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  1. LOL...well, I can do one better. Check out this page, specifically the price and warning provided: http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/de80tfexhisp.html "Important note: Please use caution when handling this part, always take care to mount any Delta parts before use as it can cause bodily harm at 8000 RPM."
  2. I was reminiscing about that "bad old days" of PC cooling and overclocking with a friend, who reminded me that I had once used a heat-sink topped off with an 80 mm 7200 RPM Delta "screamer" fan,to cool an OC'd Athlon XP CPU. I used to argue the point that the noise it made was worth the added cooling protection! I am surprised that I did not lose my hearing. To give those of you who are unfamiliar with those old Deltas sounded like, here's a video: If anything, It reminds me of the sound effects from "Earth versus the flying saucers:
  3. Ignacio, The catapult end points can be adjusted to simulate VTOL quite easily, as evidenced by this video that I created a couple of years ago:
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    Yak VTO

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    Krizis's Yak-38 model in VTOL mode, under AI control
  6. Was the model originally equipped with, and/or setup to use bump maps? If not, then the answer is no. The model has to have bump-mapping associated with it from the onset in 3dMax, before its exported to LOD format. One cannot simply add bump maps like they were skin textures.
  7. If that's the case, then the issue is due to the SF2NA default IcelandNA terrain being LOD-based, as opposed to earlier Thirdwire and third-party terrain sets, which are TOD-based. Nothing you can do about that, as it would then be a 3D model issue.
  8. Meanwhile, high above an undisclosed test range......
  9. In the same catalog folder that a given aircraft's data.ini goes in. For example, most of the F-4 models have theirs located inside of the ObjectData008.cat file
  10. Interesting read: The first two F-86Hs were built in California. The first F-86H made its maiden flight on April 30, 1953, piloted by Joseph Lynch. It carried no armament, and was fitted with the standard Sabre slatted wing. By the time it was sent to Edwards AFB for tests in October, it had the "6-3" wing of the later F-86F. In December, it returned to Edwards with slatted wings. The vertical tail assembly was 3 inches taller and wider through the chord, but had a smaller rudder. The horizontal tail surfaces were changed from the "all-flying" design with a split stabilizer and elevator to a single all-flying tail design. Initially, the design was to have the old-style slatted wing without the "6-3" extension. The 15th F-86H-1-NH was fitted with the "6-3" wing of the later F-86F, with extended wing tips and wing fences. Wing span was increased from 37.12 feet to 39.1 feet and wing area rose to 313.4 square feet. The F-86H-5-NH, which appeared in January of 1955, introduced an armament of four 20-mm M-39 cannon. The M-39 was formerly known as the T-160, which was first tested in Korea. These guns weighed 286 pounds more than previous Sabre gun installations, but packed a lot more punch. Ammunition supply was limited to only 600 rounds, which was only about six seconds of firing time. The last of 60 F-86H-5-NH was delivered in February of 1955. In the meantime, on June 11, 1953 the USAF approved an additional contract (NA-203) for 300 F-86H-10-NHs. These differed from earlier F-86Hs primarily in having different electronic equipment and in having the J73-GE-3E engine. The first aircraft was delivered in January of 1955, and the last aircraft on the order was delivered in April of 1956. The last ten H-10s used the so-called "F-40" wing, with extended wingtips and slats on the extended leading edge, which improved low-speed handling. Eventually, all of the remaining Hs in the USAF and ANG inventories were retrofitted with the "F-40" wing.
  11. And here we go again: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Shark-New-York-Beach-Tri-State-264829171.html I used to think that incidents like this only took place when they were about to release a new "Jaws" sequel.
  12. Ask TK at Thirdwire's web site.
  13. Eli Wallach has passed on, leaving Robert Vaughn as the only surviving lead actor from the "Magnificent Seven". Walllach's most memorable role, however was that of Tuco in "The Good The Bad, and The Ugly." RIP Eli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwdypLFy8Pk#t=12 http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-eli-wallach-20140625-story.html#
  14. There's no way to add those features to that cockpit. Once a model is exported to a .LOD file, only the owner of the source (MAX) file, can add animations and lights, and re-export it to the LOD format. The alternative to achieve your desired goal is to edit the model's ini file and change the cockpit and avionics call-outs to utilize the F-4E's cockpit and avionics files, in place of the F-4B/C/D's 'pit.
  15. Cool. I visited the USS Massachusetts back in the day when you were allowed to pretty much roam free at will and enter the turrets, etc. They did not have Plexiglas barriers in place back then, so could pretty much check everything out at close quarters. I have also visited the USS Texas and the USS New Jersey. The Texas was eye-opening, it seemed to have been designed for a crew whose average height must have been less than five foot six. A foreman that I used to work for was a crew-member on the North Carolina in 1945.
  16. The recent abundance of harbor and grey seals along the NJ coast has led to an increase in White Shark sightings, as well as encounters with them while fishing. Here are two videos taken within the last two weeks, all in the area of the "28 Mile Wreck" (so-named due to it's distance from Absecon inlet, which is located at the north-end of Atlantic City) Here's a link regarding that wreck (which was known the SS Varanger in it's heyday) http://www.aquaexplorers.com/shipwreckvaranger.htm Two weekends ago: http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2013/06/video_great_white_shark_circles_boat_off_atlantic_city_coast.html This past weekend: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/video_shows_great_white_shark_circling.html White sharks are protected in US waters, all you can do is tag them for research purposes, you are not allowed to purposely fish for them.
  17. Sure they did, and well within stinger range, too. Wanna buy a bridge?
  18. Just a thought, what did you name the folder; "Weapons" or "Weapon"? If it's the latter, it won't work, as it's not what the game is expecting to see.
  19. You need to provide much more detail. Assuming it's something meant to be loaded onto an aircraft, which weapon, onto which aircraft, and during what year? Also, where did you get the weapon(s) you're trying to load (specific weapons pack, etc)?
  20. Never mind, they're PTB-3000 tanks, and Lindr had already modeled them. They were in Gunny's weapons pack.
  21. It should also be able to produce the right sounds. Imagine drifting off to sleep by the sound of a Merlin at cruise RPMs......
  22. Check your PMs
  23. I need a talented model-maker to volunteer to create a 3000-liter drop tank for the Su-24M. I'll try to obtain more images for you.
  24. I may as well release this model, as well. I've had permission to do so from its creator (Tomcat74), for the last three or four years. It needs to have the texture work completed, and the FM needs to be brought up to the latest patch standards.
  25. That's not MarcFighter's model. It is missing bump-mapping, the radome isn't as smooth, the tail is the wrong shape, and it's lacking external reflections from the canopy.
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