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Alphasim F-104 Starfighter?
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INTRODUCE MYSELF
As a new member of this forum i would like introduce myself, my name is Mario Motta, a former F104 pilot in Italian Airforce, i flew more than 2500 hours on the zipper, retired many years ago but still with the live memory of that wonderful airplane.
Years ago I bumped into the world of flight simulation and was somehow fascinated also because I had to do with computers as programmer for a long time.
2 years ago togheter with some friends experts on programming, modeling, aerodynamics and graphics, we initiated the project F104, which was reflected in a model of the aircraft Aeritalia Lockheed F-104-S made before for FS9 and then for FSX.
We started with the Cloud9 model having obtained the copyright authorization from Cloud 9, but we remade the model from scratch, developing it with GMax not FSDS as it was.
The main target we had on mind was "as close as real" and we are really convinced to have achieved such target.
The model had hundreds of test flights made by real zipper pilots, both italian and german,
all agreed to say that the flying model is so close to real that the differences are negligible.
The model performances and flight envelope are comparable closely with test flight data tables and both technical and flight manuals.
More over the model itself is lightweight, no frame rate impact even in multiplayer, almost all systems has been implemented.
Since the model has also attracted interest in the foreign forum outside Italy we thought to founding a no-profit agency to distribute our works, mainly but not only the F104.
The agency name is "SIM SKUNK WORKS" and his url is:
http://www.vaafse.org/simskunkworks
Since it is a no-profit organisation and all our work work comes from voluntary we can keep donation share so low, proceeds from donations will go to support mainly the activities of VAAFSE
http://www.vaafse.org
so that the "SIM SKUNK WORKS" is under his patronage.
We intend not to waste the knowledge gained in theses years and then distribute in the near future:
- AERITALIA-LOCKEED F104S version 3 (actually we distribute version 2)
- AERITALIA-LOCKEED F104S-ASA version 2 (actually we distribute version 1)
- LOCKEED F104 G (MAP model, Spanish version, CONSORTIUM model, German and Italian version)
- Mikoyan Gurevich Mig21 Bis (Croatian version)
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier B Plus
- Aermacchi MB 326
- Agusta Bell HH-3F
all models will have truly 3D cockpit fully animated and will came with originals flight manuals.
Also many airports and photoreal sceneries will be distributed.
best regards
/Mario Motta
As a new member of this forum i would like introduce myself, my name is Mario Motta, a former F104 pilot in Italian Airforce, i flew more than 2500 hours on the zipper, retired many years ago but still with the live memory of that wonderful airplane.
Years ago I bumped into the world of flight simulation and was somehow fascinated also because I had to do with computers as programmer for a long time.
2 years ago togheter with some friends experts on programming, modeling, aerodynamics and graphics, we initiated the project F104, which was reflected in a model of the aircraft Aeritalia Lockheed F-104-S made before for FS9 and then for FSX.
We started with the Cloud9 model having obtained the copyright authorization from Cloud 9, but we remade the model from scratch, developing it with GMax not FSDS as it was.
The main target we had on mind was "as close as real" and we are really convinced to have achieved such target.
The model had hundreds of test flights made by real zipper pilots, both italian and german,
all agreed to say that the flying model is so close to real that the differences are negligible.
The model performances and flight envelope are comparable closely with test flight data tables and both technical and flight manuals.
More over the model itself is lightweight, no frame rate impact even in multiplayer, almost all systems has been implemented.
Since the model has also attracted interest in the foreign forum outside Italy we thought to founding a no-profit agency to distribute our works, mainly but not only the F104.
The agency name is "SIM SKUNK WORKS" and his url is:
http://www.vaafse.org/simskunkworks
Since it is a no-profit organisation and all our work work comes from voluntary we can keep donation share so low, proceeds from donations will go to support mainly the activities of VAAFSE
http://www.vaafse.org
so that the "SIM SKUNK WORKS" is under his patronage.
We intend not to waste the knowledge gained in theses years and then distribute in the near future:
- AERITALIA-LOCKEED F104S version 3 (actually we distribute version 2)
- AERITALIA-LOCKEED F104S-ASA version 2 (actually we distribute version 1)
- LOCKEED F104 G (MAP model, Spanish version, CONSORTIUM model, German and Italian version)
- Mikoyan Gurevich Mig21 Bis (Croatian version)
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier B Plus
- Aermacchi MB 326
- Agusta Bell HH-3F
all models will have truly 3D cockpit fully animated and will came with originals flight manuals.
Also many airports and photoreal sceneries will be distributed.
best regards
/Mario Motta
kilo delta
Charter Member 2015
Welcome to the SOH,Mario! It's always an honour to have forum members with real world experience of fast jets.
As an owner of your fantastic F104 I'm really looking forward to "flying" the rest of your virtual fleet!
As an owner of your fantastic F104 I'm really looking forward to "flying" the rest of your virtual fleet!
cortomalteseit
Charter Member
Ciao Mario,
glad to read you here
I think many users here, will appreciate your great works! :salute:
Lupo2
glad to read you here
I think many users here, will appreciate your great works! :salute:
Lupo2
cortomalteseit
Charter Member
Landed on this forum!!
Hi guys, I get this thread to introduce myself in this community. Why here? It is simple..I discoverede posts from many friend of mine
I am Emanuele Luisi, from Italy a proud member of VAAFSE, and specially of the 22 Italian Virtual Squadron....yes...it is true, I am Zipper-sick with many of you, I hope.
I have not so many thing to say as Mario, he has already said everything...I can only add that in the project list there will be also probably a Tornado.
About the actual F104S or ASA, I would only say something about the texture from Arlotti. It is true that they could be compatible, but I can say that, as you discovered, there are some unalignment, due to the new mapping of the model and the texture modification we have done.
I can assure that with the v3 release, ther will be a totally new Paintkit for the zipper, because I will remap the entire model to simplify the creation of new texture, and to avoid the straching as it is now.
Thank you guys....see you
Emanuele
Hi guys, I get this thread to introduce myself in this community. Why here? It is simple..I discoverede posts from many friend of mine
I am Emanuele Luisi, from Italy a proud member of VAAFSE, and specially of the 22 Italian Virtual Squadron....yes...it is true, I am Zipper-sick with many of you, I hope.
I have not so many thing to say as Mario, he has already said everything...I can only add that in the project list there will be also probably a Tornado.
About the actual F104S or ASA, I would only say something about the texture from Arlotti. It is true that they could be compatible, but I can say that, as you discovered, there are some unalignment, due to the new mapping of the model and the texture modification we have done.
I can assure that with the v3 release, ther will be a totally new Paintkit for the zipper, because I will remap the entire model to simplify the creation of new texture, and to avoid the straching as it is now
.Thank you guys....see you
Emanuele
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
How do you download that 104? can't read Italian!
Hi...if you can wait some days (I think no more than 2 or 3 days), you will find completely operative the site of the "Sim Skunk Works", which will be entirely in English
kilo delta
Charter Member 2015
Peter, if you are using the Google Chrome browser you can translate internet pages with the click of a button.
hschuit
SOH-CM-2026
(...) About the actual F104S or ASA, I would only say something about the texture from Arlotti. It is true that they could be compatible, but I can say that, as you discovered, there are some unalignment, due to the new mapping of the model and the texture modification we have done.
I can assure that with the v3 release, ther will be a totally new Paintkit for the zipper, because I will remap the entire model to simplify the creation of new texture, and to avoid the straching as it is now
Thank you guys....see you
Emanuele
Emanuele, looking forward to V3 and new repaints
In the meantime I have been able to fix another one which you have created:
cortomalteseit
Charter Member
Emanuele, looking forward to V3 and new repaints
Wonderful repaint, Hschuit! I have done a mimetic texture of 37th Sqn too, starting from 22 VSqn livery that Pluto12 created for its fantastic F-104 ASA!
here a fast screenshot:
TeiscoDelRay
Life Time CM
On the english site it says the plane is 8 euros so how much in dollars? I remember the 104 in the game Strike Fighters and how hard it was to fly so looking forward to this one.
It could be about 11$, if I don't mistake...
Emanuele, looking forward to V3 and new repaints
Yeah....I remeber that livery
, it was one I made as "Zoldan" for the cloud9 for a Service Pack, even if their model was the G. There were three grey livery if I remember...Trapani, Grosseto and Cervia....Now with the ASA version the liveries are more "Storical" Thanks
Emanuele