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Aero L-39 Albatros

Same here ive been reading up on it, and now I'm dying to get my hands on her!
I remember the James bond film when he dog fights in one against another one while being strangled flying it with his knees lol, I think my girlfriend will happily re-enact that scene strangling me once i get it only I will probably loose lol!
 
Thanks Cag and Peter. There's also a great Albatros scene in the truly excellent film "Lord of War", starring Nicholas Cage and Ethan Hawke. Hawke rides back seat in an L-39 while he and his pilot turn Cage's Antonov into swiss cheese. Love it. :) An amazing film with a very serious and important message as well.
 
Yeah thats a great scene too, really good movie, I'm really looking forward to helping make you rich mate, from the screen shots this looks to be one of the best of 09!
Thanks so much for all your hardwork my friend, I just hope she flies as good as she looks!
(I'm sure she will though mate!)
 
Looks fantastic!

Been wanting a L-39 for ages..was keen on getting the old CS L-39 for FS9 some years ago but didn't get in the end as it didn't have a VC and was hoping for an update of this ...but this is more than I ever hoped for.

I realise that you trying to keep FPS on this great looking model low, but how does the FPS compare with say the Realair SF-260 or Spitfire?
 
Thanks Peter. I've put hundreds of hours into the flight model, the bulk of them right after my flight in the real thing last August, and it has been tested by an L-39 pilot with not only many years of experience in the jet but a lot of Flight Sim experience as well (a rare combination!).

He and I are both happy with the results. Everything in FSX is a compromise, and when developing flight dynamics the sim will fight you every step of the way, but I think you'll like it. She's pretty stable and predictable, neutrally balanced, but high wing loaded like the real deal, so she'll bite you just like the real one if you're rough with the stick.

The major thing that will catch everyone off guard is the engine spool up time. The L-39 takes between 9 and 14 seconds to reach maximum thrust from idle, depending on the age of the engine. You really have to plan for your power needs well in advance. The only thing I wish FSX could recreate is the intense resistance of the stick at high speeds. 5G+ pulls required two hands when I did them in a real L-39C. :)

Naki, thank you. I will say again that you haven't seen anything yet. I haven't shown everything that the plane comes with. :)

As for FPS, I am utterly obsessed with rendering efficiency, especially in multiplayer which hurts a lot more than singleplayer, but, I'm sorry, I cannot give you a comparison to RealAir's planes (which I dearly love to fly) because as the L-39's developer it would be highly inappropriate of me to do so. It is simply not my place to make such comparisons, especially to the work of incredible designers like Rob and Sean.

However I can say this much... if it was chugging in the sim I would never release it. Nothing drives me more insane in FSX than seeing my fps drop below 30. I get very grumpy! (as anyone who's flown in multiplayer with me can attest) :)

Cheers,

-Mike
 
Lotus said:
Thanks Peter. I've put hundreds of hours into the flight model, the bulk of them right after my flight in the real thing last August, and it has been tested by an L-39 pilot with not only many years of experience in the jet but a lot of Flight Sim experience as well (a rare combination!).

He and I are both happy with the results. Everything in FSX is a compromise, and when developing flight dynamics the sim will fight you every step of the way, but I think you'll like it. She's pretty stable and predictable, neutrally balanced, but high wing loaded like the real deal, so she'll bite you just like the real one if you're rough with the stick.
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And yet, there will most certanly be a bunch of people saying:"Hey, the thrust to weight ratio is completely wrong!! and yada..yada..yada..." lol :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

Looking forward to fly this Beauty, I've followed your progress for a long time. :applause: To bad You had to turn off Comments by others on Your Blog for a while, because of stupid comments.

Hmmmm...if I go to bed now.......then perhaps it have been released when I wake up....lol :jump: :sleep:

Thorbjörn
 
Scenium said:
And yet, there will most certanly be a bunch of people saying:"Hey, the thrust to weight ratio is completely wrong!! and yada..yada..yada..." lol :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

Looking forward to fly this Beauty, I've followed your progress for a long time. :applause: To bad You had to turn off Comments by others on Your Blog for a while, because of stupid comments.

Hmmmm...if I go to bed now.......then perhaps it have been released when I wake up....lol :jump: :sleep:

Thorbjörn
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Thanks mate. Yes you're right, someone will challenge me on it, but I will stand by the flight model. I have a video on my blog comparing my takeoff in the real thing to one in the sim. The exact same runway, time of day, temperature, and power settings (102% in that case) and both become airborne at precisely the same moment, 28 seconds from a standing start. During the entire takeoff roll they're less than a second apart at any given point. I can't do any better than that haha, and FSX won't let me anyway. :)

And yes, it was unfortunate that I had to disable the comments for a few months, but sometimes people just lose their perspective and forget that we're talking about toy airplanes here. I've certainly done it myself a few times, but no matter how realistic they are or what the expectations may be, you just can't really justify aggression over something so trivial in life, especially on a plane that was nowhere close to release!

On the bright side though at least they displayed obvious passion for it haha.

Cheers.

-Mike
 
I'm sorry the price does not suit you, it's all I can do, but I thank you. I have given it everything I can.

I was in the middle of making own post, but here you go. Something new. :)

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Yessir, rain on the canopies. Ice on the canopies. Landing lights that really work, and light stuff up! Lit up rain in the landing light bulbs as well. Plus some other fun things. :)
 
And just so we don't forget how wallpapered the world is with opinions, I think that's a very acceptable price. It's on par with the more recent A2A models. Once I'm done working for the day, that L-39 is mine. :icon_lol:
 
Started my download minutes ago. The price is a bit steep but as soon as I saw the VC, I decided no matter what the price was... I was buying it. Please remember guys that this is only one person working on this plane. It has been his baby for over a year and honestly, if I did all this by myself I would ask for a similar price. Can't wait till it's downloaded!
 
I really do like the look of the lights, and the rain is just dam cool! i'm not holding much hope that your gonna tell the world how on earth you did it though :icon_lol:

Not my type of plane but it is deffinitly a stunning model you built :applause: :applause: :applause:
 
No sir, nothing edited in any picture on my site or here, not even a brightness bump.

I do love FSX SDK witchcraft! :)

I hope you guys enjoy the results.
 
Lotus, a question if I may: can the external load-outs be dropped/changed or can we change paintschemes to suit different models (e.g. put the Slovak camo-texture with the rocket pod-model)? I'm very tempted cuz the model looks fabulous:ernae:.
 
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