>As I recall, this one has orange, > spray-on insulation, no? > > Jon
Well, actually this aircraft flew in quite a few schemes. It flew in "regular" black paint finish, same plus some patch of ablator on the tail area (and a white cross applied to the bottom), and finally with a full spray of MA-25 ablator. I read on NASA site (Dryden flight research center at Edwards AFB) that the orange color was bare spray of ablator and this was covered with white sealant paint before flight (last flight with record mach was flown like this). The aircraft also flew with a shorter ventral fin that actually was a strut for mock-ups of supersonic combustion ramjets (aka scramjets). So far I am making the black texture. Ablator being white overall won't be too hard, and I already made the replacement fin and ramjet mockup ;) I am wondering if it is possible to make a texture that would evolve during flight. I have in mind the icing of oxygen tank before launch, glowing red hot-spots at maximum mach and temperature weathered paint after reentry. Loading times may be prohibitive though. You may want to check those references if you are interested in the subject : http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/scott_taylor/x-15a2_walk_1.htm http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-15/Medium/index.html http://xplanes.free.fr/x15/x15-12-1.html Last link is in french but with awesome reference material. I recommend US based people to have a look at US Air Force sites on the web It seems I cannot connect to any of them... maybe because I try to connect from that not so friendly country known as France ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
