FS2004 F14-D Sweep Wing

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FS2004 F14-D Sweep Wing

Postby Capt.Propwash » Mon May 04, 2009 12:12 am

ok guys, here is a stumper for you, but i was wondering/hoping that one of you modelers might be able/willing to help me with a small personal prefference on the F14-D Tomcat.

FS2004 F14 Tomcat Waikato Carrier.zip -- http://www.surclaro.com/download.php?op ... arrier.zip

FS2004 Grumman F-14D Tomcat Rev 3 - 9 down -- http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military126.htm

FS2004 Grumman F-14D Tomcat Rev 4  - 7th down -- http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military130.htm




here is the stumper.   I understand that the F14 has a Vairable Sweep Wing... the problem in Flight Sim is that the wings are either FULL SWEEP (no flaps at all) ..... or FULL UN-SWEPT (any flaps setting).    

Is there any way in the AIRCRAFT.CFG to change the angles at which the wings will sweep to and STOP with variable FLAP settings????  

[Flaps.0]
type= 1
span-outboard= 0.400
extending-time= 6.4000  //to G. spec
system_type= 0
damaging-speed= 450.000
blowout-speed= 600.000
lift_scalar= 0.350
drag_scalar= 0.200
pitch_scalar= 0.100
flaps-position.0= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.1= 50.000, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 100.000, 0.000


[Flaps.1]
type= 1
span-outboard= 0.400
extending-time= 6.4000   //to Grumman spec
system_type= 0
damaging-speed= 450.000
blowout-speed= 600.000
lift_scalar= 0.350
drag_scalar= 0.200
pitch_scalar= 0.100
flaps-position.1= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 35.000, 0.000
flaps-position.3= 70.000, 0.000
flaps-position.4= 100.000, 0.000



Can I add more positions other than the ones that are in bold? to make it possible say::

[flaps.0]
flaps-position.0= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.1= 25.000, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 50.000, 0.000
flaps-position.3= 75.000, 0.000
flaps-position.4= 100.000, 0.000

[flaps.1]
flaps-position.1= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 25.000, 0.000
flaps-position.3= 50.000, 0.000
flaps-position.4= 75.000, 0.000
flaps-position.5= 100.000, 0.000


but more over, can i make the wings instead of being only FULL OPEN or FULL SWEEP stop at various increments the correspond to set flap parameters????  
NO FLAPS = FULL SWEEP
1 notch = 1 degree
2 notch = 25 degree
3 notch = 50 degree
4 notch = 75
5 notch = 100  

at the same time the wings would STOP at each position for the flaps and their corresponding degrees......







Does any of this make sense? Is this Possible????
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Re: FS2004 F14-D Sweep Wing

Postby Travis » Mon May 04, 2009 6:28 pm

I'll go ahead and download it to take a quick look, but my guess is that if you haven't been able to modify the flaps and get the result you want, the movement of the wings was hardwired into the model with keyframe animation.  This means it is almost impossible to get the movement you are requesting.

But don't take this as already decided.  It's just a first impression.
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Re: FS2004 F14-D Sweep Wing

Postby Capt.Propwash » Wed May 27, 2009 2:32 pm

found anything yet?
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Re: FS2004 F14-D Sweep Wing

Postby Travis » Wed May 27, 2009 4:15 pm

Sorry I never got back on this one!

Try replacing the first of the flaps sections with:

[Flaps.0]
type= 1
span-outboard= 0.400
extending-time= 6.4000  //to G. spec
system_type= 0
damaging-speed= 450.000
blowout-speed= 600.000
lift_scalar= 0.350
drag_scalar= 0.200
pitch_scalar= 0.100
flaps-position.0= 0.000, 0.000
flaps-position.1= 25.00, 0.000
flaps-position.2= 50.00, 0.000
flaps-position.3= 75.00, 0.000
flaps-position.4= 100.0, 0.000
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