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Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 20:08
by Techy111
Well i had a great afternoon today seeing as i can't play with my PC and flight simming at the moment...I thought i would go and check out the real thing....
Thanks to Rich for showing me round his old Gal....
She is finally back from her CAA checks and is looking great....but a tad dirty...Sorry Rich....
Nice Cockpit shot....sadly only VC....no 2D pit on this bird....
External modelling is very good and in keeping with the real Yak52....
The pilot could have done with some more work and less jaggies....
And i like the detail of the fabric tail....gives it that brand new look....ohhh it is brand new....
Hopefully i'll be able to take her to the skies soon and give a full report....
Tony
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 20:41
by Garry Russell
Nice one Tony
Yep nice VC and good external but the prop's wrong..check the screenshot on the recent thread
Garry
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 20:42
by FlyTexas
Pretty nice...
... although the canopy looks a bit out of scale with the fuselage. Excellent bumpmapping, and the cloud textures look very realistic.
Brian
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 20:46
by Techy111
Yup....going to take a sander to the prop to get the correct shape...and the clouds are HiDef textures sets from REX2.0......
Glad you didn't mention the dodgy pilot....
Tony
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 20:49
by DaveG
Could replace the pilot texture with something more lifelike
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 21:02
by Prop Jockey
The attention to detail is pretty damn good I reckon - there's even an oil slick under the nose !
'A tad dirty' ? You are the master of understantment Tony - its filthy ! Although it doesn't look as bad as it is in those pics - I like your camera
Nice one of the re-covered rudder too - by the time the Yak community have seen that they'll all want one (just to explain - the whole thing is going to be repainted in late Oct - so when the rudder was recovered its just been left in white primer in preparation for that).
Fingers crossed we can catch up later in the week for part II. Now I know it flies right way up and in a straight line, we can, errrrr how should I say it ........... explore the rest of the flight envelope ??
Cheers
Rich
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 21:08
by Techy111
No worries Rich......
Its very easy in my job to get adult sized incontinence pants....so no mess guarrenteed.....
When you say "envelope" i hope we are talking smooth straight and level.....
LOL....fingers crossed Rich....So looking forward to the experience....
Tony
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 21:16
by Prop Jockey
Techy111 wrote:
When you say "envelope" i hope we are talking smooth straight and level.....
Errrrrrrrr..............Yes..............Absolutely...............Straight and Level............... Thats the one
Rich
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 21:18
by Techy111
Gimme the inside a washing machine experience mate...i ain't scared....
Gulp....
Tony
Re: Prop Jockey and his Yak 52.....
Posted: 23 Sep 2009, 21:21
by Nigel H-J
When you say "envelope" i hope we are talking smooth straight and level.....
Errrrrrrrr..............Yes..............Absolutely...............Straight and Level............... Thats the one
I can see Tony emerging from the cockpit greener than his paramedic uniform!!
Nigel.