The SAAB Viggen released!

[JensOle]

Hi,

Henk recently made a FSX native conversion of the old Alphasim SAAB Viggen pack and that of course made me interested in completely remaking the textures (as the original looked rather dated). The Viggen really looks like a purpose build fighter and it was actually designed exactly into the Swedish defence plan of the mid cold war era as "the system 37".

All new HD textures with correct panel lines rivets, details, decals and stencils. The model has quite a few mapping issues, but I think it looks rather smart in the splinter camo after all.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2358.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2360.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2372.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2378.jpg~original

[JensOle]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2366.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2374.jpg~original

[JensOle]

Jakt Viggen from F13 in the early air superiority grey scheme.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2380.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2384.jpg~original


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2390.jpg~original

[Sundog]

Nice! I'll be watching out for the release of these textures. :)

[Chris Sykes]

I have always liked the Viggen, ever since I saw it at RAF Waddington's air show in the 90's where it did its landing, turn around mid runway and take off in the opposite direction.

[MDIvey]

Thanks Henk for doing this conversion to FSX native. Having a lot of fun with it. It's great to have the Alphasim Viggen back in FSX skies. Thank you too Jen for taking this further. Cant wait to see what version 2 looks like with those HD textures... they look superb.

Matt

[JensOle]

The current linup of new HD Paints for the coming V2 pacakge.

SAAB AJ-37 Viggen (37068) from Flygflottilj 7, coded 53, based at Såtenäs in the 1980's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/7-53.jpg~original

SAAB AJS-37 Viggen (37021) from Flygflottilj 10, coded 21, based at Ängelholm in the 1990's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/10-21-2.jpg~original

SAAB AJSH-37 Viggen (37908) from Flygflottilj 15, coded 81, based at Søderhamn in the 1990's. This Viggen crashed on 6th October 1996 off the Latvian coast while photographing the new Russian cruiser "Peter the Great". While passing the cruiser at low level the pilot Kapten Göran Carlsson suddenly saw a Russian Be 12 directly in front of him and tried to awoid it by taking evassive action, sadly the aircraft impacted the water and Carlsson died instantly.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/15-81-2.jpg~original

SAAB JA-37 Viggen (37329) from Flygflottilj 13, coded 69, based at Bråvalla in the 1980's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/13-69-2.jpg~original

[JensOle]

SAAB JA-37 Viggen (37380) from Flygflottilj 4, coded 50, based at Frösö in the 1990's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/4-50-2.jpg~original

[YoYo]

Can't wait.... but for DCS by Leatherneck Simulations (this Year!) :wavey: .

[MDIvey]

They look brilliant.

Matt

[JensOle]

The DCS Viggen will be an interesting model for sure and it might make me test out DCS.

In the meantime we are making progress with the reworked Alphasim Viggen. Yes it is dated in some aspects, but I think we can make it more than flyable and actually quite enjoyable.

We have also solved how the canard flaps works and Henk has coded it into the model. The flaps are automatically actuated together with the landing gear and the pilot cannot himself control them. They go down with the gear and up when the gear is retracted. The AJ also have a preset trim on the flaps in accordance with the weight of the loaded stores. It was set by the crew chief and could not be changed by the pilot in flight.. I guess pilot was not supposed to drop any of the more valuable stores as tank, ECM pod etc..

[shaggy]

Awesome news Jens!

[DaveQ]

Here's another one I've done using Jens-Ole's excellent HD paint kit. 37432 of F16 at Uppsala, painted blue and yellow for the 75th anniversary of the Swedish Air Force. Known as Petter Bla (Blue Peter)

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/Viggen%20PB%201_zpsjgbofie8.jpg

And an updated version of one in the original pack - 37447 again from F16 at Uppsala,

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/Viggen%2016%202_zpszsnvltpj.jpg

Hopefully will be published soon.

DaveQ

...and yes it is a VERY enjoyable bird!!

[Sundog]

Awesome work. That's one of favorites (planes) and I'm definitely looking forward to the update. Thanks for all the work guys.

[JensOle]

Great work by Dave on the F16 Viggens!

Another slightly special scheme was this one from F13. The two tone grey scheme had been modified with ligh grey tail with a medium grey fading at the bottom and the wing badge has been oversprayed sort of inspired by a combination of the F-16 Hill scheme and South African Cheetah schemes.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2436.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Scrshot2437.jpg~original

[JensOle]

A quick update on the Viggen project. Henk has done some real magic to his old model with importing it into sketchup and managing to remap all the trouble areas. Many important texture areas were reappearing in several places, making it impossible to correctly paint details. Several parts were randomly mapped to another texture. All in all a painters nightmare. Henk has done an outstanding job with getting the mapping in order. Elevons, intake/fuselage, all weapon pylons and more are now correctly mapped and painted by me. Particular the weapon pylons stands out as major improvements.
Henk has also been busy with getting the M/70 rocket pod in correct shape and it is now also possible to load it to all 4 stations which it was cleared for. The same goes for Sidewinders and Skyflash for the Jakt Viggen.
This makeover has come a long way from a simply FSX conversion, and In my mind this is starting to become a very enjoyable modell
Some progress shots:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot007.jpg~original
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot028.jpg~original
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot015.jpg~original
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2520.jpg~original

[JensOle]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2504.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2501.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2510.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2494.jpg~original

[JensOle]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2517.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2492.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2488.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2486.jpg~original

[Sundog]

Thanks for all of the hard work and the update. Your persistence is certainly good fortune for the rest of us Viggen fans.

[MDIvey]

Really looking forward to this.

Matt

[wombat666]

A very big 'Thank You' for all the hard work.
One overlooked aircraft is getting a great makeover.
:triumphant:

[JensOle]

I have been working on remaking the main panel texture to HD. Sadly my skills with making the gauges themselves HD are a bit limited..

Old:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot2520.jpg~original

New:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot067.jpg~original

[morpheusfz]

Any News on the Viggen?

[JensOle]

Yep :-) We are still working on it. Latest news it that it will have a dedicated JA cockpit as well :-) And bare metal schemes...

[morpheusfz]

Very Cool... Thx

[Mach3DS]

Does this model incorporate alpha channel and specular? Always loved this jet...somehow ive missed seeing this.

[JensOle]

1975 scheme

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot100.jpg~original

[hschuit]

Does this model incorporate alpha channel and specular? Always loved this jet...somehow ive missed seeing this.

Dave Quincey has created the individual specular maps for the bare metal paints, including specular alpha's. The model does not use diffuse alpha. The Viggen bare metal looks rather matte like anodized aluminimum, it was never polished. I think Dave did capture the look of those bare metal Viggens in an excellent way.

[DaveQ]

The three of us have been working on this project for about 8 weeks now and it's nearing completion. We now have kind permission to use radar and multi-function gauges by Karol Chlebowski in our later JA panel so that should be available too. All the textures will be based on Jens-Ole's excellent 2048 x 2048 paint kit and will cover the whole spectrum of operational schemes worn by the Viggen, in both attack (AJ) and interceptor (JA) roles, together with authentic load-outs changeable by the payload. Here are few examples:


http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/Viggen%204-50%201_zpsyyvwk32d.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/Viggen%2021%204_zps0n9dmpwg.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/Viggen%2013-38%201_zpsmh489yts.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/DaveQ-photos/Viggen%20PB%203_zpsyijbeh59.jpg

DaveQ

[ce_zeta]

Wow Fantastic work! :jump:

[Mach3DS]

Is this TP enabled? Looks like AIM 120's? Great job guys!

[Mach3DS]

Well, if it is possible to allow for the use of Fresnel (affecting reflection) and diffuse alpha, you could achieve some very realistic results with the painted schemes. They do look fantastic already. Something to consider? Anyway. Not be the late comer to the party. It might not be practical at this point. Always like the Saab jets, nice to have someone paying this attention. Thank you! Dave & JensOle, your work is brilliant!

[DaveQ]

Well, if it is possible to allow for the use of Fresnel (affecting reflection) and diffuse alpha, you could achieve some very realistic results with the painted schemes. They do look fantastic already. Something to consider? Anyway. Not be the late comer to the party. It might not be practical at this point. Always like the Saab jets, nice to have someone paying this attention. Thank you! Dave & JensOle, your work is brilliant!

Don't forget Henk (hschuit) who did all the work on the models and who started us off on this road!

DaveQ

[Mach3DS]

Don't forget Henk (hschuit) who did all the work on the models and who started us off on this road!

DaveQ

Fantastic oversight on my part. Thanks Henk!

[JensOle]

Another one from the soon to be released Viggen pack. Textures by Dave Q.

SAAB JA-37 Viggen 17-33 (37333) from Flygflottilj 17 based at Ronneby in 1983. This aircraft was delivered in bare metal finish from SAAB. The reason for many JA's being seen unpainted was that the Swedish air force tried to save money on not paying SAAB to paint the new aircraft, but rather paint them themselves during major servicing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/JensOle/Europe/Viggen%20project/Scrshot232.jpg~original

[morpheusfz]

Thumbs up, Cant wait for it.

[Sundog]

I'm definitely looking forward to this one as well. Thanks for the preview and the update. :)

[Mach3DS]

Yup. I'm really excited for this one. Great job guys.

[Flyboy208]

You guys have teamed up and are really doing a fantastic job. Many thanks for your hard work, can't wait to fly it ! Mike :ernaehrung004:

[JensOle]

Great to hear that so many are looking forward to the release!

It has been the biggest transformation of an old FS model I have ever seen thanks to the joint effort of the team with Henk and Dave. Not only have most of the issues which ruined this model in FSX/P3D been fixed, but a lot of new features have been made to really make this model shine. Henk has really done some magic with the model. In the end it turned out to be a lot more than simply making the model FSX native.

[Stickshaker]

Excellent work, I am really looking forward to this plane! Will it have a HUD? I don’t know how advance the HUD of the real Viggen was…<o:p></o:p>

[hschuit]

@ Stickshaker: We used the standard FSX Acceleration FA-18 HUD.

[Stickshaker]

Thanks, Henk. I'm glad she gets a HUD.

[hschuit]

You can get the Viggen at AVSIM now: alphasim_viggen_fsx_native_v2.zip (http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxacrp&DLID=195402)
(http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxacrp&DLID=195402)
I hope you will enjoy the awesome paintwork by Dave and Jens-Ole as much as I do, the new textures give the old model a tremendous boost.


(http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxacrp&DLID=195402)

[DaveWG]

Thanks to everyone involved. :applause:

[JensOle]

Then it finally is released, enjoy and have fun!

[DaveQ]

Hope you have as much fun with it as we had doing it!:very_drunk:

DaveQ

[ColoKent]

This is one of "Top Five" airplanes I would LOVE to see MILVIZ do:

1. Martin B-57B/EB-57E
2. F-8E Crusader (RF-8A or G would be a bonus, but is likely too much to hope for)
3. Lockheed U-2C
4. Saab AJ/SJ-37 Viggen
5. Saab Grippen
6. Lockheed T-33A (the sixth is needed only if Vertigo doesn't finish theirs [and to me, it looks more and more doubtful as we hit the 4 or 5 year WIP point...would LOVE to be proven wrong on this point, however!!!])

This baby looks gorgeous...I love Swedish "splinter camo" on this bird...

Face it...I just LIKE this bird! Well done!

Kent

[Flyboy208]

Just went up for about an hour hop intercepting traffic over Swedish airspace, what a fun jet ! Well done team ! Mike :applause:

[Mach3DS]

DaveQ you nailed the textures! Really nice job team Viggen!

[DaveQ]

DaveQ you nailed the textures! Really nice job team Viggen!

I only did the metal work and some others. JensOLe did the hard work, on the paint kit and splinter camo. But many thanks Rick - it's what makes this sort of thing so rewarding:encouragement:

DaveQ

[Mach3DS]

I only did the metal work and some others. JensOLe did the hard work, on the paint kit and splinter camo. But many thanks Rick - it's what makes this sort of thing so rewarding:encouragement:

DaveQ

Great job JensOle!!! You nailed the paint kit!!!

[JensOle]

Thanks! It was a jolly fun project to do together with henk and dave :-)

[MDIvey]

Another here who appreciates the hard work put into this project.

Matt:encouragement:

[Sundog]

Well, I just did my first flight in this update and WOW, what an amazing job you guys did! This has always been one of my all time favorite aircraft and the update you guys did makes it the same in the sim for me.

Now some statements and questions. First, the sound didn't work for me (In the JA-37), so I aliased it to the Aerosoft F-16, and those sounds work great with this bird. Second, will there be a paint kit? I would like to see it painted in the colors of some of the air forces they tried to sell it to, but didn't end up buying it, like Switzerland and India. I keep thinking of how cool it would look in some of those wacked out color schemes the Indians put on their MiG-27's. Third, does anybody know of a good tip vortex effect that shows strong rotation? I would like to add it to the canard for the high alpha regime.

Great work guys. BTW, I really like the moving map display as well. It came in handy when I was flying in a low cloud deck.

Also. Mods, shouldn't this get a sticky at the top since it was just released? :)

[hschuit]

@ Sundog: Thanks for the kind words. We did not include a soundset, the sound.cfg file is aliased to the stock FSX Learjet. Having watched a couple of videos I find the Viggen engine sounds very much like the Harrier so I am using a Rolls Royce Pegasus soundset which was done by MSS for UKMIL iirc.

EDIT: By mistake, my test version of the sound.cfg file ended up in the release, the fix is easy though, you can edit the sound.cfg file with notepad:

Wrong release version:
[fltsim]
alias=.\Sound\RR_Pegasus
;alias=d:\fsx\simobjects\airplanes\Lear45\sound

Correction:
[fltsim]
alias=.\SimObjects\airplanes\Lear45\sound

or alias it to any soundset you like.

[Stickshaker]

Beautiful repaints indeed!

[huub vink]

Also. Mods, shouldn't this get a sticky at the top since it was just released? :)

Done, and I also altered the title to make people aware that it is actually released.

Cheers,
Huub

[JensOle]

Thanks a lot Huub!

Or maybe just Call it SAAB viggen released... I used thunderbolt as a word play on the translation of Viggen.

[JensOle]

Well, I just did my first flight in this update and WOW, what an amazing job you guys did! This has always been one of my all time favorite aircraft and the update you guys did makes it the same in the sim for me.

Now some statements and questions. First, the sound didn't work for me (In the JA-37), so I aliased it to the Aerosoft F-16, and those sounds work great with this bird. Second, will there be a paint kit? I would like to see it painted in the colors of some of the air forces they tried to sell it to, but didn't end up buying it, like Switzerland and India. I keep thinking of how cool it would look in some of those wacked out color schemes the Indians put on their MiG-27's. Third, does anybody know of a good tip vortex effect that shows strong rotation? I would like to add it to the canard for the high alpha regime.

Great work guys. BTW, I really like the moving map display as well. It came in handy when I was flying in a low cloud deck.

Also. Mods, shouldn't this get a sticky at the top since it was just released? :)

The paintkit is not made available as it is very big... The texture mapping is made in a way that the model is covered with many smaller textures and when they went up to 2048x the size of the paintfiles become very big... And I must confess they are a bit of a mess... I'll see what we can do.

[Mach3DS]

The paintkit is not made available as it is very big... The texture mapping is made in a way that the model is covered with many smaller textures and when they went up to 2048x the size of the paintfiles become very big... And I must confess they are a bit of a mess... I'll see what we can do.

I would be satisfied with just PSD layers of the panel lines. Would that be possible?

[ZsoltB]

Thank you Guys!

Here the nice Viggen nest: Sättna AB http://www.rbdesign.se/download/flygplatser/ESNT_FSX.zip

http://kepkezelo.com/images/xc6coum1h8n2seixu596.jpg


(http://www.rbdesign.se/download/flygplatser/ESNT_FSX.zip)

[UnknownGuest12]

Must be missing something here, once again....million dólar question...where to find this bird?

best regards and thanks

[ijay]

There's a link earlier in the thread it's at Avsim, although i couldn't access in a moment ago!

[ijay]

in the meantime there's always this !!! https://youtu.be/pLPrnc8GNPU

[Sundog]

The paintkit is not made available as it is very big... The texture mapping is made in a way that the model is covered with many smaller textures and when they went up to 2048x the size of the paintfiles become very big... And I must confess they are a bit of a mess... I'll see what we can do.

Oh yeah, I forgot how he textured his models. They're very much a patch work of files.

[Flyboy208]

I think this package is available at Simviation as well. Mike :running:

[huub vink]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/Huubs_Pictures/2016-5-25_11-30-52-789_zpskorwu8nx.jpg~original (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/Huubs_Pictures/media/2016-5-25_11-30-52-789_zpskorwu8nx.jpg.html)

The Viggen was one of the candidates to replace the F104 in the seventies, but the F16 was chosen instead. With all international mission I assume the choice for the Viggen would have caused a logistic disaster. But I really considered it a missed chance for the Royal Netherlands Air Force that they didn't choose to fly this Swedish beauty queen!

And Flyboy is correct, the model is available at Avsim and simviation.

Cheers,
Huub

[JensOle]

Good to see the Viggen getting virtual flight time!

The same here in Norway, it was a contender for the F-5/F-104 replacement program together with the Mirage F1. The JA37 would have brought a more advanced interceptor capability with both radar link and BVR capability at a much earlier time frame compared to the F-16. The Jakt Viggen was pretty bad ass as an interceptor with both the radar and weapon capability it had from the late 1980's. The F-16 turned out to be an perfect fighter for the European partner nations, but it used almost 20 years to mature as a true BVR fighter. Of course the type of operations we have taken part in with the Americans have also played a part of showing how important it has been to fly a similar platform. Have said that there are some major differences between the early European F-16A and the later blocks of the C/D models which the USAF have been flying. Weapons wise the Viggen already was using US weapons, so that would not be a problem.
I'm also quite sure the short take off and landing capabilities of the Viggen would have been very welcome in Norwegian service during the cold war.

[Mach3DS]

Been tweaking around....Added 3 additional fresnels, very rudamentary bumps and enabled diffuse alpha.

You can see the difference in lighting...whether realistic or not for this paint I'm having a lot of fun!!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7590/26647267514_2a6e3f1ae6_o.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7330/27253835545_ce597e3096_o.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7494/26647268384_209b11c8a2_o.jpg

[DaveQ]

Looks beautiful Rick!

DaveQ

[lazarus]

Very beautiful! Nicely done all around. I guess I'll have to buy a few more TB- I'm maxing out my memory on all the new toys.

[UnknownGuest12]

I think this package is available at Simviation as well. Mike :running:

Got it, thanks

[Dutcheeseblend]

in the meantime there's always this !!! https://youtu.be/pLPrnc8GNPU

Wow! Seems to me they've got a bold and effective defence system!

Ah, and look at some footage here as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPteuBsRGg

[ZsoltB]

Please TACPACK version :jump:

[Corrado5834]

Please TACPACK version

How do you know that's even possible?

LOL, I just contacted JensOle proposing to make one!

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38305&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38306&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38307&stc=1

[Mach3DS]

Impressive!!! Very much looking forward to this!


How do you know that's even possible?

LOL, I just contacted JensOle proposing to make one!

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38305&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38306&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38307&stc=1

[ZsoltB]

How do you know that's even possible?

LOL, I just contacted JensOle proposing to make one!

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38305&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38306&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38307&stc=1

http://www.zone-five.net/images/smilies/mike.gif

I looking forward to!!!

[Corrado5834]

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38310&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38311&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38312&stc=1

[Corrado5834]

Tacpack Prototype is available here:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=4B4745D8612A4C3!760&authkey=!AFYbe0DPfY63myM&ithint=folder%2cjpg

There is a small glitch that i couldn’t fix; weapons are fired one at a time but they disappear two at once. Tried to fix the MDL with an hex-editor to no avail.

Made two versions for now:

- Attack, with four rocket launchers and two AIM-9
- Air defense, with four AIM-9 and two AMRAAM

Not much more can be done with current weapons configuration.

These are lightweight standalone variants, aliasing most of the stuff from the main version, since they require custom Aircraft.cfg and Panel.
Now They need some serious beta-testing … any volunteers?

Please report to MC5834@hotmail.it

Corrado

[ZsoltB]

Unfortunately, the "gun" mode, and no afterburner

The AA mod is OK!

http://kepkezelo.com/images/mi6h6whpcwq2k3r7km2r.jpg



Thank you so much!

Zsolt

[JensOle]

Great stuff Corrado!

Some imputs:
-Only a few of the D updated JA 37 coud carry the AMRAAM, for most of the Jakt Viggens the Skyflash (Sparrow) is a much more realistic BVR weapon.
-As you probably know, only the JA had a semi permanent cannon in the shape of the 30mm KCA Oerlikon. This cannon is as far as I know the most powerfull cannon ever used in a modern western fighter. It has over 6 times the kinetic energy of a similar ADEN/DEFA 30mm cannon. The heavy shell had a very high muzzle velocity and almost flat tracetory out to 500m. It could be great if it is possible to simulate this special cannon. A very special feature of the JA and the 30 Oerlikan was that it could be used in automatic gun mode with the autopilot taking command of the aircraft. Sources say that it was a highly accurate system

-The AJ37 could be loaded with 2 30mm ADEN pods on the inner wing station. This pod is not modelled in our release.
-Have you got the M/70 pod working? It had 135mm rockets with a rather high speed and accuracy compared to the American 70mm FFAR system. If it is not possible to custom make the values for the rockets I think the 127 mm zuni rocket is a good substitute.

[Corrado5834]

Beta v3 uploaded

- Fixed missing afterburner
- Switched to Skyflashes
- Switched to Zuni rockets
- Removed cannon on AJ version

Thanks anyone for the feedback and keep it coming!

:jump: :jump: :jump:

[Mach3DS]

So obviously there's a little too much reflection for this actual paint...but only a little. I was looking at pictures of it today and there is a slight reflective quality though not much...however this isnt for accuracy just seeing how things are working together. Again great job guys!

In bright sunlight.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/27175231992_7cbbdc9bb0_o.jpg


In partual cloud cover

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/27175231752_8278afd2ef_o.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/27175231622_6a37041c98_o.jpg

[ZsoltB]

http://kepkezelo.com/images/jftg2o56g3rfb1k0wrid.jpg

[ZsoltB]

http://kepkezelo.com/images/3lgpnkj0wxocv3jk28r6.jpg

http://kepkezelo.com/images/w6wgws6gv0zfxfiewxu6.jpg

[ZsoltB]

http://kepkezelo.com/images/8o78oo5bnf3vf6o6oh1p.jpg

http://kepkezelo.com/images/4vami78rhd6tjpz9xv1z.jpg

http://kepkezelo.com/images/gb02k09bh0rsgzbmkybb.jpg

[DaveQ]

Brilliant paints Zsolt!! And Rick - there indeed was very little shine to Blue Peter; the paint was a water-based temporary job. So much so they dare not fly it in the rain....:biggrin-new:!!

Dave

[pr945b]

Beta v3 uploaded

Give us a link, please! Thank you!

[dhazelgrove]

Give us a link, please! Thank you!

Use the same link as posted earlier.

Dave

[Corrado5834]

Give us a link, please! Thank you!

Things are progressing too fast, LOL :onthego:
Beta 4 and 5 are already gone, current version is almost final.
Same link:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AFYbe0DPfY63myM&id=4B4745D8612A4C3!760&cid=04B4745D8612A4C3

[Mach3DS]

Does someone have a paint kit for this bird? All I'm really looking for are the new panel lines and rivets the team made for this redux version...I'd like to make a set of blank bumps, but I don't have the time to create them from scratch. If one of you fine gentlemen has would you be willing to share? Thank you!

[mal998]

Great job all! How are the flight dynamics? Does she need any help?

[JensOle]

Mal, I'm sure she can need some help! My flight model rework skills are rather limited.. Sorry for the late answer.

[StormILM]

FYI, bit of a different more developed model source to go by, the DCS Viggen is spectacular. The flight dynamics on it (and according to actual proper sources) it's a fairly easy to handle aircraft. From my observations the biggest limitation is the Angle of Attack due to intake airflow disruption which cause compressor stalls on the engine. Other than that, it's a total joy to fly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUp8lMJA8iM

[DennyA]

Glad this thread was necro'd because I missed this when it first came out. Thanks, Henk and everyone else!

I have this up in P3D v4.2 and all is well, except... Has anyone replaced the F/A-18 HUD, which doesn't work in P3D v4? Not knowledgeable about panel.cfg editing, so not sure how to bring in a different HUD from another plane. (I was thinking maybe Dino's F-14?)

[hschuit]

DennyA, here is a P3Dv4 update (https://app.box.com/s/7ujsbmnwyuweklh1j7njfhr0mu35wy7r) which includes a new HUD and XMLTools loadout manager. The morons at Rikoooo "borrowed" our files, repackaged them and put it on their download site without asking permission so I am not going to release an official update package on AVSIM. The P3Dv4 update requires XMLTools (freeware, Google for it if you do not have it yet). I also do not have time to explain in detail how to install the P3Dv4 update so I would say stay away from it if you do not have some understanding of the P3Dv4 file structure etc.

Henk.

[CIMOGT]

One of my favorite aircraft, good work

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61130&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61131&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61132&stc=1http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61133&stc=1

[DennyA]

Thanks for the files, Henk! I know my way around file structure, so looking forward to seeing the update.

I avoid downloading from Rikooo because I know they update packages without permission, plus I don't trust EXE installers. So awesome that your file just has the needed stuff.

Thanks again!

[IanHenry]

DennyA, here is a P3Dv4 update (https://app.box.com/s/7ujsbmnwyuweklh1j7njfhr0mu35wy7r) which includes a new HUD and XMLTools loadout manager. The morons at Rikoooo "borrowed" our files, repackaged them and put it on their download site without asking permission so I am not going to release an official update package on AVSIM. The P3Dv4 update requires XMLTools (freeware, Google for it if you do not have it yet). I also do not have time to explain in detail how to install the P3Dv4 update so I would say stay away from it if you do not have some understanding of the P3Dv4 file structure etc.

Henk.

Hi,
Henk is this download the complete aircraft or just the update, and if it's not the complete aircraft would you mind showing me where I can fined the package?

Thanks,
Ian

[hschuit]

Ian, the link with the P3Dv4 updates I provided a few days ago is just a simple ZIP with only the new/changed files.
For the full native FSX pack, search the AVSIM library for: alphasim_viggen_fsx_native_v2.zip

Henk.

[IanHenry]

Many thanks Henk, very much appreciated.


Regards,
Ian

[JensOle]

I have been reading up on the SFI AJ37 flight manual and with the help of part 2 (formely secret) done some adjustments to the fuel entry in the cfg file in order to replicate the capacity and location of the tanks on the Viggen. this has also been done to the location of the store pylons. The current hot rod have the Jakt Viggen engine power and this is not realistic for the AJ/SH, I have made a separate folder for the AJ/SH/AJS models with the RM8A engine. See entries below

Change the fuel entry:

[fuel]
//Longitudinal (feet), Lateral (feet), Vertical (feet), Usable(gallons), Unusable (gallons)
//5000 liter intern + 1500 liter extern
fuel_type = 2
number_of_tank_selectors = 1
electric_pump = 1
Center1= 5.000, 0.000, 0.000, 929.000, 5.000
LeftMain = -5.000, -6.000, -1.500, 614.000, 5.000
RightMain = -5.000, 6.000, -1.500, 614.000, 5.000
External1 = 7.400, 0.000,-4.500, 348.000, 5.000
fuel_dump_rate=0.01

Stores:

[weight_and_balance]
max_gross_weight = 45000
empty_weight = 26896
reference_datum_position = 0.000, 0.000, 0.000
empty_weight_CG_position = 0.000, 0.000, 0.000
empty_weight_pitch_MOI = 130981.000
empty_weight_roll_MOI = 65720.000
empty_weight_yaw_MOI = 110426.000
empty_weight_coupled_MOI= 0
CG_forward_limit= 0.000
CG_aft_limit= 1.000
max_number_of_stations = 4
//-----------------------------------------...............
station_load.0 = 0, 7.40, 0.00, -4.50, C-Tank //1 Center tank 200 lbs
station_load.1 = 0, 7.00, 0.00, -4.20, Fuselage //2 Fuselage (AJ): Bofors M70 rockets x2 = 1760 lbs // Fuselage (JA): Sidewinders x2 = 400 lbs / AMRAAM x2 = 700 lbs / A2A racks = 20 lbs
station_load.2 = 0, -4.00, 0.00, -4.00, Wings Inner //3 Wing Inner (AJ): Bofors M70 rockets x2 = 1760 lbs //Wing Inner (JA): Skyflash x2 = 850 lbs / AMRAAM x2 = 700 lbs / A2A racks = 20 lbs
station_load.3 = 0, -10.00, 0.00, -3.80, Wings Outer //4 Wing Outer: Sidewinders x2 = 400 lbs / A2A racks = 20 lbs

AJ/SH RM8A engine:

[TurbineEngineData]
//Volvo RM8A 14.600 lbs dry thrust, 25,800 lbs w afterburner (ratio 1.7352)
fuel_flow_gain= 0.002
inlet_area= 4.00
rated_N2_rpm= 26500
static_thrust= 14600
afterburner_available=6
afterburner_throttle_threshold = 0.80
reverser_available=1
ThrustSpecificFuelConsumption = 0.64
AfterBurnThrustSpecificFuelConsumption = 2.52

[JensOle]

Any feedback on these mods are welcome!

For me the aircraft wobble back and fort in the yaw axis at lower speeds (both before and after my mods), do any of you fm guru's have some advise to make it more stable?

[Bjoern]

I'd say check your vertical tail area and location. Or simply crank up yaw stability. Or add a yaw damper.


If you want to fix the problem at its source, this is your guide:
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/resources/flight-dynamics-in-msfs-v1-0.169/

[Flanker-256F]

Ian, the link with the P3Dv4 updates I provided a few days ago is just a simple ZIP with only the new/changed files.
For the full native FSX pack, search the AVSIM library for: alphasim_viggen_fsx_native_v2.zip

Henk.

Thanks for your great works, Henk and Jens!!!

[UnknownGuest12]

DennyA, here is a P3Dv4 update (https://app.box.com/s/7ujsbmnwyuweklh1j7njfhr0mu35wy7r) which includes a new HUD and XMLTools loadout manager. The morons at Rikoooo "borrowed" our files, repackaged them and put it on their download site without asking permission so I am not going to release an official update package on AVSIM. The P3Dv4 update requires XMLTools (freeware, Google for it if you do not have it yet). I also do not have time to explain in detail how to install the P3Dv4 update so I would say stay away from it if you do not have some understanding of the P3Dv4 file structure etc.

Henk.

Hi
My thanks to everyone involved...
Installed version 2 (only using P3Dv4) Ok all but no functional HUD. Installed P3Dv4 update, now have HUD but lost startup (smoke,etc) and afterburner effects. Unableto find why...Please help
Best regards

[anels9]

Any chance for the re-mapped (fixed version) to be done for fs2004 as well since this addon was originally for that platform?

[JensOle]

Henk is the mastermind behind the model rework. But I think the reworked model has moved so much away from the FS2004 format that it is not a straight forward job to make it FS2004 compatible.