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Has Anyone Seen Me?...my name is N3N

cavaricooper said:
Jan, I believe there's a hydraulic arm that runs upwards from the center of the linkage, which is how the two doors actuate in sync. Vertical motion translates into opening and closing via the contraption.

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Mwaw..... don't think so, Carl. Here beneath you can clearly see the boatlike apperature where the upper folding strut will fit into once the gear is almost up into the bay. With the final movement of the gear the upper strut, now resting on the boatlike apperature, will push it upwards so that the two vertical 'latches' pull on the doorhinges henceforth closing the doors. Also attached to the two latches you can see the springs that pull the doors open once the upper folding strut has left the boatlike apperature upon deploying the gear. No hydraulics needed.. Pretty neat, huh.. ;-) ( to deploy/retract the gear there's only one small hydraulic cylinder that can be seen clearly in the model screenies)

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patiently waiting for takeoff while smiling politely out the windows...people have changed quite a bit in a half century
 
Hello Jan,

that are excellent news! And it looks amazing already. I've been waiting for a good Convair for a long time now and I'm already looking forward to do some repaints for it :)

Greetings
Tim
 
heywooood said:
patiently waiting for takeoff while smiling politely out the windows...people have changed quite a bit in a half century
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Aeroplanes too, mate.. Nice shot, Heywoood! :encouragement: It's not very often that the cockpit is lightend up like that in a photo. Good for measuring the pilot figures once i'll get to that. ( in fact the N3N student is already inthere.. hehe.. )
 
The Convair is really high on my list of aircraft I would like to see modern versions of so am very excited to see Jan working on it. Nothing against the N3N but we have gotten several very cool biplanes recently and am happy to see something different.
 
Hi Jan,

Javis said:
Thanks, Tim !

Lufthansa, right ? :cool:
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yes, Lufthansa and United, Eastern, Western, Braniff...with the Convair the possibilities are almost endless :D

It looks like there is no padding in the cockpit of the Convair. But please let me know should you need some help with the bump maps :)

Greetings
Tim
 
Tim-HH said:
Hi Jan,yes, Lufthansa and United, Eastern, Western, Braniff...with the Convair the possibilities are almost endless :D
It looks like there is no padding in the cockpit of the Convair. But please let me know should you need some help with the bump maps :)

Greetings
Tim
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You bet, Tim, thanks already! :encouragement:

Re padding in the cockpit, actually some do indeed have padding, usually on the roof only. Saddens me to say though that there's a very sad story attached to this particular example, too significant not to mention. This is the cockpit of a C-131D Samaritan, last year still registered as ZS-BRV in South-Afrika :

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It just so happend that our Aviodrome museum acquired this aircraft which was supposed to be ferried to Lelystad, Netherlands in July 2018.

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During its final testflight before the ferry would take place however, shortly after take-off from Wonderboom Airport, Pretoria, the left engine caught fire resulting a few minutes later in the aircraft's crash in an industrial area north of Pretoria. Considering the severity of the crash the fact that only one crew member of the 16 passengers and 3 crewmembers on board didn't survive the crash might be called a miracle.

Details can be found here : https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180710-0

It would've been such a joy to drive up to Lelystad and see/hear the aircraft for real. Alas it was not to be.. This unfortunate happening was never revealed to us, the general public, in the news on TV nore in the papers, atleast not to my knowledge. I have just learned about it...

Coming back on topic, i'll stick with no padding for the common 240/340 editions and maybe see about adding it to the VC of a few 'speciallities' later on.

It may still take a while before i'll call on you, Tim, but hopefully this year.. :biggrin:

cheers,
jan
 
Well, I guess this will have to do until the N3N arrives. Having fun with bumpty-bumps! :biggrin-new: A little break from the C-47.


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Oh My Gawd! That looks incredible, Ted ! :icon_eek:

Thought i was looking at the real thing, well done, mate !:applause: :applause:

Great inspiration to charge the battery of the N3N :cool:

Cheers,
jan
 
blanston12 said:
The Convair is really high on my list of aircraft I would like to see modern versions of so am very excited to see Jan working on it. Nothing against the N3N but we have gotten several very cool biplanes recently and am happy to see something different.
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But the word always was " No!Not another P-51!..." or "No!Not another Spitfire!.." or "No!Not another C172!..". It never was "No! Not another complete range of specific aircraft type!..." was it ?...:)

With Maam-Sim surely we would've preferred to do the Boeing Kaydet (the MAAM has both the Kaydet and N3N) because of its fame but it was done for FS already a few times including a very nice freeware example ( IIRC Dave Eckhart's.. ) so we grabbed the N3N. I loved to get a chance to model a biplane in the first place. Never done that ( there are still some flightsim devs outthere who model just for the fun of it, model an aeroplane they have a special feeling for. Not because it will sell well.. ;-)

Take a look at this lovely video, maybe you'll get a feeling for "Nellie the Yellow Peril" afterall ( and if not, once it's outthere you don't have to download it, you know ;-)

https://www.facebook.com/pat.thompson.5454/videos/731185460313590/

cheers,
jan
 
Javis said:
But the word always was " No!Not another P-51!..." or "No!Not another Spitfire!.." or "No!Not another C172!..". It never was "No! Not another complete range of specific aircraft type!..." was it ?...:)

With Maam-Sim surely we would've preferred to do the Boeing Kaydet (the MAAM has both the Kaydet and N3N) because of its fame but it was done for FS already a few times including a very nice freeware example ( IIRC Dave Eckhart's.. ) so we grabbed the N3N. I loved to get a chance to model a biplane in the first place. Never done that ( there are still some flightsim devs outthere who model just for the fun of it, model an aeroplane they have a special feeling for. Not because it will sell well.. ;-)

Take a look at this lovely video, maybe you'll get a feeling for "Nellie the Yellow Peril" afterall ( and if not, once it's outthere you don't have to download it, you know ;-)

https://www.facebook.com/pat.thompson.5454/videos/731185460313590/

cheers,
jan
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I just cant fathom anyone in a flight sim community (or any flying or flight fans for that matter) saying something like ‘we have too many biplanes already’...
I imagine there are too many kinds of bread at the bakery as well? Seems like everyone’s gotten sconed and lost their whey
 
Also - thanks for the aviation site link, Jan - I had not seen it before so it’s been bookmarked now!
 
Javis said:
Oh My Gawd! That looks incredible, Ted ! :icon_eek:

Thought i was looking at the real thing, well done, mate !:applause: :applause:

Great inspiration to charge the battery of the N3N :cool:

Cheers,
jan
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Thanks Jan! How's this...

Closer examinations of that little door on the Stearman so an upgrade was in order. Even put the that little pigtail wire. :eagerness:

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Last night, while doing some further work on the Convair, i felt the unmistakable presence of uncle Max with his inevitable drawing accessoires. Sure enough i found this in my box later on. It's an impression of the first setup of the Convair VC, i.e. working on it.

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Cheers,
jan
 
TuFun said:
Thanks Jan! How's this...

Closer examinations of that little door on the Stearman so an upgrade was in order. Even put the that little pigtail wire. :eagerness:
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I see it ! :cool: So that must be 4096x4096 then, Ted ?
 
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