A special Citabria AV (and CS) for G5...HERE!

[twoeleven]

Aaargh. Foiled again. After many hours building the ultimate camera plane for G5, it won't upload...I got the dreaded error message. Works great in G5, though.

So, as in the past, I will post it here instead.

Based on Junkboy999's awesome Citabria Classic found here: http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=5829, I built this AV and CS for in-flight first person POV and filming. The AV is massively tweaked for aerobatic performance, the CS is an original and I have added a matched specular map, and the world's least detailed bump map. :D

The AV and CS are attached to this post, you can see it fly here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwUp7uu1e2s (Click "Watch in HD", lower right corner).

See the next post for the special details and camera controls.

Enjoy!

Griff
twoeleven

[twoeleven]

Citabria Extreme AV and CS by twoeleven:

-Larger size and heavier with appropriate weights

-In flight cameras: (3-pos. switch in middle as default)
-Fixed ground camera (F4) + and - to zoom
-Pan only H Stab camera (F5) pans on 3-position, + and - to zoom
-Pan only L Wing camera (F6) pans on 3-position, + and - to zoom
-Pan and tilt pilot camera (F7) pans on 3-position, + and - to zoom, knob for head tilt

-Modified airfoils and surfaces
-New prop, sounds, and torque generator
-Modified control throws
-Modified gear
-Modified CG
-Cowl detach feature on Ch. 7 Retracts, up detaches
-Smoke system independent from RPM, on with Dual Rates
-Dual Rates on for high-G aerobatics
-Fresh CS includes the addition of a matching specular map and normal map

AV and CS by twoeleven

See it on YouTube in HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwUp7uu1e2s

Enjoy!

Griff
twoeleven

Special Thanks to the creators of the original work of art:

Modeled off of the 1964, 7ECA Champion Citabria.

Original Model: Junkboy999
Original Physics: Cowboy / Junkboy999
Engine: Crashed Again
Original Color scheme: Junkboy999 / AlexFlyguy

[Junkboy999]

Woooot


I got some new Wall paper. May be we can get this worked out in the future. I do plan to update just this model for a G4 release to fix that glitch crease line on the cowl. I all so have a more to true scale fuselage

Even if it was out for G4 with the AV you made There would need to be a G5 based model for and G5 variants to b able to up load to the swaps.

But super work... Man that is one kool video .

[twoeleven]

Thanks Terry, but you guys did all of the hard work. It works great in G5 because you chose to have all of your controls animated, and the detailed cockpit was a bonus.

I'd love to see your take on a modern, high-performance American Champion Super D... :cool:

Griff
twoeleven

P.S. I threw in some new instruments, re-carpeted, and re-covered the seats. :D

[Junkboy999]

To tell you the truth. That is the reason that the classic Citabria was under powered, slower, and had the Proper NACA Wing profile to match the Citabria. It was not suppose to be the Super Decathlon. Here is a link to a picture of the new Fuselage and Cowl.

Http://knifeedge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=155890&postcount=7

And just a picture of the trio of planes together.

[twoeleven]

I completely understand that, she flew beautifully as a nice cabin cruiser, nothing wrong with that at all! She just happens to be a great candidate for a little virtual hot-rodding, too.

I love the looks of the new fuse, and those models look sweeeeet. Definately throw a Super D in the middle there, and that's a great looking family.

Good luck with the progression,

Griff
Twoeleven.

[MarTay6]

Hi, Griff-
Hey, this is very cool- and just the kind of plane I got G5 to fly with. Only one problem! I- as a total beginner, don't know how to add this into G5. I tried downloading the file, then open it using G5, it wouldn't do it... or I was doing something wrong. Can someone step me through incorporating this into my G5 please?
Thanks so much!
Wes

[jeffpn]

Click my sig

[MarTay6]

Thanks, Jeff! I appreciate the help!!
Wes

[Junkboy999]

Hope you don't crash in to any of my icons..

[bud anderson 2]

thank you junkyboy for making a great plane and thank you 211 for putting the cameras in the plane the view thing is a bit diffrent but very simple and easy to use. i hope to see a floatplane of the citabria

[Junkboy999]

Thanks Bud A


It is not even 2010 but I have already maid my New Years Resolution. No New Models until I finish the ones I started. And one is a the Adventure ( Citabria On floats with retracts ).

[bud anderson 2]

Thanks Bud A


It is not even 2010 but I have already maid my New Years Resolution. No New Models until I finish the ones I started. And one is a the Adventure ( Citabria On floats with retracts ).
wow thank you so much junkyboy

[dhk79]

Junkboy,

Here's a leg up for you, the floats I made for my Decathlon.

Doug