Sim skunk works tf-104 g released
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Hi Paul,
Well, i must say that i honestly don't remember... But a bit of google turned up the contents of the box :
That must deffinately be the engine halfs there at the bottom..
Sadly the model didn't survive the few moves we had to go thru. I loved it very much but it was far from the modeling skills i learned years later.
mgr
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I saw a screenie here the other day of Dave's beautiful Dragon Rapide with the default MSFS militairy pilot inside the cockpit ! Wow!! I certainly hope that this is not the future of our precious virtual flying world. That looked particularly disturbing and out of this virtual world !
Guilty
was my screenshot, was just a prove of concept so don't worry 
. General on the pilot figures, saw a nice solution with the upcoming AH P-51D, were you have the choice between a WWII pilot, or the default Asobo pilot (which you can select via the menu).
Only Asobo did not think of the possibility to include the F-18 pilot as a option in this menu... which can be done with not too much effort.
Marcel
Paul Golding
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Maybe it was just the engine that could slide out as opposed to the tail being removed. Looks like it from those parts.
I can remember building this in the JASDF scheme. Must've been in the 70's. I worked part-time in my teens at a local aviation museum (Southend Aircraft Museum), and as I was into building models at the time, the museum shop gave me the "job" of building some of the models for display. They actually gave me the models, and then even paid me to build them!
Going further OT, I can also remember they had the nose section of an EE Lightning there, and one of my jobs was to manually pump up the hydraulic pressure so the canopy could be opened and closed while visitors could climb in.
jankees
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This one is
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Guilty
Ha ha! Sure, not worrying at all, just thought it was hilarious.
That would be fine ! I wouldn't mind if Asobo and/or Devs wouldn't stop there and provide more options in that particular department. Possibly ending in an animation of the pilot/pilots walking up to their aircraft and climbing into the cockpit. Mechanic helping to strap them in and all. I'd by a prop- or jetfighter just to see that. Hehe
And so you thought you'd show that by putting a jetfighter pilot into a Dragon Rapide.
The fuselage seems to end aft of the speedbrake compartiments so it may well have been possible to slide the aft fuse including the empennage backwards. The more i think about it the more clear it seems to get. I do seem to remember now that there even was such a typical stand on wheels to hold it. I don't think the wheels could move though.. ;-)
While typing this i googled some more et voila !:
Also did the Italieri 1/12 F-104 cockpit :
(not my copy, mine looked better..;-)
Wow! That's the way to do it. Good for you !
A boy's dream come true !
An event i still have fond memories of is when the electricity went out in the Aviodome museum at Schiphol. I was there to help setup the annual "Flight Simulator Weekend". No public yet. For the moment we had nothing to do. Still lots of light coming from outside so i started walking around, nobody around (imagine you have a whole aircraft museum to yourself ! ;-) and jumped in any of cockpits of which the canopies were open. Not a boy anymore but still a dream come true too !
Would love to know the trick to getting the throttle to work with this one. Using a Saitek X-52 that works great with every other aircraft, but with this one, advancing the throttle seems to give it reverse thrust?! I can't find a switch to advance the throttle normally for takeoff. I have tried remapping axis, as well as reverse my throttle axis as well.
RichardLouis
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This one is
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I love "Renee" ! A sober but very elegant dress.
Richard
RichardLouis
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Richard, this is spectacular. Do you plan to make this available on flightsim.to? -d[/QUOTE]
Hello dvj,
Thank you for your interest.
Sure I will publish it.
I started textures for MSFS2020 only a few months ago. I am still "learning"!
I undertook more or less ten textures for the TF104 from SSW, mainly in Belgian colors.
As soon as they are finished I will publish them as soon as possible.
Patience !
Paul Golding
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The fuselage seems to end aft of the speedbrake compartiments so it may well have been possible to slide the aft fuse including the empennage backwards. The more i think about it the more clear it seems to get. I do seem to remember now that there even was such a typical stand on wheels to hold it. I don't think the wheels could move though.. ;-)
While typing this i googled some more et voila !:
Ah, now it becomes clearer!
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I made it a year ago...
Impressive!
Paul Golding
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Also did the Italieri 1/12 F-104 cockpit :
Now that looks fiddly.
Paul Golding
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I'm using the same with default settings. Whilst it doesn't help, I can say my X-52 doesn't do what yours does.
On the other hand, I find flying this really difficult! Controlling pitch with anything but trim is really jerky. A very unpleasant experience, but I know it must be me
I'm using the same with default settings. Whilst it doesn't help, I can say my X-52 doesn't do what yours does.
On the other hand, I find flying this really difficult! Controlling pitch with anything but trim is really jerky. A very unpleasant experience, but I know it must be me
Perhaps something broke for me using the beta update.
Everything else works seemingly fine, but when I push my x-52 throttle forward, the throttle in the jet goes backwards, and reverse thrust is applied. This throttle is mapped to the MSFS throttle axis, and again, works fine with every other aircraft. The only way to take some control of the throttle is to manually press the F3 and F2 keys to advance / decrease the throttle input, but I’d much prefer to use my mapped axis. I also experimented with a key mapping for toggle reverse thrust, and when I press that a bunch the throttle will match to the axis position for a split second, then return to only going backwards.
I know the dev is a member here, but I can’t seem to find other means of contacting them. I hope they see this and can address it.
you can reach the dev at help-desk@simskunkworks.it
jankees
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