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Aero L-39 Albatros

Jmig, thanks for registering. I activated your account. The reason you couldn't see the forums immediately after registering is that I require all members there to PM me there with their purchase details before I give full access. Not something I enjoyed having to do but unfortunately it was the only way to keep the pirates out. They were causing a considerable mess in there the first few weeks after release, and this system allows me to give faster support, and keep my sanity in the process. :) If you log back in you'll see them all available now.

Joseph, the paint looks good. I would be careful though when borrowing the specular maps from another paint. There's colour and alpha data in all of them and you may see some strange ghosting effects from markings that aren't there when the sun hits them at certain angles. Although the idea behind specular maps is kind of funky, they really aren't all that hard to make once you get used to dealing with them. I explained the process as well as I could in the paint kit manual, so I hope that helps a bit.

Merida, thanks for your paints. To answer your question though, no I don't plan to make the L-159. It's just too similar to the L-39, and for a second project I intend to do something quite different. Variety keeps things interesting.

Cheers guys,

-Mike
 
I was wondering if somebody could do a repaint for me?
I am not talented enough to repaint this bird but I saw a plane at Airventure 2009 that I really loved and would love to be able to fly it in the FS world!
N57XJ is the plane and I will attach some pics of it. If any repainter is willing to take this on, I would greatly appreciate it!
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Hey mates,
the blue L-39 looks very cool and i also asked me if someone could do this repaint:mixedsmi:

Lotus: how are you? now i´m flying your L-39 nearly every day^^ and it makes more fun every day ;) awsome work!!! if you´re still searching for a new project maybe you could stay at aero vodochody planes and make a L-29 with the same level of detail you gave the L-39 :jump:

i think this could be a nice addition to your hangar, cause there´s only a nice L-29 for FS2004 and with less systems. But i think if YOU would make one it would be an awsome plane too :applause::applause:

anyway... I´M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT PROJECTS AND ALWAYS LOVE TO FLY YOUR L-39 MAN ;-)

THANK YOU FOR THIS ADDON xD :wiggle::wiggle:

David
 
AFAIK the next plane will be the Mig29.
Perfect decision. Fore sure the most maneuverable non-fly-by-wire fighter!

Regards

Bernt
 
Thanks David and Bernt. :)

Anatolpopov, yes another plane is planned, and I'm just in the baby stages with it right now, but I'm 99% sure it will be a MiG-29G (plus possibly other variants). It's a bit early to be able to say much more than that, and it will be many months before I have anything worth showing, but I'll pipe up from time to time when I do. :) It's a very long road this airplane making business, and the expenditure on coffee is quite severe, hehe.

Cheers,

-Mike
 
Lotus I just want to congratulate you one more time on this excellent L-39. I have bought a lot of payware for FS recently and only maybe two of them are on par with your L-39. It only takes one quick flight in it to remember why too. I just got FSRecorder so I look forward to making some L-39 formation flights. Your handy work has secured a place in the top payware addons of all time in FSX in terms of creativeness, beauty, and just pushing the limit of FSX. I am looking forward to your Mig-29... but I am also perfectly content to fly the L-39 in the meantime. :ernae:
 
Thanks very much Rezabrya, glad you're still enjoying it. :) As for the Mig, I consider it the logical successor to the L-39 since the Albatros was designed specifically to get pilots ready for the Fulcrum and Flanker, planes which were in development at the same time.

As for FS-recorder, if I may make a suggestion, try recording using the multiplayer versions of the L-39, and then you can use a free utility called called "renameit" I think (link is on the fs-recorder forum somewhere) to swap out the variants for whichever versions you want afterwards. Using the multi models during recording keeps the performance up and helps reduce some inherent stuttering problems in the motion of the recorded tracks.

Have fun, and thanks again. :)

-Mike
 
Finally got around to installing V1.3 from flightsim pilot shop. Should be posting this on the Lotus support forum but I am having password issues ..I'll get this fixed later..but since I am here....I don't seem to be able to make my favourite repaints appear or work on V1.3...what I am doing wrong? I checked through the aircraft config but can't see anything different I was doing from the last version?

It would also wish that the repaints that I am trying to install to have the default GPS showing in the front panel.

I know there is some posts somewhere on this massive thread about both of these issues but I cant find them.

Thanks in advance
 
Hi Naki. Can you send me the aircraft.cfg file you're having trouble with, including your repaint entries in it? I'll have a look. Can send it to lotus@lotussim.com

Also if you're having problems logging in just tell me what password you would like in your email and I'll reset your forum account with that one.

Thanks,

-Mike
 
Hey Lotus i wanted to say i am pretty excited about your mig-29... i have no doubts it will be beautiful .... thx. I like that plane xD
 
Thanks guys. When I have something worth showing I certainly will. At the moment I have a blob for a model, and several very large and bewildering code textbooks in front of me. She's just a wee bit more complex than the Albatros. Fun fun. :)

-Mike
 
Lotus said:
Thanks guys. When I have something worth showing I certainly will. At the moment I have a blob for a model, and several very large and bewildering code textbooks in front of me. She's just a wee bit more complex than the Albatros. Fun fun. :)

-Mike
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Mr. Mike "Lotus,"

So, Its true... You are making a MiG-29? :applause::mixedsmi: :wiggle:
Please do post a link to your blog (when able) and ...

Merry Christmas! :wavey:
 
Lotus said:
Thanks guys. When I have something worth showing I certainly will. At the moment I have a blob for a model, and several very large and bewildering code textbooks in front of me. She's just a wee bit more complex than the Albatros. Fun fun. :)

-Mike
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Please take all the time in the world. I for one don't really need to see months and months of screenshots of a WIP (even a Mig-29 WIP :jump:) in all the forums with all the inevitable 'Is it ready yet' posts.

One of the biggest joys with the L-39 was that it came out of nowhere - there was none of the usual hype and endless promotion in the run up to release which was such a breath of fresh air! It just appeared and rocked the FS world with immediate effect. I wish more developers were like that - if the product is as good as the L-39 then all the promotion comes from satisfied users after the release. It still reappears on the front page of most of the FS forums every few days even now. That's as it should be I think. Look at the Sibwings Bird Dog situation - almost a year of waiting for it - I'd much, much rather they just developed and released it without warning - what a fantastic shock that would have been!
 
Hi Mike.

I can't think of a good way to put this, it'll sound rude and considerate whichever way I approach it, but I'm sure my input will be vaguely helpful to some degree.

Essentially, I'm not as excited about the Mig-29 as I would be for certain other aircraft. I think what made your L-39 such a great success is the combination of a brilliant model and flight system on what is a relatively unusual plane (in FSX history, not real life). It was new and refreshing, and you really did feel like you were flying the thing.

As for the MIG-29, I'm confident that it will be an equally well-achieved project, and I would almost definately buy it, but I'm fairly confident that I wouldn't enjoy it as much as the L-39. The fast jet market in FSX is taking off big time, with the impending release of the FA-18 superbug, Aerosoft and IRIS F-16's etc. These are excellent models, and have excellent features and flight characteristics, but essentially when you put them in FSX they all do the same thing. On a fighter jet there isn't much deviation in handling or 'feel,' especially on something capable of mach 2.25.

I fear that by joining the fast jet (at least the fastest fast jets) market you'll lose what made the L-39 so good.

That's my personal opinion at least. Like I said I'd still buy the thing, but I'd much rather an unusual little jet that takes some hard work to master. Regardless, good luck and I guess we'll see you this time next year!

Edit: But whatever you do, don't deviate from steam gauges!

Regards,

The Optimist
 
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