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Lotus simulations mig-29

Yup, starting to see my problem eh!

I'm not averse to complexity. The L-39 was not exactly "basic" after all, but systems and gauge complexity takes time to develop to the standards simmers want, a lot of time, so it has to be something pretty special (and fun) to demand that effort. I think any plane I make would have to be able to at least perform aileron rolls and be able to pull a respectable amount of G without shedding important parts, hehe. I enjoy flying bizjets every now and then, but building one, probably not. However, show me a bizjet with 1:1 thrust to weight and four point harnesses and I'll consider it. ;) Also 200+ knot cruise speed is something I'm looking for in any prospective airframe, though it's not a strict requirement. Most airplanes slower than that tend to become boring to me after awhile, though there are some exceptions. I am also rather fond of bubble canopies. I like to see the trees as they whiz past me, 10 feet away.

Really at this point I have no idea what I'll do, but I do appreciate the suggestions. :)

Thanks guys,

-Mike
 
personally, I think that you should stick to Eastern bloc aircraft, IMO there's just not many developers who make really good sov aircraft like that l-39. There's plenty of devs like IRIS that consistently make US and NATO aircraft (for the most part) but none that make some soviet aircraft...I would kill for a Lotus-quality MiG-25/31. A decent foxbat is something FSX has always needed IMO :)
 
Mike,
how about a Tornado Gr4? The Tonka has been neglected by the payware fraternity.<o:p></o:p>


Regards,
Ian.
 
Lotus, please consider the idea of making an Aermacchi MB-339. It's a trainer very similar to the L-39 and no-one had developed a version of it for FSX.
There's a port-over of the Cloud9, i see, but i think it would be very appreciated from the FSX community!
Good work, whatever you'll decide to do! Cheers
 
Lotus,
I know you said not WWII or less than 200knots, BUT. How about a FW189 Uhu. Cute, agile, quick in a kind of low and slow way and if you squint you could convince yourself that the beetle eye was a bubble canopy. And not done for FSX at all.
Whilst I don't have your 39 the screens of it show it to be a very impressive model. Well done.

Best Regards
Paul
 
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Small,,,, real small but fast for the day,

I always loved the lines
 
Why not a SU-30MK(whatever variant you can add)?
Or the Eurofighter, or a Rafale?

Or (taking it to another scope)...a MQ-9 Reaper?
 
After looking for quite a while using the following criteria:

Not a trainer (has a "training configuration", as many Russian combat aircraft do, but it wasn't designed to be strictly a trainer)
Fast
Bubble canopy
Not done before for FSX
Russian/CIS/"Eastern Europe"
Enough resources to produce a reasonable representation


I've settled on recommending the

Ilyushin Il-28 "Beagle"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-28

There are a number of excellent external resources available, and a few non-descriptive cockpit pictures.
Additionally, there is a book available in English by Dmitriy Komissarov, which probably has more detail on the cockpit. I have an extensive Tu-154 book by Komissarov, and I can tell you he's thorough and makes good references!

http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=dLtgT7n2B6L00gHvsNiqBw&ved=0CGcQ8wIwBg

I'm willing to help as much as possible if you decide to pursue this one.


You also may be able to contact the Polish Aviation museum, to see if they can send you reference images and other details as well:
http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/indexen.php

From your quote on page 1 and 2:
"It's unlikely I will do anything from WW2 or earlier because other than the Spitfire there aren't many airplanes from that era that I consider intrinsically beautiful (blasphemy here I know, sorry!), nor would I do another trainer at this point I think, too much deja-vu. I'm not however restricting myself to eastern bloc or even military for that matter. Tubeliners though (of any age, origin, or form) are entirely out of the question for me!
I enjoy flying bizjets every now and then, but building one, probably not. However, show me a bizjet with 1:1 thrust to weight and four point harnesses and I'll consider it.
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Also 200+ knot cruise speed is something I'm looking for in any prospective airframe, though it's not a strict requirement. Most airplanes slower than that tend to become boring to me after awhile, though there are some exceptions. I am also rather fond of bubble canopies. I like to see the trees as they whiz past me, 10 feet away."
 
cortomalteseit said:
Lotus, please consider the idea of making an Aermacchi MB-339. It's a trainer very similar to the L-39 and no-one had developed a version of it for FSX.
There's a port-over of the Cloud9, i see, but i think it would be very appreciated from the FSX community!
Good work, whatever you'll decide to do! Cheers
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How do you port over the Cloud 9 model, is there an update for it? It was an excellent model in FS9!



Regards,
Ian.
 
Hi i second Viggen, Draken and Grippen for FSX! Not soviet block types but cool looking birds!

I know Rick Piper built the Hawk T2 but doesnt have enough information on the cockpit to complete it...

The Gnat is a nice one too but is a trainer...
 
cortomalteseit said:
Lotus, please consider the idea of making an Aermacchi MB-339. It's a trainer very similar to the L-39 and no-one had developed a version of it for FSX.
There's a port-over of the Cloud9, i see, but i think it would be very appreciated from the FSX community!
Good work, whatever you'll decide to do! Cheers
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that would be a very good choice indeed ;)
and will probably bring up many Virtual Aerobatic Teams using it especially from Italy
 
Hi guys. Thanks very much for all of your suggestions. Some interesting ones in there for sure! Again, the problem with a lot of military stuff is getting access to real airframes to photograph and sit in, and the rarer and more interesting the airframe the harder that task is. I'm leaning towards some fast GA as an option as well, just for that reason, more opportunity for access. Getting up close and personal with an airframe, for an extended period of time, is pretty key to doing a good job on it for the sim. I am going to Europe for two weeks in May though, so I'm thinking hard about any European airframes I like, and might be able to climb into while I'm there. Plus I generally prefer the European stuff to American or Soviet, they're just sexier somehow. When it comes to airplanes it's a "love at first sight" thing for me. Hard to explain, but maybe easy to understand.

Anyway, the full effect of having to shelve six months of hard work has definitely hit home, and I think my best course of action for the next couple of days is to probably just play a lot of Skyrim and clear my head a bit! :)

Thanks guys,

-Mike
 
There are lots of great ideas for projects. The right one will come to you when you see it Mike. :salute::icon29: In the meantime there is plenty of good FS flying to be done :)
 
Lotus said:
Thanks James. I too would like to see something new come from me, haha.

The MiG-29 was turning out to be a massive headache in just about every respect, and really good reference was very hard to come by. Also at the time I felt that my programming skills were not quite good enough to do proper justice to its systems. That part at least has improved over the past year, so I may still finish that project at some point, but probably not for a long while. For the past six months I have been working very hard on simpler aircraft, but I found out a couple of days ago that another developer has been working on that very same aircraft for quite some time and is much closer to completion than I am. So that one goes on the shelf now too. Just can't seem to get a break here, hehe. At least I learned some new stuff while working on it. At the moment I'm evaluating new airframe options. The main problem I face is that there are very very few aircraft that I really and truly adore, and most of those have been done for FSX already, and done well. I'll let you know what I come up with I guess... whenever I come up with it. :)

Thanks,

-Mike
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That wouldn't be a certain Polish trainer would it?
 
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