Motley
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Mathijs;
Times have sure changed in our "See it, to believe it" lives. Makes me think what's truly (if anything) going on behind closed doors around here. Not a crumb of information. Will we ever see the Aerosoft Huey rise to the air?
Humor us
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I remember the Ryan STA from my R/C days. SIG Manufacturing released a great bird. Still a legend of the r/c skies. Bill Lyons released a great Ryan for the simulator. But then again, he (amongst many others) released fine craftsmanship beyond virtual reality. IMHO, I think those who created the great birds of fame should have the last stand.
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Super Chipmunk
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Michael
I need specifics..
Area / Units
From the sounds of it, I can get quite a bit of info for you. It just has to be dug through.
Or...
Are you wanting to see building styles, shapes, materials they are built with? I can get you lots of photos of stuff like that. As for U.S. Military type, that too.
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Michael..
Would this link be of any help for you? Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
I have many friends that were in Vietnam. I'll see what I can come up with from them that may help you out. No Promises though. I'll do my best!!
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I'll assume this level of detail is only available in an FSX model. Which I don't plan on installing (FSX) again
Are there plans for an FS2004 model also? This I would gladly cater too
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As you can see, my friends almost finished with the exterior modeling of the Super Chipmunk. Is there someone who will take it on and make it of use for us simmers? Naturally, for both FS2004 & FSX.
It will need a 2D, VC, Panel, Gauges & Cockpit.
Any Takers?
Pictures deleted By me for lack of interest
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Sorry...this is just a repaint I am creating for Rick Pipers Chipmunk
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NICK Shame on you!
I had exactly that Chippie as an RC model in the 80's. Gorgeous flyer it was too. I have also been in gliders being towed up by a supermunk - GAWD!!! Phenomenal!
I WILL BUY! I have been begging for a supermunk everywhere.
@ Motley - Google for "Oregon" and "Super Chipmunk" - that is a "must paint" for me! And whoever is doing the mdl - do the night aerobatics version too. The Oregon team fly an SC with pyrotechnics for night demos. COOL.
Hi Chris. You are an inspiration. I've flown your Christian Eagle and have all the repaints. And I plan on doing a few of my own for that one
You do nice work.
Here's my latest too. I had to redo the stripe order as I had it backwards. Next to get the ailerons & flaps back where they need to be. Amognst many other tidbits.
Far from being finished. Shooting for photo real
Enjoy folks!
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An apology
First off, I apologize for my manners in which I "popped".
I don't know, I guess I was just expecting something immediately to happen to resolve the problems my buddy Dave is having with the relationship of modeling for FS. Just listening to him he's all flustered. He wants to do the model for me. Because we're good friends. And, I'd really like to see it happen because it's always been one of my favorites in the radio control world. I can see where I'm not helping matters much having to play the middle man either. Trying to get answers I no nothing about to begin with.
Did I mention that I'm a green horn to the flight sim? Well, I am. About 2 months ago I knew nothing about it or what the heck I was doing. All I did know was .....I was really enjoying it and wanted to get into it more. I figured for the amount of money I've got invested in R/C, it would be nice for the times when I can't go flying outside during inclement weather.
I apologize to everyone here.
Sincerely,
Motley
AKA
Dusty (Dustin) Motley Johaness
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NICK Shame on you!
I had exactly that Chippie as an RC model in the 80's. Gorgeous flyer it was too. I have also been in gliders being towed up by a supermunk - GAWD!!! Phenomenal!
I WILL BUY! I have been begging for a supermunk everywhere.
@ Motley - Google for "Oregon" and "Super Chipmunk" - that is a "must paint" for me! And whoever is doing the model - do the night aerobatics version too. The Oregon team fly an SC with pyrotechnics for night demos. COOL.
The Super is an AWESOME plane. Real life or R/C. I had MANY a fun hours flying it. In fact I still have one RTF in the hobby room.
And Chris. (you're an awesome painter by the way)
I've been researching this for months. So far I've gotten over 200mb of reference material. This projects ready to be a done deal.
Problem is, my friend has ZERO experience with the simulator (modeling I mean) He's tried. And he's gotten VERY frustrated due to the fact that people who *do know* how to to model don't want to help. I can't understand this bull-headedness. Someone wants to better the flight sim experience for everyone, ( no charge for his services mind you ) but no one shares what they know. I've tried FSdeveloper. Supposedly that's where all the GURU's hang out that are supposed to know how to do things of this nature. I can't even get answers there.
Just to clear the air. I know the same people come here to watch what's going on. They'll see this thread. To be honest I hope they read this. Because I've the impression that they all feel threatened from someone that's new to the developing scene. What is this Fsdeveloper site? Why has it been made so anyone can join when the people don't share what they know? My opinion. If they don't want to share knowledge openly, then make the place BY INVITE ONLY.
I must apologize. But ....it's utterly rediculous!!
By the way. Rick Piper has made a beautiful chipmunk. As good - better than anyone I know that does modeling. I feel he should be the one to create the Super. If he was willing to share the source files with someone who had the reference material, a new, great plane would be born!!
OK......I've said more than enough. I won't be surprised if this reply gets deleted.
Sincerely, and honestly..
Motley
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OK....we got the answer we needed. FSDS v3.0 opened it fine with no problems.
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Here is a test rear fuselage for someone to try to pull into whatever they use for Flight simulator.
What I did was make a 70 poly count rear fuseleage .. very rough but enough to test. I had to export out of Maya using the OBJ format. Then I had to import the OBJ model into Rhino3D, rotate the geometry and export as pre-lightwave 6 (LWO format). Then I opened CVA converter to import the LWO file and export out the FSC format.
So if you can find out if anyone can open, use, see, whatever in the package that is used to rig the model, do texturing, etc. then we found a method ... otherwise I think we are dead. What a process .. WoW
PLEASE....let me know your finding.
Also the pre-lightwave 6 export limits polys to 53k .. this will be a challenge. I also need to know, and sorry for not asking before, does the model I make need to be smoothed or does the package that is used for flight simulator do it. Reason: smoothing 1 time doubles the original poly count, 2 times smoothing is 4 times the original poly count.
So if I only smooth once .. I really can only have 26k worth of polygons. Not very much to work with, if you get my drift
PLEASE....let me know your finding.
Here's the converted model:
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Private messaging has been disabled. Strange
The manual might be of use. I have one but yours could possibly be different.
My email is: motley@live.com
Thank You
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This may sound like a strange question [as I don't do modeling] What format to save to for use in flight sim?
Maya's native format is MA or MB ... I can translate the geometry/polys in IGES, IGS, STL, LWO, 3DS, VRL, and many others.
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The hunt for useful info is going well. The photos I've aquired will better the originality in aid of the modeling process. Based on 53,000 poly count [FS2004], it should go well.
I'll update this thread as needed and when it starts taking shape even show a few screen shots.
For those of you who might be interested in helping this project come together, everyone will benefit in the end, and...who knows. You might better what will already be a great aircraft when it's finished
Sincerely,
Motley D.
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Okay, I'm interested! Could you contact me on info@aerosoft-shop.com
email sent
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Well, I'm taking this one more step. I have a friend that's VERY good in modeling, offer to do this one and model this one up for the flight sim. I've done the needed research and have all the info needed. 3-views, scale drawings, factory manual ...etc. I do however still need a scanned photo of the sponsors/sticker sheet for that portion of completion.
If anyone has access to the sticker sheet in the finest resolution possible [1600x1200 or 1024x768], It would be appreciated to have copy.
If not, I can get that also by paying a small fee.
Thanks for your time
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Being a past Radio Control modeler and enjoying many countless hours of fun with this one, I can't believe there's nothing available for the flight simulators. I've searched the internet and have never found one of these available for FS2004 or FSX. I feel this one would be a big hit with most of the simmers.
Art Scholl was a true legend in his "Super Chipmunk"
For those of you who've never heard of Art Scholl, read more here: http://artscholl.org/
The photo below was taken at the EAA Airventure Museum
Bell 205 Huey
in Aircraft General
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