Etrich A.ii (fd) Militaer-taube

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HellionDarklord :	(09 September 2010 - 03:05 PM) in the custom scenery folder? look for a readme file or some such.
deaman49 :	(09 September 2010 - 03:05 PM) Contact author here, g2xpl@lavabit.com, and ask for file.
happycamper320 :	(09 September 2010 - 03:04 PM) how do i add additional scenery on a mac? i know how to download, but i don't know where to put it
HellionDarklord :	(09 September 2010 - 03:04 PM) There, had to go to my Aunt's house where there are modern computers, but here she is... Black Lightning http://forums.x-plan...&showfile=11384
DiamondJet :	(09 September 2010 - 03:02 PM) @gun, the search box is at the top right corner of the forum.
gun :	(09 September 2010 - 03:00 PM) G2xpl.zip
moltom :	(09 September 2010 - 02:36 PM) When is the Bell 206 jet ranger III V1.2 coming out?
gun :	(09 September 2010 - 02:36 PM) G2XPL
dr.coolgood :	(09 September 2010 - 01:27 PM) Another brilliant example why to use standard formats that any computer can read.
old51crow :	(09 September 2010 - 12:47 PM) Ouch HDL, I wish I could help with that. It seems you kind of stuck in a holding pattern until you locate at a windows 7 capable computer.
brian young :	(09 September 2010 - 12:47 PM) Maybe staff have a 7 comp. available?
HellionDarklord :	(09 September 2010 - 12:41 PM) that's the problem. the DVD is formatted with windows 7 file formats and windows XP computers at the library can't read it.
old51crow :	(09 September 2010 - 12:40 PM) Yes, zipping does a world of good sometimes.
old51crow :	(09 September 2010 - 12:38 PM) You should be able to upload the file with out the computer being to read the file format, as long as it sees it as recognizes it is a file.
brian young :	(09 September 2010 - 12:38 PM) Or just zip up.
HellionDarklord :	(09 September 2010 - 12:37 PM) I'm at the library... won't help me cause I don't have any internet at home for the moment.
old51crow :	(09 September 2010 - 12:36 PM) buy a mac
HellionDarklord :	(09 September 2010 - 12:35 PM) ARG!!! the computers at the library don't recognise the file format my plane is written in on the disk I brought to upload my new P38 sister aircraft black lightning. now what do I do?
The Flying B... :	(09 September 2010 - 12:16 PM) (i'll try that again without hitting the enter key!) .... brainiac.... there is a forum section devoted to custom sounds in x-plane. It's under the engineering department (should be the last subsection) it should answer all your questions.
namaui :	(09 September 2010 - 12:14 PM) So far VATSIM has been real fun. Granted, I haven't tried IVAO yet but I hear it is just as nice.

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Etrich A.ii (fd) Militaer-taube yet another bird in the dovecot

#1 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 09:21 AM

I'm going to present my progress on my fourth Etrich Taube here.

Basically, I'm re-using my Etrich II "Taube" .acf, tweaking it to fit characteristics of the A.II (Series 72) type. The .acf represents the flight model only, the
visual model will be completely done in AC3D, exported to OBJ8 format, and the animations programmed in the OBJ file.

The Flugzeugwerk ("aircraft factory") in Fischamend, Lower Austria, was the military aircraft manufacturing and testing facility of Austria-Hungary.
In 1912, they began to build Etrich "Taube"-type aircraft without permission from the patent-holder, Igo Etrich.
The A.II(Fd) Series 72 was built for ground and air training of the newly-found Luftfahrtruppen (Aerial troops), equipped with an Austro-Daimler 65hp four-cylinder inline engine.

My goal is to reproduce this aircraft for X-Plane as closely as possible, adding enough detail (with an option to show modern equipment - transponder, com radio, GPS) to make flying this Taube real fun. Expect this to be slower than my 120hp Renntaube.
A python script plugin will give the user the possibility to show/hide modern or additional instruments. Motor management like switching between early and late ignition will be included, if I find out how to solve this.

Here's what I came up with in the first 10 hours of work:

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20070312_model.jpg (95.4K)
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#2 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 03:20 PM

14 hours of work... for today, I'm finished:

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#3 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 05:13 AM

19 1/2 hours of work... still an estimate of 15-20 hours to go!

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#4 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 17 March 2007 - 07:11 PM

A total 33 1/2 hours of hard, exhausting work, the last four after a 12-hour shift at the airport... did the wiring, and some flight testing

EDIT: Of course I did the texturing, too... my estimate from now is about 10-15 hours to go...

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20070317_model1.jpg (45.52K)
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20070317_model2.jpg (61.42K)
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20070317_model3.jpg (102.14K)
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This post has been edited by lambda*sqrt(u*x): 17 March 2007 - 07:14 PM

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Posted 17 March 2007 - 10:11 PM

Wow!

betelAIR
we don't just get you there

#6 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 18 March 2007 - 09:13 PM

Thanks betelAIR!

And now almost 40 hours have passed... still under pressure...

All animations except the ones that depend on plugin-created datarefs (i will start the plugin this afternoon i guess) are finished. Every wire connected to a moving surface also moves, which improves the look of realism quite much.

EDIT: Holy #!$%@ !!! I completely forgot about tonight's fly-in!

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This post has been edited by lambda*sqrt(u*x): 18 March 2007 - 09:22 PM

#7 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 01:55 PM

47 hours of work... today mostly finding usable datarefs to be manipulated by a plugin, to achieve such fine extras as animated rocker arms, removable add-on instruments and a moving starter crank...

Expect it to be available for download in the next few days...

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20070319_reservefuelanemometer.jpg (75.06K)
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20070319_showradio.jpg (78.76K)
Number of downloads: 50

#8 lambdasqrt(ux)

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 05:32 PM

About 55 hours of work... I'm a dead man now, but it's finished now.

Etrich A.II(Fd) Militaer-Taube

#9 fasm

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Posted 28 March 2007 - 12:52 PM

awesome work! I have been stuck by the first 3D Taube you made quite some time ago which was a beauty.
I hope to fly the new ones as soon as possible

Is there a lot more taube to do ?

#10 lambdasqrt(ux)

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