warchild
February 4th, 2018, 00:34
To make a long sad story short, Piglet asked me if i would do the flight model for the XB-35 he was starting.. Of course I said yes.. I got as far as the first beta release of the flight model, and Piglet disappeared. The XB-35 ground too a halt and I left flight simming.
It's been five years. I and others have attempted to contact Piglet, to no avail and the XB-35 has sat languishing all this time: until last night..
Last night, or perhaps the night before, Lazarus contacted me about finishing what Tim and I started. Of course I said yes, and sent him a link to the plane.
I dont know how we're going to do it.. Even if we're able to get the model into a workable state ( i.e. converted to Max ) theres a ton of stuff to do. Like I said, the flight model is only at beta level; a very early beta level, and theres no gauges as all the gauges tim gave me to use are gau gauges and crash p3D and possibly FSX as well.. I'll test that in a few minutes..
The XB-35 is a two deck plane. The pilot sits up top in the canopy, and the copilot, navigator engineer, mechanic and crew chief all sit one floor below the pilot in a room remeniscent of the CNC room of a battleship. every engine, every shaft and propeller has its own set of gauges. the navigator has a periscope to take sightings and the radioman has his own console as well.. SAnd then, theres finding the right place to put the doggy bag. Piglet is still and will always be very much a part of this project, even if he's absent from us at this time.. But bear with us. Theres a lot to do, but we'll get it there.. A promise I aim to keep..
Pam
https://i.imgur.com/UcaOR33.jpg
It's been five years. I and others have attempted to contact Piglet, to no avail and the XB-35 has sat languishing all this time: until last night..
Last night, or perhaps the night before, Lazarus contacted me about finishing what Tim and I started. Of course I said yes, and sent him a link to the plane.
I dont know how we're going to do it.. Even if we're able to get the model into a workable state ( i.e. converted to Max ) theres a ton of stuff to do. Like I said, the flight model is only at beta level; a very early beta level, and theres no gauges as all the gauges tim gave me to use are gau gauges and crash p3D and possibly FSX as well.. I'll test that in a few minutes..
The XB-35 is a two deck plane. The pilot sits up top in the canopy, and the copilot, navigator engineer, mechanic and crew chief all sit one floor below the pilot in a room remeniscent of the CNC room of a battleship. every engine, every shaft and propeller has its own set of gauges. the navigator has a periscope to take sightings and the radioman has his own console as well.. SAnd then, theres finding the right place to put the doggy bag. Piglet is still and will always be very much a part of this project, even if he's absent from us at this time.. But bear with us. Theres a lot to do, but we'll get it there.. A promise I aim to keep..
Pam
https://i.imgur.com/UcaOR33.jpg