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I'm not at my modding computer, but if you have a vertical landing gear arm with no scissor link so it just moves up and down with no other moving parts you just need the following in your landing gear section: ShockTravelAxis=Z-Axis (obviously the mesh pivot needs to be oriented correctly with the Z-axis up). The ShockStroke will determine how far it moves up and down and the SpringFactor/DampingFactor with determine the rate etc. Dels

If you have a landing gear with a very simple compression (i.e. movement up the Z-axis), then there is no need to animate it at all. There are entries within the landing gear section to allow it. Dels

I agree with the other responses that the bottom one looks better. However, aerodynamically, the bottom one would produce more parasite/form drag due to cross section and induced drag due to increased lift. While the top one would produce much less form drag its lift would be negligible so induced drag would be much less. As an added bonus, the interference drag at the wing root/fuselage interface would be much less delaying separation at high angles of attack possibly giving a higher Cl max and hence lower stall speed. Also, the top one would be easier from a plumbing perspective. So, practically: the top one. Aesthetically: the bottom. Dels

Yes. The external model is complete and I'm working on the cockpit at the moment. But it won't be ready by next week... Dels

Yes, these days there seems to be more of a Capt. Picard approach rather than the Capt. Kirk "We come in peace, shoot to kill". Not that I want to spark up that argument... Dels

Cool, this can be the new thread for razzing Thirdwire. All is well in the world again.

Not likely, as LOD #2 probably wouldn't have the cannon barrels or fairings on the fuselage IMHO. Dels

My AC-130U & J both have a side mounted gunsight but as mentioned in the readme its use is a bit of trial and error. Dels

No, I'm afraid you're out of luck. The best thing you could do is hide the current mesh, then build a new 3d mesh and add it via the fake pilot method. Dels

Looking good!

I thnk the only thing that moves in a direction (i.e. does't rotate) that is controlled via the _DATA.ini is the shock travel on the landing gear. So it's a lot more limiting than the cockpit.ini. Dels

You could try giving it a bit more aft eject velocity to avoid it going through the ramp like that. This will have the downfall of producing an unrealistic deceleration but it might look better. From my airdrop publications: Given a platform of 27500 lb in weight (roughly the weight of the M113) the exit time is 4.4 seconds which includes the time taken to deploy the extraction chute. So basically the platform leaves the cargo compartment in less than a second! Dels

No I didn't make one. As mentioned in the PM I will put it on the list after my current projects. Dels

You could also build each individual 'feather' so that all you have to do is a small rotation at the base (see picture below from my F-2A). However, this will mean more polys depending on your nozzle design. Dels

You need to align the pivot so that the Y axis is pointing up through the rotor. All engines need to spin around the Y-axis. Dels

Without me looking into it, maybe you could use the UHF COMM in the top left of the panel? Dels

I have to agree with FC on this. Working with someone else's model (especially one that's not already made for SF2) is usually twice (if not three times) as much work as starting from scratch. Dels

Ahhh, I thought it had been a while since we last had a "What SF2 really needs is..." and "What on earth is TK doing?" thread. I know it never starts out that way but we always seem to end up on that road. Oh well, why break with tradition now? Dels

Negative. As Crusader said, I built it from scratch one poly at a time. Dels

Yes IIRC this was done for the original WOV A-6A cockpit which had no RWR. Dels

Thanks for taking the time Russo. Dels

Russo, Not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I followed the download instructions correctly and both textures for the tower and the .LOD are in the applicable terrain folder. However, only the inside of the tower (screens etc) and the roof from outside are textured. The rest of the building is plain light grey. Is there anyone else with this problem? Dels

Yeah, if you watch Navy SEALs apparently a Stinger can blow up a BTR-152 APC.

I'm not sure if the sim has a way to implement this, but some aircraft have a rudder-aileron interconnect. This is mainly to reduce adverse aileron yaw but naturally works in reverse also. Dels

Happy to help. I'm sure someone else came up with it initially, but I'll take the credit! Dels