On Friday 30 Oct 2009, Heiko Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > > i'm interested on mi-17, it's the > > model used in my country's army (Peru) > > but actually i'm following the current mi-6 work ( > > http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5251&st=0&; > >sk=t&sd=a&start=30 ), it will be the first step in russian mil > > helis... > > > > I hope to contribute in some > > way in this project > > CesarGaston > > I'm not sure, but I think Peru (or Chile???) has already a > Mi-17-simulator for military training based on FlightGear and > JBSim. But not YASim - the russian helis are very interesting, > and definitly missing in FGFS! > > Cheers > HHS
Actually, Russian aircraft in general are very interesting and imo, some of their trade-offs between pure technology and pragmatism have resulted in more effective and more useful aircraft than what the West has developed. It's not true in every case, of course, but you certainly need to look deeper than just what the western political and manufacturing propaganda would suggest. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
