DC Designs legacy Hornet freeware - released 1/27!

[azflyboy]

Many thanks for this great free model.

Please excuse my ignorance but what are the main difference's between the Hornet and the Super Hornet (real World)?

The Super Hornet is basically an entirely new airplane that just happens to look like a bigger F-18.

The primary reason for this is that the Navy was looking to replace both the F-14 and A-6 beginning in the 1990's , but the programs that were supposed to generate the new aircraft ended being axed for being over budget and behind schedule.

Since the Navy didn't think Congress would sign off on another "clean sheet" design, they basically designed an entirely new airplane, but made it look like the Hornet so it seemed like an improvement to an existing airplane.

Compared to the legacy Hornet, the Super Hornet has substantially more fuel capacity (which gives it about 50% more range), and a much bigger "bring back" capacity, which is the weight of external stores the airplane can recover with on an aircraft carrier.

The Super Hornet also has a much more capable radar, and significantly more advanced engines than the Hornet did, and there's also some aerodynamic changes that give it improved low speed handling and slower takeoff/landing speeds.

 

[IanHenry]

Many thanks to Daube, DennyA and Azflyboy for explaining that, it's very much appreciated

 

[ZsoltB]

As if fuel tanks are disproportionate

 

[ZsoltB]

although, if the landing gear was in the right position, maybe not

 

[Manschy]

although, if the landing gear was in the right position, maybe not

As you mention the landing gear - does nobody notice the not working (animated) deflection of the aircraft? That's what even then in FSX forced me to look for other addons (like the fabulous Team FS KBT one, even if it is the Super Hornet...).
Don't get me wrong: The FSX legacy F-18 is great - in flight, in cockpit and now in MSFS for sure as well.

But the comparison images above show the visual shortcoming...

 

[Priller]

A mod was released quite a bit of time ago to make the FSX version "sit" like the real bird does. Maybe this would be possible for this bird?

Cheers,

Priller

 

[collensr]

I agree the tanks are not quite right in profile/size also those formation light bars should be near enough invisible in daylight

 

[ZsoltB]

The intake manifold is also weird

 

[Priller]

Question: is it at all possible to have the pylons under the wings without having any stores on them? If so, how please?

Cheers,

Priller

 

[azflyboy]

A mod was released quite a bit of time ago to make the FSX version "sit" like the real bird does. Maybe this would be possible for this bird?

Cheers,

Priller

If you read through the comments on the flightsim.to page for the F-18, someone posted a link to a contact point tweak that helps fix the gear.

 

[Manschy]

If you read through the comments on the flightsim.to page for the F-18, someone posted a link to a contact point tweak that helps fix the gear.

Thank you. If so, this is a new kind of solution for those issues in MSFS. Would be great if this were the case.
In FSX or P3D, this kind of wrong animations in most cases are included inside the mdl file(s) of the model and used to be reworked in it (mostly by using the appropriate developer tool prog). Fingers crossed, this great freeware may get a proper fix for it

 

[Priller]

If you read through the comments on the flightsim.to page for the F-18, someone posted a link to a contact point tweak that helps fix the gear.

Thanks!!!

Priller

 

[Bomber_12th]

The contact points edit works (as seen below). The reason is that the full animation of the oleo compression is already there in the model, but the original settings within the contact points made the gear compression too strong.

 

[ZsoltB]

now better...

 

[collensr]

The contact points edit works (as seen below). The reason is that the full animation of the oleo compression is already there in the model, but the original settings within the contact points made the gear compression too strong.

Thanks for this John

Am I right that the [CONTACT POINTS] and [LIGHTS] text sections are just added to the aircraft cfg after the [VR] sections - they are not replacing existing sections of the same name?

Thanks

 

[azflyboy]

Thanks for this John

Am I right that the [CONTACT POINTS] and [LIGHTS] text sections are just added to the aircraft cfg after the [VR] sections - they are not replacing existing sections of the same name?

Thanks

If you're talking about the changes from the .to comments section, I'm pretty sure they're a replacement for the existing parts of the
.cfg

 

[Manschy]

Wow, great to see! Now the bird is looking outstanding. Thank's for information. Almost no need for a payware, innit?

 

[collensr]

If you're talking about the changes from the .to comments section, I'm pretty sure they're a replacement for the existing parts of the
.cfg

sorry my bad - didn't read the notes properly ( as usual!)

 

[Bomber_12th]

Almost no need for a payware, innit?

I agree. The excellent freeware MSFS Asobo/Microsoft Super Hornet already checked that box for me, and this import of the old FSX Legacy Hornet (which has been made to make use of the features of the Asobo/MS Super Hornet) pushes it over the top.

 

[ZsoltB]