Brett H's Cessna 177RG

[turbo_skylane]

I downloaded this thing not too long ago, I'm must say, its purdy! I took off from my home airport with it, decided to post up some photos of my lil trip.

EDIT: See Below for better pictures!

[BFMF]

I kinda wish it had a pilot that was visible from the outside, but i'm not complaining. It's a great aircraft, and a joy to fly... 8-)
It's not too often that I download an aircraft and not end up editing, or rebuilding stuff in it.


It's too bad the payware aircraft I bought wasn't even close to this quality....

[Brett_Henderson]

Thanks !

[BFMF]

[quote]People are SO difficult to model

[alrot]

Hey Brett , you may need to change the texture into dds otherwise I think won't work in DX10 ,

Hey Andrew did you test Brett's Cardinal in DX10? your reply is very important to us(or just me  :-/)  

[Brett_Henderson]

Yeah.. I'd be curious about that.. though my cousin has been flying it on a Vista/Acceleration computer.

I think it'll be  OK, as long as it's a true FSX model.  We'll see  :-/

[BFMF]

[quote]Yeah.. I'd be curious about that.. though my cousin has been flying it on a Vista/Acceleration computer.

I think it'll be

[alrot]

Is Fine Brett ,Andrew just told me Your model work perfectly fine in FSX DX10 buddy don't worry ..



But Put a pilot on that sit man!!!



EDIT : He post first ...lol,...hey

[beaky]

Sure would've been nice if you got us a little closer to the plane for a better look, but I guess I'll just have to try it for myself.

[turbo_skylane]

Yea the pictures were gonna be 800x600 but they were too big for the server.

edit: here's some more
edit2: only one thing I would change, I would make a cockpit/vc have a bit less fuzzy panel "backing" other than that, this thing is perfect. I love the gear.

[Brett_Henderson]

Wow !  Great shots...  Of course I'm a little biased...


I think you might have gone over the 500kb thread limit though...  QUICK delete the first set, so people can see these stunning shots  :)

[turbo_skylane]

Wow !  Great shots...  Of course I'm a little biased...


I think you might have gone over the 500kb thread limit though...  QUICK delete the first set, so people can see these stunning shots  :)

SSSSSHHHhhhh!

[BFMF]

Love the shots. i actually looked into trying to re-paint the Cessna 177 today, but it's been years since i've done anything of the sort, and started feeling overwhelmed. Oh well....

[Brett_Henderson]

The goofy new FSX materials are tough...  If you don't get the spectral map (and its alpha), and diffuse map (and its alpha), just right; you get a "film" that obscures detail at best... and opaque glass and chrome that turns black at night, at worst.

I'm not even comfy repainting it... A couple of people have tried, but they didn't have the patience to tweak the new alphas.. so I asked them not to release the re-paints. It's not that I'm extra picky, but when rivets get smudged and the detail lines of the engine cylinder blur.. well... it's not pretty  :(

[BFMF]

[quote]I'm not even comfy repainting it... A couple of people have tried, but they didn't have the patience to tweak the new alphas.. so I asked them not to release the re-paints. It's not that I'm extra picky, but when rivets get smudged and the detail lines of the engine cylinder blur.. well... it's not pretty