Edgley Optica now released! (21.December)

[full]

Hi everyone,

Here's where I'm at on the Edgley Optica, Not to much to complete just a few bits to texture here and there.

http://imageshack.us/a/img545/4829/20121212222426175.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img826/3255/20121212222446378.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img22/5360/20121212222410119.jpg

P.s.

The Heinkel He-51 is still being worked on...... :wiggle:

[DaveKDEN]

VERY NICE! Should make for a nice Christmas present.

[Sundog]

Awesome preview shots! I'm definitely looking forward to it. :)

[Dimus]

Always liked this plane and the concept behind. Too bad it was scarred by a sad accident.

Thank you for doing this. It would be great for observation of nice scenery.

[stiz]

heck yea! always loved this thing :jump: :jump:

[peter12213]

Wasn't expecting that, wow!:jump:

[Roger]

Nice one Craig:jump:

[warchild]

What can i say.I'm a sucker for odd birds.. Ive seen a lot of pics of this plane and others that i would never have dreamed anyone wouldmake for fsx. Thanks Graig.. Looking forward to flying it..
Pam

[Kiwikat]

That thing is pretty cool. Can't wait to see the view from the cockpit! :jump:

[bruce448]

Cool, I remember Hampshire Police air support using one Serial G-BMPF many moons ago, out of HMS Deadalus at Lee-on-Solent before getting their Islander.

[Flyboy208]

Oh my! Can't wait Craig ! Mike :jump:

[falcon409]

Beautiful work as always Craig. This is one of those birds, that you stand back and wonder. . . .what were they thinking? lol

[kilo delta]

Fantastic work as ever,Craig.:applause:

[T6flyer]

Fantastic work as ever,Craig.:applause:

Here, here. Craig, have you spoken to Matt Burleigh - FS2004 forum's 'Firebar' as him and his Dad are very much imvolved with the real thing?

Martin

[Dain Arns]

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2g3dXAboMSw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> ....

[Daube]

How frustrating must that be... to seat in a copter that cannot even takeoff vertically... :icon_lol:
Fantastic exterior model, as always.
This ambiant occlusion effect integrated in these textures is really neat. :ernae:

[Ferry_vO]

No VTOL, but presumably much easier to fly than a real helicopter.

Great job Craig! :applause:

[IFlySWA]

That looks like a whole lot of fun to fly. :jump: Great work Craig! :applause:

Brian

[warchild]

So, this morning i woke up from something in my dreams. The house was cold and i was wet from sweat from head to toe.. I blame it on the pizza last night.. So anyway, i get up and get on the computer and open soh up and theres a message waiting for me.. Dear Pam, would you please take a look at the flight model? Craig.. hey,do cows give milk?? Oh hell yeah.. Si I downloaded it and started my usual testing.. a tweak here,a tweak there, all small stuff really and mostly me being nit picky.. That was 5AM.. I just stopped flying it for a moment not six minutes ago. This thing is incredible fun.. Cruising speed 70 knots, max speed 126 knots, stall speed somewhere around 35 knots. It turns on a dime in the air and on the ground, and as long as you watch your speed,its one of the easiest birds to fly ive ever seen. Its a true delight and I'm really honored to be a part of it.. http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k171/urushira/2012-12-14_7-58-32-449_zps6debfaf6.jpg

[SkippyBing]

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2g3dXAboMSw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> ....

Is it just me or did he almost land in the undershoot?

Oddly enough I do fly out of the airfield in the video, Thruxton fact fans, and I've seen that Optica knocking around from time to time. My weapon of choice is the R-44 briefly seen towards the end of the film though.

[scotsman]

Craig,
Creating a peculiar twin tail plane for Christmas will at least make you a kind of "honorary Piglet":ernae:

Mike

[full]

Thanks guys ! here is a request from Pam....

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4039/opticaski.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/22/opticaski.jpg/)

[DaveWG]

Nice! looking forward to this lone.

[IFlySWA]

Neat!! :applause:

Brian

[Dave Torkington]

I can see why there were very few made... Forget you've left the engine running, exit left and get sucked into the fan :engel016:

Found an interesting article from archived Flight International May 1979 HERE (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201661.html)

Superb modeling work! I'll be watching for the release :salute:

Dave.

[Milton Shupe]

Wow! Excellent modelling and textures! :applause: :medals:

[full]

Many thanks everyone ! here is a VC shot, I don't think I've posted one yet.

http://imageshack.us/a/img407/3493/opticacockpit.jpg

[full]

A few more shots before I release her...

http://imageshack.us/a/img72/6413/opticablue.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img33/1408/opticadawn.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img194/1924/opticafog.jpg

[warchild]

I love that last shot of the bird in the mist.. Maybe its just because i watched "Slipstream" once, but this bird seems to look right at home in these mysterious and almost other worldly environments.. Great Job Craig.. :) :) :)

[falcon409]

I love that last shot of the bird in the mist.. Maybe its just because i watched "Slipstream" once, but this bird seems to look right at home in these mysterious and almost other worldly environments.. Great Job Craig.. :) :) :)
Yep, Looks like it could be a "Lunar Lander", lol

[warchild]

I can see why there were very few made... Forget you've left the engine running, exit left and get sucked into the fan :engel016:


Dave.

Not sure there was enough force to pull someone into the fan or not.. But the real reasons for so fewmade are even more tragic. First there was the crash of a police model that bankrupted the original Brooklands Aerospace ( builders of the optika ) and Edgley himself. He sold the design to another company and well, that company burned to the ground, Then the FAA stepped in and placed a grounding order on it because of cracks appearing ( though the order is unenforced as there are still two of the aircraft flying ). Then Edgley bought the design back,hoping to start building it again..

[Bomber_12th]

Everything looks superb, Craig, and what a cool project! I don't know how rare it really is to see one of these, but I've seen this one several times at local events here in Minnesota (it is based at the Anoka County/Blaine airport, north of Minneapolis): http://www.vaq136.com/blaine/optica.html

[full]

Thanks guys. Here is the download link

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Edgley%20Optica.zip

It should be on avsim and flightsim soon as well.

Many thanks to Pam for tweaking the flight model

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[jeansy]

Thanks guys. Here is the download link

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Edgley%20Optica.zip

It should be on avsim and flightsim soon as well.

Many thanks to Pam for tweaking the flight model

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thank you very much

you might might to make a new thread title released, as many will over see your post above

is there plans to release a paint kit?

[Bruce Thompson]

Thank you to all involved for this Great Christmas Gift:applause::applause::applause:.

[Roger]

Wonderful! Thanks very much Craig and Pam:applause:

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2012/12/21/nQPTZ.jpg

[gradyhappyg]

Thanks, for this one and all the others you have cranked out.


:salute::applause::salute:

[skyhawka4m]

very cool plane....but is there anyway to make the glass more shiny or reflective? On my system its almost as if there's no glass showing at all. I love the ambient shading...I wish more dev's would use it.

[RKinkor]

Thank you very much for this. I have been wanting one of these for quite a while!

[kilo delta]

Thanks Craig!:applause:

[Daveroo]

i allready have a paint request,yellow overall,with a block type lettering with a shadow,not sure how to describe it properly..but the "N" id like on it..fake one ocfourse "N430DK"...the main body of the letters/numbers in a blood red/dark red...and black shadowing/highlighting..on the vertical tail surfaces..id like "Dirty Daves air service"

id really apprieate it if someone could do this for me, i cant even figure out how to paint a plane....i did do a paint once on lionhearts kodiac....looked nice..but it had a "chrome" appearance to the paint..like the paint had been put on in a tinted chome plating....and it was purple.....i had tried to make it blue....people told me to use DTX program and use the alpha channel....but i dont understand the alpha channel thing at all....how do you change it ect?...

[big-mike]

Thank you very much!
A lot of fun flying this "thing"
Michael

[warchild]

Thank you very much!
A lot of fun flying this "thing"
Michael

Kinda grows on ya dont it??

[big-mike]

yupp---she is really amazing.
Michael

[stovall]

Thanks Craig, very nice work and really fun to fly. Merry Christmas!!

[Warrant]

Very nice bird. Many thanks! :medals:

[dvj]

:icon29::santahat::icon29::santahat::icon29::santa hat::icon29:

[FentiFlier1]

Brilliant! :medals::salute:

And perfect for people like me who love the view from helicopters but don't "like", cough, flying them.


Owen.

[ryanbatc]

Neat plane! Thanks for making it freeware.

I've got a few minor bugs on my end.
1) Using the gear function (I pressed the button by accident on my joystick) I hear a gear sound and if FSX thinks my gear is up (even though this plane is fixed) I will crash on landing. Can gear be disabled?
2) "S" is backwards on the DG
3) There's no little carrot on the attitude indicator that would line up with the degrees of bank near the top

And a question about the throttle and mixture levers... When I idle them they appear only halfway back in the VC.

[Sieggie]

in the aircraft.cfg the 12th and 13th parameter for the 0,1 and 2 contact indicate the extension and retraction time for the wheels. change them to 0 and the wheels will not retract.

Is:
point.0 = 1, 7.8939, 0, -4.0463, 1181, 0, 0.6, 30, 0.15, 2.5, 0.6, 3.5, 3.5, 0, 165, 165
point.1 = 1, -1.38, 5.7, -3.8, 1575, 2, 0.7, 0, 0.468, 1.932, 0.65, 5.2, 5.2, 3, 165, 165
point.2 = 1, -1.38, -5.7, -3.8, 1575, 1, 0.7, 0, 0.468, 1.932, 0.65, 5.2, 5.2, 2, 165, 165

Should be:
point.0 = 1, 7.8939, 0, -4.0463, 1181, 0, 0.6, 30, 0.15, 2.5, 0.6, 0, 0, 0, 165, 165
point.1 = 1, -1.38, 5.7, -3.8, 1575, 2, 0.7, 0, 0.468, 1.932, 0.65, 0, 0, 3, 165, 165
point.2 = 1, -1.38, -5.7, -3.8, 1575, 1, 0.7, 0, 0.468, 1.932, 0.65, 0, 0, 2, 165, 165

The other two will take a little more work :)

[full]

very cool plane....but is there anyway to make the glass more shiny or reflective? On my system its almost as if there's no glass showing at all. I love the ambient shading...I wish more dev's would use it.

I'm guessing this is on the external model ? as I deleted the interior glass as It had some weird effects when viewed at night with the VC light on.

@ryanbatc

I will have a look into No 2 & 3 for you.

thanks Sieggie must have missed that one :santahat:

I will also try and do a basic paintkit for this but It may take some time....

@Daveroo

If you could draw my a picture of what and send it to me I'm sure I could do something....

[CG_1976]

Thank you Craig. The Optica works well in Prepar3d. Gonna take another flight out of Jim's Corpus Christie CGAS. She's a excellent SAR Patrol Mission aircraft.

[full]

Ok guys I've made some fix's including

1. Landing gear retraction issue (posted earlier)
2. The "S" is now the right way around :)
3. Added a carrot to the attitude indicator
4. Increased glass reflectivity
5. Edited animation of throttle and mixture controls

Anyone downloading the Optica from this post on will not need to download the fix ZIP, but for those who have here are the update's...

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Edgley%20Optica_fix.zip

Many thanks for the comments and suggestions.

[ColoKent]

....this is a FANTASTIC airplane. Any chance of a paintkit (that includes textures for the pilot)?

This airplane is a LOAD of fun-- especially in ORBX scenery.

Regards,

Kent

[Roger]

Ok guys I've made some fix's including

1. Landing gear retraction issue (posted earlier)
2. The "S" is now the right way around :)
3. Added a carrot to the attitude indicator
4. Increased glass reflectivity
5. Edited animation of throttle and mixture controls

Anyone downloading the Optica from this post on will not need to download the fix ZIP, but for those who have here are the update's...

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Edgley%20Optica_fix.zip

Many thanks for the comments and suggestions.

Thanks Craig; brilliant service; now go and enjoy yourself :ernae:

[ColoKent]

....that's what this little baby is. I normally don't like "low and slow" at all, but this thing is just addictive as h$ll. I suggest touring Oahu in it....just AMAZING. Thank you!!!!

Kent

P.S. I'm actually depressed that there are only a few flying in real life...what a cool little airplane.

[warchild]

If Mr.Edgleys dream comes true, there will be more..

[warchild]

Thanks Craig; brilliant service; now go and enjoy yourself :ernae:

I agree Craig.. you deserve a party. Go enjoy. I'll watch the store for you:)

[IFlySWA]

Happy holidays Craig! :santahat: And thank you very much for all the pressies/presents you give us all year round. :applause:

Brian

[Naismith]

Typical, all this great stuff coming out and my FSX dedicated HD went tits-up today. It started the other day simply vanishing from the File Manager. It would reappear on a reboot. But now it doesn't even do that. 1TB WD Caviar Black 3 years old. The bios won't even display it nor in wifes PC.

[gradyhappyg]

Thanks again. :salute:
What a blast!

776637766477665

[Daveroo]

Thanks again. :salute:
What a blast!

776637766477665

ohhhhh i like that paint..are you going to share?...pruddy please?....

[Daveroo]

this is a follow up to my request for a repaint of the optica......yellow over all with the lettering to look something like this??.....:7767077671

[Tube and Rag]

Thanks for this great model. It's lots of fun!

Happy holidays.:santahat:

[THibben]

Thank you very much.

I am not positive but it appears the light switches may be backward from the other awitches.

Tom

[full]

Thanks again. :salute:
What a blast!

776637766477665

Nice paint, good use of colour overlay in photoshop !



THibben
Thank you very much.

I am not positive but it appears the light switches may be backward from the other awitches.

Tom


Can anyone else confirm this ?

Thanks for the images Dave i'll get on it..... right after I finish off something very German.....

[Daveroo]

full,thanks,i apprieate it much...cant wait to see your german paint to...:applause:

[falcon409]

. . . . .Can anyone else confirm this?.....
Actually, it's the "Avionics" switch that's opposite of all the others....all switches flip "up" for ON....the Avionics switch flips "down" for ON.:salute:

Sorry; forgot to add the Fuel Pump switch which also must be flipped "up" to the off position, rather than down as normal.

[ryanbatc]

Ok guys I've made some fix's including

1. Landing gear retraction issue (posted earlier)
2. The "S" is now the right way around :)
3. Added a carrot to the attitude indicator
4. Increased glass reflectivity
5. Edited animation of throttle and mixture controls

Anyone downloading the Optica from this post on will not need to download the fix ZIP, but for those who have here are the update's...

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Edgley%20Optica_fix.zip

Many thanks for the comments and suggestions.

Thank you... seriously!

[jeansy]

Just a small thing, I was adding a custom autopilot to and noticed a small deficiency with the panel.cfg nothing big but,

to get the pop windows to show you need to add above the window01=GPS

[Window Titles]

am loving this, is there going to be a paint kit, otherwise again no biggie as you can use the white textures

[DagR]

How frustrating must that be... to seat in a copter that cannot even takeoff vertically... :icon_lol:
Fantastic exterior model, as always.
This ambiant occlusion effect integrated in these textures is really neat. :ernae:

Re; Amb. Occ., outstanding !:salute:

[full]

I will be doing a basic paint kit based on the white paint scheme with the ambient occlusion included.

Link to the Paint kit....

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Optica_Paintkit.zip

Thanks Jeansy must have missed that one :)

@Daveroo

Here is a link to Dirty Dave's Air Service

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/DDAS_Optica.zip

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1196/20121223115159576.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/20121223115159576.jpg/)

[jeansy]

i couldnt help my self

http://aussiex.org/forum/uploads/gallery/album_139/gallery_11700_139_716326.png

[CG_1976]

Nice one Matt. Look forward to the AU Customs service paint.

[Daveroo]

thank you much for this paint....i really like it....:applause:



I will be doing a basic paint kit based on the white paint scheme with the ambient occlusion included.

Link to the Paint kit....

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/Optica_Paintkit.zip

Thanks Jeansy must have missed that one :)

@Daveroo

Here is a link to Dirty Dave's Air Service

http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/Edgley_Optica/DDAS_Optica.zip

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1196/20121223115159576.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/20121223115159576.jpg/)

[Killbilly]

Thanks for this beauty! What a great Christmas present!

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/844/opt3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/opt3.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/846/opt2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/opt2.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/823/opt1j.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/opt1j.jpg/)

[skyhawka4m]

FULL!!! Thank you so much for the fixes!! The glass looks awesome now!!! Merry Christmas sir!

[YoYo]

I change a little view for TiR users and panorama (now if You look left Your head enter "in door" a little).
With this modifications view doesnt be center with stick (like on screen, but no this problem if You look left). Aircraft.cfg:

[Views]
eyepoint=4.29, -1.32, 1.33

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3457/screenshot28567.jpg

[warchild]

yes, i changed the original viewpoint to center on the stick and chair. really, it needed to be centered and moved forward with the amount of zoom being reduced, but i dont know how to change the zoom factor.. even zoom level 0.90 would take your head out of the door. I just dont know how..

[falcon409]

I change a little view for TiR users and panorama (now if You look left Your head enter "in door" a little).
With this modifications view doesnt be center with stick (like on screen, but no this problem if You look left). Aircraft.cfg:

[Views]
eyepoint=4.29, -1.32, 1.33


Don't touch left to right, you don't accomplish anything except throw off your center. I also use trackIR and simply changed the first set of numbers from 4.29 to 4.69 which moves you forward so that you're sitting "in" the seat rather than sitting "inside" the seat if you get my meaning. This allows you to look left and back and see the entire interior and also allows you to look outside and back to view the gear and wing area.

Disclaimer: This works for me, works perfectly actually. . .That does not necessarily mean it will work perfectly for you, however I still believe that the proper view can be accomplished by changing the first numbers and no others.

[jeansy]

for me, i find

[Views]
eyepoint=4.55, -1.50, 1.33

a bit easier,

im a fraction fwd and a fraction right

but each to their own

[Lionheart]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Not only is this a rare, radical, modern design, but it is an excellent model that was well crafted, and the textures are amazing!

Nice work, Craig!

[Cirrus N210MS]

Thank you for this New Plane !! merry Xmas aswell

[Snurdley]

Exquisite model and texturing!

[DagR]

Many thanks for this superb model, I dind it very nice to fly ;-)


Best
DagR

[Emile]

Thanks a lot.
I like it

[Mithrin]

I've adjusted the viewpoint thingies too though. Thanks for the plane. Very cool!

[jimjones]

Many thanks for a beautiful model and freebee, Craig and Pam. Great for low and slow. Terrain textures have time to display full resolution.

[dougal]

This truly is a GREAT Christmas gift. I wounder if you guys new it would be SUCH a great hit with us all;-)

[JAllen]

I am not fond of unusual or weird looking aircraft. But my son is a fan of the strange. That said, Oh BOY I love this plane!!! Thank you for the sweet gift.

My son is a police officer and when he gets some spare time I am sure he will love it too.

[DaveKDEN]

Add this to the aircraft.cfg file for a center seat viewpoint. You can change the Initialzoom setting as you desire if 50% is too wide of an angle. Cycle to the view while in VC mode with the A key. I've adjusted the pan rate for faster viewing left/right and up/down movement using your hat switch.

[CameraDefinition.001]
Title = "Center Seat"
Guid = {195EAB58-9E4A-1E2A-A34C-A8D9D948F078}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = Yes
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.5
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=30
HeadingPanRate=75
PanAcceleratorTime=0
InitialXyz=0.55, 0.00, 0.05
InitialPbh=6, 0, 0

[doublecool]

Thank you for this most interesting aircraft :applause::applause::applause:

[Adrian Petford]

Thank you Craig and Pam for this unique aircraft. I'm having great fun with her and she's brilliant for admiring scenery low and slow.

Also thanks Craig for some of your other brilliant releases this year, particularly the FSX native conversions of the old favourites from FS2004. As a vintage aviation buff, it was great to have these back in the FS skies again.

Happy New Year to you and yours,


Ade

[GrayRider]

I've been watching this thread.

I downloaded and installed this plane a couple days ago from flightsim.com

My question is.Do I need to download and install the optica_fix.zip that I'm seeing in this thread?.

THX

GrayRider

[full]

Hi GrayRider, the most up to date model is available on my website

www.classicwings.net

Sent from my HUAWEI U8815 using Tapatalk 2

[GrayRider]

Thanks Full.

I got your latest version from your link.I deleted the previous version I had.So I won't worry about the fix update that was showing up.



GrayRider

[LouP]

Anyone know why this crashes P3D v4.1? It looks like it should work when looking at the files that make it up. The preview comes up fine but when you actually try to load it, P3D crashes.

LouP