This wouldn't be a Polsky FIAT, would it?
;D
No, seriously though...
There's no theoretical reason why you shouldn't be able to merge the RTP panel with the Posky 742; just takes a bit of investigative ingenuity sometimes. I've merged the PMDG panel with the Posky 737-600, and that works fine - except that I can't get rid of the minor inconvenience of the 'CofG outside tolerance - aircraft unflyable' banner showing for 10 mins or so after startup.
There are other detailed panels out there (like the HJG 707) that require some mods to the aircraft.cfg file (fuel, electrics) to make it usable with other peoples' models, so there's answer out there somewhere.
Not having the RFP aircraft, I can't assist but a quick internet trawl fished up this:
"This is what you need to do:
(This example is for getting a Cargo Posky-RFP merge!)
1/ Go to any one of the RFP Freighters (located in your aircraft folder).
A/ Copy the "panel" folder & paste it into any of the Posky freighter aircraft. (Let windows overwrite any files that were already there.)
B/ If you want to use the new RFP sounds then you should do the same for the "sound" folder.
C/ Go into the RFP model folder and copy the freighter.mdl file and paste it into the Posky model folder. (Do not copy the model.cfg file!)
(RFP has put a lock on the 2nd G panel. There are 2 things I know about flightsim! You can't prevent another model from being used. LOL, it took me 5 minutes to solve the problem! What RFP did was put a link from the panel to the MDL file. In order for the RFP panel to get activated the panel looks to see if a valid model file is located in the model folder of the aircraft that is calling for the panel: eg. freighter.mdl, pax.mdl, & combi.mdl. Luckily we have a model.cfg that tells flightsim which model to use! )
2/ The aircraft.cfg, the airfile, and the 2 .txt files to the posky aircraft folder. Overwrite the aircraft.cfg
replace the following categories with the provided data:
Contact points
Flap settings
Lights
Smoke System
You can copy and paste this information into the aircraft.cfg
Data:
point.0=1, 66.8, 0.0, -13.833, 1574.8, 0.000000, 5.826899, 70.0 ,0.700, 0.610, 0.518, 14.000000, 14.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
point.1=1, -20.5, -17.3, -15.533, 1574.8, 1.000000, 5.826899, 6.0 ,2.520, 1.000, 0.651, 18.000000, 18.000000, 2.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
point.2=1, -20.5, 17.3, -15.533, 1574.8, 2.000000, 5.826899, 6.0 ,2.520, 1.000, 0.651, 18.000000, 18.000000, 3.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
point.3=2, -70.7, -102.0, 6.0, 1574.8, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000 ,0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 5.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
point.4=2, -70.7, 102.0, 6.0, 1574.8, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000 ,0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 6.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
point.5=2,-126.6, 0.0, 5.8, 1574.8, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000 ,0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 9.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
point.6=2, 66.8, 0.0, 5.8, 1574.8, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000 ,0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 4.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
static_pitch=1.00
static_cg_height=13.625
gear_system_type=0
This is my modified Flap settings:
type = 1 // 1 - tail, 2 - lead
span-outboard = 0.5 // 0.0 .. 1.0
extending-time = 49 // seconds
flaps-position.0=0.000000,0.000000
flaps-position.1=6.665409,0.000000
flaps-position.2=13.330818,0.000000
flaps-position.3=19.996227,0.000000
flaps-position.4=26.661636,0.000000
flaps-position.5=33.327045,0.000000
flaps-position.6=39.992454,0.000000
damaging-speed = 200 // KIAS
blowout-speed = 250 // KIAS
lift_scalar = 0.23
drag_scalar = 1.00
pitch_scalar= 1.00
system_type = 1 //Hydraulic
type = 1 // 1 - tail, 2 - lead
span-outboard = 0.2
extending-time = 49 // seconds
flaps-position.0=0.000000,0.000000
flaps-position.1=6.665409,0.000000
flaps-position.2=13.330818,0.000000
flaps-position.3=19.996227,0.000000
flaps-position.4=26.661636,0.000000
flaps-position.5=33.327045,0.000000
flaps-position.6=39.992454,0.000000
damaging-speed = 200 // KIAS
blowout-speed = 250 // KIAS
lift_scalar = 0.23
drag_scalar = 1.000
pitch_scalar=-15.00
system_type = 1 //Hydraulic
type= 2
span-outboard= 0.800
extending-time= 3.000
system_type= 1
damaging-speed= 250.000
blowout-speed= 300.000
lift_scalar=-1.00
drag_scalar= 0.000
pitch_scalar=-15.25
flaps-position.0= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.1= 0.500, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 1.000, 0.000
type= 2
span-outboard= 0.800
extending-time= 3.000
system_type= 1
damaging-speed= 250.000
blowout-speed= 300.000
lift_scalar=-1.00
drag_scalar= 0.000
pitch_scalar=0.00
flaps-position.0= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.1= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 1.000, 0.000
type= 2
span-outboard= 0.800
extending-time= 3.000
system_type= 1
damaging-speed= 250.000
blowout-speed= 300.000
lift_scalar= -0.2
flaps-position.0= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.1= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 1.000, 0.000
This is what I used for my modified Lights
light.0 = 1, 65.200, 0.600, 19.100, Opensky_beacon ,
light.1 = 1, 13.900, 0.000, -7.080, Opensky_beacon ,
light.2 = 2, -41.600, -94.400, 8.800, fx_strobeh ,
light.3 = 2, -41.600, 94.400, 8.800, fx_strobeh ,
light.4 = 3, -122.3, -0.250, 12.300, Opensky_nav_yellow ,
light.5 = 3, -122.3, 0.250, 12.300, Opensky_nav_yellow ,
light.6 = 2, -121.5, 0.000, 11.450, fx_strobeh ,
light.7 = 3, 83.55, 0.000, 14.850, fx_vclighth ,
light.8 = 9, -111.1, -4.500, 43.750, Opensky_wing_light , // <-----3 previously
light.9 = 9, -111.1, 4.500, 43.750, Opensky_wing_light , // <-----3 previously
light.10= 5, 17.7, -29.200, -2.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.11= 5, 17.7, 29.200, -2.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.12= 5, 50.9, -11.700, 0.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.13= 5, 50.9, 11.700, 0.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.14= 5, 56.9, -13.700, 1.900, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.15= 5, 56.9, 13.700, 1.900, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.16= 5, 83.067, 0.000, -2.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.17= 3, 79.1, -6.500, 6.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.18= 3, 44.79, -4.500, 6.000, Opensky_nacelle_refl ,
light.19= 3, -47.11, 0.000, -3.000, Opensky_wing_light ,
This is what I did to the smoke system! or did I do anything? hmmm don't remember anymore!
smoke.0=0, -29.767, -86.167, Opensky_vortex
smoke.1=0, -29.767, 86.167, Opensky_vortex
Please note that I am not an expert at doing aircraft.cfg edits or anything like that. I have recalculated the positions of the points
via math and can't say for sure if my math skills are accurate. Remember that this mod was done within the 15 mins of the panels release, when I decided that RFP's 747 model was just about as ugly as they came. I have done no modification since that date and I don't think I'll be doing any
anymore modifications as I feel that the merge works good enough for me."
Haven't tried it, don't know if it works: this is just to show you what's out there. Merges are unsupported by the makers concerned, so proceed at your own risk - just make sure you make backups first.
