MILVIZ T-38 current pics...

[krazycolin]

If I posted the conversation that's going on in the Milviz beta forums, you would, probably, not understand a word they are saying. This is not a slight towards anyone but... it's all math and code talk and crazy stuff. The something, something is not working properly and the other something something is even worse because of the something something...

I am hopeful that they will get it worked out soon because I want to release this puppy!

 

[Barfly]

The Flight Director is a computer that calculates steering commands so you (flying manually), or the autopilot can more easily intercept or maintain selected flight parameters.

For example: you want to fly an ILS approach and have selected the appropriate frequency. You select the ILS mode of your flight director, and in addition to the standard 'raw data', positional glide slope and localizer displays, you get another set of needles or bars that give you pitch and bank steering commands to intercept and maintain that gs or loc.

The flight director computer creates it's input to the autopilot or display for hand flying by taking distance, speed, rate of change, and aircraft limitations to do things like: calculate an intercept angle to a course, show you when and how much to pitch or bank in intercept and maintain that course, change altitude, hold altitude, follow a glide slope etc. It will give you an appropriate corrections for the degree of deviation from the selected flight parameter.

All flight directors are not the same, a flight director on a new 737 covers a very comprehensive set of flight parameters; the T-38 flight director covers only a few parameters but they are very helpful ones. It will give you a 'steer' bar command to help you fly to and maintain a selected heading, it will help you maintain a localizer course or glidepath for a glideslope. None of those are necessary for very precise instrument flight procedures, but they are very helpful when they work.

 

[skyblazer3]

That sounds great, thanks for the information. It sure beats the days of flying NDB approaches to a GCA.

I usually only fly the SF8 F-86 in heavy IFR.... and that is pretty tasking.

Looking forward to flying instrument approaches in the T-38 -- I think that is why I am so excited about this project... a challenging aircraft to fly that promises the ability to fly cross countries in IMC.

Cheers,

Chris

 

[Barfly]

No problem. It's a great practice instrument airplane due to it's speed and stability - it forces you to be very, very precise. Be cautious going cross-country though - there is no weather radar; it has pitot heat and engine anti-ice as a precaution, but operation in icing conditions is prohibited. Not such a problem in sim-land though

 

[Bone]

Some unofficial AI/multiplayer paints. Probably not going to be in the package, but will be available for free.

 

[FlameOut]

These are a few screenies I captured today over a NASA TV website:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

I know I shouldn't ask....

I guess this was a replay of the final Shuttle crew arriving at KTTS sometime earlier this week or today? It's a darn shame how the media no longer covers these events. Shoot, when I was a kid, that was all that was covered by the big [3] news companies back in the day!

Well, anyway, I'm sure hungry for a little bit o' this baby bird on my plate.

I did not know that the launch date had been pushed back from June 28th. to July 8th.

The astronaut at the microphone said in his address to the scant media folks that were there, that NASA had a "Big" announcement to make on July 8th. I'm going to speculate and say that it will be about the proposed "Orion?" heavy lift vehicle for the U.S.A.'s next phase of manned space flight. Hey, maybe those old T-38's will get a new paint scheme to go along with the "new era". Oh, and NASA, ... don't y'all even think about replacing these little baby birds!

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[Roadburner440]

I really like that blacked out nose!! May have to do that one myself. Thanks for the photos, and yes it is a shame the media does not cover the important stuff like they used to. Ah well.

 

[Akatsuki]

The astronaut at the microphone said in his address to the scant media folks that were there, that NASA had a "Big" announcement to make on July 8th. I'm going to speculate and say that it will be about the proposed "Orion?" heavy lift vehicle for the U.S.A.'s next phase of manned space flight. Hey, maybe those old T-38's will get a new paint scheme to go along with the "new era". Oh, and NASA, ... don't y'all even think about replacing these little baby birds!

If you want to know more about that announcment check this link: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/managers-sls-announcement-after-sd-hlv-victory/

 

[FlameOut]

Thanks for that link Josquin,
It's a crying shame that our boys, and ladies, are gonna have to depend on the Rooskies to get us up there in the interim. All in the vein of "Glasnost" and "Perestroika", eh, comrade?