Meteor shower

[DaveB]

The more I look at these shots, the more I'm bothered by the pilots bone dome. Granted.. the aircraft pictured are fitted with bang seats so the leather flying helmet would be retired but I'd expect to see him wearing a Mk1 either with clip-on visor or with a rail on top of the lid to accommodate a sliding visor. Mk1's were issued in silver though some pilots painted them (had them painted) white.

The one the models pilot is wearing makes it look very 'Warbird'. At least I think it does
ATB
DaveB

[Martyn]

Hi Dave. I have zero knowledge with regards to flying helmets but I'll pass on your feedback.

[DaveB]

Thanks Martyn

I got in touch with a friend yesterday to confirm (or otherwise) my thoughts. I know he has 25hrs in the Meatbox and it transpires.. all of these were flown with the old leather flying helmet.. pre-bang seat. He didn't wear a bone dome until the advent of the Venom FB4 in mid '55 and this was a Mk1 with blue airtex inner.

This pic shows a Mk1a with rail added and 3-position visor. The Mk1 visor was attached by 3 press-studs on a piece of elastic! Mk1's were modded to Mk1a standard
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...9o0&ajaxhist=0

This shows a Mk2.. 1970 vintage..
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...bo0&ajaxhist=0

It's only a small point I know but it does kinda throw the model out of era a wee bit.
ATB
DaveB

[Dimus]

Also make sure you perform gunsight collimation correctly for P3D. It was not done so for the Hawk. I understand the procedure is different from FSX.

Looking great so far.

[YoYo]

Also make sure you perform gunsight collimation correctly for P3D. It was not done so for the Hawk. I understand the procedure is different from FSX.

Looking great so far.

Agree. I'd like to buy this model but this gunsight drive me crazy ; ) and looks in present time very unnatural, like from FS2004 .
Pretty please do this AH ! :-)



Example (from wip) :

[Dimus]

YoYo, in these WIP pictures, I'm sure this is just a placeholder. I do not expect JF will have an uncollimated gunsight in this day and age. I just point out that they should particularly take care of the the procedure in P3D so that the issue in the Hawk is not repeated. P3D treats this differently than FSX.

[Martyn]

This aircraft is developed for us by AH and therefore has no connection with our Hawk project. I'll be sure to pass along your request though.

[YoYo]

It looks like soon, addon received the Cover:
http://www.justflight.com/product/meteor-f8-fr9 .

[Martyn]

The flying helmet and collimated gunsight requests have been incorporated:

[Dimus]

These are looking good! Great to see constructive comments being incorporated.

Now, I don't wish to be a pest but is the collimation working well in P3D (i.e. without the pipper being projected outside the glass area?)

[Martyn]

Yes, and it's been fixed on the Hawk too

[Dimus]

Yes, and it's been fixed on the Hawk too

Excellent news Martyn! Thanks!

[DaveB]

Now.. the gun sight doesn't bother me but that bone dome seals the deal. Love it, love it, LOVE IT.

Excellent stuff Martyn and thank you
ATB
DaveB

[YoYo]

The flying helmet and collimated gunsight requests have been incorporated:

Excellent news ! BiG Thank YOU!!!
Im a customer now .

[bazzar]

P3DV3.4 has a lot of changes but a lot of nightmares for devs. Finally got the gunsight sorted but there's a lot more to learn about that sim to get the best out of these projects. I hope they stabilise for a while and give us a chance to catch up.

[YoYo]

P3DV3.4 has a lot of changes but a lot of nightmares for devs. Finally got the gunsight sorted but there's a lot more to learn about that sim to get the best out of these projects. I hope they stabilise for a while and give us a chance to catch up.

. The last patch (3.3) was in Jun so 4-5 months of freedom .
Thx bazz for this update.

[wombat666]

. The last patch (3.3) was in Jun so 4-5 months of freedom .
Thx bazz for this update.

Currently at P3D4.9 .............

[YoYo]

Currently at P3D4.9 .............

P3D4 ? Where ?
You are wrong, now its a P3Dv3 still (exactly P3D3.4.9.18400).

[bazzar]

Current version is P3DV3.4. The Meteor looks terrific in the sim. They certainly have done a lot with it since 3.3 I'm not complaining, I just would like some time to get to know it all before something new is added again.

[YoYo]

Current version is P3DV3.4. The Meteor looks terrific in the sim. They certainly have done a lot with it since 3.3 I'm not complaining, I just would like some time to get to know it all before something new is added again.

Any preview as video is planned?

[bazzar]

Not my call YoYo but there usually is, yes.

[YoYo]

Ah, ok,
btw I'm ready, me and Meteor (not very fresh), picture from this year.



This nose was so nice ; ))) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZC...60-h1440-rw-no .

[Ian Warren]

I guess we are going to see a Museum photo paint on the Meteor then YOYO

[wombat666]

Current version is P3DV3.4. The Meteor looks terrific in the sim. They certainly have done a lot with it since 3.3 I'm not complaining, I just would like some time to get to know it all before something new is added again.

Prepar3Dv3 Professional 3.4.9.18400 ............. Duh!!!!
It's been a long week.

[pilto von pilto]

Ah, ok,
btw I'm ready, me and Meteor (not very fresh), picture from this year.

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I'm pretty sure that you're standing in front of one of the meteors from the "barnfind" squadron which was made famous for having an innovative ground radar that pinpoints old bugatti's and ferrari's hidden in barns. The livery you see there was specially formulated to make sure that the owners of the barn find didnt clue on to the actual price of their bugatti and let it go for the price of a ford mondeo.

The squadron was active until very recently when the airforce formed a new squadron called the "ebay snipers" and the requirement for overflights was greatly diminished.