Ant's Swamp Wallaby (freeware in development)

[anthony31]

Here's a piccy of a new plane I've made up. One day I was scribbling away on my notepad while waiting for the computer to do something and came up with the design.

It's a small personal jet (seating for one), maybe somewhere around 350 - 400 kts cruise speed, really light (carbon fibre?) , 3 glass displays for engine, GPS and instruments and completely fictional. Lots of nice buttons to push and knobs to tweak though.

I've just finished adding the nav, strobe and landing light (which is a nice Lotus style landing light and swivels with the nose wheel).

As I continue development I will post some more pics here.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/345003_Early.jpg

[AusWilko]

After buying your eaglet the other day anything you do is well worth watching

looking forward to it :salute:

[Mithrin]

Now there's a plane design that will make me feel rich! :icon_lol:

[CWOJackson]

Outstanding!

[Killbilly]

Slick-looking lines! Very cool! I'll be interested to see how this progresses.

[XLR8]

Here's a piccy of a new plane I've made up. One day I was scribbling away on my notepad while waiting for the computer to do something and came up with the design.

It's a small personal jet (seating for one), maybe somewhere around 350 - 400 kts cruise speed, really light (carbon fibre?) , 3 glass displays for engine, GPS and instruments and completely fictional. Lots of nice buttons to push and knobs to tweak though.

I've just finished adding the nav, strobe and landing light (which is a nice Lotus style landing light and swivels with the nose wheel).

As I continue development I will post some more pics here.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/345003_Early.jpg

You're my new best friend . This is what (IMO) is missing in FSX .Concept, fictional aircraft . I just wish more VTOL concept, fictional aircraft was developed .

[gradyhappyg]

Beautiful plane.
Looks too sleek to be a swamp wallaby though.
Needs a nice sleek name.

[anthony31]

I mentioned before that it was based on a scribble so I thought you'd like to see the original blueprints...

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/858Source.jpg

[Ian Warren]

:icon_lol: Ants , quiet a whiles back i saw a twin engine ... 8 to 10 seat type tho .. It was painted in its 'Blue print' now lets hope your not going to do the same here :173go1:

[anthony31]

What are you implying there Ian?

That my little baby might never see the light of day?

Exterior is pretty much done (only a beacon light to add) and the VC is coming along nicely now. I've come to far not to finish. Mind you, if anyone was interested in helping with the Flight Dynamics I wouldn't say no.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/111004_Cockpit.jpg

[YoYo]

Oryginal, manufactured Blue Prints - "first class", very accurate! ;)
Thx Anthony!

Is it an answer for Icon A5 (in M.Flight)? ; )

[anthony31]

MS Icon A5?

Well, I can tell you that on my plane the radios actually work (he he)

[hae5904]

Hi Anthony, nice little project you got here.....cool!!

I can help you out with the flight dynamics.

Cheers,
Hank

[Ian Warren]

What are you implying there Ian?

:icon_lol:Umm .. the shopping list of parts maybe ... anyway the paper is not blue :icon_lol:

[sinanziric]

Ant, I Fly your Eaglet every day, Its a great plane, 10/10,

I would suggest to improve/expand Eaglet documentation, manuals etc :)

I think I'll buy Sierra too

[anthony31]

Hi Anthony, nice little project you got here.....cool!!

I can help you out with the flight dynamics.

Cheers,
Hank

Hi Hank

That would be great, I've done some work on a few things (like filling out the aircraft.cfg data) and it least it gets off the ground but I haven't really done more than that yet. If you email me at my email address on this page: http://www.antsairplanes.com/contact.html I can send you a copy of the aircraft as it is at the moment (ie half finished) which you can fiddle about with if you like.

[hae5904]

PM send.

Cheers,
Hank

[anthony31]

Had a productive couple of days and managed to texture up the cockpit. Originally I had a cloth seat but it looked a bit too cheap so replaced it with a leather one. Don't you just hate it when you have to spend two hours retexturing something you've already done? Oh well, the results are hopefully worth it.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/739005_Cockpit.jpg

[Killbilly]

I'm sorry about the retexturing, but isn't the luxury of leather worth it? It looks nice and comfy. Smashing work so far!

[CWOJackson]

Sweet...but where's the cup holder?

Some of my favorites in FS9 have been concept aircraft; this one looks very sharp and I'm looking forward to it.

[Piglet]

Designing your own planes can be quite a thrill. It's always 100% accurate, and you can give the rivet-counters the finger!
Even tho that hasn't stopped some from pointing out "inaccuracies" in my designs....
I wish FSX had support built in for VTOL, Rocket, Gyro, etc. May have to sell my soul and go X-Plane 10...

[AussieMan]

Had a productive couple of days and managed to texture up the cockpit. Originally I had a cloth seat but it looked a bit too cheap so replaced it with a leather one. Don't you just hate it when you have to spend two hours retexturing something you've already done? Oh well, the results are hopefully worth it.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/739005_Cockpit.jpg

My seat will be covered with a towel during the summer. Had too much experience getting into vehicles with leather seats on a hot day. No need to iron the trousers :)

[OleBoy]

Just a comment.

You might provide side air bags or some cushioning to the sides of the control decks. Those side walls look like they could bash the hips fairly good. Too boxy looking.

[AusWilko]

Just flown home back to civilisation after my stint, that looks so cool, well done

[anthony31]

Hey Pat, What if the seat was cooled? You know how some cars have heated seats (useless in Australia), why not have a cooled seat?

[jeansy]

Hey Pat, What if the seat was cooled? You know how some cars have heated seats (useless in Australia), why not have a cooled seat?

sweet, because i love flying in my worn out red speedos during summer

[AussieMan]

Wouldn't the cooling system add more weight? Would be nice as I like wearing shorts during the summer. Anything to stop the legs being burnt or sweaty.

[anthony31]

Well, I just invented a brilliant new cooling system that only weighs 200 grams!!

And only last week I invented a brilliant new glass that completely blocks UV light preventing skin damage!!!

[JAllen]

I will sell my 360 gravity generator so you won't spoil those gorgeous leather seats with seatbelts. It is a little heavy at 1.6 kilos so you may not be too interested.

Thats a really fine cockpit!! :salute:

Jim

[fxsttcb]

My first thought! (http://www.televisiontunes.com/Jetsons_(The).html)
Nice work Ant, definately looking forward to this one...Don

[doublecool]

That is doublec:mixedsmi::mixedsmi:l

better put some air brakes on that bad boy cause she looks like she'd never slow down :applause::applause::applause:

[anthony31]

Trust me, she's got the biggest, baddest, meanest pair of air brakes you have ever seen.

[CWOJackson]

Any chance of a couple more teaser shots?

[anthony31]

I'm afraid she is looking a bit ugly at the moment. I am working on the bump maps for the exterior and they aren't looking pretty at the moment :( . Once I sort them out I will put up some more exterior shots (with the massive airbrakes).

[AusWilko]

Looking forward to seeing more when ever you can :mixedsmi:

[CWOJackson]

I'm afraid she is looking a bit ugly at the moment. I am working on the bump maps for the exterior and they aren't looking pretty at the moment :( . Once I sort them out I will put up some more exterior shots (with the massive airbrakes).

Don't forget the cup holder.

Take your time so it remains enjoyable, she's looking nice and very interesting.

[anthony31]

Here's some more pics of the exterior. Not too sure whether I like the black on the leading edges though.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/984010_outside.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/111011_front.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/280012_leftside.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/944013_leftrear.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/206014_opened.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/253015_rearopen.jpg

[fsxar177]

This is pretty sweet stuff....keep the teasers comin'!

Joseph

[anthony31]

Well, here you are then Joseph.

Won't be posting much more though as I have to write the rest of the code for the displays and the FMC (note that they only display an horizon at the moment).

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/493016_cockpit.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/641016_leftcockpit.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/474017_rightcockpit.jpg

[AusWilko]

Looking good :salute:

[CWOJackson]

VERY nice. I like the black leading edges; it's high contrast and adds some definition to the lines.

[Naki]

Sorry looks nothing like the Swamp Wallaby at our airport ;)


...looks great Anthony

[Daube]

Oh, after seeing the last shots, I realize the plane is actually much bigger than what I expected !
I was hoping for a kind of MicroJet.
But it look nice I have to say.

By the way, in the front view, that engine intake makes me think about that spaceship from the old videogame Inferno ! :jump:

[anthony31]

Here's some new screenshots. Lately I have been working on the EFIS display which isn't very exciting (and I got really bored when I started the GPS map) but there are a few other tweaks and additions to the model.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/539018_Cockpit.jpg

Here's the lights with a nice little glow around the landing light. (note that the red lights under the wing are part of the runway scenery and not the plane)
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/903019_Lights.jpg

A nice Lotus style landing light. Which is pretty hard to do using FSDS. You need to use bones to make these sorts of landing lights and FSDS doesn't do bones so I had to hand write the .x file information for the landing light. Not a job for the faint hearted! I tried putting on some paint but it didn't work out to well.
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/983020_Lights.jpg

I didn't like the old push buttons I had as they weren't lighting up as well as I would have liked so I spent a couple of hours replacing them with new ones.
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/792021_NewButtons.jpg

A look at the EFIS display. Need to add the bugs for this though (I mean the heading, altitude and airspeed bugs).
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/615022_EFIS.jpg

BTW the size of the plane is 27.67' long with a wingspan of 24.24'

[fsxar177]

Following this one intently. Looks dog-gone awesome so far!

This is one I'd like to do some skins for!

Looking good,
Joseph

[anthony31]

Maybe I should have made simple gauges instead of a glass cockpit. Then I wouldn't have needed to code a new GPS.

Anyway, nearly finished the gauge programming and put a nice pilot in so here's some more pics.

Here's the landing gear half way open (or shut). I've never made retracting landing gear before and it was a bit tricky getting the gear to fit.
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/871023_LandingGear.jpg

Red goes faster doesn't it?
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/938024_Red.jpg

Another paint. Blondes have more fun.
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/686025_BlueStripe.jpg

Here's the three screens up and running.
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/917025_Panel.jpg

[hae5904]

Nice !!! :applause:

Hank

[Killbilly]

Looks really sweet. Fast and sporty. :applause:

[PCAviator]

Any weapons mounts? :P

[CWOJackson]

Love it!

[whitney17]

Looks Great! How soon?

[anthony31]

I don't know. Maybe less than a month. Still need to do the sounds, FD, manual and debugging.

[Cag40Navy]

Awesome work!! Looking forward to punching holes in the sky.

[anthony31]

Here is a link to version 0.5 of the Wallaby for anyone interested:

www.antsairplanes.com/downloads/AntsSwampWallabyV050.exe (http://www.antsairplanes.com/downloads/AntsSwampWallabyV050.exe)

It is 15.5MB in size but you need 105MB in HDD space.

Most everything works. Sounds are mostly from the default learjet though.

Flight dynamics can always do with more tweaking.

Not much information on aircraft performance though. One would need to do some test flying to find out what is what.

There is a paintkit included. If anyone comes up with a lovely paint and would like me to include it in the end version then let me know.

Just putting it out there to get some bug checking/feedback.

Please do not redistribute to other file libraries just yet. Better to do that when the final version is released.

[fsxar177]

STRAP ON A ROCKET
AND GO FER A RIDE!
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb331/fsxar177/asw1.jpg
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb331/fsxar177/asw2.jpg
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb331/fsxar177/asw3.jpg
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb331/fsxar177/asw4.jpg


Joseph

[thefrog]

Looks really sweet. Fast and sporty. :applause:
I agree - so does the plane....

[ryanbatc]

This is an excellent concept plane! I did a full IFR flight to precision minimums and it flies great. The glass is easy on frames.

Wow and freeware thanks Anthony!

[racartron]

Y'all done gone and done it agin, Anthony:guinness: She is a real looker (as is the plane too). Been bouuncing around Tazmanian skies for the past couple hours with no problems. Only thing I've had problems with is fiddling with the A/P knob controls -- and that may well just be my lack of digital dexterity:icon_lol:

I couldn't resist a couple of visual mods for those that like that kind of thing

In the Aircraft.cfg:

[LIGHTS]
//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing
light.1 = 1, -5.42, 0.00, 1.96, fx_shockwave_beaconb_nl, //Ants_aa12_beacon
light.2 = 2, -7.4, -11.6, -0.18, fx_shockwave_strobe_nl
light.3 = 2, -7.4, 11.6, -0.18, fx_shockwave_strobe_3_nl
light.4 = 10, 3.62, 0.00, 1.31, Ants_aa12_vclight
light.5 = 7, -13.5, 0.00, 0.00, Ants_aa12_engineexhaust // recognition light used
to control engine start effect
light.6 = 5, 6.00, 0.00, -1.70, fx_shockwave_landing_light_small_xenon

[SMOKESYSTEM] //Pick the one for the occasion to jazz up your flight

smoke.0=-14.00, 0.0, 0.0, fx_smoke_f6 //General Exhaust
//smoke.1=-14.00, 0.0, 0.0, Ants_aa12_Smoke //white Trail
//smoke.2=-14.00, 0.0, 0.0, fx_smoke_r //Red trail
//smoke.3=-14.00, 0.0, 0.0, fx_smoke_b //Blue Trail

Now the only bird in your shop still missing from my ranch is the Drifter, a condition I'll remedy soon.:cowboy:

[thefrog]

I'm generally not a fan of fictitious planes or glass cockpits. But this has completely won me over!
It's a joy to look at and to fly. The interior textures are high-end payware quality. I love just sitting there clicking the buttons! The displays are easy to read and intuitive to use. The only thing I did was to increase the elevator trim effectiveness (may be just my particular set-up). My only thought about the exterior was that I could see those airbrakes being ripped off in the airflow but, who knows, there's probably some very clever design to them that allows them to be that way round.
Congratulations. I can't wait for the final version.
Dave

[racartron]

I can see some really cool repaints coming for this gal. Like maybe...62139