NZFF

Following on from my Camel at Omaka thread, I concluded my Sunday of simming by putting all the WWI fighters I have installed into a large loose formation and flew around Wanaka, attempting to recreate the airshow dogfight flights seen last month down there.

Of course, these things always look better when played live on your screen rather than static images (so I have included the RM tracks at the bottom of this post for those who are interested), and never turn out as you would expect- I thought I had set up two Camels chasing a group consisting of a Pfaltz and three Dr.1's, but throughout the flight, everyone was jostling for position and it was the RAF who ended up getting chased down by the Jerrys!

Here are six shots from my sequence, 660kb in file size:


















[Moneyshot candidate]


And if you want to give it a go yourself:

// Track 1
#Aircraft: "Pfalz_DIIIA_flz"
#StaticCGtoGround: 4.40000
#Data: latitude longitude altitude pitch bank heading onground velocityX velocityY velocityZ throttle1 throttle2 throttle3 throttle4 elevators ailerons rudder spoilers flaps gear lights parkbrake engine1 engine2 engine3 engine4 timestamp

// Track 2
#Aircraft: "Trip2 Mohnicke"
#StaticCGtoGround: 3.284
#Data: latitude longitude altitude pitch bank heading onground velocityX velocityY velocityZ throttle1 throttle2 throttle3 throttle4 elevators ailerons rudder spoilers flaps gear lights parkbrake engine1 engine2 engine3 engine4 timestamp
$Offset: -6 -2 15
$TimeOffset: 0.08

// Track 3
#Aircraft: "Trip2 Von_Doe"
#StaticCGtoGround: 3.284
#Data: latitude longitude altitude pitch bank heading onground velocityX velocityY velocityZ throttle1 throttle2 throttle3 throttle4 elevators ailerons rudder spoilers flaps gear lights parkbrake engine1 engine2 engine3 engine4 timestamp
$Offset: -15 3 -11
$TimeOffset: 0.10

// Track 4
#Aircraft: "Trip2 Weiss"
#StaticCGtoGround: 3.284
#Data: latitude longitude altitude pitch bank heading onground velocityX velocityY velocityZ throttle1 throttle2 throttle3 throttle4 elevators ailerons rudder spoilers flaps gear lights parkbrake engine1 engine2 engine3 engine4 timestamp
$Offset: -2 7 -5
$TimeOffset: 0.21

// Track 5
#Aircraft: "Sopwith Camel"
#StaticCGtoGround: 4.2
#Data: latitude longitude altitude pitch bank heading onground velocityX velocityY velocityZ throttle1 throttle2 throttle3 throttle4 elevators ailerons rudder spoilers flaps gear lights parkbrake engine1 engine2 engine3 engine4 timestamp
$Offset: -28 6 0
$TimeOffset: 0.21

// Track 6
#Aircraft: "Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Sopwith Camel"
#StaticCGtoGround: 4.2
#Data: latitude longitude altitude pitch bank heading onground velocityX velocityY velocityZ throttle1 throttle2 throttle3 throttle4 elevators ailerons rudder spoilers flaps gear lights parkbrake engine1 engine2 engine3 engine4 timestamp
$Offset: -31 -1 4
$TimeOffset: 0.02

Great fun, Trolly!
My repaint of the NZ Camel was never uploaded, simply because of this:

Texture set B3889 for David Eckherts Fabulous freeware Sopwith Camel. I cant tell you much about the Aircraft that this texture set is based on except that it is a Replica based I think in New Zealand. I cant tell you what squadron the markings are based on. The pack contains as additional model that was required to do this repaint properley and which David was good enough to supply to me.
by Matthew Ivey (mashnmel@ntlworld.com)

It's the way of things, I came across this a day or two after I'd whipped up the scratch paint.
It uses a non-mirrored model so you get proper textures both sides.
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