SOH Team Project - Grumman Tracker, Trader, Tracer

[Milton Shupe]

And I'm waiting for panel, gauges, and textures.

[fliger747]

I had revamped the S2T flight dynamics but haven't transferred them over to the fire fighting version as yet. Need to get to that soon...

T

[Milton Shupe]

I had revamped the S2T flight dynamics but haven't transferred them over to the fire fighting version as yet. Need to get to that soon...

T

Thanks Tom; I appreciate that.

[Duckie]

...it's FOOTBALL season all over again! More previews coming...well you know, s...!

[Milton Shupe]

That looks great! Looking forward to this one Duckie!

[Maarten]

...it's FOOTBALL season all over again! More previews coming...well you know, s...!

WOOP! WOOP!

[p3aewguy]

...it's FOOTBALL season all over again! More previews coming...well you know, s...!

Awesome Duckie!

[Duckie]

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[Milton Shupe]

Wow! You take advantage of every little nook and cranny don't ya! :-) Once you darken that up, she will look very realistic.

[tankerguy72]

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Looking good Duckie!!

[Wings of Gold]

At the risk of sounding really ungreatful for all of Milton's (et all) wonderful work, I have realized that there is one additional item that would certainly be the "frosting on the cake". A great many of us fly these superb aircraft in their natural element - off the carrier. Whether you are using it with a static carrier in Fs9, or a moving one in FSX, you will use one of the catapult functions (3-wire, Acceleration etc.) to catapult back into the air. The C-1A/E-1B/S-2E did not use a launch bar (hadn't been invented yet), they had a "bridle" that was attached by the Cat crew at mid fuselage and extended forward to the shuttle in the catapult. RazBam, Skippy Bing etc. are now incorporating a Bridle into their appropriate aircraft. It appears under the aircraft (it's in the .mdl) when the holdback function is selected (normally when setting the brake in Fs9, or selecting shift + L in FSX). It makes the aircraft look extremely realistic while awaiting the Cat shot. The bridle disappears as soon as the launch key combination is selected (Milton: I'm sure you already know all of this). Is it too late to consider a bridle - or was it previously considered and rejected? I certainly won't be disappointed with this beautiful set of aircraft if the answer is no, but I just felt I should bring it up (albeit VERY late). Bill

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks for that input. Frankly, I have never heard of the bridle, and of all the pictures I have and scoured, I do not recall seeing it. Interesting.

[Wings of Gold]

Hi Milton, Check out the first of these slides (and one other): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDqNc80bO-A The bridle is the cable that you see under the S-2. I'll see if I can find better. Bill

[Duckie]

Here ya go.

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks Duckie. That's the first time I have seen this not being a Navy guy.