LeeE schrieb: > On Tuesday 26 February 2008 00:54, Georg Vollnhals wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> beside ski-jumping snow-plows this could be a nice feature for >> FlightGear: >> >> http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3333690 >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuz >> netsov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-33 >> >> >> Regards >> Georg EDDW >> > > Heh - the FG SU-37 model was actually done from SU-27K drawings, so > apart from the uprated engines, vectoring nozzles and the omission > of the tailhook, it's really an SU-33:) > > LeeE > > Hi LeeE,
your Su 37 is on duty in my flight hangar since a very long time and the most aerobatic aircraft I have - due to the thrust vector control. It has a breathtaking rollrate, is very stable to handle and has much power going into the sky like a rocket. I used it a lot for checking the scenery and mostly for just having a lot of fun. For this you don't need a 3-d-cockpit :-) Until I saw the video several times with the Su 33 taking off I thought the Harrier was the only jet to be capable for a take-off from a ship without a cat. This is russian aerodynamics and brutal jet power. Very impressing. If you read the wiki, it was not uncomplicated for the technicians and pilots to learn how to use the combination of this jet and the ski jump carrier deck. Did anyone test whether it works with the SkiJump.ac/xml model we have in the Models/fgsdb department? May be this ski jump is too small and the angle is too sharp as it is aimed to the Harrier. Anyway, I'll try it this late evening, just for fun. Otherwise - if I find enough info on the net - I'll try to build the deck of the Kuznetsov next weekend. Have fun! Georg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
