Ant's Swamp Wallaby (freeware in development)

***anthony31*** · February 20th, 2012, 02:09

Originally Posted by hae5904

Hi Anthony, nice little project you got here.....cool!!

I can help you out with the flight dynamics.

Cheers,
Hank

Hi Hank

That would be great, I've done some work on a few things (like filling out the aircraft.cfg data) and it least it gets off the ground but I haven't really done more than that yet. If you email me at my email address on this page: http://www.antsairplanes.com/contact.html I can send you a copy of the aircraft as it is at the moment (ie half finished) which you can fiddle about with if you like.

***hae5904*** · February 20th, 2012, 03:37

PM send.

Cheers,
Hank

***anthony31*** · February 22nd, 2012, 15:36

Had a productive couple of days and managed to texture up the cockpit. Originally I had a cloth seat but it looked a bit too cheap so replaced it with a leather one. Don't you just hate it when you have to spend two hours retexturing something you've already done? Oh well, the results are hopefully worth it.

***Killbilly*** · February 22nd, 2012, 15:46

I'm sorry about the retexturing, but isn't the luxury of leather worth it? It looks nice and comfy. Smashing work so far!

**CWOJackson** · February 22nd, 2012, 16:14

Sweet...but where's the cup holder?

Some of my favorites in FS9 have been concept aircraft; this one looks very sharp and I'm looking forward to it.

**Piglet** · February 22nd, 2012, 20:47

Designing your own planes can be quite a thrill. It's always 100% accurate, and you can give the rivet-counters the finger!
Even tho that hasn't stopped some from pointing out "inaccuracies" in my designs....
I wish FSX had support built in for VTOL, Rocket, Gyro, etc. May have to sell my soul and go X-Plane 10...

***AussieMan*** · February 22nd, 2012, 22:27

Originally Posted by anthony31

Had a productive couple of days and managed to texture up the cockpit. Originally I had a cloth seat but it looked a bit too cheap so replaced it with a leather one. Don't you just hate it when you have to spend two hours retexturing something you've already done? Oh well, the results are hopefully worth it.

My seat will be covered with a towel during the summer. Had too much experience getting into vehicles with leather seats on a hot day. No need to iron the trousers

***OleBoy*** · February 23rd, 2012, 09:37

Just a comment.

You might provide side air bags or some cushioning to the sides of the control decks. Those side walls look like they could bash the hips fairly good. Too boxy looking.

***AusWilko*** · February 23rd, 2012, 13:43

Just flown home back to civilisation after my stint, that looks so cool, well done

***anthony31*** · February 23rd, 2012, 22:12

Hey Pat, What if the seat was cooled? You know how some cars have heated seats (useless in Australia), why not have a cooled seat?

***jeansy*** · February 23rd, 2012, 22:23

Originally Posted by anthony31

Hey Pat, What if the seat was cooled? You know how some cars have heated seats (useless in Australia), why not have a cooled seat?

sweet, because i love flying in my worn out red speedos during summer

***AussieMan*** · February 23rd, 2012, 22:29

Wouldn't the cooling system add more weight? Would be nice as I like wearing shorts during the summer. Anything to stop the legs being burnt or sweaty.

***anthony31*** · February 23rd, 2012, 22:35

Well, I just invented a brilliant new cooling system that only weighs 200 grams!!

And only last week I invented a brilliant new glass that completely blocks UV light preventing skin damage!!!

***JAllen*** · February 24th, 2012, 09:03

I will sell my 360 gravity generator so you won't spoil those gorgeous leather seats with seatbelts. It is a little heavy at 1.6 kilos so you may not be too interested.

Thats a really fine cockpit!!

Jim