[raato]

Flying panel is alive!

Pilot side
 screenshot_12.png (631.69K)
Number of downloads: 208

Co-pilot side
 screenshot_16.png (551.1K)
Number of downloads: 128

If there's interest, I might upload a 'flying panel' update. Have to make few more details before that though - like adding couple of buttons and animate them.

This post has been edited by raato: 20 March 2007 - 06:27 AM

[raato]

After I've spent a week in Lapland cross country skiing my fingers itched to fly there Also little bit of progress visible on the panel.

Ylläs hill on the background - One of the biggest ski resorts here.


Seeking for Kittilä with the help of the NDB


Turning to EFKT 34 FINAL. Hill behind the airport is called Levi - also a popular ski resort.


Smooth as silk

[JDRBMW92]

Very nice. Beautiful terrain with the trees added in.
Just one question: Did you modify the screenshots in Photoshop, or is the plane naturally glowing (exterior shots)?


Can't wait for her!

-JDRBMW92

[six7]

...looks like the Diffuse Glow distortion filter to me

Aircraft looks really excellent raato! (love that last screenshot too)

[psiteo]

really cool,
nice work
can we have a video off the gear motion, I love this cessna gear style remember me the 210 who was in my flight school.

[raato]

Thx for the comments Glow is artificial (gimp soft glow filter). You can see (and feel ) the gear animation in the last beta. Sorry it's with crappy 2D panel, but the flight model + exterior is up-to-date in it. You can find a pointer to it from my .sig. As no one was interested with teh "flying panel" upgrade, it's the latest still.

[XDave]

Too quick on that one raato. Your flying panel looks marvelous to me. Your development efforts on this acf are impressive.

[RDNZL]

Checked out the beta - excellent aircraft!

[raato]

B3 out here - the "flying panel" version. I adjusted the viewpoint so that with default settings (1024x768, 45 degrees) it works as a usable 2D panel.
All lower panel buttons are missing, so you should use either shortcut keys or assign a joystick button to operate those functions (start/kill engine, toggle lights, operate flaps/trim...). If you feel that's an unclimbable obstacle, stay in B2.

Enjoy!

 C177_B3.zip (5.78MB)
Number of downloads: 201

PS: Even if all autopilot buttons are animated, the AP on/off button isn't clickable. That's because when I made it so, it caused few irritating side effects so I took the click region away from there. Now autopilot turns on when you activate some mode and it can be switched off with shift+1 as usual. Selector of nav1/nav2 source _is_ clickable.

[RDNZL]

Thanks very much for the update Raato!

This an excellent aircraft - shareware quality!

Most appreciated!