Aeroplane Heaven have released an update to the Electra (v1.1) and did indeed reduce the volume of the sounds as I was hoping they would do.
That being said, I still find the squeaky trim wheel sounds to be pretty tedious on flights where you are using either the Sperry or the Garmin GX3 for autopilot, so I have updated this mod to simply remove that sqeak sound from the trim wheel for all Electra models. Thanks everyone.
This is a sound mod for the Lockheed Electra 10A created by Aeroplane Heaven.
Problem:
One of the major complaints from almost everyone who has reviewed this beautul airplane is that the sounds are extremely loud. The workaround for this is to go into your simulator sound settings every time you want to fly the Electra and reduce the airplane sounds to a more reasonable level, but that gets tiresome.
Solution:
In this mod I have simply taken the default sounds for the Electra and reduced the volume by 80% (yes, the default sounds are THAT loud). To me this sets the sound level to more closely match all the other planes in the sim so there is no need to change the airplane sound levels in the sim.
Installation:
Simply drag and drop the folder inside the download zip to your community folder.
Notes:
There is a good chance Aeroplane Heaven will fix this in a future update for the Electra. If so, this mod could be very short lived, but until then, enjoy!
Bob12
The issue with the sounds on the electra at release wasnt just the "volume" it was the lack of Wwise etc. The same sound from what ever angle you have on externals, the same sound if you start left or right like left engine has equal sound on both speakers. How is this difficult for people to detect? Most thinks its all about the volume looool. I see in your mod its only xml files. How is this making it better? The volume levels only?
02DropTopM3
Aeroplane Heaven have released an update to the Electra and did indeed reduce the volume of the sounds as I was hoping they would do.
That being said, I still find the squeaky trim wheel sounds to be pretty tedious on flights where you are using either the Sperry or the Garmin GX3 for autopilot, so my plan is to update this mod to a new version that simply removes that squeak sound but leaves the volume alone since that issue is fixed. Thanks everyone.
captfltsim
For me the biggest issue with the model is the control column wheel and window frames ... they are not rounded but made up of polygons! That's very old modelling techniques and this should really have been updated for a $30 payware FS2020 plane. I really hope Aeroplane Heaven come out fighting and address these issues quickly and properly as the Electra 10A deserves better.
DaneSimAir
This is good news - thanks for doing this. It seems that Aeroplane Heaven has a thing for really loud engines because this same problem is on the Cessna C140.
Can you do the same for the C140?
02DropTopM3 author
I'd be happy to create the same mod for the Cessna 140 but I don't own that plane so I don't have access to the .wav files. Sorry.
3 years ago
btkt01
Thank you!!! So much better...
karisma68
thank you so much i got exactly the same problem with the cessna 140 same with this one
it was the last plane i buy on this company
thank you for your effort
02DropTopM3 author
If I had the C140 I'd give that one a shot too, but... don't have it and not in a hurry to buy anything else from them till I see some sort of update for this Electra.
3 years ago
BJM62
Thanks for the effort, but imagine having to make this for an $31 addon. It shows how this company just doesn't care.
Topofdescent5
Well said!!! They really treat paying customers like a pos. How easy would it have been for them to fix this after all the complaints about the sound, and send a quick update.... naaaa screw you all
3 years ago
daver4470
The cameras are pretty terrible too.
02DropTopM3 author
Agreed. The default cameras are pretty strange. I might do a quick camera update as well if I get some spare time.
3 years ago