I flew this around a little bit and it seems quite nice. My first impression was that it was sluggish for a jet fighter, but then I learned that it was built before the end of WWII and was the USAF's first, so I'm not surprised.
One strange thing I did see a couple of times when taxiing was the plane bouncing the nose up in the air and flipping suddenly. It always occurred while turning using differential braking. Actually, I think the bounce happened when I let go of the brake. It basically looks like the nose gear acts as a released spring and propels the nose upwards. Otherwise everything seems goood. The gunsight is cool. Makes me wish I could get into a dogfight with it. Good job! -Jeff On 12/19/05, Dave Culp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just completed a Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star. I'd like someone to > please download it and take it up for a spin before I submit it to the > hangar. > > http://home.comcast.net/~davidculp2/F80C.tar.gz > > screenshot: > http://home.comcast.net/~davidculp2/P80C-001.jpg > > The exterior model was originally done by Massimo Taccoli, who has done > several very nice models for MSFS, and has given me permission to convert it > for use in FlightGear and release the resulting model under GPL. The FDM is > JSBSim, based on Aero-Matic output with a couple tweaks. It runs here in CVS > FlightGear, and should run in 0.9.8 and later? > > It's a no-brainer to fly. Engine is running at startup, and flaps are set at > half (takeoff position). Check out the gunsight (you have to turn it on by > clicking on the on/off switch). It has auto-depression for g-load. > > Thanks, > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@flightgear.org > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
