+Zurawski Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Got her in and flying reasonably well (What without any fly-by-wire and all...) Must confess it's fun as hell mastering the art of flying this bird. Taking-off is a piece of cake... Hover is like balancing on the head of a needle... Landing is a test of patience and dexterity... yet fun as hell. Can't wait the share the final product! That said... enjoy the pics! Powering-up for VTOL take-off... Holding zero-speed hover... Pitching forward to gain some airflow over the wings and rotating the nacelles... Full transition into airplane mode and climbing to cruise alt... Heading for waypoint two...
+SayethWhaaaa Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 First thing I'm going to o with that is try to mow the lawn... What's the ground clearance for the blades Z? About 7 feet?
+Spectre_USA Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 That is gonna be one tough one to master! But fun to try to.
+Bongodriver Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!! As a community we need to push 3rd wire for some patches to increase realism and add extra functions to this game/sim, the community add ons are becoming so exotic that they need some justice. (well just the way I feel anyway).
+Zurawski Posted September 6, 2007 Author Posted September 6, 2007 (edited) First thing I'm going to o with that is try to mow the lawn... What's the ground clearance for the blades Z? About 7 feet? "Eight feet"... It doesn't mow so much as mulch. Edited September 6, 2007 by Zurawski
+Zurawski Posted September 6, 2007 Author Posted September 6, 2007 VTOL and STOL require a bit of finess... Because we can't model a swashplate you have to control your attitude roll and yaw to manage hover manuvers. It works realtively well except when you loose the reigns and an input gets out of hand. Then your fighting a bucking bronco that wants to go anywhere but where you want to go. With practice you can do some cool stuff though... I've held zero-speed hovers....parked it on ships....etc. Long story short... it doesn't shoot anything but I can't stop playing with it! (The Osprey that is...)
Guest Saganuay82 Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Maybe Kreelin - "The Master of Hover FM" will have a boo at it when it comes out. Great job on the plane. Shape looks great.
Silverbolt Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Awesome!!!!!! will have a way to open the cargo bay and trop some troopers?
+Zurawski Posted September 6, 2007 Author Posted September 6, 2007 Awesome!!!!!!will have a way to open the cargo bay and trop some troopers? Yup... Cargo bay doors do open. Haven't decided on what all I'll offer as loadouts, but you can be sure troop drops will be in it...
+HrntFixr Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 <thump> That's the sound of me falling out of my chair! Freakin AWESOME bro!!!!
+Zurawski Posted September 9, 2007 Author Posted September 9, 2007 Thanks for all the encouragement guys... I won't let you down. :D
Dreamstar Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 is there gonna be a "What If....." Gunship version on the horizon at any point? :yes:
Creepn_Death Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Speaking of which, is there gonna be a USAF model since there wouldn't be much to be added exteriorly?
xrearl Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Leaving the Marine core version out would be a sin! Looking Good (good!!!!) Looking awesome!
+Zurawski Posted September 24, 2007 Author Posted September 24, 2007 is there gonna be a "What If....." Gunship version on the horizon at any point? :yes: "Yes"... I've got a serious "what if" version in the planning stages.
+Zurawski Posted September 24, 2007 Author Posted September 24, 2007 Speaking of which, is there gonna be a USAF model since there wouldn't be much to be added exteriorly? I should be able to spin all the various versions out... There's only small differences between them...
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