Hi
Don't know if it'll be of any further use to you but my contribution to an
aircraft I *love*
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-14.htm
found it while looking for resources on;
Bell UH-1 series Iroquois, better known as the "Huey"
Cheers
:-D ene
From: "flying.toaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 07:29:52 +0200 (CEST)
> De : "Lee Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Looks like an F-14 :)
>
Now *those* are good news :o)
> I've got to say that imo this is quite an ambitious project but
> it looks pretty good so far.
>
From the 3D model perspective it is not more daunting than the Hornet (try
to find a single straight line on the "bug"). One reason why I am modelling
the B (or A+ as you like it) is that from the pilot crew station it is not
that different from an A. The advantage is that you do have a lot of
electromechanical instruments instead of MFDs which are often poorly
documented and awfuly complex.
The bad news is that the F-14A was (to my knowledge) the first aircraft in
US inventory to feature a "PFD and ND"-like set of displays even though
with a limited number of modes.
Since there is no weapon system model to be introduced on flight gear there
is no need to implement the RIO station (even though that could turn into a
high speed trip over the network for the would-be RIO. Things maybe
different if the model is ported to CSP but let's not chew more than we can
swallow.
> What are you planning to do with the jet-pipe nozzles? It looks
> as though you have shown different nozzle area settings in the
> two pics.
>
Good sight indeed. Actually I have already made the animation for the
petals or turkey feathers (inner and outer) for the nozzle. I will
definitely need the help from somebody who has ported from blender to FG in
order to know how to define and export animations because there are quite a
few of them in this beast.
> In many respects the F-14 design is very similar to that of the
> SU-27 family of aircraft.
>
True enough, for instance landing gear design (downlocks are located on the
engine nacelle), poded engines, twin tails, blah, blah.
But then the Su-27 is much more refined in its aerodynamic layout (and
quite tempting to model with its completely outdated flight avionics
suite), even though reports seem to indicate that the tomcat *had* (sigh)
quite amazing high alpha behaviour.
To answer Mathias Fröhlich kind offer, I have a few docs myself (mainly
Aerofax volume on the Tomcat), and I am using Airliners.net quite
intensely. Photos are as important as good drawings when you want to go
into detail. If I get stuck somewhere, I will surely get back to you.
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