I'll try that with CFS2. For the moment I've been concentrating on CFS1. One thing I've found out is that the most 'torqued' airplane in CFS1 (the Camel) is just a converted FS98 airplane. The air file has a lot less records, some of which simply don't exist in CFS1 or 2. So, I've been...
Thanks for the info JonJ. I'll see what I can do with AirEd, and continue to experiment with it. Airwrench should probably be a much better tool for the job at hand.
I modified the default .flt files, and I didn't see any effect on torque. There are some interesting parameters there, like airframe stress, that I will try and modify. Maybe we'll know for certain, wether or not editing any parameter in the file changes anything.
Indeed FlyboyJ. However, technology is progressing so fast that future military pilots may well have to fly their planes with a screen and a joystick in front of them. That is if they're lucky, and are not replaced by these "babies":
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=175
But...
Hey JonJ,
You're saying that if I edit the files in the SITUATIO folder I can get more torque? I can leave the airfiles alone and simply edit the default files in this other folder?
You're using the registered version of AirWrench? Is its documentation the source for this breakthrough?
Did the Link Trainer simulate G-forces? Yes or no?
Was it considered entertainment? Nope.
Analyzing performance data does not tarnish anything or anyone.
And yes, people have the right to discuss aviation without having to mention pilots every second word they write. They are important...
I bought Air Warrior III, and I was also impressed by their historical charts and information. I think many of the authors of that simulation are pilots themselves. But I can't specify exactly how accurate their historical/technical analysys is. I suspect, from the charts, that they used NACA...
I agree. There's going to be a freeware expansion for CFS3 called "Mediterranean Air War", that might interest Maestro. It's authored by a collaboration of groups, one of which being the 'AvHistory 1% Group" that has made some of the best flight models for CFS 2 and 3. But since it's freeware...
HI Maestro,
Welcome to the (as yet) very sparsely-populated flight-simulation enthusiast corner of the forum!
Those screenshots look awesome!
So, what is it that you value most in a flight simulator? Is it the imagery, or is it the flight models? If it's the former, I would definitely...
Very good link there Pbfoot. It seems that even the japanese used this flight simulator to train their pilots. And they were dead serious about their flight training.
FlyboyJ, I doubt that the Messerschmitt's pilot, knowing how priceless this machine is, would take it to its limits, but his...
I think the credibility of Huck and Kurfurst is a non-issue. The substantiation of their claims is the real issue.
I'll see if I will ask Huck for his sources. The elevator issue is very interesting.
That's true, but we've come a long way with the advent of digital technologies. Weren't the first flight simulators just box-like cockpits with a stick and a couple of pedals? And they were used in flight training, weren't they? Were they considered just entertainment by pilot cadets? Did they...
Will do that JonJ, be sure.
I know that it's possible to experience it with CFS 1, since I've flown the Sopwith Camel, after making the Elevator/Aileron/Rudder Efficiency Tables all equal to 0.75 ( putting all the values in a straight line), and the torque was amazing!
But I didn't fly it...