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Aero L-39 Albatros

kilo delta said:
Tigisfat....my retinas hate you for posting that gif....same goes for you Darrell for copying it in your reply!!
shudder :173go1:

:bump: :icon_lol:

@ Lotus... fantastic job!:ernae: The vc in particular is a beauty. :)
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I figured if I had to look at it everyone else should have to again also! :monkies:

Darrell
 
Hehe, thanks guys. Yes, almost there, hopefully less than two weeks to go. Here's a still from the promo vid I'm putting together. Been a long time since I've done one of these, but Reno is my new favourite addiction in the jet. ;)

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I haven't decided on the price just yet, there are a couple people I still need to discuss that with, but it won't be exorbitant.
 
An-225 said:
Keep up the good work, this airplane has been missing from FS for a long time, and we need more Vodka Burners!
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If I'm gonna be picky, it's actually a Czech aircraft, rather than Soviet/Russian, but I agree with your sentiment all the same!
 
Civilian Panel ?

It looks great, curious will there be a civilian mdl (ie: no gunsite) for us guys woh just like to zoom around.

Dave
 
Thanks Dave. Yes there are four civilian models which do not have the gunsight installed, five if you count the Reno racer, Pipsqueak. Here's the model breakdown for those who might be curious:

9 dual cockpit models (5 are military, 4 civilian, 3 have long range tanks)
3 single cockpit models (2 military, 1 civilian)
1 Reno racer (civilian, single seat only)
1 Stripped down model for online formation teams (civilian, single seat only)

There are 10 unique paint schemes spread across these 14 models.
 
Do any have the special airliner gunsight lol :icon29:

Looking top notch!

Might have to retire my Blackbird for one of them! :ernae: Do you take part exchange lol?
 
d0mokun said:
Can we buy it yet? Please? Are we nearly there yet? Are we? Are we? :applause::engel016:
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Enjoying that side of the fence, are we?:bump:


What the hell: WHEN IS IT COMING OUT!! I WANT AN EXACT DATE!!
(yes, I'm kidding)

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Hey I work on these things for a living! Been looking for a good sim of it forever. I am wondering Lotus, do all the models have the factory stock cockpit panels like the pic shows? I would be happy to provide you some pics of actual L-39 cockpits that some of our customers have, if you're interested. I guess it may be too late in the production process for that though...? Just a thought. The factory cockpits look great though. I am very exited about this one!
 
Thanks Brett. I replied to your PM. As for the cockpits, I've recreated the original L-39C as closely as possible, as they were delivered to Warsaw Pact air forces. The only western items are the altimeter, radios, and gps, everything else is original equipment. As much as I would like to do other cockpit variations, it would be almost impossible. The standard cockpit took me about 8 months to build and code haha. All of the cockpits are similar. The civilian ones don't have the gunsight, a couple have different throttle grips, and a few have an extending IFR hood installed, but they are otherwise the same.
 
Well Lotus I have to say I am very impressed !!!

But !
( I do not want to push the enveloppe too far )
lets talk about L-39 Pilots helmets !

1.
First, the military L-39 of the East
The old russian type helmet of the seventies !
and
The new russian type helmet of the eighties Plus !

2.
Second, the private Usa L-39
The old "Vietnam" type helmet
The newer "Current" Usaf helmet
and, finally....

3.
Third, the french GSF/Gallet helmet of the Breitleing Jet Team

Do you plan any "dynamic" options about it ?
Sorry to ask you this but ..... anyway ...... the question is asked !
:kilroy:
VaporZ
 
Hi VaporZ. All of the L-39's in my package use a few different pilots but all with the same helmet, which is a western style one, with retractable visors.

Doing unique helmets for them would be a major hassle because the pilots are skinned mesh objects. I would have to rebuild, skin and animate each pilot every time I wanted to change a helmet, and that would end up being possibly hundreds of hours of work for something purely cosmetic. If I had made the pilots out of separate parts it would be possible, but I chose skinned mesh because it performs far faster in the sim and allows for lower polygon models.

The pilot textures will be included in the paint kit, so you can paint whatever colour helmets you like and put some simple designs on them, and change their faces, but that's all.
 
Thanks for the info Lotus !

Helmets :
I think some repaints could do the trick and gave the illusion on some
level to present different types of helmets.

Vancouver :
By the way, I have been to Vancouver 14 times during the last 4 years
for meetings ,my Senior Director and Vice-President being located there.

I was staying mostly at Pan Pacific Hotel, my hotel room always giving
me a good shot of the Heliport.

The WaterFront Heliport and continuous "Ballet" of Hydroplanes are
super cool !

I also know all the good restaurants on Robson Street.

I worked for the Quebec Division of Telus for the last 30 years and
from last january I am retired and happy to do more FlightSim.
:mixedsmi:
VaporZ
 
Lotus, just curious, is there any way to control the visibility of the rear seat pilot (passenger) in the external view so that if we're flying solo they won't be visible?

...and ... are we there yet ?!?!!!?!! sorry.. couldnt resist ! :bump:


Darrell
 
VaporZ, you're right about the 'ballet' of seaplanes. I live on the mountain directly across the harbour from the Pan Pacific and can hear them all day long haha. Next time you visit you'll have to try the restaurants on Commercial drive, some are much better than the ones on Robson. :) As for the helmets, there isn't a lot of texture space to work with, but you should be able to alter them reasonably to your liking if you wish.

Darrell, no unfortunately the pilots are not controllable by visibility tags for two reasons. One, they're skinned mesh, which has a habit of exploding when controlled that way (which you'll see a pic of at the end of the plane's manual actually, I did try), and two is that doing so causes those pilots to be removed from every other L-39 on your screen in a multiplayer session, an unavoidable FSX bug which I find highly ridiculous looking hehe. Everything about this plane was built to be stable and consistent in multiplayer first, singleplayer second, and this is one of those cases.

There is however only one pilot in the external models that are paired with single seat VCs, purely for logic's sake. :)

Cheers guys,

-Mike
 
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