posted 12-04- 11:16 PM
Well here's some information on the Huey.
first a few pics. Sorry these had to be links, but xoom sucks....... I mean, they don't alow pic links
(if they don't work, just cut and paste the url in to the url bar) http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/Huey99/FS_Huey16.jpg
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/Huey99/FS_Huey.jpg
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/Huey99/FS_Huey13.jpg
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/Huey99/projectX_5.jpg
But if none of these strike your fancy, you can choose from those posted on the Huey Website:
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/Huey99/
Now for some information.
Those who contributed to the Huey sofar are: Myself "Michael Babott", Razer747 "James Smith", Mystical "Matt Bruemmer", and Mposis "Marcus Posis". Razor, Mystical and myself started the project around October 1st. I was mainly working on the 3D model. Razer was working mainly on the FM, and Mystical did the research and some 3D modeling. Nearing the end of the alpha production stage Mposis joined and created the cockpit for us.
The Huey is really a huge break through for Openplane. As the name implies, Openplane was only designed to handle airplanes. But because the enviroment was modeled so accurately, Provision for a helicopter was inadvertantly included. Although the enviroment wasn't 100% accurate (more like 99%), and FS wasn't able to handle some types of Helicopter systems, it actually balanced out, and ended up in the ability for us to do this project. This project COULD NOT be duplicated in any other Flight Simulator that doesn't have provision for Helicopters.
We Modeled this chopper from lots of pictures (internet and photos), plastic models, Helicopter maintenance books\manuals, and many other sources. If we didn't have all this information, we could not have made this Helicopter. The Huey flys just like a real Huey does. It incorporates rotor flapping, transitional lift, torque cancelation (namely a functioning tail rotor), proper engine to rotor gear ratios......etc, that permits a real helicopter to operate..... Look at it this way: If you took this huey right out of Fighter Squadron and placed it onto a real world helicopter pad, it would be able to operate just like the real thing. When you boil it down. We made a Real Bell UH-1A Huey.
The Huey is currently in Alpha form. We should have the Beta out soon. But even though it's in Alpha, it still flys great!
So cut and paste what you want from above. And if you like, you could even post the link to the Huey page, and any pictures off of it.
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Cheers!
Jaguar
www.fshangar.com
[This message has been edited by Jaguar (edited 12-04-1999).]