Aermacchi MB.326 and derivatives...

**Dino Cattaneo** · May 20th, 2014, 00:07

Sorry for the Italian - question was the usual "how do you create a new aicraft for FSX?" - answer is Google :-)

**YoYo** · May 20th, 2014, 00:31

Originally Posted by Dino Cattaneo

Sorry for the Italian - question was the usual "how do you create a new aicraft for FSX?" - answer is Google :-)

Mr Google is the answer, right!

Looks like continuation of this topic: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...7545-Pc-21-fsx .

**Dino Cattaneo** · May 20th, 2014, 01:01

I wish I had a € for each time I have been asked that question :-)

**b52bob** · May 20th, 2014, 06:14

Actually, my wife is 1st generation S

**Dino Cattaneo** · May 21st, 2014, 16:24

Some progress in the cockpit area...

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**gaucho_59** · May 21st, 2014, 17:55

Originally Posted by b52bob

Hey, I have a hard enough time speaking good English right let alone Spanish!

Listen young man... (I am a 76 year old retired VIET NAM veteran officer)... comments like that show your immaturity...
I am 6 years older than you and speak 6 languages fluently.... Sarebbe bello se tentasti di parlare al meno la tua con una certa serenita'...
I faut que tu parle un peu de quelque chose bonne mon cher... Si no te gusta... no escuches!... y podria seguir pero creo sea una perdida de
tiempo.... Tem gente que nao comprende... wenn Sie nichts besser haben, um zu sagen... es ist Auf Wiedersehen

**adi518** · May 21st, 2014, 20:09

Looks amazing..

**mvg3d** · May 21st, 2014, 22:46

Originally Posted by gaucho_59

Listen young man... (I am a 76 year old retired VIET NAM veteran officer)... comments like that show your immaturity...
I am 6 years older than you and speak 6 languages fluently.... Sarebbe bello se tentasti di parlare al meno la tua con una certa serenita'...
I faut que tu parle un peu de quelque chose bonne mon cher... Si no te gusta... no escuches!... y podria seguir pero creo sea una perdida de
tiempo.... Tem gente que nao comprende... wenn Sie nichts besser haben, um zu sagen... es ist Auf Wiedersehen

Hi Gaucho.....

**cortomalteseit** · May 21st, 2014, 23:08

WOW!!! Looks fantastic, day after day!!!
Keep up this great work, Dino!

***alain0568*** · May 22nd, 2014, 00:23

Hello,Dino,

Please, give us first S-3!

Many thanks

Alain

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**Dino Cattaneo** · May 22nd, 2014, 00:37

Well, the S-3 Viking is my top priority... but it is a quite complex aircraft and I have to confess that the system development / testing is quite tedious - hence I started the MB.326 project.

At the moment the S-3 is on track for a completion of a significant test version by the end of the month (although Tacpack functionalities may be limited / absent in that build...).

The MB.326 is far from being complete - although the external model of the 326E is in a very good shape - but the project scope is yet to be defined. An ambitious (but quite attracting) target would be to replicate the whole family of these trainers, including light attack version and the MB339. But that would be roughly 30 models...

**b52bob** · May 22nd, 2014, 06:24

Originally Posted by gaucho_59

Listen young man... (I am a 76 year old retired VIET NAM veteran officer)... comments like that show your immaturity...
I am 6 years older than you and speak 6 languages fluently.... Sarebbe bello se tentasti di parlare al meno la tua con una certa serenita'...
I faut que tu parle un peu de quelque chose bonne mon cher... Si no te gusta... no escuches!... y podria seguir pero creo sea una perdida de
tiempo.... Tem gente que nao comprende... wenn Sie nichts besser haben, um zu sagen... es ist Auf Wiedersehen

It was meant to be a funny comment.

I am happy for you that you know how to speak 6different languages. Some people have the gift of learning new languages easily....I am not one of them. It doesn't mean I'm stupid.

I do know the worlds most universal language well....music.

Bob

**mirage3** · June 9th, 2014, 04:03

Ciao Dino, potresti mandarmi un PM? Grazie!!!

***wombat666*** · June 9th, 2014, 06:44

Originally Posted by b52bob

It was meant to be a funny comment.

I am happy for you that you know how to speak 6different languages. Some people have the gift of learning new languages easily....I am not one of them. It doesn't mean I'm stupid.

I do know the worlds most universal language well....music.

Bob

I doubt it was written with any malice Bob, just a little dry humour as you intended with your own comment.

**Dino Cattaneo** · June 9th, 2014, 07:11

To bring the discussion back on topic...
I am taking a break from the Viking, while people are testing the Beta, and will have some news on the Macchino II soon.
Suffice to say that, IMHO, it is shaping to be my best work so far - I am quite happy with it.

**flaviossa** · June 9th, 2014, 07:13

Is this a possible repaint for this bird? I think the AT-26 is a MB.326 built by licence in Brasil, correct? Or there are other local modifications?

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**Dino Cattaneo** · June 9th, 2014, 07:52

Yeah, the AT-26 is a variant of the Aermacchi MB.326 - more precisely it is equivalent to the MB.326G afaik.

My base model will be an MB.326E, so avionics and some details may be different... but again, there are have been more than 25 variants built... so I need to make a choice. MB.326E is the variant I had the pleasure to fly in, and therefore we will be my base model.
Which in itself is quite similar to the MB.326G and H (at least after some avionic upgrades).

Anyway I envision having repaints for all the major operators (Brazil, Australia, South Africa) - but the aicraft has been operated in more than 15 nations...

**Christoph_T** · June 9th, 2014, 07:56

Looking forward to thid italien beauty.
I have this seen the real MB.326 on the ILA in Berlin this year.
Should be the same aircraft, that you have flown recently. Isn't it??

**Dino Cattaneo** · June 9th, 2014, 08:02

Yes - it is the only airworthy MB.326 in Europe, owned by Mr. Renzo Catellani in Reggio Emilia (and it the bird on my profile picture of course)!
You might have noticed that the quality of the restoration is astonishing. A fantastic bird indeed.

**flaviossa** · June 9th, 2014, 08:09

Thanks for the clarification Dino

**Christoph_T** · June 9th, 2014, 08:12

Yes, for me ot was one of the highlights of this arishow.
The guys, who made the restoration, have done a great job.

**Dino Cattaneo** · June 9th, 2014, 10:45

I-RVEG is in a really incredible shape - especially if you considered it was kept in open air for twenty years in front of an amusement park... I was really speechless and feel privileged for having flown it.