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FlyTexas
Guest
Beautiful work, Crash. 
Perfect inside and out with great frame rates. Thank you very much for the Rata.
Brian
Perfect inside and out with great frame rates. Thank you very much for the Rata.Brian
Wing_Z
Charter Member 2011
Well...if I were keeping funny hours, and waiting for a new hi-power flightsim box to appear, I know what I'd be spending my time doing!Well Charl .. you never no
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thedude247
Guest
She's a beauty, pure art. A great job you did on this one.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to fly the piss out of er'.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to fly the piss out of er'.
WarHorse47
SOH-CM-2024
Thanks, Tom and all the CR-1 Team. :ernae:
Great job. Very enjoyable.
I'm looking forward to a lot of flight time.
--WH
Great job. Very enjoyable.
I'm looking forward to a lot of flight time.
--WH
fleurdelys
Charter Member
Thanks Tom and team 
Your time and effort is much appreciated !
Looking forward to your next projects.
Fleurdelys
Your time and effort is much appreciated !
Looking forward to your next projects.
Fleurdelys
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Crashwoody1
Guest
LOL!
Crash
Crash
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
Thanks guys!
Great thanks go to Tom for tweaking the airfile to what you have!
I warned you it would be a hands-and-feet flyer but it's still pretty free of vices once you work out the techniques. Just like a lot of older real aircraft it requires "pilots", not "drivers" so a good flight and landing are the reward.
If you've blasted along at full throttle you'll have learned it has pretty short legs (and it's not very forgiving in a power-off landing) so watch your fuel and head for safety when it gets low!
Inverted flight is fine but it takes a lot of forward stick to keep from pulling through into the ground, and attitude can be difficult to judge. You can imagine the challenges for novice R/W pilots in the heat of combat
One thing I love is that you can skid a turn significantly... try running low down a long runway or road at speed, shove FULL right rudder and hold a bit of opposite aileron and watch!
We've worked out a "pylon race" format that will be perfect for the Rata (and a few others) that, once the scoring bugs are worked out, we'll foist upon the public.
Have fun!
Rob
Great thanks go to Tom
for tweaking the airfile to what you have!I warned you it would be a hands-and-feet flyer but it's still pretty free of vices once you work out the techniques. Just like a lot of older real aircraft it requires "pilots", not "drivers" so a good flight and landing are the reward.
If you've blasted along at full throttle you'll have learned it has pretty short legs (and it's not very forgiving in a power-off landing) so watch your fuel and head for safety when it gets low!
Inverted flight is fine but it takes a lot of forward stick to keep from pulling through into the ground, and attitude can be difficult to judge. You can imagine the challenges for novice R/W pilots in the heat of combat
One thing I love is that you can skid a turn significantly... try running low down a long runway or road at speed, shove FULL right rudder and hold a bit of opposite aileron and watch!
We've worked out a "pylon race" format that will be perfect for the Rata (and a few others) that, once the scoring bugs are worked out, we'll foist upon the public.
Have fun!
Rob
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
The Rata is also now available for download on the SkyUnlimited website:
http://www.skyunlimited.net/
Link is on the right side of the page, but take time to browse Jesse's other offerings as well!
Rob
http://www.skyunlimited.net/
Link is on the right side of the page, but take time to browse Jesse's other offerings as well!
Rob
Great plane Tom..the sounds are great, as is the vc, FDE, exterior model etc..
Back in its natural post war habitat ..Wanaka..first take off very hairy and went through fence and over the famous Wanaka drop off at the end of the runway ..gathered air speed and away I went..great fun..my 8 year old son also had a go..my first landing was pretty good -although I was suppose to land on the grass and ended up on tarmac and a bit of ground loop at the end..second take off and landing no problems! I found the take off more difficult than the landing and taxiing was even harder..
Back in its natural post war habitat ..Wanaka..first take off very hairy and went through fence and over the famous Wanaka drop off at the end of the runway ..gathered air speed and away I went..great fun..my 8 year old son also had a go..my first landing was pretty good -although I was suppose to land on the grass and ended up on tarmac and a bit of ground loop at the end..second take off and landing no problems! I found the take off more difficult than the landing and taxiing was even harder..
Ian Warren
Charter Member
Great Screens Paul , the next series , you better get the airshow up and running for the crowds to see :mixedsmi:
, the next series , you better get the airshow up and running for the crowds to see :mixedsmi:
Wing_Z
Charter Member 2011
I thought something was missing! 
Oh well, see it as a practice run for the formation flypast during the show.
Great screens Paul, your rig is producing beautiful rich colours.
PS You need the Wanaka texture addon I did which moves the runway and adds definition to the boundaries.
PM me if you want it.
As an aside: I tried setting up a Recorder Module formation and it resolutely Would Not
Anyone else care to have a try?
Oh well, see it as a practice run for the formation flypast during the show.
Great screens Paul, your rig is producing beautiful rich colours.
PS You need the Wanaka texture addon I did which moves the runway and adds definition to the boundaries.
PM me if you want it.
As an aside: I tried setting up a Recorder Module formation and it resolutely Would Not
Anyone else care to have a try?
Alain_F355
Anime Adoring Aviator
This is a fun plane to fly, landings are not that hard. You can just fly it till you are a few feet off the ground and close the throttle.
There is something wrong with the textures for the 1st soviet paintjob. The one with the red stars on the wings. The bottom of the wings is plain white. In the texture folder it is blue with red stars. When you copy the wing textures from another paintjob it works so it is something in the file.
There is something wrong with the textures for the 1st soviet paintjob. The one with the red stars on the wings. The bottom of the wings is plain white. In the texture folder it is blue with red stars. When you copy the wing textures from another paintjob it works so it is something in the file.
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Crashwoody1
Guest
Everything is ok, check out your 3d rendering options.
Where can i get a set of cool sceneries like those!
they are so nice!
Crash
Where can i get a set of cool sceneries like those!
they are so nice!
Crash
Alain_F355
Anime Adoring Aviator
Thanks for the quick reply.
So far I have not found what setting is wrong. Can you give any hints in what direction to look? I also wonder if it is a setting why is only 1 paint affected.
I see it also happens on Naki's system. In the screenshot of the Rata at the start of the runway the bottom texture is also missing.
I thought something was missing!
Oh well, see it as a practice run for the formation flypast during the show.
Great screens Paul, your rig is producing beautiful rich colours.
PS You need the Wanaka texture addon I did which moves the runway and adds definition to the boundaries.
PM me if you want it.
As an aside: I tried setting up a Recorder Module formation and it resolutely Would Not
Anyone else care to have a try?
Thanks guys..yeah forgot about the crowd. ..and my recorder module is broken (wont reinstall for some reason) at the mo......more screenshoots perhaps later...yes that texture add on for Wanaka would be great Charl..I forgot to reinstate after last PC meltldown..
Didn't notice the missing textures
