| 29DEC01 |
Tutorials Section - CHRIS'
updated and complete DVC Tutorial for Gmax |
| 28DEC01 |
Tips Section -
Various GMAX Tips from the FFDS and
AVSIM Forums
Tutorials Section - CHRIS
recommends the 3D Animation Workshop site for tutorials
on generic 3D modelling. Also, we link to GRAHAM's
10-part FSDS Tutorials, in three large zipped
files.
|
| 12DEC01 |
Tutorials Section - CHRIS
on gMax DVC Grouping - Interior and Exterior |
| 08DEC01 |
Tips Section - CHRIS
on gmax landing lights, Jason Brown on
gmax flaperons
Tutorials Section - CHRIS
on landing lights, and Milan Lisner gmax
texturing tutorials get updated.
Utililties Section
- Mark Dyson spreadsheet for calculating
contact points.
Resources Section
Updated and a few links added. |
| 27NOV01 |
Tutorials Section - Lee
Rosario posts a GMAX flap animation sampler
tutorial.
Tips Section - CHRIS
on nose wheel steering in gmax, Tom Gibson
on lights in FS2K2, Kefren on
afternurners
Plus a link to a gmax skinning tutorials site.
FSDS
Section - Dave Eckert's pilot figure
updated with converted *.dxf and *.gmax formats included
in the zipped file.
|
| 22NOV01 |
Tips Section - Viking's
posting on alpha channels; CHRIS
uncovers the secret of a working DVC in GMAX. |
| 19NOV01 |
Tutorials Section -Chris provides
the second part of a series of GMAX animation tutorials;
Milan Lisner provides Part 1 of gMax
texturing.New
Utililties Section
added to gather freeware utilities and/or links.
|
| 15NOV01 |
FSDS
Section - source files by Rien Cornelissen -
Piper Warrior, Cherokkee, Warrior
Tutorials Section -Chris provides
the first part of a series of GMAX animation tutorials.
|
| 10NOV01 |
At Simviation.com,
a mini-review ""The
Guide to the BEST FREEWARE BOEING Aircrafts for FS2000!",
named the Kevin Trinkle/Sam Chin 727-200
as "Best
727 for FS2000" Way to go guys.
Tips Section - Viking's
posting on setting up a seaplane for FS2K2; CHRIS
provides another listing of GMAX animation variables.
|
| 07NOV01 |
Tutorials Section -Fraser Turner provides
the first part of a series of GMAX tutorials. This links
to his FSDS-to-GMAX-to MDL tutorial.
Tips Section - recent
useful postings on AA, SDLedit and FS2K2 animation
variables listing
|
| 20OCT01 |
Tutorials
Section -GRAHAM provides the
first four parts of a new "how to use FSDS" tutorial.
CVA Plug-ins for
FSDS v3.0
Two plugin for FSDS.
With first you can import into Design Studio objects in
LWO (LightWave 3D) and DXF (AutoCAD, 3D Studio,...) file
format and with the second you can export from FSDS
objects into DXF format. Now you can make models for FS
in high-end modelers and FSDS use only for texturing and
export to Fligh Simulator. Author: Jiri
Masnik (CVA Design) (FFDS
Note: This links you to the CVA page) |
| 23SEP01 |
FSDS
Files - Tyler Glandman updates the
Jaguar GR.1A, Phil Cruikshank updates
his B-24D Tutorials
Section -Daisuke Iga's tutorial on counter-rotating props for
CFS2; Louis SInclair's FSDS
plug-in to save your project SDL macros when packaging a
project
|
| 19AUG01 |
Updated Mike Crosthwaite's SDLEdit
link in the Tutorials
Section. New FSDS
Files - the legendary MC.202/205 from Giovanni
Clemente.
Boeing 717-200 FS2000 FDE by Sam Chin/FFDS
in the FDE Section
Adding a cross section
to an Unstructured part from Doug Atrell
is a new entry in our Tips Section
|
| 15AUG01 |
In the Tutorials
Section, there is a new FS2K Specific Fuel
Consumption a flight dynamics tTutorial by A.
Nonymous, and contributed by Sam
Chin/FFDS. |
| 05AUG01 |
New FSDS
Files - a Boeing 737-800 nose gear from Chanan
Epstein.
Also, minor updates to the Resources
Section |
| 15JUL01 |
New FSDS
Files - from Tyler Glandman, a Jaguar
GR.1A, a nose gear from Chanan Epstein,
and an interesting Radial Engine from Ted Ch.,
modified from a Mike Crosthwaite original, including the
SDL macros. In the Tutorials
Section, Colin Norwood provides
an Aircraft Animator Sequence Creator Excel spreadsheet.
|
| 26JUN01 |
Felix Rodriguez posts
a Vans Rv-7a FSDS project file in the FSDS Section.
It's purpose is to provide the "novice" FSDS
user with a substantially complete source file to detail
and repaint. Includes image backdrops and additional
"early" structures. |
| 06JUN01 |
Thanks to Dana McGee
for his latest selection of Pipers (Cherokee Floatplane,
Lancer, and Saratoga) in the Civilian
Section. Oscar Pedroza
provides a Zlin 526 for the FSDS Section.
(which can also be found in the Civilian
Section.)
Finally, Marcelo Canovas
shares his way of creating an FS2K style prop disc, and
an spreadsheet to calculate AA motion sequences in the Tutorials
Section.
|
| 29MAY01 |
Dirk E. Fassbender provides
an fsc source file of the Aerospatiale AS532 Cougar VIP
transport of the GAF, in the FSDS Section.
Brian Gladden posts a group of useful FSDS parts,
also in the FSDS Section. |
| 18MAY01 |
SEVEN source files come in
this month. Thanks to Dee Waldron of the Historic
Jetliner Group - DC-8 Project Team for DC-8-10, -50, -60
series afx source files for FS2K only in the Jetliners
Section. The Marty
Baclowksi/Tony Bolton Dash-8-300 afx is in the Commuters
Section.
Ai Mujtaba uploads a Boeing
777-300, and Roger Hardy's DH Venom FB.1 and FB.4
get uploaded to the FSDS Section.
(Of course, they also can be found in their respective
Jetliners and Military Sections).
Finally, Chris Watt repaints
Dana McGee's Cessna Cardinal RG in the Repaints
Section.
|
| 03MAY01 |
Dee Waldron of the
Historic Jetliner Group - DC-8 Project Team provides a
much sought after Douglas DC-8 Series 50 AFX Source in
the Jetliners
Section.
Massimo Taccoli's site Links are
updated |
| 27APR01 |
Steve Baugh provides
a Stall Report in the Tutorials
Section. Marty Baclowski/Tony Bolton provide
a Fokker F-50 400 Series for FS98 in the Propliners
Section |
| 22APR01 |
Dave Eckert provides
a Viewlet Tutorial on "Making Navigation Lights in
FSDS". Also, a link is placed to the
"FingerMouseAir" repainting tutorial, now
hosted by Jim Oates. Both are in the Tutorials
Section. |
| 21APR01 |
Sam Chin provides an
FDE Tutorial on Gear Length Problems in PDF format - 2
pages with graphics - in the Tutorials
Section. Marty Baclowski/Tony Bolton provide
a DHC-7. Dana McGee provides two highly changed
updates from Eric Johnson originals.
New files include:
DHC-7 by Marty
Baclowksi/Tony Bolton - Commuters
Cessna Cardinal RG Update by Dana McGee - Civilian
Piper Cherokee Six by Dana McGee - Civilian
|
| 18APR01 |
Ali Mujtba provides Thrust
Reverser SDL Macros, and we place links to Mike
Crosthwaite's SDLEdit and Finn Nuewick's
DXF to FSDS Converter utilitiy programs in the Tutorials Section.
New files include:
BAe146-300 by Marty
Baclowksi/Tony Bolton - Jets
F7F Tigercat by Frans Vranken - FSDS/Military
Sea King Helicopter by Frans Vranken - FSDS/Rotorcraft
Vampire F.Mk.3 by Roger Hardy - FSDS/Military
Meteor F.Mk.8 by Roger Hardy - FSDS/Military
|
| 03APR01 |
Three tutorials by Dabe
Eckert on Texutring with Corel Draw, creating WW2
style canopies, and antenna wires; and Ron Freimuth
updates his notes on air files, all in the Tutorials
Section.
New TIPS added. |
| 26MAR01 |
Sam Chin provides
true FS2000 flight models based upon a real pilot's
report and FAA specifications. Includes three different
air files for Bolton/Bacwalski, Rafael Hidd, and Chris
Bawden airframes, while Bob Boudoin posts FS2K air
files for the 737-500, 737-700, and 757-200, all in the FDE files
Section.
Meanwhile, we get our first FSDS Learjets
from from Frans Vranken |
| 20MAR01 |
From Dana McGee, a
turboprop conversion of the L-1049 COnstellation
(planned, tested, not built), and an original canard
design in the Propliners
Section
Sam Chin updates the FS2K flight dynamics for the
B-727-200 in the FDE files
Section.
New tip posted on 512x512 bitmap alignment. |
| 10MAR01 |
Jon Murchison updates
the Alderson B747-200 with RR engines to the FSDS Section
Remember to check the TIPS Section
from time to time. |
| 03MAR01 |
Christian B Alexandersen's
repaint of Massimo Taccoli's F-86D in Royal Danish AF
colors lands in the Repaints
Section. |
| 27FEB01 |
Gary Carlson's B727 update
lands in theFSDS
Section. A NEW Section
debuts in FFDS - For when a tutorial's too much, there's
the TIPS Section. Simon Porter's tutorial brings another way to do CFS2 Payloads. |
| 25FEB01 |
Find Tony Lock's FSDS BAC
1-11 in the FSDS
section, which also has Gary Carlson's update to
the FSDS B727-200 recently reviewed at flightsim.com. |
| 20FEB01 |
Cal Booth shares an FSDS
Texturing tip in the Tutorials section. Sorry it took so long, Cal! |
| 19FEB01 |
Tutorials and References now have their own pages
New Tutorials:
-Making CFS2 Virtual Cockpits - Joe Amodea
-CFS2 Loadouts - Martin Wright/Daisuke Iga
-AD2000 tutorial update - ACT
New FSDS source
files uploaded:
-Boeing 707 - Dee Waldron
-Pilot figure - Dave Eckert
-Boeing 717 - Antonio Martinez |
| 19JAN01 |
Believe it or not, AF99 is
not dead.Dee Waldron explains in the "How to
in AFF99" tutorial how to build a complex component
in AF99 using a seperate structure as a reference, and Dennis
Simmanaitis collection of FSFS/AF99 essays finds a
place in the tutorials
library. A few links are
updated such as Tom Gibson's Classic Airliners, The DC-8
Project Team. Also the CompuFlight search in the links
section is updated. Our own Sam Chin provides
an updated ERJ145 FDE. |
| 03JAN01 |
Gary M Carlson
provides a collection of ready-to-use SDL macros in the tutorials
library. |
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