Argo 02

[SeanTK]

Looks like this one flew under the radar. A small Russian homebuilt aircraft for FSX. Freeware.





Read the following for everything you need to know about the addon (that I've discovered so far)....

Download the main aircraft and the update from these two links:

http://avsimrus.com/f/fsx-aircrafts-79/arg...ownload&hl=
http://avsimrus.com/f/fsx-aircrafts-79/arg...ownload&hl=

The aircraft (mainly the update) comes with three liveries. Plain white, white/green, and the the yellow/red you see here.
The only controls in the aircraft are as follows, throttle, ignition, and fuel tank selector.
There is no mixture switch (that I can find yet) so I suggest mapping a key to a joystick or something to enrich your fuel mixture so you can start.

To start the aircraft, enrich the mixture using your mapped key, make sure the fuel selector is in an appropriate position, then lean out to the side (you can switch VC views using the "A" key) and click on the propeller.

The shift keys bring up a few features, such as a nice Russian watch serving as a clock (which I may be copying into other aircraft in the future), an accurate-looking handheld communication radio, and what looks like a slide-rule for calculations of some sort, but it's all in Russian and I have no idea what it's actually for.

The update allows you to add liveries, switch from normal to "aerobatic" flight dynamics, and I believe there is a file in there that modifies the canvas textures on the aircraft, but I haven't touched it.

Also note, when installing the repaints, copy (but do not replace) the texture files from the base texture folder (all-white texture) to the new texture folders or you will be missing textures on the yellow/red and green/white aircraft.

Sound is mapped to the default Trike. The real thing uses a Rotax engine.

The aircraft does not have brakes! (That was fun discovering that...)

Here is a video featuring the real aircraft (and variants)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b7Gg2Bfkrg

[Ian Warren]

Gawd .. you can almost make this at home yourself without plans , wonder how yud go with a 100cc motor , about the real expense would be buying a propeller .... something you could do on a 10 acre plot ... Rick ( my bro ) i have this plan

[Sonnyj]

hmm must be a new design with holographic wings....
Forget the propeller, you would need new wing leading edges every time the engine started. LOL (For those who ain't noticed the screenshot shows the wing in front of the prop ? )
)

Yeah yeah I know it is the screen, but it just looks like a prop circle, well it did to me, then again maybe it was the beer speaking...Reckon about 20 bucks and some cardboard and Ian & I could make a dual seat model.

and the 'other ' model - very versatile and where do you get those flourescent long johns from??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEDn_fUedyc

[Ian Warren]

Sonny I had ideas build something a hundred years ago... well last century...your own do it yourself, but i did not have a paddock Ric.. over here i have this idea

[Sonnyj]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 9 2013,3:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sonny I had ideas build something a hundred years ago... well last century...your own do it yourself, but i did not have a paddock Ric.. over here i have this idea

Ric.. over here i have this idea , a nod is as good as a wink, but I an't Ric & I don't have a paddock either.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Sonnyj @ Nov 9 2013,3:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ric.. over here i have this idea , a nod is as good as a wink, but I an't Ric & I don't have a paddock either.

Nah ... thinking off me bro , now has a field out in West Melton , hells .. when we were kids we were towing all sorts behind motorbikes ... Twas a kitchen table top that caught the MOT's eyes

[Sonnyj]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 9 2013,3:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nah ... thinking off me bro , now has a field out in West Melton , hells .. when we were kids we were towing all sorts behind motorbikes ... Twas a kitchen table top that caught the MOT's eyes

Understood, we was making Box kites big enough to lift us off the ground, It was all good until the pine trees at the top paddock boundary.....well thats another story

[Ian Warren]

Sure ya not one off me brothers , seems the very , well this could be dangerous , Sean showing what could be built .. you , me and others plane nuts to try it out !

[Sonnyj]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 9 2013,4:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sure ya not one off me brothers , seems the very , well this could be dangerous , Sean showing what could be built .. you , me and others plane nuts to try it out !

Yeah, U R right, Gotta have some nutters on the job