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Piglet's Zlin Z-50L up and ready
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CodyValkyrie
Charter Member 2016
Excellent, cheers and thanks!
An aerobatic plane and I missed this!
Downloaded now, but I am off to work in a minute, so flying won't be until this evening.
I did look into the zip file though - you did speculars - great! That is so good - even payware devs forget them or are too lazy to create them.
...and then I see that there's no bumps. That's a pity. So I thought again... could it be all plastic?
Airliners net.... Nope, the Red Bull one clearly shows bumps:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/The-Flying-Bulls/Zlin-Z-50LX/1527683/M/
So how's about it Tim? Care to activate bump mapping on an upgrade? Shouldn't be too much work, should it? Maybe I can help - or one of the many more talented folk around?
Downloaded now, but I am off to work in a minute, so flying won't be until this evening.
I did look into the zip file though - you did speculars - great! That is so good - even payware devs forget them or are too lazy to create them.
...and then I see that there's no bumps. That's a pity. So I thought again... could it be all plastic?
Airliners net.... Nope, the Red Bull one clearly shows bumps:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/The-Flying-Bulls/Zlin-Z-50LX/1527683/M/
So how's about it Tim? Care to activate bump mapping on an upgrade? Shouldn't be too much work, should it? Maybe I can help - or one of the many more talented folk around?
Marvin Carter
Charter Member 2015
Thanks Tim!!!
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yago9
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hinch
Guest
Awesome package, great quality and loads of fun! I'm extra pleased with the spec maps too!
Yago, are they some photoreal paint your are working on or modified in some other way, I want my plane to be that shiny too!
Yago, are they some photoreal paint your are working on or modified in some other way, I want my plane to be that shiny too!
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6297J
Guest
That was quick Yago!
I'd love that Red Bull livery
(Actually I'd love it with my name just under the canopy, but wouldn't we all :mixedsmi: )
I'd love that Red Bull livery
(Actually I'd love it with my name just under the canopy, but wouldn't we all :mixedsmi: )
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yago9
Guest
Yep,very quick photo real skins but all my shots are artistically edited .
You can make your plane shinier by darkening the alpha channel a tad more. I,m still toying with that myself.
Here,s the unedited versions.
I forgot to say a big thank you Tim for the unbelievable FDE.I didn,t care much for aerobatics planes until now.It can do what the real thing does.What a pleasure all around.
Right, a few deca-minutes of "Wheeeeeeee" later...
In a word, Tim, "Gorgeous".
Knife edge, roll, flick roll, hesitation rolls and loops, inside-, outside-, flat and cubans - all possible. And very crisply I might add.
If I may be so bold as to make a couple of critiques though...
Lomcevaks need refining. The basic Lom is to fall off a vertical climb, wait for the nose to hit the horizon and then full power and rudder with the torque. It's a plane wrecker, but can look awf'y impressive. I think there is room for improvement in the FDE here.
Stalls. Full stall is very interesting. The Zlin simply keeps its nose above the horizon and sinks - too slowly. What was interesting was that when applying full throttle from the stall, you can keep attitude and climb away quite nicely.
Spins. Basically linked to stall and therefore they are a bit wobbly, so the FDE is a bit wanting here too.
Slips - WONDERFUL!
All in all no complaints whatsoever. I really enjoyed that. OK, a few critiques from someone who probably wouldn't really know a Lomcevak from a flick rol
so no worries there.
And maybe a bit more braking effect - as you can see, I had to go around because the trees got rather uncomfortable. Hmmm, maybe I should approach slower?
Many many thanks Tim!
Note how well she holds altitude in the two knife edge screenies...
In a word, Tim, "Gorgeous".
Knife edge, roll, flick roll, hesitation rolls and loops, inside-, outside-, flat and cubans - all possible. And very crisply I might add.
If I may be so bold as to make a couple of critiques though...
Lomcevaks need refining. The basic Lom is to fall off a vertical climb, wait for the nose to hit the horizon and then full power and rudder with the torque. It's a plane wrecker, but can look awf'y impressive. I think there is room for improvement in the FDE here.
Stalls. Full stall is very interesting. The Zlin simply keeps its nose above the horizon and sinks - too slowly. What was interesting was that when applying full throttle from the stall, you can keep attitude and climb away quite nicely.
Spins. Basically linked to stall and therefore they are a bit wobbly, so the FDE is a bit wanting here too.
Slips - WONDERFUL!
All in all no complaints whatsoever. I really enjoyed that. OK, a few critiques from someone who probably wouldn't really know a Lomcevak from a flick rol
so no worries there. And maybe a bit more braking effect - as you can see, I had to go around because the trees got rather uncomfortable. Hmmm, maybe I should approach slower?
Many many thanks Tim!
Note how well she holds altitude in the two knife edge screenies...
dougal
Charter Member 2016
Without wishing to sound insulting, I usually don't stock up on too much freeware - my hangar is mostly payware.
But this, THIS is something else. Tim, you are one talented guy.
Every once in a while, somthing really great pops up and lifts the bar just a little further.
Thank you for giving your work freely - 'tis much appreciated:ernae:
But this, THIS is something else. Tim, you are one talented guy.
Every once in a while, somthing really great pops up and lifts the bar just a little further.
Thank you for giving your work freely - 'tis much appreciated:ernae:
deathfromafar
Charter Member
Hell Yeah! This thing is a blast to fly!
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
amaising aircraft I just love it and it does make the default extra feel like crap after flying this for a while
Fireball6
Charter Member
One of those aircraft that you will never land ........ fly, fly, fly, turns, spins, loops .... can`t stop (oops - tank is empty) - stop themself ;-)
During the pit-stop i play a little with the paint-kit and piglets originals - love the ppp and modify it a bit .... thanks again Tim - fantastic
During the pit-stop i play a little with the paint-kit and piglets originals - love the ppp and modify it a bit .... thanks again Tim - fantastic