Lewie

Yeah that would be a problem with 3DS Studio needing 64 bit OS since I'm on XP. Also would have to be a freeware copy of 3DS studio.

OK, sounds like I'm not going to be able to do this after all.

OK what I'm noticing is about the exporter is, this is a plug-in for Studio Max? It's not a stand-alone .exe for Windows? Correct? I don't have Studio Max.

Sounds good, only one problem is that I model in MetasequoiaLE with an export to AC3D, so the models are in .ac format. I'm not sure what 3D form you folks use, it seems to be called a .lod but has no relation to the intermediate .lod used by FS-WWI. I have a few export options using Blender. Does this work?

I already am developing aircraft for FlightGear, FS-WWI and I have a backlog of older models from FlightGear, FS-WWI, and Targetware that I night be able to share. the list includes: Morane Saulnier BB and L-fighter Farman MF-11 in both 8C and 12 C engine versions Farman MF-7 Farman F40 Nieuport N12 Fokker E-I and M-10 AVRO 504 Voisin LA3 Halberstadt CL-II, D-II Albatros C-I, C-III and DI RAF FE4 I also have quite a few prewar pioneers. Cheers Lewis

1897 motorized bike with rotary engine in wheel.. The Millet..

Merry Christmas to all. And yeah, I'm finding ways to recreate the Great War also, but in a different sim this time.. And a Happy New Year!

Just keep thinking about when you get back home, all snug in your hangar..

I realize this is sort of a retired thread, but can Office run on a standard vanilla install of OFF without the HitR update?

August 31st, 2013. just because.

Actually Northrup did build larger ones, the XB series of experimentals both propeller and jet powered the XB35 (image..) was powered by the same engines as it's competitor the early B36 by Convair. Because of the complex counter-rotational props, the XB35 had many maintenance issues, and the later XB49 jet version was faster and more reliable, but because of the narrow CG range was hard to trim for multiple bomb weights, and this finally killed the project for Northrup.

Happy WOOF WOOF! we be barking Offers,

Member of the 38% seems us late middle agers make up a fair amount of combat sim users. Compared to the really young crowd that flys online in FG I feel ancient sometimes. Happy mostly though. Cheers

Isn't there a RAF BoB Hurricane based Museum somewhere near Lydd? I seem to recall they have a couple original MkIIa's out in the weather.

Kinda low altitude for a dogfight eh?

I like FlightGear

Well put in perspective 100 Km/h is a little over 61 mph so it's possible fast but not compared to some of the bigger, tall driver wheeled steam trains of England, Europe and America, some of which routinely did over 100 mph on regular sceduled routes. There was a 1950's jet powered train engine, not really for pulling a train though, it was experimental but I recall it going 170mph.

Funny, I don't recall the Western Front extending all that way down to the South Island.. I'm surprised that you didn't try Omaka first. OK facetiousness aside. in the other sim I fly in, I've taken it upon myself to fly all to all of the LoTR movie set locations. One special one is Mount Sunay or the Edoras set. It's amazing how non-descript this little hill in a valley of the Southern Alps is. I've also flown to Omaka or the Blenheim airport that Vintage Aviation is based at. Unfortunately in the sim there's no WWI aircraft parked on the aprons. Bummer.

The last Western Front Patch for RedBaron3D had Belgian Escadrilles you could fly in, with Willi Coopens and the Hanriot HD1 with the dark green thistle Motif.

This thread is long on innuendo. And I'm guessing the secret testers are going to keep their secrets to themselves.

So what are these Seaplanes you're going on about? Not the HF22? FBA's? Shorts? I was going to add that the Rolls Royce and Liberty powered DH4's were among the fastest and more effective two seater's used in the late 1917 through 1918 parts of the war. They were faster than some of the fighters they encountered. The DH9a on the other hand..:P

Unfortunately less important than about a dozen French and English aircraft not represented in OFF.

It's a UK home training unit BE2c, which had skids in front to reduce prop damage from ham-fisted landings. The real early BE2, BE2a's had a larger top wing, no rudder fin, no wing stagger, and had wing warping instead of ailerons. They also had a different stabilizer outline.

Considering that this sim covers the entire front from Neuiport down to Mulhouse, does Flanders figure strongly in this? I like my Alsace campaigns. My contributions, such as they are.. Over Flanders Fields: Barmy Sods on a Lark Over Flanders Fields: From out of the Blue. Over Flanders Fields: "What 'n 'ell, where'd 'e come from!?!"