Cliff7600

It's a 1st gen mod

It's based on the "OpenCockpit=TRUE" cockpit with a 3D model photograph as a fake pilot.

8 hours ago, Wilches said:

The setting above seams to make it close not to open.

..so it works.
Then try this :

[GunnerCanopy]
SystemType=HIGHLIFT_DEVICE
DeploymentMethod=AUTOMATIC_SPEED 
Setting[1].Angle=0.0
Setting[1].DeployValue=59
Setting[1].RetractValue=60
Setting[2].Angle=30.0
Setting[2].DeployValue=60
Setting[2].RetractValue=59
MaxDeflection=30.0 
MinDeflection=0.0
ControlRate=2.0
AnimationID=9

The ModelNodeName is only needed if you want to add some aero coefficients, as drag for example (just my guess).

Let's go !

THAT is speed 

Covered by the fury of six mighty J-93, you cannot hear the "StructuralFactor" strongly expressing his disagreement.
Once he lost patience ...hit's a wall.

The Twin Otter on the apron ?
It's the Range terrain

but nothing is really unmodded in my install.

If it's doing ferry flights, it's just flying here and there until the night comes (or ends), as there's no refuelling in game.
I did it with the P-2H or the Belfast (9 hours).

I need an advice :
What fuel tank from the stock install to use as a 250 US gal tank ?

I'm planning to put 6 of them in the cargo bay. It's an option for ferry flight.

S-2 + E-1 = "track a trace"
There's definitely Tracker's traces, and the other stuff behind the whale is surely a turtle, no doubt about it

Mandatory Screenshot :

I have a fix to test
It's not a real suggestion, it's just something to test.

In the FA-18E_DATA.ini file :

[Engine1]
...
ThrustPosition=-0.4912,-6.7577,0.0

[Engine2]
...
ThrustPosition=0.4912,-6.7577,0.0

3 hours ago, UllyB said:

Any post poll commentaries are appreciated

Congrats to the winner and all the contestants.

I have a boundless admiration for the guy who voted for the F2Y, a true modern hero, boldest of the boldest, a legend among his contemporaries 

No such issues, I misspoke.
I wanted to say that the F-86 cockpit doesn't have the double set of gauges for both engines, like the Javelin, the Meteor or the G-91Y cockpits.
And it doesn't have a range counter.

It's a quick fix, as the RPM gauge has a double set of needles, one small one large, so each engine has its own needle. And it doesn't make a difference in game.
And I doubled the values on the fuel flow texture, 0 to 24 instead of 0 to 12.
As for the range counter, I converted the side slip needle to a 0 - 60 NM indicator.

The original F-86 fuel flow indicator setting should be :

[FuelFlowIndicator]
Type=FUEL_FLOW_INDICATOR
NodeName=needle_fuelflow
MovementType=ROTATION_Z
Set[01].Position=0.0
Set[01].Value=0.0
Set[02].Position=80.0
Set[02].Value=0.278
Set[03].Position=159.0
Set[03].Value=0.556
Set[04].Position=242.0
Set[04].Value=0.8333
Set[05].Position=330.0
Set[05].Value=3.333
ValueUnit=LB

Empire of Paran
1981

Approaching the landing pattern of P14, near the start of the "StarWars canyon" (AI aircraft)

Thanks !

Now it has the right gunsight.
I use the tga from the old Canberra pit, and just enhanced the colour.

The double engine gauges are missing, as well as a DME counter, but the size of the dashboard is ok for the model.

No wonder it won't calm down

Kingdom of Dhimar
1979

On my side I made a repaint of Zurawski's F-86F cockpit.
The main difference is I used the OpenCockpit entry, with its pros and cons.

The spokesperson of the kingdom of Dhimar announced that a formal complaint has been filed against the empire of Paran for having armed military aircrafts flying under civilian registrations.

The head of the training center "Falcon Flight", based near Horreya - Empire of Paran, answered it was a necessary measure to protect innocent civilian student pilots during their flights
from (quote) the very dangerous and totally irresponsible trigger fanatics that were recruited in the armies of Dhimar, including their crazy pilots. 

Chief of the parani public relations added that there was no concern about these aircrafts being equipped with a machine gun because it was "filled with lead".

___

A parani MiG-15 photographed while flying over a Royal Dhimari Air Force base :

4 hours ago, PeacePuma said:

I voted for another plane

You did the right move.

In the "What it is next" thread there's a post :
"just a tip...you might not want to waste votes on tandem Jag or Mohawk...just saying..."

So you didn't waste your vote on the tandem jag ^^

RAF Canucks

B flight leader scored a kill

My turn. So many debris !

Little weapons mod for the CF-100 Canuck in RAF livery by Spinners.

What-if the ground crew found some paint ?

Yes when I talk about it I see it as an option, no more.

40 minutes ago, UllyB said:

[...] you are in a "beyond any doubt" minority

I'm used to it
 the vote for the CL-215 is mine xD

3 hours ago, UllyB said:

you want a real majority to support a winner

I don't "want" anything (I had few minutes to write an answer during my lunch break, hence the lack of explanation).
It's just that 27% of votes for the winner make 73% of the voters disappointed. This is due to the number of competitors.

The idea behind the second round would be to make more people voting for the winner.
If you make a vote with 3 contestants, it will increase the percentage of the winner (at least 33.333% if it's a tie, and the first round score would make the difference).
So, yes an higher majority to support the winner. More people behind the elected one.
I have nothing against the leading contestant.
But at the end, winning with a "low" score can leave more disappointed people than happy people.

Then, if the percentage is "low" after a second round, it should be the winner anyway, unless the rules of the vote don't allow it (and that's not the case).
And if the winner of the second round was also the winner of the first round, it will enhance his status as winner for all participants as well.

3 hours ago, UllyB said:

I established a two week vote, hoping that we will gather , at least, a stable "core" of interested voters

I fully agree with you on this point.

And I noticed that you said that the winner will be the aircraft with the most votes.

On 08/02/2023 at 5:28 PM, UllyB said:

Actually I was wanting to propose exactly that, in the end, Sunday, to VOTE (you, all who made all the propositions) and let the majority decide

The majority is 50% or more.
Take 1000 or 10 people, 25% is not the majority. Unless it's a relative majority.

The difference is to deal with 750 / 7.5 disappointed people, or with 500 / 5, or less, disappointed people.

2 hours ago, UllyB said:

why bother futhermore ?

Then don't bother, it's your choice.

2 hours ago, UllyB said:

you can't change the rules

I don't make the rules.
It's just you retained a part of my suggestion of vote, and not the entire idea.

2 hours ago, UllyB said:

because the outcome doesn't look as you hoped for

The aircrafts I have chosen wouldn't have been in a second round anyway.

On 12/02/2023 at 10:24 AM, Cliff7600 said:

So I would make a poll for each category of aircrafts.
Not to decide which aircraft will be created, but to ask people their preference and then take a decision

I'd like to underline that,
because I really think that you should make a second round with only the highest scores.

Otherwise the "most wanted" bird would have been chosen by a quarter of the voting community.

Modding in progress :

I wasn't too happy with the handling at slow speed and sometimes the wingmen crashed.
I just don't know what happened to this one

So I decided to give more lift... but the landings on the aircraft carrier were not good anymore
I got rear-ended by a wingman.

I thought I should go further on the deck to wait for the wingmen, but the edge is not where it seems ^^ the left wheel is still there.

On this one I recreated the issue just for the screenshot xD

Wrong settings for a fake engine that I gave up later. Only the regular engines remain.

I added some reverse and it worked as wanted with the player aircraft but not with the AI aircrafts who started to crash, so I deleted everything.
The purpose of a fake engine at 0,0,0 of the model was to have a reverse sound, and it worked.
But it looks like someone was smoking in the cargo bay next to a barrel of gasoline.

It's going to take longer than I thought, but as long as the Royal Navy let me use their carrier (in the straits of Dhimar) it's ok.

3 minutes ago, UllyB said:

What aircraft is that

It's a not serious mod I made from the very good MiG-Ye8ML made by Logan4 and available in the download section, in this pack :

Well, I think I can show you an example with a little hot-rod I made for fun

Throttle at 99%

Throttle at 100%

It doesn't really give an advantage when dogfighting but it sure helps to runaway in a "F-104 style".
The good thing is the wingmen use it all the time.

Okay, it was just to test...

Many edits later, my wingman with 10000 pounds of payload :

With a few more tries I succeeded too

Still things to do, but at least it lands on the aircraft carrier 

And take-off

The little grey thingy at the right bottom is my wingman doing rounds on the water with one engine down...