What's the model name? I'm having trouble spotting it.
Thanks,
Curt.
On Jan 9, 2008 3:13 PM, Jon Stockill <> wrote:
> Curtis Olson wrote:
> > Now that we have a jeep and a snowplow in the FlightGear fleet (and the
> > possibility of creating other interesting surface vehicles) I feel
> > strongly that we need a nice 3d model of a ramp in the Models/
> > directory. This would be the sort of ramp that Evel Knievel would use,
> > not some other sort of ramp. My plan would be to setup the ramp
> > somewhere for launch, then put a recover ramp on the other side, park a
> > 747 in the middle and see if I can jump it with the snow plow.
> >
> > I'd suggest making the ramp 2 lanes wide ... so about 6-8 meters wide.
> > Maybe a 10-15 degree incline? If the incline is too steep and we hit
> > the ramp too hard, it will generate a "crash" due to excessive gear
> > compression. So we have to find a good balance with the ramp slope.
> > Then if it was rather large we could sink it or raise it up depending on
> > how far we wanted the snowplow to sail in mid-air and what sorts of
> > things we were attempting to jump.
> >
> > Is there anyone out there who would be willing to build a nifty looking
> > 3d ramp model for me and maybe paste a cool texture or two on it so it
> > looks sweet? A separate ring of fire that could be placed in the middle
> > wouldn't hurt either.
> >
> > This would be purely for fun and silliness (and maybe to demo the
> > interesting physics capabilities of our surface vehicles.)
>
> There's a harrier ski jump ramp in the models database. You'll find one
> at Yeovilton (EGDY), and you can of course add extras wherever is
> convenient for you. It's certainly fun driving the jeep over it.
>
> Jon
>
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