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Thanks for the tip. Sometimes the external footage looks off in the replays. I always get the tailwheel off the ground in the planes I fly, sim or real life. Tailwheel lifts on its own at around 55 mph and I accelerate to 90mph before I let the mains come off. Blue line is 85 mph in the 3 if I remember correctly. This may have been early on in my learning the 3 as I’ve definitely improved since then. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you, I enjoyed the aircraft much more than I expected to. Is that what I did? And I thought I had it figured out, shows what I know haha. Thanks for the tip, I will remember to do that correctly next flight. The fuel system is one of the more confusing ones I’ve come across, probably second only to the Concorde.

It's confusing at first but I'd say the Concorde is a bit extra with all the fuel transfering haha. According to the manual it's Fuselage tanks 1-4 for start and taxi Start tanks 1-4 for take off and landing Fuselage tanks 1-4 after take off and until empty Travel tanks 1-4 until empty Then fuselage tank 5 for all engines. Back to start tanks before landing. I am planning to load the fuel with only 20% fuel load and go through the entire process one day to see how it behaves.

Yeah the fuel transfer on the Concorde took me awhile to understand, serious respect for the people that flew that airplane. That’s what I saw in the manual too but I guess my German knowledge or lack there of didn’t help me with switch positions. That’s a good idea, I may do the same at some point.

You’re welcome. Thanks for the comment. As with anything there are usually little things that could be improved upon but overall this one isn’t bad. The systems depth didn’t bother me either, I typically like a more “study level” experience but I recognize that most people do not. It is nice to just be able to jump in and fly something and this really allows you to do that and yet still experience a historic aircraft. I’m glad you enjoyed the video, I enjoyed creating it. Happy flying!

@liquidsnake1123, I believe I have it mapped to “propeller axis 0-100”. I have a honeycomb bravo and set it up for four engine throttles and use the far left lever for the propeller axis. Hope that helps!

@@Fly-to-the-past thanks alot

No problem! Happy to help.

Thank you. The scenery for both airports came from flightsim.to. If you search “flying the hump” it should come up. It adds in every known airfield used in the airlift as well as the radio beacons to navigate to them. Hope that helps!

@@Fly-to-the-past oh that’s brilliant, I love to fly to bring the history books alive as realistically as possible, thank you so much. Have seen your other content = sub’d :)

I like to do the same thing. That’s really the whole purpose of my channel. Thanks for the sub! I really appreciate it.

It seems that is definitely the case with these local legends. I’m sure they have their backs against a deadline and it’s probably difficult to hit that target. I don’t see a reason to bash the developers as I don’t know the first thing about creating an aircraft for the sim, so I really have no frame of reference for what they’re going through. They’re already getting hit hard in other forums as well, no need to pile more bad on. Rather I’m more excited by the aircraft since I’ve been wanting a C-46 for a while now. I do hope the issues get fixed but I’ll continue to use it until then. Glad you enjoyed it. I don’t typically go for reviews as there are many other creators that do a much better job. Thanks for the kind words.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I always try to get a nice landing but sometimes that doesn’t go as planned.

You’re very welcome. I always like hearing from ones that have a connection to this often overlooked part of history. Did he tell any stories about his time flying the hump?

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Fly-to-the-pastyes, he talked about some of his experiences going over the hump. He had an ammo can that he pasted a camel picture (cut from a cigarette pack) on every time he made the round trip. He was stationed at Luliang (not sure of spelling) and often mentioned Kunming. He really liked the Chinese people. As he had custody of my younger brother and I, as his daughter it was a privilege to hear his stories. One thing that now stands out to me is his lack of fear flying. He had an advantage many other pilots did not in that he had been flying and instructing for years before the war and so he a lot of experience and was very comfortable in the air although doing the hump run was very cold. One story I remember is that he was coming from India as hadn’t gotten much if any sleep and dozed off, only to wake up staring at a mountain he was about to hit but obviously he didn’t due to his fast reactions and skill, still the 24/7 nature of hauling gas to China could have accounted for some of the lost airmen and planes that composed the aluminum Highway. Most of my earliest memories were of standing up behind the left seat in small aircraft being buffeted about above the Appalachians or being in airports, so it was natural for me to become a stewardess when I was old enough. BTW, the original poster here is my son.

Thank you for sharing this! I really enjoy hearing stories with personal connections to these events that I have chosen to recreate. Your father sounds like a great and brave man. I wish I could have met him, it seems he had the same love for flying that I do. It’s impressive that he survived that encounter, I definitely think that the round the clock flights took a toll on the pilots and no doubt accounted for some of the loses. I’m glad his love for aviation worked out as a career for you as well. Feel free to share any of his stories that you can recall. I will try to incorporate them in a future video. Thanks again for the comment.

⁠@@Fly-to-the-pastI can’t express how much I appreciate your videos and the time, money and expertise that has gone into them. As for my father, he grew up dirt poor in Appalachia but at some point in his childhood saw a plane doing stunts I think it was in the 1920s and in any case determined he wanted to fly and so when he finished high school he moved to Washington DC and before long he had his pilot’s license by working as a bellhop at the Jockey Club and boarding with his brothers saving every penny to spend on flying lessons. He was about 20 when he got his pilot license and his love of flying never diminished. I wish I had his logbooks and the stack of photos he came back from China with. As I remember his experiences that he talked about I’ll get back to you.

I’m very glad you are enjoying the videos. I feel that a lot of the information about these events will be lost if not talked about so I’m trying to keep the stories alive. Thank you for sharing more of your father’s story as well. His love for flying came in roughly the same way my love for flying did. I too was at an air show when I was young and was hooked from then on. Now I’m a private pilot and get to fly my Cherokee around for fun. It would be amazing to have his logbooks and pictures. Do you know what happened to them? I look forward to hearing more of his experiences. Thank you so much for sharing.

Hello, I can try to help. What are you trying to download? The Delta paint?

That’s amazing. Flying the C-47? Did he talk about it much?

Thank you! I always forget which quick views are the right ones. Yes, the 112 mph restriction applies to flaps only. However you can use the first notch (10 degrees) at 150 mph and only the second and further notches have the danger of damage above 112. The gear on the DC-3 is pretty sturdy and there’s really no limit unless there are mods on like gear doors. I usually use 150 mph as a good limitation there though.

​@@Fly-to-the-past I noticed I left out a word in my question. I meant to ask if the speed restriction only applies to FULL flaps. Thanks for the clarification & video!

No worries. There’s a lot to keep straight on these old airplanes but that’s why I love flying them. Glad I could provide some clarification for you.

@vintagewingsinc.3394 thank you! It’s my favorite livery to fly in the sim and I hope to see her in person someday. You all did a fantastic job bringing her back to life. I hope I did the flying justice and treated her well. She’s certainly never let me down. Thanks so much for commenting!

@French28Pilot that is an interesting problem. I don’t think I’ve run into this issue. What power settings are you using for cruise just out of curiosity? I know there are some conflicts between the sperry gyropilot (in the center pedestal) and the KAP140 so that could be the source of the issues you are having. The mod is a huge improvement over the default aircraft. I believe there was some work done on the autopilot and further work is planned. Could you walk me through your level off procedure? Perhaps I can render assistance better by knowing that.

@@Fly-to-the-past Ok so I downloaded the improvement mod and it seems to have fixed my issue: my issue was that in cruise , I used like flex or sometimes even maximum thrust and that makes the plane pitch up you see? But the kap140 was in alt hold mode so he should do so but it didnt it just let the plane pitch up. So I thought: well , maybe I have to reduce the thrust. And I did so and I put the "climb" setting and it went fine but like I cant let it cruise at 130knots its way too slow so I downloaded your mod and it fixed it . I went into TOGA thrust and it leveled off perfectly and now I can cruise at like 185knots which is better. The only thing I notice is that the MAXIMUM cruise speed it around 220knots and so it makes me say: But this airplane is pretty slow. So is it an error of mine cuz I put all mixtures to auto- rich, propellee to max 100%, everything to max like max thrust, I even let on the fuel boost pumps. I cant find the supercharger button like in the dc6 because I think this would give it a LOT more power. Please can you tell le where is the supercharger ? And thx for the mod link it fixed the issue like I said even at 180knots it doesnt pith up anymore

@French28Pilot I'm glad the mod seems to have helped with your issue. The superchargers on this plane, with the mod, kick in at 10,000 feet automatically. On the TWA version of this plane it had a lever on the floor to shift into the second stage, on the Pan Am versions (which this plane is modelled after) there were no two stage superchargers. With that in mind the mod creator coded them to automatically engage at 10k feet. I have found that I have been able to achieve the correct speeds at altitude, cruise setting is around 30" of manifold pressure and 2,000 rpm, set mixtures to auto lean to save fuel and get better power up high. Keep in mind that at higher altitudes the pressure altitude may be different leading to you indicated airspeed (what is shown in the plane) being lower than your true airspeed. Give it a try up around 18k to 20k feet and see how she does. Let me know if I can be of more assistance.

@@Fly-to-the-past wait do you mean that above 10K feet I should put auto-lean mixture instead of auto-rich? Ok I got it for the superchargers so in the TWA variant theres a lever and on the others it just auto kicks in. Ok thank you for this information this is helpful for me thx and also beautiful scenery of La guardia I dont even imagine how they would land at night cuz theres like no papi at all haha:) Super vid

@French28Pilot typically I leave the mixture in auto rich until I level off in cruise. Then as part of my cruise checks I set mixtures to auto lean, regardless of what altitude I’m cruising at. The TWA vs Pan Am differences are only on the real aircraft, there is no lever in this model and both have automatic superchargers. Sorry for the confusion. As far as night landing in the scenery for 1935 it’s a challenge for sure. You really have to memorize the sight picture during the day and use perimeter lights to try and match that, it’s not easy at all. Those guys were the real deal back then.

Thank you. You know I may have accidentally edited it out. I’ll have to go back and look. I do recall flying directly over it when I did the flight. You get the bonus points just for reading the description though.

@Ledbringer67 it’s a nice little airport and what a fitting name for it too. I believe he also established an air training plan during World War Two.

Nice details on that airframe! I know a few of the ones Everts has were originally built as C-118 Liftmasters and the fact they still fly them is amazing. I believe the tail number of the one I flew here is N7780B. Sadly it seems they’re slowly replacing them in service and we may not see any flying in a few years. That is amazing that you’ve gotten your hands on some instruments, I’d love to find some things like that myself. Thanks for sharing!

You’re welcome! The old planes are my favorite too and I wasn’t seeing a lot of coverage on them so I decided to do it myself. I was not happy with the default setup for this beautiful aircraft either and didn’t fly it for months because of it. This mod adds much needed life to the stratoliner. It was recently updated too so perhaps I need to do an overview of that. Thanks for the comment, happy flying!

Correct. The R-1820 being a single row 9 cylinder as opposed to a double row 14 cylinder. Virtually the same horsepower output though. I’ve heard that pilots preferred the Wright powered planes but haven’t really been able to confirm why that’s the case.

One of the best sounds in my opinion. Any radial is good but those double row wasp engines are the best. Thanks for the comment!

Thank you! It’s a huge improvement and it has been updated even since I did the video. Highly recommend it. And you’re very welcome, I hope you were able to learn something from it.

@Lightdasher360, Thank you! I’m very glad you enjoyed it. I try to learn as much as I can about the aircraft I’m flying, it really helps with trying to fly them as close to real as possible. I’m pretty much only interested in flying the old stuff, I feel they have a lot more character than newer aircraft. Jim is a pretty good crew member most of the time, sometimes he refuses to let go of the throttles and I have to relieve him of his duties.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you sir. I’m glad you enjoy them. I enjoy flying these old planes and sharing their history with others. If there is a particular plane or route you’d like to see featured let me know.

Thank you! I certainly agree with you on the timeline. I would have liked to see it be more like 1940 and perhaps a set up for more in the 1950s when propliners were really kings of the skies. I normally do fly from EWR but I chose this route because it was part of the virtual airline I am a part of. If I recall correctly, wasn’t LGA started because Gov. Laguardia got upset at having to drive for longer to get downtown from Newark? Radio range is also something I normally do but felt it would be too much to do while trying to record a video. It is quite the challenge to use those old school ways of navigation! I’m looking to dive into celestial navigation next. As far as the run up is concerned you could be right, I just did what made the most sense to me. I didn’t see anything in the manual about that but I could have missed it. The bill for the lights wasn’t too bad, they went easy on me. I really have only landed the 307 probably 3 times. Obviously I need more practice at that. Thanks for the comment and I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

@@Fly-to-the-past-- Yes, Fiorello LaGuardia (the mayor of New York then and for a long time) started pushing for an airport in New York City when he got tired of seeing his city's airport located out in the wilds of New Jersey. Actually, the drive from downtown to EWR was and still is shorter than the drive to LGA, provided there is little traffic. Of course, that situation never prevails! The publicity "stunt" that the mayor pulled to draw attention to the situation involved his refusal to disembark from a TWA flight to "New York", which of course had landed at EWR. He had the press along on the trip, and he made a big deal of pointing out that his ticket read "New York". TWA, which apparently was not completely in the dark about what was to happen on this flight, obliged by continuing the flight to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, satisfying "hizzoner" and opening the political gates to the development of the super airport that would eventually bear the Mayor's name.

That is the story I remembered. It’s very interesting to get into the history of the airports that we fly out of. It’s also ironic that the drive is shorter from Newark, I did not realize that since I don’t frequent that area in the real world. Ernest Gann talks about flying out of Newark in Fate is the Hunter and his perils of trying to tame the DC-2 on landings there. What a time to be flying, with new technology coming out and being used and danger around every turn.

@@Fly-to-the-past I spent most of a 31 year airline career flying out of all three NY area airports, and it depends upon where you are in NY as to which of the airports is nearest. Obviously, from Queens it is JFK and/or LGA. This is true of at least the upper east side of Manhattan as well. But from lower Manhattan, especially on the West Side, EWR is closer in both distance and, usually, time. This is largely due to the near impossibility of getting cross-town in any reasonable length of time! I once had to drive from EWR to JFK, which is a trip best taken via the NJ turnpike to the GW bridge and thence via the Triboro bridge past LGA and down the Van Wyck to JFK. Of course this is over twice as much distance as a route through lower Manhattan, so since it was somewhere around 02:00 in the Big Apple I decided to cast my lot with the trans-Manhattan route. Big mistake! Cross-town traffic was still a nightmare, even at night! Took twice as long as the long-way-round would have done. We live and learn!

That’s quite a long career flying. What types were you typically flying? It’s an intriguing layout that NY has for airports. I would have thought at 02:00 that it would have been quicker to do it that way as well. I guess it really is the city that never sleeps. Lesson learned that day I’m sure.

You’re welcome! Hope it was helpful to you.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. I have other videos planned, if there’s a historic flight or aircraft you’d like to see let me know.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I will be continuing to dive into the history of these routes in future videos. It was my intent to fly in real weather but it must have been the only nice day over the Himalayas when I flew 😂

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you! Trying out some different editing things.

Harry, thank you for sharing this. Always nice to find people with a connection to these historical events. I love flying but I can imagine how your dad wouldn’t have if the hump was his exposure to it. Truly a brutal environment for flying. Thanks again for sharing and I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

Absolutely. I have noticed that on many of the DC-3 videos and that inspired me to show how to do it as close to real as possible. I intend to try and walk through every phase of flight for this aircraft and perhaps other vintage planes as well. Glad you enjoyed it!

In a way yes. On the real aircraft it will start off the primer with the mixture in idle cut off. Unfortunately in the sim that isn’t simulated very well so you need the primer plus the mixture in at least auto lean for it to start. This is one of the only discrepancies between the real aircraft and the sim. Hope that helps!

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.

@@Fly-to-the-past I gave you a sub, keep it coming ❤️

Thank you so much. I intend to keep the content coming. If you have something you’d like to see or learn about please let me know. I’m mainly focusing on vintage aircraft, hence the channel name.

@@Fly-to-the-past I will do that, I am an old piston pusher who loves radial engines. Dc-3 and the Caribou are my go to aircraft

@FlightSimVRDad I’m the same way. Love the DC-3 and fly it quite often in the sim. The caribou is an awesome and very capable aircraft. I’ll have to do some bush flying videos with it at some point.

Thank you for sharing. Sadly that was the fate of many pilots in the CBI theater. I wish there was a Commando in the sim but the C-47 will have to do.

Indeed. The amount of effort that was exerted cannot be stated enough.

Thank you! I couldn’t agree more. Douglas did it right when they created the DC-3. The fact that there are still so many flying nearly 90 years later is a testament to its design. It’s one of my favorites to fly. Glad you enjoyed the video!

@@Fly-to-the-past Indeed. I think at this point there is no question that it will get to the 100 years flying, now the thing is... Will it get to the 200 years flying?... 🤣🤣🤣

It will for sure make it to 100. 200 is a stretch but if they keep upgrading them to turboprops and rebuilding them it’s not a terribly difficult task. I’m more of a fan of radial power plants but if the turbo conversions keep the old girl alive then I’ll allow it.

Thank you for relaying this back to me, I really appreciate the feedback. I’m glad he enjoyed the video and am honored that it impressed him. I think he would have a blast with his own set up. I find it interesting that so many of his flights were at night, that would have been a whole different level of stress. I will try to recreate a true experience at some point, with weather and nighttime in his honor. I also appreciate the comments on the fuel situation. I was not sure how they planned for that because there really isn’t much written about the particulars of flight planning at the time. I just did what seemed right to me. I will keep that in mind for the next flight. I’m sure Jack has so many stories and I would love to hear some of them from him. Thank you again for sharing that. And please thank Jack for taking the time to watch the video and give his thoughts on it. I truly appreciate it.

@edo1946 in one of your other comments here you mentioned Jack’s book “World War Two as I Remember it”. I have been trying to find a copy of this book to read but I can’t find it anywhere. Do you know where I could obtain a copy? Thanks in advance.

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Welcome aboard! Glad you enjoy the DC3 videos. Any vintage aircraft is fair game here though the DC3 is one my favorites. Planning to showcase some other radial powered aircraft soon.

Hi Eric. I think I mentioned it in my very first video on my channel but perhaps I should do another more in depth tutorial type video on it. The basic explanation is that you do this to keep the engine driving the props instead of the props driving the engine. This keeps the load on the bearings in the direction they were designed for and thus keeping proper lubrication between the bearings and crankshaft. Hopefully this helps explain it a little. Again I should probably do a deep dive on it because it’s an interesting mechanical phenomenon.

@@Fly-to-the-past Thank you I will look for the video, I only recently stumbled onto your channel.

You’re welcome! I wouldn’t say I know what I’m doing but I definitely enjoy flying it. It took some practice to get used to that heading indicator for me as well. It’s very helpful for me to set the heading bug on the heading first and then just turn to the bug. It’s a very rewarding plane once you get the hang of it. Glad you enjoy the videos.

Nice job. I was just starting to make a video of a VR MSFS flight I did with an actual WW2 Hump pilot. He will be 100 at a birthday party we are doing for him on January 17, 2024. He was ecstatic to get back in the cockpit and did pretty good. I was going to make the video for a birthday present but yours is so much better than I could do. I think I'll just forward this link to him. He really enjoyed the VR flight out of Myitkyina. He noted the Irrawaddy River where he and his buddies used to swim out to the islands. Cold water coming down from the high Himalayas must have been refreshing. Great timing and I salute your flying knowledge. - Ed G.

Thank you! I’m honored that you think my video is good enough to share with him. I would still encourage you to publish it though. I know I would watch it, especially to be able to hear from someone that actually flew the routes. I’d love to sit down and talk to someone with the experience but there’s so few of them left. Was he flying C-47s over the hump?

Yes, he was a C47 pilot from 1943 through VJ day. He wrote a mini-memoir, “WW2 as I remember it,” by Jack Goodrich, and is quite an energetic chap for 100 years old. Unfortunately, I did not tape the actual VR flight that I took him on, so I was planning on taping a fun remembrance hop over the hump, pointing out some of the memories he had commented on. So, unfortunately, you would not hear the joy and enthusiasm in his voice as he took over the controls and observed the Irrawaddy River below us on takeoff while remembering his off-day swims in its chilly water. I think he will enjoy watching the details of your videos. You really know the ins and outs of that cockpit. I’ll let you know his thoughts and comments.

That’s quite a bit of time to be flying over the hump and make it home. I will be looking for that book. It must have been a special experience to see him relive those off days through the sim. Please do let me know what he thinks of it. If he has any tips for flying the old C-47 pass those on as well. I hope he enjoys it.

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

I envy your real life experience sir! I badly want to fly a DC-3 for real. I’ve tried to start in idle cut off and then go to auto Rich but unfortunately on this simulation of the 3 it doesn’t work out correctly. There also isn’t a great model of a free castering tailwheel but i do attempt to use differential power and such while taxiing. If you have any other DC-3 tips or stories I’d love to hear them.

@@Fly-to-the-past I steped out of a DH82 Tiger Moth biplane (I flew Cessnas & Pipers as well) into a DC3 having never flown twins, Constant Speed Props, Retractable gear plus only flown 10 hours at night in the Circuit! We prayed the Captain wouldn't drop dead for the first year but after that he was fair game. On one flight we did 240 kts one way & 45 kts back in strong winds. On another flight with an old WW2 Captain I was flying in poring rain & it was as rough as hell & I was busy while he was twiddling his thumbs & he said "Heavy Due". :o) There a handfull on the ground but a docile heavy Cessna in the air. ------ Pre Start (as we did it) Battery on Left Right ( fuel tank selector) Quantity Belt & Smoking on. Fire Hatch open. "Clear Two" (All DC3s in Australia had fixed Cowl flaps) ---- Take-off Take-off power (Airbourne) METO Power ( Maximum Except To) 500 ft Climb Power --- (Check list) Gear up Temps & Pressures Fire Hatch closed.

Thank you for sharing these stories, nice to have input from someone with actual time in these airplanes. That was quite a jump in aircraft type! I myself am only flying Cessnas, a cub, and occasionally a Luscombe in the real world and would no doubt feel the same making that change. That old captain probably had seen a lot worse and thought “eh, he’s got it” and he was right it seems. Regarding the start, you mention the fire hatch. I assume that is referring to the extinguisher handles in the floor? I also was not aware that any had fixed cowl flaps. We’re they fixed in full open or in the trail position? Thank again for the feedback, I thoroughly enjoy stories relating to the DC3 as it is one of my favorites.

@@Fly-to-the-past the Cowl Flaps were in a slight trail position on both the R1820 9 cylinder Cyclones as used in the T28 & B17's (1,600 hours for me & R1830 Pratts 14 Cylinder (24 hours) - nearly the same to operate. The fire handle in the floor Hatch operated a Co2 bottle behind the Fo's seat for engine 1 or 2 - the overhead panel had Methyl Bromide ( Great for your health) switches for each engine. If you look up VH - ANR an historic aircraft (I flew 1,000 hours in it) Queensland Air Museum there are photos provided by me ( I am the one with his arm out the window pointing).

Thanks for the clarification Bill. Not many of the Wright powered DC3s left anymore. Was there a noticeable difference in performance between the two engines? I was familiar with the CO2 system but had not heard of the Methyl Bromide set up. That seems like some lovely stuff to be exposed to. I will be adding the fire hatch bit to my pre start checklist in any future DC3 flights, I think it will add a touch of realism to it. VH-ANR is a good looking plane, I did not come across the one with your arm in it though.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you!

The RAF base at Dinjan is part of a scenery add on that is available on flightsim.to. It adds in multiple airfields that were in use during the airlift and really adds to the feeling that you are in the 1940s. It is by far my favorite scenery add on. I did plan this in Little Nav Map but without the add on you can only get close to the route as many of the fields do not exist today. Hope that helps!

Thanks much for the info! I downloaded and extracted the folders. I was not able to successfully install it in my community folder. I copied "Flying the Hump" Directory into the community folder, but that did not work. I removed the "Flying the Hump" directory from the Community folder and copied ms-airport-hump-hump to the Community folder after restarting the sim again, but that didn't work either.

It has been quite some time since I installed it but I recall having some trouble with it as well. Took a bit of trial and error but eventually got it to work. If you just want to fly over the hump I could provide a route that would get you close to the original airports.

I’m having the same issue. Did you figure it out? Thx Lee

@@bro977 No unfortunately I did not. I wish I could get it to work. I am glad to read that someone else is having trouble, too and I am not the only one.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.