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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

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2013 RFN's project previews!

sparouty

sparouty

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Hi!
As 2013 is about to start, I wanted to share with you these 2 screenshots of what the RFN team is currently working on! :cool:

1) Firstly, the Charles de Gaulle carrier, which is close to the beta release (question of weeks I hope)
View attachment 78088

2) It's a long time since I talked about this Crusader project, but it's now concrete!! Just after CDG release, the Crusader project will be the target number one of the team. At this point I've just received this beautiful exterior model from my friend Pierre (many thanks again Pierre!!): enjoy! :jump:
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As you can see 2013 is going to be a great year for the RFN. We wish to every simmers here at the SOH, the best for this new coming year!!

Regards,
Sylvain
 
This is great news! Looking forward to flying my Rafale M off CDG and later in the year, the Crusader off the older boats!
 
Sweet! The last of the gunfighters! I've been wanting a good FSX Crusader for a long time. This should be a good year.
 
Merci beaucoup for sharing, great to see the Crusader is no. 2 on your list now :salute::salute::salute:

Happy New Year,
Henk.
 
Fantastique, Sylvain!
Can't wait for the CdG. Thankfully I got Roland's Rafale before Dassault hit the breaks. :icon_lol:
The F-8 is long overdue in FSX.
I use the Clem and Étendard more than the Nimitz and any other bird.

Bonne année à RFN.
 
tres bon, mes amis!!!

That is such good news.

Needless to say, my love affair with Crusaders means the latter item excites me the most, though I know the CdG will be lovely boat indeed.

My hope is that, notwithstanding RFN's primary focus on the otherwise neglected French naval aviation segment, that perhaps even one RF (ideally the G) might make it - even if it has to share the VC from whatever French fighter version gets done. I'm assuming the F-8E (FN) and F-8P will be the primary versions, and that's cool. My original offer of reference material still stands, btw.

Your IVP Etendards are very dear to me - the prospect of more naval planes in that vein is just a delight to contemplate.


Bonne annee, a tout!

DL
 
Hi and happy new year everybody!

delta_lima said:
My hope is that, notwithstanding RFN's primary focus on the otherwise neglected French naval aviation segment, that perhaps even one RF (ideally the G) might make it - even if it has to share the VC from whatever French fighter version gets done. I'm assuming the F-8E (FN) and F-8P will be the primary versions, and that's cool. ...
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In fact, we're not focusing in the F-8P so much: our first target will be on the F-8E. As we have a former F-8E(FN) pilot in the team, this version should certainly be the 1st we will work on. Doing all the Crusader versions would need too much effort so we will have to make some choices for sure, but I'd like to have the US F-8E and/or F-8J too : these 2 versions are very close to the French one so I hope it will not need too much work.
I want also to add one RF version : certainly the RF-8G which is the closest one to th F-8E I guess...

The first step will be to have quickly a F-8E exterior model ready, and then I will work on a F-8E (FN) VC. Then the team will be able to work on FDE and missions (which help to validate the FDE as our missions are based on real-life trainings), and me, in parallel, I will have time to work on other versions. That what we did for the ETD...

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Génial les gars, et bonne année!

Au vu du fantastique Etendard, j'attends le Crusader avec impatience - ainsi que le Mirage III de Restauravia!

:medals: :salute: :france:


Owen
 
I'm really impressed with what you guys are doing. However, even though its quite a ways down the road, an RF-8G is definitely music to my ears.:santahat:
 
sparouty said:
Hi and happy new year everybody!



In fact, we're not focusing in the F-8P so much: our first target will be on the F-8E. As we have a former F-8E(FN) pilot in the team, this version should certainly be the 1st we will work on. Doing all the Crusader versions would need too much effort so we will have to make some choices for sure, but I'd like to have the US F-8E and/or F-8J too : these 2 versions are very close to the French one so I hope it will not need too much work.
I want also to add one RF version : certainly the RF-8G which is the closest one to th F-8E I guess...

The first step will be to have quickly a F-8E exterior model ready, and then I will work on a F-8E (FN) VC. Then the team will be able to work on FDE and missions (which help to validate the FDE as our missions are based on real-life trainings), and me, in parallel, I will have time to work on other versions. That what we did for the ETD...

Regards,
Sylvain
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You know VF-33 flew the F-8E off the USS Enterprise back in the '60's.
And I'm not just thinking about a texture set. :kilroy: Wink wink nudge nudge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F8E_Launch-VF33-CVAN65-1964.jpg

:ernae:
 
Can't wait! Yippee! The CDG and any Crusader variant will be a fine addition to my Naval Aviation Fleet. :salute:
Here's a shot of my alma mater's F-8B aboard the USS Shangri-La circa 1962...Don

F-8Bs_VMF-251_on_cat_of_USS_Shangri-La_%28CVA-38%29_1962.jpg
 
Bonjour, Sylvain,

That's a great update - thanks again.

Yes, the G photo model is likely the best photo model, at least in terms of models produced. Indeed, many RF-8As were later remanufactured into G models, and it was by far the most long-lived of the entire family, at least in US service. Insofar as the closest to the E ... well, I suppose only to the extent that it had the E's ventral fins, whereas the A did not.

I probably don't need to tell you this, but really, the photo and fighter birds were totally different - flatter sides and ventral profile, no refueling probe bulge, and of course the obvious equipment differences. But I think following the modelling path of the Etendard is a good idea - we'll be cheering you (and the team) every step of the way.

I'll dig up my cockpit shots of the Tillamook museum article I sat in a few years ago - as I recall, it was a J, but have to confirm that. While my real love is the photo birds, I'm glad you're thinking of a later version - if for no other reason than to (hopefully) fly this awesome scheme ...

http://culture.skytopic.org/118619426521-f8k-crusader-vmf-321-monogram-1-48-pour-la-deco


I also love the early white and gull grey Aeronavale schemes ... they often get overlooked ... thankfully Gaetan Marie captured some great profiles in his material ...

http://ghostgrey.gaetanmarie.com/articles/2008/crouze-portfolio/crouzep1.htm

Anyway - thanks for the great update - I know it'll be a long way away, but thanks for some great "avions et navires" - not a single one is of less than stellar quality.

A bientot,

Daniel
 
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