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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Etendard IVM still in Progress...

Hi!
After some vacations and almost a week spent flying the (beautiful) Razbam's Corsair2, I'm back at work!
This Summer, we had made some signficant progress into gauge coding (carrier Tacan embeded, waypoint navigation, etc...) and I'm trying now to enhance my VC painting and adding 3D details...

Here is a screenshot taken this afternoon, the stick is still missing but my virtual cockpit to-do-list is now almost short (lol)

Regards
S.
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sparouty said:
Hi!
After some vacations and almost a week spent flying the (beautiful) Razbam's Corsair2, I'm back at work!
This Summer, we had made some signficant progress into gauge coding (carrier Tacan embeded, waypoint navigation, etc...) and I'm trying now to enhance my VC painting and adding 3D details...

Here is a screenshot taken this afternoon, the stick is still missing but my virtual cockpit to-do-list is now almost short (lol)

Regards
S.
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Hello Sylvain,
The VC looks fantastic indeed. Can't wait to fly and land this beauty on the Clémenceau. I ordered these 2 books a few days ago to be fully ready for the release of your Etendard IV.
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Bon courage dans la dernière ligne droite !
 
Looking great. Can't wait to fly the model when it is ready. Some people I know prefer the long nose Super Etendard but I have always been partial to the IV. A long time ago, I used to have two really nice plastic Etendard IV models from Heller model company. Just a classic shape of an aircraft. :salute:
 
Sylvain...like many others I do follow your work constantly (checking your website daily....) ....fantastic work!!

I wonder though, will you also model the IVP recce version??


Cheers,
Hank
 
Thank you all!

hae5904 said:
I wonder though, will you also model the IVP recce version??
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Yes the IVP is on my list but certainly we will release first and simple IVM package (only the 2 tanks configuration) and after the all package( clean, 2 tanks, various weapons and refueling pod)...
If in the meanwhile I have the time to modify the exterior model (mainly the nose and adding recco pod) and the built the VC (the same 3D gauges in different places in order to make room for the recco commands) the IVP will be into the included.

If not, I will make another release later...

It doesn't matter for me, I've got still a long way to go with the Etendards! After the IVM and IVP, I have the IVP "modernized" (the one with the camo scheme paint with an enhanced avionic) and then the Super-Etendard (SUé) and at least the Super-Etendard Modernized (the current SEM)...

I prefer do not speak about time line in order to keep my moral high (lol)

Regards,
S.
 
sparouty said:
Thank you all!


Yes the IVP is on my list but certainly we will release first and simple IVM package (only the 2 tanks configuration) and after the all package( clean, 2 tanks, various weapons and refueling pod)...
If in the meanwhile I have the time to modify the exterior model (mainly the nose and adding recco pod) and the built the VC (the same 3D gauges in different places in order to make room for the recco commands) the IVP will be into the included.

If not, I will make another release later...

It doesn't matter for me, I've got still a long way to go with the Etendards! After the IVM and IVP, I have the IVP "modernized" (the one with the camo scheme paint with an enhanced avionic) and then the Super-Etendard (SUé) and at least the Super-Etendard Modernized (the current SEM)...

I prefer do not speak about time line in order to keep my moral high (lol)

Regards,
S.
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Thanks for the update Sylvain!! Simply awesome to see the Etendard family coming to life!!

And yes...we will be patient.....:jump:

Cheers
 
Hi!
Many thanks, I'm glad you like this plane!


hae5904 said:
Glad I still know something about the French language......preparing myself for carrier ops using sparouty's manual at his website.....cool!!
http://perso.numericable.fr/sonny3/RFN/


Cheers/Salut.....:jump:
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This manual is a guide maid by Michel Panattoni, my advisor in chief, a former EtendardIVM an Crusader pilot. It explains in detail some navy procedures used for EtendardIVM naval ops. It covers some Zephyr, Crusader and Alizé procedures too, and a former LSO had validated all of that!!
Trust me, this document is full of navy experience:medals:
For now, the pdf is in French, sorry... but I will do my best to translate it (and also the future EtendardIVM manual) in English before the release...:salute:

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Hi,
Here is a little video to show you a funny feature added to my Etendard : I call it the "LSO approach control"
Using Neutrino's macros for Carrier Tacan (thanks again Neutrino!!) and Acceleration's sound files, it checks regularly your carrier approach playing different and appropriate LSO sound files.
Now, you don't need to fly FSX carrier mission anymore to ear the LSO voice :mixedsmi:



Nota: in this video, you can ear the French Acceleration LSO voice
Nota2: we added a canopy transparency possibilty in order to have a pilot view more realistic (in the real life, 2 eyes help to see "through" canopy elements)
 
"Royal French Navy" Team's FSX Dassault Etendard IV will be available soon
free for all as a Beta testing model !!!!

Stay tuned !
:jump:
VaporZ
 
VaporZ said:
"Royal French Navy" Team's FSX Dassault Etendard IV will be available soon
free for all as a Beta testing model !!!!

Stay tuned !
:jump:
VaporZ
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Hi!
Yes we're looking for a first release soon. We call it "beta" because this release will not cover our desired scope, but it has been already tested.. so may be, the most appropriate term should be "pre-release"... :icon_lol:

Anyway, we're working on some gauge issues and the documentation before starting to packaging.
An English version of the manual is on my to-do-list ... but days have still only 24hours each...:isadizzy:

Regards,
Sylvain
 
I wouldn't worry about an english manual rollus never released one for his mirage and we managed to figure that out between us on here, I'd just concentrate on the actual aircraft itself cause it's your baby so this is just my impateint opinion
 
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