Its Big...Its Fat...but its Beautiful!

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[center][font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"]Hey guys, hows things?

Just a few shots from me today of the excellent new FSD C17 Globemaster III. Hats off to Owen Hewitt and the boys at FSD, they did a fine job!

Did a couple of (large) circuits around Exeter, here is a take-off shot, 1 in the air, 2 landing shots and 1 shot on the ground!

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/80898.jpg

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/80899.jpg

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/80900.jpg

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/80902.jpg

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/80903.jpg

Thanks for looking at these guys![/font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"][font color="green"]

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[LeoAllan]

Nice shots Aled

Leo

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/80350.jpg

[BananaBob]

Cool shots, looks very well modeled, might have to pick this one up for some screenshots!! :)

Bob

[PHCO]

A beauty - well done ! :D

[ketakopter]

Very nice indeed, great shots! :)

[Atwoo155]

Flightsim really doesn't give the feel of how big those planes are. They are built next to my home town in Long Beach so i used to be able to see the new ones roll out every week or so. Great Shots too.

[spitfire222]

Looks great Aled! :-)

[flyboy208]

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40307ced4475a10b.jpg


She is a beauty Aled, and a true miltary workorse - thanks for sharing!:-)

[Mojo2000]

She IS an excellent plane; I have been flying short hops with it just recently since my weekend purchase. How do you get your last two shots to look so real? :)


SIGLINE: "Stealth is where it's not." :D

[KFC]

THe FS commnunity is in dire need of a -17 :)
regards,
Macs

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[center][font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"]Thanks for the replies guys!

The model is fantastic and she is nice and easy to fly, gotta love practising tactical landings...land, reverse, takeoff, repeat ;-)[/font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"][font color="green"]

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[C17Chief]

You think thats fun.. try doing it in the real thing :D

[javelin]

She is a sweet look'n big girl - thanks for showing her off- I like her!!!


Take care,

Cliff

[Mojo2000]

So what do you think of the flight modelling, Crew Chief? Too nimble, too sluggish or just right? :)


SIGLINE: "Stealth is where it's not." :D

[Mojo2000]

By the way, can anyone comment on that funny-looking texture, on the anterior lateral surface of the starboard main-landing-gear compartment?


SIGLINE: "Stealth is where it's not." :D

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[center][font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"]Thanks for the comments!

Mojo...are you refering to this?

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/Attachments/up1/81070.jpg

If so looks like some sort of heatshield, possibly for an APU or other exhaust.[/font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"][font color="green"]

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[Mojo2000]

Yeah, that's the one; thanks for replying. Interesting asymmetry. :) APU = ?


SIGLINE: "Stealth is where it's not." :D

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[center][font color="#000080" size="2" face="comic sans MS"]APU = Auxillary Power Unit...usually a small Gas Turbine Engine used for running electrical generators while the main engines are shutdown...on some aircraft also provides bleed air to start the main engines, and also hydraulic power!

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[C17Chief]

Yeah thats the APU and thats what it looks like on the real jet.. heres a picture I took in Kabul, Afghanistan. It shows the APU pretty well.

http://www.cobracrazy.com/apu.jpg

On the subject of handling.. I think it is a pretty good representation of the real thing. I find myself playing with the aierlon effectiveness in the .cfg file sometimes though.. the real plane really has an awesome roll rate. I would say a value of 1.5 in that area is probably more realistic, you just have to watch your control inputs.

The one thing to watch out for is full flap landings.. it kinda wanders all over the place with high flap settings in Flightsim.. we rarely do full flap landings in the real thing unless its an assault landing or they are just practicing. 3/4 flap landings are the norm.