Hi Chaps...!
For all you aerobatic fiends out there, the Corby CJ-1 Starlet, by David Friswell, fitted with a Volkswagen flat four engine.
This is a serious, SERIOUSLY WILD, piece of aerobatic kit....!
Well worth a download for a bit of fun in the air..!
If you try flying it in "Radio Control" mode you can get youself in a right old tangle...LOL...!

Have a peek here...

http://www.simviation.com/fs2002props49.htm

..and a few pics to wet your whistle...LOL...!
(All in 640 X 480).

THank you David...!













My goodness! Safely back to earth...change of pants now... ...!



Cheers all... ...!
Have fun...
Paul.
(England).

P.S. Note: I have added the "smoke system" to it, (in the main aircraft .cfg file)....>
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=6.000, -4.000, 0.000, fx_smoke_w

..and slightly increased the size of the Nav/Com radio, (in the panel notepad file), so that I can now read the digits without using a magnifying glass, (..poor old Fozzer. He's loosing his eyesight as well as his marbles..)..LOL..LOL..LOL..!
..it now reads like this...>
gauge06=bendix_king_radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1,  20,300,208,101

A new toy Thanks Fozzer, I'll take her for a blat later

Fozzer, thank you for the comments about the Starlet - this is very much appreciated!
I have another paint scheme almost ready to upload, it is of VH-BCS & is in a nice 3 tone blue with white colours. I'll post a screenie here a bit later.

You know I did this model for 2 reasons: one, i wanted it & 2 it served as some practice modelling for an Edge 540...........................................................
I'm certainly glad that you enjoy it though!!!!!

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you forgot the harbor cranes in san francisco.

btw: nice aircraft.

Hi Ken...!
I know what you mean by "twitchy"....
that's why I included the comment...
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"If you try flying it in "Radio Control" mode you can get yourself in a right old tangle"...LOL...!
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Actually, I like it the way it is, it's fantastic in it's "aerobatic twitchy mode"...LOL...LOL...LOL...!
Spins and rolls and loops, etc, are fantastic... ...!
It really is an exciting plane to fly...had me clenching my bum a few times..a bit like blitzing the twisty country lanes on my bike...LOL...!

Cheers all... ...!
Paul.
(England).

P.S. my trip in the Stinson this afternoon, by comparison, was somewhat more sedate.... ...!
LOL...!
P.P.S. Hi Guruswarmyoz.... ...!
If it is one of your models then well done mate...!
I love it to bits...!!!
P.P.P.S. just checked your Profile, it is you, (Dave)...
...good on ya sport... ...!
LOL...!

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Rifleman,
The real thing is also quite twitchy & VERY responsive to control input. One thing to note that it has small couplings & very large control surface areas. In that respect I have tried to make that "realistic" - I do realise that some may find it too much in FS.
A simple way to dull the aileron response is to open the aircraft.cfg and edit these until you get what you like:
(Note that I am assuming that the aileron response is too much)

[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar = 1
parasite_drag_scalar = 1.1
induced_drag_scalar = 1
elevator_effectiveness = 1.25
aileron_effectiveness = 1
rudder_effectiveness = 1
pitch_stability = 1
roll_stability = 1
yaw_stability = 1
elevator_trim_effectiveness = 1
aileron_trim_effectiveness = 1
rudder_trim_effectiveness = 1

The biggest difference to the model would be to lessen the Aileron Control Effectiveness from a value of 1 to say 0.5 etc --> that would provide a immediate effect without tearing your hair out trawling through the airfile with AirEd etc.

The following comes from the Handling notes:
"A. GENERAL HANDLING COMMENTS
In general, the Starlet has typically ultra light characteristics light, responsive controls with seemingly no hesitation between control input and aircraft response. Light and precise, pilot feel is probably more significant than outright experience, and a two fingered approach to flying will ensure the quickest transition to Starlet proficiency. As in all tail wheel aircraft, high speed ground handling should never be taken for granted, though care and respect should ensure no problems as ample directional control is available.
While being responsive, stability is good and all controls have positive and progressive feel."

If users of the Corby would like me to fiddle more with the Roll rates (aprticularly @ lower speeds) etc please let me know, the roll rates are adjustable reasonably easily in the 1% spreadsheets.

The Texture problem is one that i have no idea of solving. Suffice to say that the textures do conform to FS standards and have no errors in them. One thing i could suggest is that do you have a Graphics card that can handle reflective textures? (i.e like a GF4 etc). If you have a Nvidia GF4 MX card do you have the reflections fix for FS2002? That would be the only thing i could suggest.

Fozzer;

Are you flying it at 640x480?

I'm at 1024X768-16, all the rest of
my stuff does fine, that little dude
has a 9.6meg texture,that's double the
typhons, I tried a re-download and
it's the same, take the textures out
and it a blast, Don't tell any one,
I made a "duster" out of it, but don't
know about showing it with no colors??

X

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Hmmm. So how come your shots are 800 x 600? Sorry Foz, I couldn't resist. 

X. I checked out this little beauty for you. No problem with textures or frame rates at all. In fact it's a lot better than most of my addon aircraft in this respect. I don't have a powerful system. The textures are in the usual DXT3 with Alpha format.

I noticed in another topic you mentioned using integrated graphics, not a separate 3D card. I suspect this is the main cause of the problem.

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Thanks Paul. Let's see if I can clear up your confusion. From past experience I will confuse you even more. LOL
I suspect you resized these images to to 800 x 600 in IrfanView. There's no way the image size would mysteriously change. I recommend MultiGrab rather than GrabClip Save for taking the shots. http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm

You see those icons as MGI Photosuite files cos it's configured as the default program for opening JPEGs. (This is on your system only - I would see them as PSP7 icons.) This means if you double-click on the file icon of a JPEG image in Windows Explorer the image will automatically open in MGI Photosuite. This can easily be changed if you wish. Right-click on any JPEG file & select Open With from the menu. Select the appropriate program from the list & check the "Always use the program ....." option.

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Rifleman, all of the above there i calculated off the plans (for the real thing) - I ain't gonna argue on that but I am glad that you like the aircraft enough to sit down & modify it!!
If you get time, can you send over the mod? I would like to see the difference!

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Mornin' Dave... ...!
I'll be keeping an eager eye out for it.
By the way, I really like the original air file, (flight data).
...quite exciting... ...!

Nice picture...
but...
the Auzzy countryside is a bit flat, as I would expect, but where is all the SAND... ....!
(Obviously not a pic of Alice Springs)...?
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers mate.. ...!
Paul.
(Pommy-land).... ...!

P.S. many thanks for the link to "Ociania sim", downloaded a few of the Micro chuff-chuffs...LOL...!

Guru, I got that file off to you, but not sure if you rec'vd the E-mail ?....if you have it, did you notice any better or worse flying characteristics of the Starlet ?