On Friday 17 Dec 2004 22:27, David Megginson wrote: > Totally up to you, but my 172P POH is for the 1981 model
As it happens I did a bit more research and discovered that the in-wing (landing+taxi) lights were a factory option to the end of the P's production run. So no clues there ;) However, I also discovered that the early 172s had more dihedral and a slightly different shape to the aerofoil. Comparing this the FG 172P, which has little dihedral. It looks like 'our' one is a fairly-late 172P. So, because of the panel switch for 'taxi' lights, I'm going to *try* to do the in-wing lamps without spending too many polys. (Failing that, the switch can always come out). In a productive day (today) I have: Slightly changed the nose area shape to match sillouette Slightly increased the spinner diameter and slightly shortened it. Move the outer ends of the struts inboard to the point where the taper starts. Moved the pitot tube about .5m inboard. Slightly changed the shape of the rear-screen (more rounded). Made the tail light (white) move with the rudder. Moved the lower intake (texture) Joined the maingear to the fusealage (there was a significant gap before) Reduced the size of the nosewheel tyre. Remodelled the nose strut a little. Fitted a static Oleo guide to the nose-leg (IIRC they don't rotate with the nosewheel). Made the nosewheel rotate about its own shaft (And I've been patting meself on the back all day over that ;) ) Modified the dash-shroud so it no longer protrudes outside thru the windscreen Move the VHF aerials aft to their usual position. Its not neccesarily looking that much nicer but it is more accurate now :). _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
