Taking the "car" out for a spin

[zayphod]

Some of you "older" people may remember this craft from the 1960's (hey, remember black and white TV??).

This thing just does not want to land. Engine at idle, set for verticle take-off, retro's on and parking break engaged and it still crawls along at 1 mph. I spend weekends just figuring out how to slow down enough to land properly. It's a real challange.

Fire up the engines, lots of fire and smoke! Yeah, that's the ticket!
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...8409652af5.jpg

Hatch closed! It's gonna get pretty windy!
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...0d09d6bdab.jpg

Just crusin' along.....
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...770a302820.jpg

Afterburners....
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...fb0a6b1b73.jpg

The modern cockpit always comes with a DVD player, right?
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...590a8b2972.jpg

Racing the mountain. Who's faster?
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...c40ae4034b.jpg

Yes, land on the side of the mountain. Looks like a good spot for lunch! :)
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...140b1cc80f.jpg

Water landing. By the way, if you let the engine idle, no retro-rockets, breaks, and engine at horizontal setting, this little thing scoots along at 65 knots.
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...590b472e41.jpg

Take off for another adventure!
http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...c30b86b24f.jpg

Hope you enjoyed!

[JohnKrist]

Wow, that's one ugly pilot, is it Mr Bean? :-lol
Really sweet toy you got there, where can I find it?

Excellent shots! :D

[Wright Air CEO]

>Wow, that's one ugly pilot, is it Mr Bean? :-lol
>Really sweet toy you got there, where can I find it?
>
>Excellent shots! :D

Yea where did ya get it at?

[Kimber]

NEAT!!

The pilot looks like the guy on MASH that always wore a dress!!

:-wave

[Rimshot]

:-lol :-lol :-lol Need a car like that. To many traffic jams here in the Netherlands :(

[boxcar]

Gerry Anderson, I presume? http://flightsimnetwork.com/dcforum/...0327690f68.gif

Rated: http://flightsimnetwork.com/dcforum/...6b26eb1d5e.gif :-cool http://flightsimnetwork.com/dcforum/...6b26eb1d5e.gif :-cool http://flightsimnetwork.com/dcforum/...6b26eb1d5e.gif 5 cools. http://flightsimnetwork.com/dcforum/...e2282d7d22.gif You just made my day, thanks!

[boxcar]

" [i]5,000 ... wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 8,000 ... wrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRR 13,000 ... WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ... 15,000! ... Fire 1!

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[grover]

:-lol Top stuff!

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[zayphod]

>Wow, that's one ugly pilot, is it Mr Bean? :-lol

He he, that would be Mike Mercury, the test pilot in the series. Those were done with puppets, and while the looked a bit odd, you got used to them as a kid. ;)

>Really sweet toy you got there, where can I find it?

http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar.html

Specifically,
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar-msfs.html

They originally came out for FS98, and have vastly improved the graphics on the model since then.

>Excellent shots! :D

Thank you. :)

[zayphod]

>>Wow, that's one ugly pilot, is it Mr Bean? :-lol
>>Really sweet toy you got there, where can I find it?
>>
>>Excellent shots! :D
>
>Yea where did ya get it at?

http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar.html

Specifically,
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar-msfs.html

For those who wish to take her into space:
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/SC-...r-Orbiter.html

Of course, for that version, you'll need this:
http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html

For the Fireball XL5, for FL98 and FS200, go here:
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/fireball-xl5.html

Should work with 2004, though I haven't downloaded it yet.

Oh, and thanks for asking. :)