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SAC Stratojet - Stratotanker - IFR

Amazing detail!

Funny how little has changed in what I do now on the 135, verses the KC-97.

This is shaping up to be a fantastic add-on. Thanks.

Jeff
 
+1 ^. A great video. :encouragement::encouragement: I just wish that FSX would allow the interaction between multiple aircraft as your video depicts. Looks like you used three aircraft in your video.
About all I could manage is flying along (solo) and assimilate an AIR event, lowering and raising the boom for naught.
 
What we need, to go along with this fantastic KC-97, is some more B-47 paints. The Virt /Alpha 47 is a great aircraft - there just NO repaints. Bill
 
On second though, maybe a AIR mission could be made where the B47 or whatever A/C rendezvous with the KC97 for a top off of fuel. That
would be a nice extra for this add on.
 
Let's see ... our current script for a KC-97 meet-up is as follows:

(1) [Bn:] KC-97 flashes tailcone beacons.
(2) [Tailhook:] Boom down.
(3) [Bn:] Beacons off.
(4) [R: (L-click for station 350, R-click for 750.)] Blue light indicates ready status. FWD lights blink for about 5 secs.
(5) Wait until receiver plane is in position.
(6) [Joystick push Up, Dn, L, R] Manual prompts, if required.
(7) [Brake button/key:] green C light signals contact/connect. Contact Greens ON. Additional D U A F lights generated randomly.
(8) [Brake button:] End session: C off, D on. All PDI except D (disconnect light) off.
(9) Separate.
(10) ["D" or brake button] Disconnect light OFF.
(11) [Tailhook:] Retract boom.

I have been trying to insert a little video here but so far w/o success....don't have a YouTube account. Will try vimeo. Here you go.

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/111343716" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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WOW! Plus 1 to Heywood's comments. I always wondered about the various lights and such on the underside of a tanker. Thank you for the energy you are putting into this beauty.
 
TuFun said:
Boom now has movement...

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This is nice that the boom now has movement :encouragement:.... But will it come with a B47 strato that will slidle up for a top off of JP? I think not unless, we use fsrecorder or some such
to record two different A/C then play back the illusion of the AAR as you did. Otherwise, I will just see a boom going up and down and that's pretty much it.
I appreciate the sounds and other "tweaking" and improvements for what I know will be enjoyed by many when it's released.
 
Please excuse my ignorance for not knowing this, but are the vanes on the boom movable or fixed? When operators talk of "flying" the boom I always assumed that the vanes were control surfaces of some type. Well we all know what happens when you "assume".
 
ejoiner said:
Absolutely brilliant. Would love to know how you made the video. Refueling is hard.
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There's an AI model used for refueling in the works. Manfred can explain more on the refueling aspect of this. Refueling by hand is a daunting task. I know I tried it on a multimillion dollar KC-135 AF Simulator with a B-52... smacked right into the tankers tail. The tanker was not simulated, it was a actual model of a KC-135 with a bunch of cameras surrounding the model to project the image on the screen. Anyways, I would fly close to the tanker, then use autopilot to make minor adjustments to match the KC-97 speed and line up with the boom. Turbulence is another matter.:biggrin-new:

The video was just to show some of the boom movement nothing more. FSRecorder is a handy program for formation flights as used in the video.
 
Obie311 said:
Please excuse my ignorance for not knowing this, but are the vanes on the boom movable or fixed? When operators talk of "flying" the boom I always assumed that the vanes were control surfaces of some type. Well we all know what happens when you "assume".
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The boom has a pair of wings and they are use to maneuver the boom into position by a control stick. Currently not animated yet in the model.
 
SuperK :biggrin-new:

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