rcbarend
November 9th, 2010, 17:09
Hi,
Note: allthough for general interrest, this post is particularly intended for flightsimmers that:
- Own / enjoy flying the Alphasim/Virtavia V22 Osprey.
- Use my current VTOL addon for it.
- Have some understanding on the flightbehaviour of such a tiltrotor, especially in "conversion"and "helicopter" modes.
- Have some time available for, and interrested in, testing.
In my "quest" for the "perfect" VTOL solution for VTOL-capable aircraft like Harriers, Tiltrotors, and alike, I think I have reached a new milestone for my gauge-coded VTOL-addon :jump:.
Improvements summerised:
- A more realistic hover/VTOL performance.
- Simulation of features like ground-effect and HOGE limitations.
- Reduction of "conversion-mode" limitations. In fact, the entire flightmodel for all stages-of-flight with nacelles/nozzles rotated other then cruise-flight position is now controlled in gauge-code, thus bypassing the limitations of the FSX-flaps modelling that is normally used to simulatate rotated nacelles/nozzles.
As said, my prime focus at this moment is to perfect the flightmodel for the Alphasim/Virtavia V22 Osprey ( I had to start somewhere :)), but I will eventually tweak this addon for other VTOL-capable aircraft as well.
If you qualily as a flightsimmer described under the "Note" above, you can contact me via normal Email (not: the Email/PM system of this forum) for a test package; my Email address is in my addons.
Please, serious (and appropriate, as described) requests only.
And, needless to say, my "VTOL" developments are, and will always remain, freeware (although sometimes packaged in payware aircraft).
Cheers, Rob Barendregt
Note: allthough for general interrest, this post is particularly intended for flightsimmers that:
- Own / enjoy flying the Alphasim/Virtavia V22 Osprey.
- Use my current VTOL addon for it.
- Have some understanding on the flightbehaviour of such a tiltrotor, especially in "conversion"and "helicopter" modes.
- Have some time available for, and interrested in, testing.
In my "quest" for the "perfect" VTOL solution for VTOL-capable aircraft like Harriers, Tiltrotors, and alike, I think I have reached a new milestone for my gauge-coded VTOL-addon :jump:.
Improvements summerised:
- A more realistic hover/VTOL performance.
- Simulation of features like ground-effect and HOGE limitations.
- Reduction of "conversion-mode" limitations. In fact, the entire flightmodel for all stages-of-flight with nacelles/nozzles rotated other then cruise-flight position is now controlled in gauge-code, thus bypassing the limitations of the FSX-flaps modelling that is normally used to simulatate rotated nacelles/nozzles.
As said, my prime focus at this moment is to perfect the flightmodel for the Alphasim/Virtavia V22 Osprey ( I had to start somewhere :)), but I will eventually tweak this addon for other VTOL-capable aircraft as well.
If you qualily as a flightsimmer described under the "Note" above, you can contact me via normal Email (not: the Email/PM system of this forum) for a test package; my Email address is in my addons.
Please, serious (and appropriate, as described) requests only.
And, needless to say, my "VTOL" developments are, and will always remain, freeware (although sometimes packaged in payware aircraft).
Cheers, Rob Barendregt