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Ok managed to finish both models and flight models. Ill start reworking the textures soon.

I also found out there was a proposel for an anti submarine version of the arava so im thinking of creating a what if model of it, something kinda like this (if i still even remember how to make 3d models lol)

Turns out im stupid, i had to do CTRL+A and then press on rotation and scale and then boom! the problem was solved. All that's left is to create a proper data file and find a fitting cockpit and that's it really.

If someone's good at those things let me know since i suck at data files

Found the textures too, if someone has experience i feel like this would be a piece of cake

I haven't played strike fighters 2 in a long time, but when i did i started trying to make my own IAI arava mod (posted about it a bit if anyone can remember). I gave up on it because of school and because the rotation axis of the propellers made no sense and so i grew tired of the project.

I would like to know if there's anyone that has experience in blender modding that would like to take it from me and actually finish it. 

The 3D Model is made by me in blender 2.79b and has full animations already created for it + if i recall correctly full templates already made in blender.

I created both the Arava 201 varient and the Arava 202 (winglets version)

If anyone's interested, HMU!

On 5/20/2026 at 2:18 AM, angelp said:

Something is about to take off...

 

 

 

Been a long time since ive seen a lavi

On 10/29/2025 at 6:59 AM, ragnarokryan said:

Annual bump to the Lavi thread.... anything new? I can't get Jane's IAF to work on WIN11 so I am missing the Lavi 

I kinda quit the game but if stratos and angelp agree ill release a beta of what ive added to their lavi (skins, flight model reworked a bit, weapons and cockpit) but it would still need some more touchups from what i remember @Stratos @angelp

On 7.11.2023 at 1:32 AM, EricJ said:

Hey what Spitfire is this for?

So sorry for the late response, never noticed it until recently when going through my profile

It's for the spitfire LF .IXc!

On 30.7.2024 at 10:59 AM, ragnarokryan said:

Has anybody heard anything recently about the Lavi? 

I've sent the new skins to stratos and it's currently between him and angelp

I tried looking at some of the stocks and mods, but then I remembered helicopters have rotors that spin above and I found the RotationAxis field but it also didn't fix it

I tried fixing it but the engines still are spinning on the z axis instead of the y axis, no matter what i do. does anyone have any tips?

I fixed most issues in the flight model but for some reason my propellers are always spinning on the Z axis no matter what axis i set it up as, does anyone know how to fix it?

[Right_Engine]
ReferenceName=Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 620hp/460kW
SystemType=PROP_ENGINE
InputName=THROTTLE_CONTROL
EngineID=2
SLPowerDry=445000.0
ThrustAngles=0.0,0.0,0.0
ThrustPosition=2.857,2.541,0.0
ThrottleRate=0.3
AltitudeTableNumData=7
AltitudeTableDeltaX=3048.0
AltitudeTableStartX=0.0
AltitudeTableData=1.000,0.664,0.441,0.292,0.186,0.118,0.000
SpinnerNodeName=RightCone
StaticPropNodeName=prop.001
SlowPropNodeName=SlowPropR
FastPropNodeName=FastPropR
DamagedPropNodeName=
SlowPropRPM=1480
FastPropRPM=1800
MaxPropRPM=2000
IdlePropRPM=1000
BSFC=0.00298
ExhaustEmitterName=CleanExhaustEmitter
ExhaustPosition=2.857,1.894,1.247
ExhaustEffectSize=0.6
FireSuppression=TRUE
ContrailPosition=2.857,1.894,1.247
ConstantSpeed=TRUE
MaxPowerAnimationTime=0.1
MinPowerAnimationTime=0.3
NumBlades=3
PropDiameter=2.557
PropRotationDirection=LEFT
MomentOfInertia=0.0
PropPFactorCoefficient=0.01
PropTorqueFactor=0.01
PropEfficiencyAdvanceRatioTableNumData=8
PropEfficiencyAdvanceRatioTableDeltaX=0.2
PropEfficiencyAdvanceRatioTableStartX=0.0
PropEfficiencyAdvanceRatioTableData=0.023,0.842,0.870,0.870,0.870,0.870,0.841,0.702
GasTempMaxRPM=700.0
GasTempIdleRPM=400.0
GasTempChangeRate=2.0
OverheatTemp=750.0
DamageTempDelta=100.0
MinManifoldPressure=0.35
MaxManifoldPressure=1.0
OilPressMaxRPM=6.89
OilPressIdleRPM=2.75
OilPressChangeRate=0.5
LowOilPress=5.51
LowOilTempDelta=400.0
RotationAxis=y-Axis
 

if you dont ill just send you the images and hopefully their download will be just fine

do you have a wetransfer account? it wont let me send a rar file since its larger than 2.93mb

if you want it ill dm it to you, its baseed on the what-if israeli f-14

I made a dhimari f-14 skin for one of tmf's F-14's inspired by spud's dcs campaign, I'll dm it to you later

Arava 202 is also wip (winglets and radar)

12 minutes ago, yakarov79 said:

I hardly see a similar configuration with a vampire...(starting with size) but anyway, try Boxcar data/fm. 

Took the vampire because it has one elevator and the forks that hold it and the vertical stabilizers like the arava. It also had 2 separate flaps on each wing (not to mention airbrake) which helped me learn 

4 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

why not a FM of an aircraft closer to what you have. try the Let-410 (closest cargo plane in size and config i can think of )

I tried using the dhc-6 since it had some similarities to the arava but I didn't like the flight model, then I went to the vampire because it had a similar configuration to the arava (and I'll tweak the model itself to make it less agile), but I'm still not sure whats causing the plane to be so backheavy

Fixed all the issues i had with the model, now for the technical stuff:

everytime i try to land the aircraft decideds it wants to do a wheelie and not come out of that wheelie, no matter what approach i take when landing.

when i try to take off i spin out (guessing its just the low speed handeling of the game since it doesnt like planes taking off at an angle)

anyone know what can cause this? cg perhaps? The flight model im basing the plane of of is the vampire 5

Ok so all I need is another mesh inside the fuselage, I'll do that 

I guess I worded it wrong, what I meant was that I don't see the inner walls in the game

What do you suggest besides mirroring the other side?