RFN F-8E Crusader - WIP

Sylvain, that is incredible work and great news! Looking forward to this very much!

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année à vous et à l'équipe de RFN!
 
Hi,
The RFN team whishes you and your family an happy new year!!
A quick screenshot to show you the Crusader cockpit as it is at the very start of year, whishing that 2014 will be the year of the Gunfighter!
:jump:
Crusader_RFN_WIP5.jpg

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Hi,
Just to give some fresh news from the F-8E project.
I spent a lot of time on the Radar and Gunsight C++ code so exterior and interior models didn't progress as much as I wanted to...

We're working on a "Interception" feature to simulate the radio controller help so I coded also a second kind of radar scope, then after I will add all the messages management...

Here is the 2 scopes... Note that the F-8E radar scope was designed in the 60ies so it requires some times to understand how it works...
Crusader_RFN_WIP6.jpg

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Great news, Sylvain!

I noticed in your screenshot that the attitude indicator is the American version, not the French ... comme cas ....

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... so does that mean you're working on an American version too?

And at the risk of being obnoxious (sorry in advance!!) is there any chance of an RF-8 model, even with an E shared VC?

thanks!

dl
 
delta_lima said:
Great news, Sylvain!

I noticed in your screenshot that the attitude indicator is the American version, not the French ... comme cas ....

(...)

... so does that mean you're working on an American version too?

And at the risk of being obnoxious (sorry in advance!!) is there any chance of an RF-8 model, even with an E shared VC?

thanks!

dl
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Hi Delta_lima,
I'm still working only on the F-8E(fn) version. This is a version used by the French Navy from the 60ies to the 80ies but not the last version you shown on your photo (F-8P) used from the end of the 80ies to end of the 90ies . The version I'm working on is not so different from the US one, so the step should not be too high to deliver a US version after having done the first one.

Regarding the RF-8 version, it is still on my to-do-list (I love recco planes), but I work very slowly...

Regards,
Sylvain
 
sparouty said:
...Regarding the RF-8 version, it is still on my to-do-list (I love recco planes), but I work very slowly...
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Take your time, I can be very patient knowing the photo bird will be of the same quality as the "gunfighter" version. :encouragement: Let me know if you need any reference material for details. I did two tours with VFP-63 at NAS (now MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, pretty sure I can get whatever info you would need.
 
Thanks Sylvain,

Great idea to use the older, US-style panel.

Looking forward to this, for sure!

dl
 
Hi all!
A quick vidéo to show you how the F-8E radar looks like in FSX.
You'll see the "Controler " scope (2D gauge at the top left) which is used to help for interception, and also the different modes of the F-8E radar scope : searching mode (at the very begining), then by clicking on "T" botton, we enter into Acquisition mode, and last when the target is locked, the Tracking mode with its specific symbology.
At the end, the target is too close, so the breaking away cross is showing up...
EDIT: I put a better video on line

Regards,
Sylvain
 
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