Milton:
Anybody doing any work on this besides you ?? I could probably work up an aircraft.cfg and .air file for you if you need it.
Milton:
Anybody doing any work on this besides you ?? I could probably work up an aircraft.cfg and .air file for you if you need it.
No, just me at the moment; that is typical until I get the exterior model done and mapped and in the sim properly.
I just created a test folder this afternoon and did my first export to check it in the sim. It looked pretty good and all but one animation worked correctly, now fixed.
I usually don't do a model specific flight model until I have all the appropriate parts in place; hopefully that will be in the next few days.
Then I usually take a break from modeling and start the flight model. I normally use either Airwrench or the FDWB to do the first few cuts on the FM and tweak from there. If I'm really busy and Tom Falley volunteers, I send it all to him after mapping for textures.
However, you you want to give it a go, I would be happy for you to jump in.
Let me see what I can come up with here.
My first cut would be to take a Lodestar aircraft config file and modify as many parameters as I can find to fitthe A-20. If I can get the Lodestar to A-20 specs, I'll modify appropriate values in the .air file.
Here is one thing - I only have FSX Acceleration installed; no FS2004. Do you see any problems with that ??
Last edited by glh; December 15th, 2015 at 09:04.
Now this is interesting:
http://www.enginehistory.org/Wright/...00CaseHx.shtml
"Cylinder Rust and Corrosion
The most vexing problem was rust and corrosion in the cylinders. The Corrosion
Committee, established by CTI-1325 (May 17, 1943) wrote, "We do not know the answer but
are beginning to suspect Gremlins." The FBI checked for sabotage. The "epidemic" of
December 1942 to March 1943 was corrosion, and that of June-July 1943, rust.
............
Pratt & Whitney blamed moisture applied to steel parts during engine assembly by
ungloved hands."
Last edited by Tom Clayton; December 15th, 2015 at 20:18. Reason: Made link clickable
[QUOTE=glh;996752]Now this is interesting:
http://www.enginehistory.org/Wright/R-2600/R-2600CaseHx.shtml
"Cylinder Rust and Corrosion
The most vexing problem was rust and corrosion in the cylinders. The Corrosion
Committee, established by CTI-1325 (May 17, 1943) wrote, "We do not know the answer but
are beginning to suspect Gremlins." The FBI checked for sabotage. The "epidemic" of
December 1942 to March 1943 was corrosion, and that of June-July 1943, rust.
............
I seem to recall the same thing happening to Packard Merlin engines made in the USA, this occurred for a short period and the same causes (ungloved hands, added to it were other assemblers eating salted peanuts for lunch and not washing their hands afterward before gloving up) were found to be the culprit. My source for this was my aunt's friend - now long deceased - who was one of the engineers assigned the task of converting the Merlin for use in P-51s. One of my life's greatest regrets was never getting his story down in detail.
Hi,
Nothing much was learned in the intervening years, as the beautiful little Alfasud was destroyed by rust/corrosion from untrained hands in their new factory in the south of Italy.
Andy.
This one is already growing on me.
I just happen to love these vintage aircraft, and want to thank you Milton, for bringing them to the FSX (and FS9)virtual sky.
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Milton:
Looks to be another great project, be more than happy to assist in any way I can!
Regards: Tom
Huub, thank you; yes, I have had limited time, or rather lots of daily distractions, trying to get this exterior model assembled. I do my best work when I can stay focused on the task at hand and let it flow. :-)
I too like the early models of the A-20 and will be doing the several variants.
Milton:
I have the A20_draft_2.pdf file and the two drawings from the American Aircraft Modeller (L&R) November 1970 issue. I am now ready to start placing crew loads, engine locations, gear positions into an aircraft.cfg file.
What I need to know is where you have placed the C.G. reference point -- how many feet + inches behind the leading edge of the wing. I assume you have bisected the fuselage in side and top view for your other "0.0" coordinate points.
Now have the A-20G in the sim and sitting ready ... for more TLC.
All gear, props, trim tabs, control surfaces in general now operable and ready.
OMG thats awesome!
Man, you are REALLY fast. That Havoc's looking great.
Man, you don't waste any time.
That is looking great.
When was the last time you has some sleep? You must have been working on this beauty 24/7.
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Wow, that's looking great Milton!
i guess I'd better start looking for interesting paintschemes for this aircraft.
btw, will this be fs9 only, or are you planning a fsx version as well?
and yes, I made that airfix model too!
You can find most of my repaints for FSX/P3D in the library here on the outhouse.
For MFS paints go to flightsim.to
Today's focus has been on improving the fuselage curves and mesh overall with particular focus on the windshield and hatch curvature areas as viewed from the side. Making progress on the basic lines and getting the look right is important before moving forward. Still not quite happy with the quarter glass so will invest more time there.
[Originally posted by MRogers
I'm just wondering what the purpose of the bump under the tail was? Tailskid or was it for directional stability or other?[/QUOTE]
My guess would be it was a form of a 'tail skid' - being 'hidden' from the belly along with not being very big, I don't think it would help much in the 'direction stability' arena...
Bill
EDIT: Milton: Looking great Sir !!!
From the location... directional stability. I've seen other similar ventral fins on aircraft of the era... its typically for that. The early A20s had yaw stability issues.
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