Skycrane on final

[krazycolin]

Here's some new pics of the Skycrane in it's new textures. Though the old ones were ok, we decided to make it better...

Hope you like them.

kc

[Flyboy208]

That looks amazing. Have been around the real ones on several helitack firefighting seasons. Looking forward to this big boy for certain!

Mike :applause:

[djscoo]

:jawdrop:Wowzers!

[runswithscissors]

I know what is going to be a the top of my (HOPEFULLY) Xmas wish list.......

Doug:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[Lionheart]

Those textures are fantastic!

Awesome work!

:applause: :medals: :applause:


Bill

[Boomer]

Great stuff! :applause::applause::applause:

[Dain Arns]

Elvis is in the building? :d

I got to see one of these fighting a fire many years ago. It was impressive.

This rotorhead is excited. LOL :jump:

[Quicksand]

Beautiful!:medals::icon29::guinness::applause::jum p:

[Anneke]

Very nice, but how's this in the system department?

[krazycolin]

It's not been coded yet... but, given that it's way less than the Huey is in terms of both polys and of textures, it should be pretty darned good but, who can tell with all the effects for the water going on... We'll see...

Thanks for the compliments. Our team always likes to hear those...

kc.

[gajit]

That sounds promising KC - thanks for the preview :applause:

[MenendezDiego]

Wow! Any news on the F-15 and 22 while we're at it?

These textures are just amazing

[krazycolin]

The F-15's and the F-22 are "in production". That's all I have to say at this time!

kc

[Gibbage]

I gotta say, for something THAT fugly, its looking REALLY nice! Great job on both the models and textures. (And no, im NOT complamenting my own work, this was done by other members of the team :kilroy:)

[Tweek]

Some of the finest modelling and texturing I've seen to date! I wouldn't normally be too interested in the Skycrane but with that kind of quality it'll be hard to resist.

[Daveroo]

It's not been coded yet... but, given that it's way less than the Huey is in terms of both polys and of textures, it should be pretty darned good but, who can tell with all the effects for the water going on... We'll see...

Thanks for the compliments. Our team always likes to hear those...

kc.

where is this huey you speak of?..i went to the URL you have linked and got all excited and then realised those went FS aircraft and ships...lol....:kilroy:

[Scratch]

Outstanding job!!!! That is some top notch work:ernae::applause:

[Dain Arns]

where is this huey you speak of?..i went to the URL you have linked and got all excited and then realised those went FS aircraft and ships...lol....:kilroy:

That's KC's signature link to Milviz.

The Huey he referenced to is the joint project Milviz did with the Nemeth brothers:
http://nemethdesigns.com/uh1.html

The Skycrane is a joint project with Nemeth Designs as well.

[c87]

That is amazing. Those textures are beautiful. Room has already been made in my hangar for this one. Nice work to all involved.

[FlameOut]

crazykolin,

I have a question, though I know the answer is prolly "NO". :mad:

Will that CC pod on the CH-54 version through the "Hoist" command mode in kinda reverse animation be allowed to be placed on the ground and have the CH-54 fly off and leave the CC pod on the ground, even if the CH-54 has to go straight up a couple thousand feet with an invisible teather before it disappears from view?

Saw one of these babies at my local airport KBHM, many,many years ago at an open house event (attached to the 106 th. Aviation Battallion, I think) do a "tactical climb"... don't know the real name for that manuever... with a CC pod attached, straight up to approx. 5,000 ft. Man that was impressive ! :applause:

What sort of sling loads will come with this lady?
Perhaps a busted Chinook, Huey, a couple artillery pieces ?:ernae:

[krazycolin]

The Nemeth's will have to deal with all that stuff but, I've been told that they intend to be able to drop and pick stuff up as well as doing water bombing....

I can't make any promises that we will actually do sling loads. I think we'll leave that for mission designers... Any takers?

kc

[tigisfat]

hmmmm......I'd love to build towers with the skycrane.


You are guys are consistently producing the highest quality FS products, and you've never made something I didn't like. :icon29:


Have you considered doing more russian stuff?

[Mithrin]

Oh that is going to be fun. Looks great!

[Seaking055]

Ok I'm in, nothing like a big bird in hover.

[djscoo]

have you considered doing more russian stuff?
this!

[Anneke]

Well since to one of the MILVIS guys did see my question I will repost it:


How's this rendition of the Skycrane in the system department?

Thanks

[krazycolin]

There's no clear answer to that question Anneke. There are two points here: the first is that we don't do the code for any of our models. The second is that we JUST (an hour ago) sent the model off to the Nemeth's an hour ago so coding will only start later this week. So even they don't know yet.

I have asked for as much mission capability/systems as possible. It needs to be said upfront that this add-on will be only FSX Acceleration capable. (SP2)... so... sorry if that's not working for ya but.... we want to be able to drop water, pick up stuff, drop pods etc etc...

That's the best answer I can give you at this time. (or, it will be what it is...)

kc.

PS: it's not milviS, it's milviZ... (just saying!)

[heywooood]

a helicopter operation I have seen on a couple of occasions now is the hoisting of large, commercial A/C units from flatbed trucks up onto the rooftops of office buildings....it would be great to try that one time.

[tigisfat]

Can we see some VC pics please?

[MCDesigns]

Can we see some VC pics please?

Some renders here

http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498

[Sascha66]

That is one big ugly good-looking bird!:applause::applause::applause:

[tigisfat]

Skycranes don't even have winches, do they? We keep hearing about winches. I want to be able to slingload MASSIVE items.

[runswithscissors]

Perhaps this link will help.

http://www.ericksonaircrane.com/

Doug:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[krazycolin]

There is indeed a very high powered winch on the Skycrane for hauling stuff. Here's (http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle3/ch-54a_68-18437/images/ch-54a_68-18437_05_of_12.jpg) a good pic showing that off...

The only thing we don't have is the logging "implement" as we couldn't find close ups of it.

kc

[Dain Arns]

Perhaps this link will help.

http://www.ericksonaircrane.com/

Doug:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

This picture on the Erickson site reminded me of a YouTube clip...

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[MCDesigns]

Cool vid Dain, makes me wonder is you could usea mission trigger to have a partial tower and then when you connect and drop the load to it, have it be replaced by a full tower? I wonder if the nemeths have the knowledge to implement the FSX shared cockpit deal, would be cool for the jump seat.

[Boomer]

Cool vid Dain, makes me wonder is you could usea mission trigger to have a partial tower and then when you connect and drop the load to it, have it be replaced by a full tower?

Yes you can, its pretty easy to do.

[krazycolin]

you would actually, practically speaking, NEED to have two people.. otherwise, if you got into any trouble at all... (like going up and down for example) you would have to change places... not the best solution when flying a BIG MOMMA and carrying an even BIGGER payload... if ya know what I mean. I am not sure if the Nemeth's can do that. But you could always ask them... :mixedsmi:

[Snuffy]

This definately looks fun. :)

[Anneke]

Thanks for the answer!:medals:

[genbrien]

I'm sorry to bubm the topic, but do we have some news about the final Erickson???

I've been looking for one in FSX and that one seems to be the only:salute:

[harleyman]

I'm sorry to bubm the topic, but do we have some news about the final Erickson???

I've been looking for one in FSX and that one seems to be the only:salute:



I have no clue about this release......


BUT Welcome to the OutHouse..... Have fun, and feel free to post anytime you want here....Have a question ? Ask away...

[Roadburner440]

How come I am the last one to find out. :icon_lol: Excellent news. By the way for the person who asked about the UH-1 we just did the model, the UH-1 Huey can be purchase from either Sim Market, or go the the Nemeth's website (www.nemethdesigns.com (http://www.nemethdesigns.com)).

EDIT: Not a big fan of doing edits, but I missed the question from genbrier about the final release. We do not have a release date at this very moment (I am guessing that is what you asking). Or what you mean about the final Erickson? Erickson corp. bought the rights to the sky crane from Sikorsky, and to my knowledge that is the only difference in them. They have been upgraded over the years with more modern instruments, GPS, and glass displays but we do not intend on doing those. This is meant to be the more classic type you would of seen originally in military service.

[genbrien]

How come I am the last one to find out. :icon_lol: Excellent news. By the way for the person who asked about the UH-1 we just did the model, the UH-1 Huey can be purchase from either Sim Market, or go the the Nemeth's website (www.nemethdesigns.com (http://www.nemethdesigns.com)).

EDIT: Not a big fan of doing edits, but I missed the question from genbrier about the final release. We do not have a release date at this very moment (I am guessing that is what you asking). Or what you mean about the final Erickson? Erickson corp. bought the rights to the sky crane from Sikorsky, and to my knowledge that is the only difference in them. They have been upgraded over the years with more modern instruments, GPS, and glass displays but we do not intend on doing those. This is meant to be the more classic type you would of seen originally in military service.

Thank you for your answer (yes it was the release date:icon_lol:)

Actually I said Erickson because I tought they were the original one to made it. But I dont care if it's the Sikorsky model haha, I just want to lift heavy things with it :running:

[Helldiver]

How come I didn't see any pictures?

[Roadburner440]

I apologize. I am an idiot.. The thread was originally started in November of last year. Sorry for the confusion.. I will look at dates from now on. Cant believe this was thread was dragged up from the dead though, lol.

Here is the exterior: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=505

Here is the VC: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498

[krazycolin]

see above!

[genbrien]

Cant believe this was thread was dragged up from the dead though, lol.

Here is the exterior: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=505

Here is the VC: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498


You're the only place I found on the internet with a Scycrane for FSX. Thats why I revived this thread.... to know if it was out and if I could get it :salute:

Nice pics BTW

[krazycolin]

soon.

[Stan V.]

Here's some new pics of the Skycrane in it's new textures. Though the old ones were ok, we decided to make it better...

Hope you like them.

kc

Obviously, I'm in the minority but I see no screenshots or links to screenshots in this post. Any idea why?

I do see links in Roadburner440's post - are those the ones being referenced?

Stan V

[Roadburner440]

I am unsure what happened to the photos in KC's original post.. I myself saw this when I was at work last night, and I thought I missed out on something cause I didn't read the date on the original post. :icon_lol: So I spent my last hour at work trying to concentrate on work, but wondering how in the world I missed such a big update. Cause normally I can't view screens from work. I think they just got cleaned out when the server went down the last time.. I host all the screenshots I put up on photobucket so that is a reason why posts I put up retain the screens. Is why once I noticed the error of my ways I put up the links to our site.. didn't want to clog up this one much more. That is the whole reason, and I apologize for the confusion. Cause I am looking very forward to this product coming out myself (we aren't the ones coding it). So I think my anticipation is up there with the rest of you. As soon as we get word back from the coders about status/going into beta we hope we will be able to do a fairly big update. We were just the model supplier on this one so once it leaves our hands it is gone unless they want the model revised or updated in some way, but the pics in my post are the ones that were originally being referenced. We always upload the screens on our site in the forums, and here. More people come through here so if you ever see a post here without screens (if they get deleted for cleaning up the server or something) my posts will always be on the forums at www.milviz.com (http://www.milviz.com). So if you ever have a question on one of our projects they are all in the work in progress section. We monitor both sites so the response time is usually minimal.

[XLR8]

That is very nice . One of my favorite helos . Is there anyway you could make this into a logging helo .

[SirBenn21]

I can't see any pictures?

Where are they?

Ben

[Roadburner440]

We don't have any photo's of the logging attachment is what KC was saying. So we were unable to do it up to our standards so the logging attachment will not be included. If anyone does have access to these then it may be considered, but keep in mind they would have to be some pretty detailed photographs from various angles. As far as the pictures please see the links in my post above, and I will put them again here SirrBenn.

Here is the exterior: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=505 (http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=505)

Here is the VC: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498 (http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498)

[strykerpsg]

Colin, any updates on the beta testing? Very much looking forward to this release.

Matt

[Roadburner440]

It has not entered beta yet. I had an Alpha pass through my hands. Was supposed to get a Beta version a few days ago but I think some hiccups were encountered and those are being sorted before officially going into Beta. Being a Sikorsky mechanic I am looking forward to this one. Have a lot going on with the 310 too so will have to split my time. Will get shots up as soon as I have it, and am able to fly it around for a bit and make sure it is ready for prime time.

[strykerpsg]

Sorry, thought it was in beta, but thanks for the update anyway. I really want this bird. I was fortunate as a kid, to see one with the shelter attached at an airshow, was so cool. Will be patiently waiting....

Matt

[dominique]

never mind

[conork]

latest photos's please ???????? ................. :L

[Stan V.]

Here's some new pics of the Skycrane in it's new textures. Though the old ones were ok, we decided to make it better...

Hope you like them.

kc

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/images/icons/icon5.gif This is not a question or a comment on the skycrane but on kc's post itself (based on kc's past performance, I assume the skycrane is or will be great) However, I don't see any pictures!!

Where are they? The replies all sound as though the posters see them but not I . This has happened to me before in this forum, and some I see but others I don't. Usually it's because I overlooked a word link somewhere but this time .....????

Stan V

[krazycolin]

The beast is IN BETA and ON FINAL APPROACH! Nemeth Designs and Milviz' beta teams are hard at work finding nasties and we're fixing them all!

Sadly, we're not going to be able to have missions. At least, not yet. We hope to be able to supply them (free of course) after release to all who purchased it...

Otherwise, we're CLOSE! VERY CLOSE! (can you tell that I LOVE CAPS!!!!)

The pics are somewhere in the thread. They had to be posted a second time because the site (SOH) was moved.

Here are the pics. (http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498)

[conork]

The beast is IN BETA and ON FINAL APPROACH! Nemeth Designs and Milviz' beta teams are hard at work finding nasties and we're fixing them all!

Sadly, we're not going to be able to have missions. At least, not yet. We hope to be able to supply them (free of course) after release to all who purchased it...

Otherwise, we're CLOSE! VERY CLOSE! (can you tell that I LOVE CAPS!!!!)

The pics are somewhere in the thread. They had to be posted a second time because the site (SOH) was moved.

Here are the pics. (http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498)

hi
could you not just post the pictures on your website for us that did not see them ?? thanks , the helicopter looks great but i really wanna see the latest pictures :)

[krazycolin]

There are no latest pictures. Yet.

Sorry.

[XLR8]

I apologize. I am an idiot.. The thread was originally started in November of last year. Sorry for the confusion.. I will look at dates from now on. Cant believe this was thread was dragged up from the dead though, lol.

Here is the exterior: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=505

Here is the VC: http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498


Very very nice ! Question ? What is that probe on the orange (fire fighter ) for . Refeuling probe ?

[Roadburner440]

The thing that looks like a refueling probe is an optional foam cannon for fire fighting.

[krazycolin]

It's a cannon for firefighting...

[XLR8]

Thanks guys,didn't know that .

[Roadburner440]

Well just wanted to give a quick report of things since I have actually managed to fly the beta. While I will not give specifics, or screens just yet. I will say that this is one of the most amazing helicopter models I have ever seen in flight in FSX. As far as flight goes it is big and clunky just as one would expect. I am accustomed to flying jets, and WWII birds so being limited to 100 knots and below makes me feel like I am crawling along. I do not foresee there being a large learning curve though for rotor heads like myself.

[strykerpsg]

The beast is IN BETA and ON FINAL APPROACH! Nemeth Designs and Milviz' beta teams are hard at work finding nasties and we're fixing them all!

Sadly, we're not going to be able to have missions. At least, not yet. We hope to be able to supply them (free of course) after release to all who purchased it...

Otherwise, we're CLOSE! VERY CLOSE! (can you tell that I LOVE CAPS!!!!)

The pics are somewhere in the thread. They had to be posted a second time because the site (SOH) was moved.

Here are the pics. (http://www.milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=498)
Saweet! Thanks Colin for he uppdate. You definitely have my purchase in hand all ready.

Matt

[conork]

yep im buying it too , count me in :D

[Tartuffe]

And one more for me, please ! :icon_lol: