IndiaFoxtEcho (Dino's) Eurofighter Typhoon released
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That one gave a "Page Not Found" error. . .try this one:
http://secure.simmarket.com/indiafoxtecho-eurofighter-typhoon-fsx-p3d.phtml
http://secure.simmarket.com/indiafoxtecho-eurofighter-typhoon-fsx-p3d.phtml
Downloaded and had quick spin. Certainly is the best Typhoon available and I like what I've seen so far. There are a few errors and things that don't work properly but I have faith that Dino will sort them out when he gets time. Does anyone know where the paintkit is though? Doesn't seem to come with the aircraft.
Daube
SOH-CM-2025
I could try it as well in a short test flight.
The first shocking thing was how smooth the FPS were. This plane has almost no hit on the FPS (compared to other planes), and this is quite a very good surprise.
The load manager refused to show me some AASRAM, but this might be because my TacPack is not updated to the latest version (because I'm still using P3D 3.3.5...).
The mirrors reflections toggled ON or OFF by a simple click are PERFECT.
I couldn't explore the instruments much yet, but so far I am extremely pleased with my purchase. Thank you, Dino !
The first shocking thing was how smooth the FPS were. This plane has almost no hit on the FPS (compared to other planes), and this is quite a very good surprise.
The load manager refused to show me some AASRAM, but this might be because my TacPack is not updated to the latest version (because I'm still using P3D 3.3.5...).
The mirrors reflections toggled ON or OFF by a simple click are PERFECT.
I couldn't explore the instruments much yet, but so far I am extremely pleased with my purchase. Thank you, Dino !
Mach3DS
Charter Member
I'm currently working on a fictional F-15E scheme for.this...being part of the beta was a blast Dino is a first class developer and very easy to work with. So many great improvements and additions were made. His work made me a HUGE FAN of this aircraft. Our online squad is moving to use it for mission ready status.
Dino Cattaneo
Charter Member
Thanks for the appreciation guys! I can tell you that this one has been a huge effort... I am glad you like it!
Stickshaker
SOH-CM-2023
A great plane, Dino! And so much detail. Thank you for all your hard work!
Chris Sykes
Charter Member
Dino this is one great add on! I do however have a couple of questions as they don't seem to be mentioned in the Manual.
Regarding the Canard/Flaperon controls statement on Facebook I made, I have found another video https://youtu.be/zc4G8xkEpHc that shows both the rear control surfaces on take off. You can also make out on the 2nd aircraft when its pitching up vertically the canard looks to be pitching down.
On this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LScvGHhzU at 11:45 this shows an aborted take off, the canards point down and the rear controls are up.
Another video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4QniDXrYcg but in cockpit, not much canard movement in flight, worth watching through but the landing is at the end which shows the movement on landing.
I have been trying to find videos that show the canard movements through the flight envelope but it just seems sparse. I suspect there is either something in the software that detects Throttle closure while Weight on Wheels and sets the control surfaces as such?
- Smoke winder activation, how is this performed?
- FLIR/Targeting pod, can you control where this is targeting, IE in the VRS F/A-18 you can move the curser using the Keyboard Arrows and then Enter to a new target?
Regarding the Canard/Flaperon controls statement on Facebook I made, I have found another video https://youtu.be/zc4G8xkEpHc that shows both the rear control surfaces on take off. You can also make out on the 2nd aircraft when its pitching up vertically the canard looks to be pitching down.
On this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LScvGHhzU at 11:45 this shows an aborted take off, the canards point down and the rear controls are up.
Another video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4QniDXrYcg but in cockpit, not much canard movement in flight, worth watching through but the landing is at the end which shows the movement on landing.
I have been trying to find videos that show the canard movements through the flight envelope but it just seems sparse. I suspect there is either something in the software that detects Throttle closure while Weight on Wheels and sets the control surfaces as such?
Chris Sykes
Charter Member
Hi Dano,
sorry for the loads of videos, hopefully we can get all the information for the canards.
This video is a bit of the last one posted but with more included, IE high 8G manoeuvre with the canards pitching opposite but with the voice over of the speeds and G's for each manoeuvre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT7qrYi8R_M
sorry for the loads of videos, hopefully we can get all the information for the canards.
This video is a bit of the last one posted but with more included, IE high 8G manoeuvre with the canards pitching opposite but with the voice over of the speeds and G's for each manoeuvre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT7qrYi8R_M
Dino Cattaneo
Charter Member
@All, I am glad you guys like the Eurofighter... as I said it is a very complex project by my standards, so, despite the careful testing, the presence of bugs and imperfections is almost granted. I will try to improve the project over time.
@Chris
Thanks for the videos - I knew them, but evidently I had not watched them as carefully as you did!
A major difficulty in developing the Typhoon is that, albeit you can find some documentation on the Internet (like the T1 Avionics manual and the FGR4 checklists), most of the information is still classified - and some details are unclear. I also had the help Eurofighter ground crew members and even with that some details (like the exact control surface schedule) are still unsorted.
In reply to your questions:
- Smoke activation: if you have Tacpack, the trigger will toggle smokes on/off. If you don't the wheel brake control toggles the smoke on/off but only in the air (I assumed that most people that do not have Tacpack have the brakes mapped to the stick trigger) . Both controls work regardless of the PoF.
- Currently it is not possible to control the LDP direction. It will point to the designated A/S target. I am looking to add this function to both the Typhoon and the F-35 in future, but it is not super-easy.
@Chris
Thanks for the videos - I knew them, but evidently I had not watched them as carefully as you did!
A major difficulty in developing the Typhoon is that, albeit you can find some documentation on the Internet (like the T1 Avionics manual and the FGR4 checklists), most of the information is still classified - and some details are unclear. I also had the help Eurofighter ground crew members and even with that some details (like the exact control surface schedule) are still unsorted.
In reply to your questions:
- Smoke activation: if you have Tacpack, the trigger will toggle smokes on/off. If you don't the wheel brake control toggles the smoke on/off but only in the air (I assumed that most people that do not have Tacpack have the brakes mapped to the stick trigger) . Both controls work regardless of the PoF.
- Currently it is not possible to control the LDP direction. It will point to the designated A/S target. I am looking to add this function to both the Typhoon and the F-35 in future, but it is not super-easy.
Chris Sykes
Charter Member
Hi Dino,
Thanks for the responses to the questions and good to hear your working on trying to implement the controls.
Thanks for the responses to the questions and good to hear your working on trying to implement the controls.
Dino Cattaneo
Charter Member
@McQueen79
The aicraft starts in the "aerobatic" configuration - the aicraft is fully flyable without Tacpack, but the avionics presentation (as in real life) is heavily geared towards air combat - and without Tacpack the air to air radar will not work. So you can basically fly only aerobatic demos or navigation (the navigation system is fully working without VRSTP).
The aicraft starts in the "aerobatic" configuration - the aicraft is fully flyable without Tacpack, but the avionics presentation (as in real life) is heavily geared towards air combat - and without Tacpack the air to air radar will not work. So you can basically fly only aerobatic demos or navigation (the navigation system is fully working without VRSTP).