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BA Swallow 2

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This model is finally(!) approaching complete after a year of development - probably a week away if beta testing goes OK.

This is the FS2004 version - there will also be a Native FSX version with bump and spec maps to follow very shortly.

The reason it has taken so long (apart from lack of time) - it is my first attempt at doing the complete package - full model, 2d panel, VC, flight dynamics.

This is also the first complete FS2004 model built entirely using 3D Canvas Pro (http://www.amabilis.com) with it's standard .X export and MakeMDL
(The Native FSX Export is an extra plugin)

The VC has also had the 4mm welding bug corrected

History
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This British light aircraft of the 1930s was a revised version of the British Klemm (BK) Swallow 1, itself a licence built copy of the German Klemm L-25.
In 1935 the Swallow II was introduced, with the curved wing tips, rudder and tailplane inherited from the Klemm L.25 original being made straight and with revised fuselage top decking.
At this time the company changed its name to the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co., so the revised version was known as the B.A Swallow II.
Swallow IIs were produced powered either by the Pobjoy Cataract or the Cirrus Minor inline engine, production continuing until 1938, with a total of 107 Swallow IIs produced.

17 aircraft survived the second world war, only a handful remain flying today.


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VC Close ups:



 
decapod said:
The reason it has taken so long (apart from lack of time) - it is my first attempt at doing the complete package - full model, 2d panel, VC, flight dynamics.
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Not to mention writing and testing the freaking FS exporters to the modelling program!!!

Very nice looking model..


And that Pobjoy is just begging to be stolen and popped into a host of other models!!!
 
FelixFFDS said:
Not to mention writing and testing the freaking FS exporters to the modelling program!!!
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Doh - I forgot a few other things :) - I also wrote an FSX MDL file viewer, built 30 ish scenery items for an FSX RAF Bombing range scenery
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=22896

I also spent a few months making scenery items for Rail Simulator and wrote another modelling tutorial:
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=92669

So the next one should be much quicker :)

This is the start of a licence built Aeronka engine - a JAP (it's been corrected since this screenshot)

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Not wanting to take any credit away from Paul on the herculean task of creating a first flyable model, he didn't mention that the early development of the model was in conjunction with myself.

Threads on the UKTrainsim forum illustrate the steps we made during the early stages of the build...

The plane itself...
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=88061

and the engine...
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=88248

And that Pobjoy is just begging to be stolen and popped into a host of other models!!!
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Instead of "stealing" the engine, I'm sure I could come to some amicable agreement to allow anyone to use the engine in another plane....you just need to ask.


Doug Kightley
 
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dkightley said:
Instead of "stealing" the engine, I'm sure I could come to some amicable agreement to allow anyone to use the engine in another plane....you just need to ask.


Doug Kightley
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You really have to know Felix to understand his (and my) warped sense of humor (humour for the humor impaired)... :rotfl:
 
Sorry Doug, I really should have mentioned your involvement with the engine and undercarriage too. You are listed as co-author in the config file and readme.

I should also mention that, because this was a learning process for me, I have a lot of help from several forums.

Here are most of the list of people who have been so kind with help and advice:
Doug Kightley for engine, u/c and huge help with the tutorials over on UKTrainsim.com
Leif Harding (www.classicbritishfiles.com) for general flight sim ettiquete and the fact that he was the only one of the "team" that had ever been in a Swallow.
Keith Paine for the flight dynamics - at least I now know what a coefficient of moment is now, and the research we did on the lift from the gottenburg 387/388 airfoil sections.
Peter Watkins has kindly provided 3 of the 6 liveries that will be in the final version.
Felix, for getting me registered over on the FFDS forum and the people there for the 4mm VC welding bug fix.
Arno for all the help in the wiki on this site.
As well as numerous beta testers, reporting back this weekend.

It is a real team effort.
 
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