KJakker

I have been interacting with the Wing Commander community again after a long time away and heard that Klavs81 died. Some people over at Wing Commander CIC are trying to collect all of his work. I recall that he made non-sci-fi models for use in mods over here at CombatAce. Anyone have his models?

Apparently the dive oversped the aircraft. Take a look at that rudder.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1lpsm95ge https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/30/world/dubai-flight-tel-aviv-israel-pilots#flydubai-flight-tel-aviv-israel-fz1073-diverted-pilots From what I have read above and elsewhere this sound like another attempted Germanwings 9525 type incident except it looks to be a stabbing instead of a lockout. Passengers and crew took control of the situation and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

Welcome, there are some great people here who are happy to help.

Anyone have a recommendation for software that can calculate the aerodynamics of a 3D model?

I was working on an update of all aircraft hitboxes some years back. I will see if I can find if I still have it or if it was lost in that hard drive issue I had.

Need help with data files Wrench?

Sorry I am late. I have gotten ships shooting missiles at each other in the past. If I knew which ships and weapons were involved maybe I could help.

We do not have a Folland Gnat yet?

You may find this an interesting read. First-Hand:No Damned Computer is Going to Tell Me What to DO - The Story of the Naval Tactical Data System, NTDS

Get well soon.

Check this out.

I thought I would share this. https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4418568/three-us-f-15s-involved-in-friendly-fire-incident-in-kuwait-pilots-safe/

I was watching Flight of the Intruder again and got an itch to learn how the fire control system on the aircraft worked. Anyone have a books or manuals on the A-6's Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment (DIANE) system?

Welcome.

Here are some historical photos of Glenview. https://airfieldsfreeman.com/IL/Airfields_IL_Chicago_N.htm This site has a lot of info on historic closed airfields. https://airfieldsfreeman.com/index.htm

Detroit Metro and Willow Run airports. Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_installations_in_Michigan

Michigan terrain! That have Selfridge AFB/ANG base, K. I. Sawyer AFB and the Nike sites in the correct time period?

Another update for XWVM (XWVM Alpha 20251116). https://www.moddb.com/mods/xwvm/news/xwvm-alpha-20251116-download-links

Wrench, I can give your data files a look.

So I was just reminded that back in 2020 I updated the data files for just about every ground object in the Falklands 82 campaign and forgot to post or upload them. If anyone wants to test them feel free. If things are working I can upload them to the download section. Falklands_Ship_&_AAA_Update_Test.7z Falklands_Other_Ground_Objects.7z

Did you look at some of the older SF1 style launchers? Look at how the SAM system was set up on this ship. SLAVA_DATA.INI

I so wish we had the source code. The FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project has done so much with an old engine. They just managed to add multi-threading for processing weapons fire impacts effectively doubling frame rates in large combat scenarios. As for SF2 flight modeling, I recall that the F-4 demonstrates its real stall characteristics on hard flight model that most games of its era lack.