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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#A0A0A4" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="632" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="84"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U><B>Home Page</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="77"><div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Map Page"><U><B>Map Page</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="92"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="68"><div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U><B>Calendar</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="100"><div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flight Sim"><U><B>Flight Sim</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indoor Flying"><U><B>Indoor Flying</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 17 WIDTH="84"><div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members "><U><B>Members </B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="77"><div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U><B>Photos</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="electronics.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Electronics"><U><B>Electronics</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="For Sale/Wanted"><U><B>For Sale/Wanted</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scale Day"><U><B>Scale Day</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members Letters"><U><B>Members Letters</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Construction"><U><B>Construction</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#A0A0A4" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Flight Sim</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>FMS</U></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>  Freeware Flight Simulator </B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>If you have not seen FMS PC Flight simulator in action then i think you will be in for a pleasant surprise , The 3D graphics are quite stunning and compare well even with the best commercial programs . Being  free ware you can download the software free from </B></I><I><B> the German authors web site at </B></I><A HREF="http://simulator.home.pages.de" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://simulator.home.pages.de"><U><I><B> </B></I></U></A><A HREF="http://simulator.home.pages.de" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://simulator.home.pages.de"><U><I><B>http://simulator.home.pages.de</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>   </B></I><I><B>Where you can also find lots of backup  information and links to other related support sites .</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The program size is around 2.8 meg so should only take around 15/20 Mins to download on a good 56k connection.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>( Latest Version 2 .7 Is around 6 Megs ) </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Installation</U></B></I><I><B>  having downloaded the zipped fms file ,Create a new folder on drive C named fmstemp  , now double click on the fms file icon that you downloaded  and unzip the file  to folder c:\fmstemp .</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Then open the folder and find the " Set/up " icon , double click on it  this will then start the install proper  , The install text is in German language from here on but worry not , simply  click on the default dialogue boxes and the software will be installed to C:\ Program files\fms </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Control</U></B></I><I><B>   once running the on screen menu may be set/up for English language , other properties may also be set such as screen resolution etc. , The actual control  can be via keyboard (Not very good) , PC joystick or from a Radio Transmitter "interface "  which connects between your TX and the PC via the tx trainer socket , Ripmax sell such an interface available separately from their flight sim at around £30 , Ron shone reports that his ripmax interface works well with FMS , I must invest in one soon . </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>If your technically inclined you may like to build one of the tx interfaces detailed in the fms "Manual"   you will find an English version of this at  </B></I><A HREF="http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/fms/fms_instruct_toc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/fms/fms_instru"><U><I><B>http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/fms/fms_instruct_toc.htm</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I have built both the serial  and parallel port version but neither were stable enough , For consistent operation , Up until recently I used a normal PC joystick for elevator and ailerons and its great . The " Pic Interface " However seems to work really well , I built one of Ken Hewitt kits and have had no problems whatever , I have up to eight channels at my disposal </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>using a JR 388 TX ..  Ken Hewitts web site can be found at    </B></I><A HREF="http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk"><U><I><B>http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Recommended</U></B></I><I><B>  Support site English language  </B></I><A HREF="http://home.introweb.nl/~erics/fms/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://home.introweb.nl/~erics/fms/"><U><I><B>http://home.introweb.nl/~erics/fms/</B></I></U></A><I><B>  Where you can find all sorts of goodies including many more download able models . KD</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>There are many support sites for you to download new models and backgrounds , as far as the models are concerned you download the file as usual , Then " Unzip " them to your FMS " Modell " File ..   If you followed the FMS install guide to</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>setup the original program then Unzip further model files thus ...Extract or Unzip to C:\Program Files\fms\modell  .This should produce four new files in your " Modell "  sub folder  . The landscapes can be done in a similar way , this time Unzip the Downloaded file to C:\Program Files\fms\LANDSCHAFT . You may like to download the fokker spinne model file below this was found on a French support site . This is a delightful vintage electric flight model with realistic flight characteristics , So much so that it can be difficult to get off the ground unless you joystick is trimmed out fairly well .. Enjoy Ken</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U> <a href="HTMLobj-357/Spfoker-fms.zip"><u>Download Fokker spinne now</u> </a>  </U></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>FMS Interface</U></B> Kits or ready built units are available From Ken Hewitt Find them at      <A HREF="http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk"><U>http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U><B><IMG SRC="42b3c410.gif" border=0 width="60" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>