Thruxton Jackaroo

Matt Wynn said:
in addition this is a timely release as it's chief owner and pilot (and friend of mine) sadly passed away yesterday... a good friend and courteous owner, was always happy to take me up in the 'Roo if he was just keeping current.... sad news but good timing so again, many many thanks!
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Would this be the esteemed Ken Broomfield? Way too young to go! Condolences
 
SPman said:
Would this be the esteemed Ken Broomfield? Way too young to go! Condolences
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that would be the Guy, he was a great chap. first met him as an Air Cadet back in 2001/2002 at his Wings and Wheels show... before then i only cared about fast jets and such, but during that show his passion for the older aircraft really rubbed off on me and served as an inspiration, what i do now as a job traces it's roots to that day... I create Aviation Profile Art specialising in Classics (Tiger Moth, Prentice, Chipmunk etc...). went up in the 'Roo a few times and really grew to love the aircraft... (i do plan on maybe one day owning at least a share in one!)

as to that lever it came back to memory... you open the right canopy 'slide' window and reach out and knock it (it's not essential to do so), but that side can also be removed entirely if you are carrying parachutists....

will start recreating Baxterley scenery for FS9 soon :) already have it made in FSX, just have to figure how to 'reverse engineer' it.....

sim handling is pretty nice too on this model, has that slight wanting to go left (but thats a Tiger Moth trait and to be expected, though not as much as the Tiggie due to that bit of extra weight), have already flown repeatedly from Baxterley to Halfpenny Green (Wolverhampton) then on to a couple other places before back to Baxterley....

gotta say... Fantastic job by the team on this one! :wavey:

First round is on me all, but gentlemen... tradition comes first... a pint left on the bar, for a friend that is no longer with us! "To Ken, Blue Skies friend!" :guinness:
 
Matt, I thought the Jackaroo had a problem, when I Beta tested her, for her left turn tendency, but then I found that if she is not exactly wings level that was the problem, in other words she is not quite stable & self righting, bit more like real flying.
I remember way back when I was learning to fly, the instructor handed over control to me, but I didn't hear correctly, so the Tiger flew itself for a few minutes but was gradually turning into an incipient spin area until the instructor woke up again!!! De briefing sorted that out so that one confirmed 'I have control'.
Keith
 
kikas said:
Cant wait, always enjoyed Your repaints! :applause:
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Many thanks!
Have now completed and uploaded to FlightSim and should be available tomorrow. I have also uploaded a British example G-APAL. There are seperate files for FSX and FS2004.
 

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kikas said:
Mr. Watkins uploaded very nice paint of G-AOIO at flightsim! :applause:
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Thanks, k!
Have just uploaded a paint of G-APAJ as she was before export to Australia as VH-KRK. Should be available at FlightSim tomorrow.

cheers, Peter W
 

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peterwatkins2 said:
Thanks, k!
Have just uploaded a paint of G-APAJ as she was before export to Australia as VH-KRK. Should be available at FlightSim tomorrow.

cheers, Peter W
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Hi Peter,

I just lost words to say how beautiful your repaints are. They are tremendously appreciated, at least by me.

Thanks you so much!

Cheers,
Maarten
 
kikas said:
Sorry to bother, but seems theres G-APAL inside of G-APAJ :jump:
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Sorry Guys! In my haste to upload G-APAJ before I went on vacation in Portugal I forgot to put the correct texture file in the FS9 version. The FSX version was OK. Have now uploaded a correction to FlightSim.com

Peter W
 
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