Firefly/Serenity FDE

Chuck,

Did you ever do a new FDE for the Firefly space ship?

I really enjoyed the series, & would love to fly the Serenity in my Space version of FS2004.

Regards,

Robin

Well I had to install FS9 but this gave me a good excuse to do it. This model's 'gear' (jointed), and how it affects the cnt pts, is probably the most difficult cnt pts I EVER had to do. Phew! But I got it to behave (not bounce, or tilt and crash when you brake) and sent FDEs (zip) in email attachment so check your email. It IS a 'WIP' as I need to do more tweaking ALL OVER all and everything! What a mess. But I love it (hehe).

Chuck B

Napamule

Thanks, Chuck, email received.

I have a separate Space install, with space scenery and spaceships, and I love the Firefly movie series, so this is a great add-on.

You are lucky Robin, you have the master there(Chuck), what he doesn't know about contact points isn't worth knowing.

Col.

Robin,

I got a different set of FDEs and it handles much much better now (99% improvement). But it still lands at 60 to 70 kts. And taxi is touchy. Might have to add 2 more gear in front and 2 in the back for a total of 12 gear (cnt pts). Busy today so will have to be tomorrow.

This model does not have spoiler? I wish I knew more about modeling so I could figure why the spoiler does not work as expected. And when you brake it wants to tip and flip. Could it be the model? Wish I could figure out. It's all wrong. The files are there for modelers to modify this thing. Wish Erwin Welker would take this job on. He would probably fix it.

Thanks for the compliments. I resemble those remarks (hehe). Not no master. Just genius-which is 99% persperation and 1% inspiration. I learn something new every day. Will get back to you tamale.

Chuck B

Napamule

Chuck, can you send me the newer FDE?

I hope Erwin sees this...

Robin,

Well it's getting late (4pm) so it will have to be tomorrow. I am still working on it. Need to do the lights section (did it have one? hehe). I put in the floats. It's ok if you land at 70 kts. At 30 kts the vertical speed is too much and it crashes to 500 ft. But where are you going to find water in space anyway! My rear view mirrow fell off and have to glue it back on. Anyway Saturday is my 'day off' (said the retired geezer-ha). It goes 1500 kts at FS150. Not sure how it will handle at FL999. I had it to FL500 and it was ok. Am I done? Nope. But I will send new FDEs late Sunday (Monday your time). And I also have to try it out in FSX Accel to see if it even loads more less work. Only the MOI's are different so it could be it will work good. We shall see. CUL8R.

Chuck B

Napamule