New Beta version of the Etendard

calypsos said:
Is there a way to remove the wing tanks from this wonderful aircraft?
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Hi,
A clean configuration will be included (for both IVM and IVP) and also a 2 tanks+2 rocket pods (IVM only) and a refueling pod (both IVM and IVP).

We had worked hardly on the multiplayer aspect and some nice air refueling flight will be possible : one player fliying the "Nounou" tanker and other players the thirsty boys (lol)
In this case all the fuel transfers are simulated :icon_lol:

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Hi,
Just a quick post to share with you my current paint work: the camo IVP livery!
Even if Etendard IVP wearing this camo paint scheme were mainly the modernized ones (with a complete rebuild cockpit), I decided to add this paint scheme in my coming package...
Some "master of weathering" repainter will have a lot of work with this one because she has important operational activities with these colors :salute:

Regards,
Sylvain
PS : it is a 3DSmax screenshot
 
YES - the RECCE Version!!!!

I am so thrilled - looking forward to it. The M has been superb so far.

Many kind thanks,

Daniel
 
Me too, for me apart from the super, but the IVP is the best looking please put an Exorcet under the wing thats what the Blade is for isn't it?
 
I remember seeing one in a hangar at Gioia del Colle, hit by a missile during the war in the Balkans ... landing without incident ... but the tail to shreds
 
merida72 said:
I remember seeing one in a hangar at Gioia del Colle, hit by a missile during the war in the Balkans ... landing without incident ... but the tail to shreds
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You're right, another one succeeded in doing a carrier landing with the flaps blocked and throttle freezed (fearing that the engine definitely died...)
This is amazing!! How could he trapped on the Clemenceau??
Here is the video (don't mind the title referering to a "Super Etendard", who's in fact a ETD IVPM)


Regarding the paint kit I will try to work on my psd files as soon as my painting work will be finished...
It will be certainly a separate package because files are quite big... (I love using layers...:icon_lol:)

Last, Peter12213, I'm sorry but for a Exocet, you'll have to wait for Super Etendard : no Etendard were capable to fire Exocet...

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Ahh I see my mistake, I always thought that the IVP could carry and launch the exorcet, I though that was what the blade was for under the nose, must have got things mixed up in my head lol!
 
Peter,

You do know the IVP version is the photorecce version, right?

Awesome video. That may not have been a "Super Entedard" landing, but in my view, with all that damage, it was a "super landing by an Etendard!" :)

Looking forward to the Super. Sylvain, are you doing to do the SE, the SEM, or both?

I took a while to get to this model - but it is now hands down my favourite freeware military aircraft. So wonderful - thanks,

dl
 
sparouty said:
You're right, another one succeeded in doing a carrier landing with the flaps blocked and throttle freezed (fearing that the engine definitely died...)
This is amazing!! How could he trapped on the Clemenceau??
Here is the video (don't mind the title referering to a "Super Etendard", who's in fact a ETD IVPM)

Regarding the paint kit I will try to work on my psd files as soon as my painting work will be finished...
It will be certainly a separate package because files are quite big... (I love using layers...:icon_lol:)

Last, Peter12213, I'm sorry but for a Exocet, you'll have to wait for Super Etendard : no Etendard were capable to fire Exocet...

Regards,
Sylvain
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I know this video, what I saw the tail was really really pricked :wavey:
 
delta_lima said:
Looking forward to the Super. Sylvain, are you doing to do the SE, the SEM, or both?
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Hi Delta_Lima,
Honestly, at this moment I really don't know when I will start Super-Etendard project... The Etendard project is now "finishing", and I made much more feature than I expected firstly, so I need a short break after that, fixing the Clemenceau issues and modeling her sistership, Foch circa 70's.
Super-Etendard (SUé) and SEM are not so different from the external model point of view but VC are really deeply different...
To be honest, I'm a little confused, I really love the SEM, but in another hand, in the team, the two former navy pilots that we (luckily) have were not qualified on SUé (or SEM) but on another great famous plane... something more "US made" used by the French navy for years... Do you see which plane I'm thinking about?? :cool:
I stop talking now because I'm speaking too much!! lol

Regards,
Sylvain
 
sparouty said:
Hi Delta_Lima,
Honestly, at this moment I really don't know when I will start Super-Etendard project... The Etendard project is now "finishing", and I made much more feature than I expected firstly, so I need a short break after that, fixing the Clemenceau issues and modeling her sistership, Foch circa 70's.
Super-Etendard (SUé) and SEM are not so different from the external model point of view but VC are really deeply different...
To be honest, I'm a little confused, I really love the SEM, but in another hand, in the team, the two former navy pilots that we (luckily) have were not qualified on SUé (or SEM) but on another great famous plane... something more "US made" used by the French navy for years... Do you see which plane I'm thinking about?? :cool:
I stop talking now because I'm speaking too much!! lol

Regards,
Sylvain
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Bon soir Sylvain,

Well, far be it from me to push - all the projects you are working, from the final steps of the IVM/P, the carriers - all are wonderful, and will happily wait. As to SE versus SEM - you're right a lot to contemplate before then. I'd be partial to the original SE, but again, we're blessed with whatever you choose to do.

As to the future, theoretically, that could mean

Hellcat - already a payware
Corsair - already a similar version to the F4U-7 in both payware and freeware
Hawkeye - hmmm .... I'm thinking that's not quite in the fast-jet mould of what your team has focused on (no offense to any E-2 lovers out there) .... so logically, that only leaves ...

... Le Cruz? If you say yes, I'll have a heart attack.

:)

dl
 
delta_lima said:
... Le Cruz? If you say yes, I'll have a heart attack.
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mmm... delta_lima please have a seat, as far as nothing has been yet decided, I really don't want to hurt you...
But yes, I'm lucky to have two former Cruz pilots in our team and we're thinking internally about developping full FSX F-8 which is one of my favorite airplane...:jump:

regards
Sylvain
 
Still Sparouty, a Super-Etendard would be an awesome follow-on to the Etendard! :ernae:
 
No worries Sylvain - I'm just having fun!

You know, this is an situation where any outcome will be awesome - SE or Crusader. The F-8 holds a special place in my heart, since I had a chance to work on Alphasim's model with Carl. It was a joy to help with what was historically my favourite naval jet. So, the prospect or possibility of an FSX version is very exciting.

That said, since there is a reasonably decent FSX Crusader by Roland Laborie (and the old Alphasim still works ok), I can see SADT's point about the SE being a great next project. Much as I love the F-8, maybe I'd also hope for the SE too. But, like I mentioned, any way you go, it will be a treat. So, we're happy to wait to see what you'll surprise us with.

Looking forward to the IVP .... I think a nice low-level flight through the Loire Valley looking for Pascal Dumat's fabulous chateau is coming ... :) I hope the folks at Chambord, Chenonceux, Cheverny, and Villandry don't have the shutters closed tightly ... :)

btw - for those who don't know, here is what I think is the nicest chateau/castle type scenery on the whole of the European continent in FSX ... http://www.virtualcorsair.fr/sites/sites_francais.htm (scroll down approx 1/3 page) How someone can make scenery that beautiful, to run with no frame rate hit, is astounding.

Anyway - here's to a great project. thanks for the piquing our curiosity!

dl
 
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