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Itosan's Lockheed Martin C27J Spartan

Andy, i have the Polemikh Aepororia paint finished, will send it to you at some point today.... :salute:, then upload later on...
 
I see, and hear, the C-27J nearly every day. I am surprised by how quite the plane is. Yes, it makes noise, but nothing on the level of the C-130Es that the 179th used to have. Not nearly as nice sounding to my ears. I miss the way the Hercs used to rattle my entire house when they did low level fly overs...especially when they were in a 3 or 4 plane group. So far, I have only seen the Spartans singly...not formation flying at all.

OBIO
 
ok just to give you guys a SITREP as to what i'm up to on this, Ohio ANG Paint is WIP, Hellenic is Complete, planned are USCG and Canadian Rescue, as i complete them i'll be Firing them over to Andy, that way when he's done the FDE and Panel you'll have a nice C-27J with a few textures, yes Andy that means you can include my textures with your release :salute:

back to my paint Hangar (which at this rate needs expanding), and time to get the coveralls and respirator on :icon_lol:
 
Update needed from me as well then I guess!!

The FDE has moved on a little, climb, takeoff, ceiling etc seem about right, but she is still not turning like she ought to; obviously I'm missing something fundamental, so I'm digging through my references to double check some figures.


The panel - I've given up on the idea of 'photoreal', on the basis that every single photo I can find has the control yoke in the way!!! I've now prepped a decent bitmap, and I'm trying out combinations of gauges to get the right look; Bob May has kindly given his permission to use the PAD gauges from the C-130J for some of it, and the rest will be a combination of third party & default gauges.

Matt's Hellenic AF repaint is very nice btw, thanks mate.
 
Andy if i recall the C-27J is pretty much a C-130J cockpit just a bit smaller, most of the gauges are the same, idea was as i recall that crews could be trained quicker between types and even have a dual mil type rating... as for turn rate, you upped the aileron effectiveness in the .cfg buddy?

and thanks, Ohio ANG one is on hold for when Tim sends me his piccies :icon_lol:
 
Yeah, that was my reasoning for contacting Bob, seemed to make sense to try to match as much as possible; obviously the EICAS in the Herc is for 4 engines, so an alternative is needed (Bob suggested that from their lovely Casa 295, but I've also got another one I'm trying) - it's just finding the time to do these things, a feeling I'm sure you know well!!

Did you get the file I sent yesterday btw?
 
USCG C27 sounds excellent and very appreciated. Might I ask if you could on the USCG one make a minor Req to add Traverse City CGAS unit to the paint please. Mobile always gets the fun with Elizabeth City and us poor Dist nine gets thrown in the cold lolol
 
consider it done 'Charlie-Golf', gonna plonk it on the nose, already getting there with the USCG paint, with a bit of fiddling about, starting to look the part now :salute:
 
Yes, sorry, keep getting sidetracked. :kilroy:

I never could find a decent picture to use for the panel, so I'm making something from scratch - but every time I open up Photoshop I end up working on something else (the recent Hunters, for example). It will happen, bear with me.
 
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