator to do this, as I said earlier controllers make the difference. The trouble with trimming with buttons is you don't get precise control so you will find yourself constantly having to trim so in reality you are not trimming your hunting. Rudder pedals are essence for slow flight because flying at near stall speed make the aileron useless because of the pitch up angle of the airplane. They also will make your landings so much easier especially when you have cross winds! Thanks for encouraging me to make another video I've been out of ideas for some time now :-) Might want to subscribe to my channel to get notified when the video comes out should take several weeks to make or more! God Bless and Happy New Year! skip

Hi JoLovx1nb, Well I'm afraid the slow flight video is going to take quite a bit of time to make and I just might give up sorry to say. I am finding it very very hard to accomplish the maneuvers in the sim, this is going to take a long time to master. Right now I can not even maintain a simple constant heading, altitude, and airspeed within the requirements for the maneuvers :-( I'll give this some more time but I don't know if I'm up for all the work this will take or if it's possible with the controls I have, sorry. Just wanted to let you know it will be a while. FYI Requirements for just straight and level flight are +/- 100ft altitude, +/- 10deg heading, +/- 10 kts While I was able to do this during my training in a real airplane I can't in the simulator at least not yet. Blessings, skip

Thanks criscusack glad to hear the lessons are helping and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi izaiahschlosser4512, Right you are but it's been over 20+ years since leaded gas has been available so there probably are not too many engines running today that have not been rebuilt or replaced for using unleaded fuel. Not only do you have students not using the mixture controls correctly some seasoned pilots struggle getting the mixture correct, it's easy to forget about the mixture control when the flight conditions are really challenging, all this effects engine life. Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi hedleyfurio, While I agree with you completely and don't understand why Laminar won't address this issue when there have been so many complaints there is, in my simple opinion, enough reasons to stick with XP. I do have the latest MS Flight Simulator but still prefer XP. Thanks for your input, I'm sure there are many who are right there with you and have moved on. Hopefully Laminar will WAKE UP! Thanks for watching. Blessings, skip

Thanks mayabenmahmoud8969 glad you liked the video and hope it helped. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi tedferkin, Thanks for you input :-) I never gave that any thought not being an electronics engineer, was thinking solid wire would be much easier to handle and had a lot of solid wire lying around so that's what I used. Thanks again. Blessings, skip

Hi peteallennh, Glad the video helped and you are on your way. As for flying the pattern below is a link to my series on learning to fly for beginners. It takes you through the steps for getting your pilot certificate and part 5 goes over flying the pattern so check that out to see if that helps. The first video has a link to where you can download the 172N I use in the series for free if you are flying with X Plane :-) let me know how it goes. Thanks for watching :-) kzbin.info/aero/PLjqSrWIZDAi8IsbmFdGfJBVJ7jYSxAt26 Blessings, skip

Thanks djwashx and thanks for watching hope the series helps :-) Blessings, skip

Hi donavanlane230, I'm afraid it's been a long time since I've done this and don't know how I can help. My first suggestion is to watch the videos again and follow the steps very carefully, it's very easy to miss one little step. I had problems at first and kept retrying and finally it worked. I don't remember what I did but it was something I missed. I do know that this works so retrace your steps or even start over with the setup of Blender. Are you importing the correct file? Sorry that's all I can think of without getting back into Blender. Let me know if starting over helped, that's what I did a few times!! Blessings, skip

Hello@@WEHVideos! Thank you for your quick reply. Problem solved. The error was caused by me importing a plane (not the Dash 8) and it already had a 3-D Cockpit. So it gave the python error. Thanks again for your quick reply Skip!

Great, glad you figured it out and thanks for letting me know :-) Blessings, skip

Hi Mor2know-qm7pe, One way is to open the map and see where you are in relation to the airport runway and turn and fly to a position that sets you up to land again. I'm assuming you are using X Plane or a simulator that has a map that shows your airplane moving on it. In real life, when you are lost, you can contact the tower of the airport and ask for help or tune your comm radio to 121.5 which is an aircraft emergency frequency and tell them you are lost and where you want to go. But if you know of a VOR at or near your airport tune you NAV radio to the VOR and head to it, once you find the airport you should be able to enter the traffic pattern and land. Below is a link to my videos on navigation you might find some help there. Hope this helps and thanks for your question and for watching :-) kzbin.info/aero/PLjqSrWIZDAi9S9ds3QbfiTkjGAmE6b7IG Blessings, skip

Hi maajr57, Sorry to hear it doesn't work, This is a very old video for XP10 I think so am not surprised it doesn't work anymore. i''ll check it out to see if there is a way to do this in the newer airplanes. Thanks for watching and letting me know :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos The graphics in the PNG files for the cockpit have to be altered with a photo editor.

Oh, that's too bad used to be so easy :-(

Hi sydneyblake4820, Either way works, I'd do both. However, I highly recommend getting a trim wheel it's much easier to trim with the wheel it's so much more sensitive. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Thanks chrisoak4916 really appreciate that and thanks for watching hope it helped :-) Blessings, skip

Thanks Riggs65, I really enjoyed the bush flights, so much fun just trying to figure out how to get to some of these air strips. Unfortunately may air strips in X Plane are completely useless on the side of mountains and flattening them ruined the challenge of getting there and landing. Thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Hi bobbuckfield3790, I'm sorry to say the new airplanes in XP11 up do NOT use the 2D cockpit so you can not make changes to the panel. If you want to do this on an older airplane that uses the 2D below is a link to the free 172N that I offer on oy website. You can also download many airplanes from the XP forum that use the 2D panels. www.fhphotography.com/WEHVideos_Cessna.html Blessings, skip

HI again, thanks for your elp, I managed to download your C172N and tried to open it in Planemaker. When I select the 2D panel all I see is the panel background, no instruments, I had hoped to alter what was there not create a new panel entirely. Can I do this? and if so what am I doing wrong? Cheers mate you are a star! @@WEHVideos

Hi bobbuckfield3790, Before you try to make changes make a backup of the complete folder so if something goes wrong you can start over. You should be able to open this airplane in XP plane maker 11 and 12 so I don't know why you are having a problem. What file are you opening? You need to open a .acf file and you should see several .acf files all starting with 172N_xxx.ACF, do not try and open the files with the "~" thing at the end of the name these are backup flies. This may sound crazy but did you unzip the folder and place it in XP11/Aircraft folder. It doesn't matter where you put the airplane as long as it's in XP Aircraft folder. You can make a new folder to place it in, I have a folder in the Aircraft folder called Free where I put all the aircraft I download. Doubt this will help with the problem but sometimes it's not a bad idea to start over. Let me know how it goes! Blessings, skip

Hi 1Miguellima, Thanks so much glad you like the tutorials :-) The airplane in this video was a free download for the X Plane Forum. It did NOT have a 3D cockpit so I made this one using X Plane plane maker and Blender. If you are interested in play around with Plane Maker and Blender check out my series on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmTJqIiFiZmNfrc Thanks again and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

Thanks popsr712 and thanks for watching. I'm trying to come up with more videos :-) Blessings, skip

hI V1II349, Sorry you are having trouble. It's hard to tell what your problem might be from the information you have given I don't recognize these errors. I suggest you watch the first part of the video again where you setup Blender. Go through all the steps again to make sure you didn't miss a step especially where I go over the right side of Blender where you setup the cube and the export information needed for X Plane I"m hoping you might find something you missed, there's so much that needs to be correct and missing one thing produces errors. I'm very confident the video explains all you need to know to make this work so you might have missed one little step. Also, what version of Blender are you using this doesn't seem to work on versions above the version I use in this video so if you have a newer version go here and find v2.9 or lower: download.blender.org/release/ Hope this helps please let me know :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos Thanks for the reply, I was using version 3.6 or something in the beginning but found your comment to use 2.9 or lower but yet it didn't work with 2.80 either. The only step I couldn't do is the "Part of cockpit panel" as I don't have that option in blender so I'm wondering if that might be the cause.

I'm still not sure exactly where you are getting the error message. So if I got this right you don't have the option under the Material tab to make it part of the cockpit. I suggest going over every step for creating the cube's material section, placing the png file on the cube etc. see if that helps. Sounds like the cube is not set up right. Give that a try and let me know. Good luck don't give up :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos Hello, after some tries I managed to make it work. The problem I had was with the root collections which you showcased in 12:35, instead of selecting the "collection" I had selected the one with the name of the aircraft. Thanks for the help and these nice tutorial videos! Btw I'm wondering if you know a way to get a wall behind you instead of the same panel as in front? I have been trying some methods but haven't found any of them working.

That's great v1ll349 I admire your perseverance!! Sorry to say I don't know how to get rid of the panel in the back that's just the way Blender renders the cube. If you are interested in plane making in Blender here is an old series on XP Plane maker and Blender. While it's an old series I believe much is still useful information. Danklaue give an in depth look at Blender. Check his site out if you want more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haSagGCrhc18fs0 Please let me know how you project is going :-) Blessings, skip

Hi saen0r, Thanks glad you liked it :-) Yes use Carb Heat every time you land. It's not the temperature outside that's the issue. It's a bit complicated but a simple reason is there is a pressure temperature relationship that takes place "inside" the carburetor and under certain conditions ice may form inside the carb, it doesn't need to be a really cold day. There's more to this than I can explain here it's just a good idea to always use carb heat when landing. I don't have any idea how long it would take to remove the ice, that would depend on how much ice has formed. Probably the first indications of ice would be the engine not performing correctly, running bad enough for you to notice something is wrong and that could be a lot of ice, I don't know. I don't think it would to too long to remove the ice once you turned on carb heat since you are dumping hot air from over the exhaust manifold into the carburetor. However, if you are landing and need to go around for a missed approach and you find you don't have the power due to ice your in trouble and the engine might even run even worse with no power while melted ice goes into the engine! Hope this helps and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

@@WEHVideos Thank you for clearing that up, I'll make a habit out of using carb heat during landing and continue watching your videos of course!

Looking Good :-)