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Cool mustang vid HP, just popping down to the showroom now ;D

Will download tomorrow Indi. So will this demo any of the effects we've seen, in future at least?

CF-104 Through the Clouds The second and final (for now) video of Greg’s brilliant aircraft. It’s taken me awhile to get used to the TACAN navigation and Greg has kindly personally assisted in my understanding- thanks for the personal service Mr Hofer! As you’ll see from the video, although this plane was released many months ago, it still has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1249&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/cf-104-through-the-clouds/

RealLife X, Antonov 148 revision to v1.1, x737v4.2 and a new Developer Interviewe Well, it’s good to be back in the saddle again. Life happens and we move along with it…or don’t. One thing is certain, however: being gone for just one week it’s amazing to find so much has gone on while I was out of action! That may sound a bit narcissistic but it’s striking to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1242&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/reallight-x-antonov-148-revision-to-v1-1-x737v4-2-and-a-new-developer-interview/

No idea yet Dan, but it's only version one and Im more fascinated with the potential for portability and multiple touch. You're right though, accuracy is obviously paramount, for most devs at least!

This $5 app even allows export into Blender! I think I might make the ugliest plane ever with this. Still, it shows early potential. If they eventually get decent rulers and straight edges inbuilt, I'd give it a go for scenery. http://www.geeks3d.com/20100827/idough-3d-sculpture-for-ipad/

Austin has said he wants it out for the Christmas shopping season, so we'll see. I'm gonna push the issue in the blog- nah, I can't see it out before Christmas now, missed the boat I reckon. If no one single person has xp10 yet, how can they fully test in time? Unless we'll be asked to bugtest! I hope I'm wrong though.

Goran, with detail and curves like this, I can see why it's slow going! Worth the wait though.

That lancair looks very nice. The comparison pic of the current kingair shows the massive improvement!

Oh well, maybe you'll do some 10 stuff! What u can do to a cockpit can be done to an airport.

Now before we go, did Lis say divide by 10 then by 6 to correct for wind, or was it multiply?! Thanks for the excellent lesson Lis! You have a good talent there.

Promise this will be the last 104 vid for awhile. Rexplane clouds at 450kts look mystical..

Thanks Kamil, Loved it, but at that speed it looked like a slap-dash effort ;D Interesting to see some of the techniques, like pre-assembled wiring A funny website that flixxy, bookmarked.

Thanks for the heads-up Kamil, will be good to try it out. More liveries too?! Most liveried plane in xplane I think

So Indi, you've got the Xplane 10 beta?! 6000fps and 200 AI aircraft

Nice description Liz, you're the ded rec. master now.

I guessed as much Indi! A real gap in the sim exists for explosions or smoke or whatever (but a massive well animated mushroom cloud would be nice) Such an anti-climax, to drop some nicely aerodynamic bombs, then not be able to see where they've landed - it just sinks into the scenery without even a puff ??? You could charge, $1 per megaton ;D

Wow, Thats a compliment, thanks! Have to admit I'm smitten by this bird, doing another hopefully nice dusk one now. Yay I learnt how to drop my practice nuke too. Strange feeling that.. Will Xplane 10 have mushroom clouds? Or should I say 'Gizmo clouds'!

An-148 & the Mac Issue. (Solved?) I took Slava’s suggestion and re-downloaded the complete acf from the ORG, and with no success. Still no clipboard, so still no flight-plan linked to the FMC. Just Page one of the Cold and Dark checklist and nothing else. No way to navigate to all the information buried in there, just waiting to be found! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1102&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/an-148-the-mac-issue-solved/

Day Tripper: Taking the Duchess & M-20-J out on an autumn afternoon You’ve got to admit it, there’s something about Inverness, Scotland that fascinates. Maybe it’s simply that the best Scotch whiskey comes from the area, or maybe it’s the Salmon that spawn in the streams nearby and tempt well-heeled anglers from around the world to try their luck. Perhaps it’s because of the area’s alps-like Highlands [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1110&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/day-tripper-taking-the-duchess-m-20-j-out-on-an-autumn-afternoon/

Working with the An-148, part IV Well, as I mentioned last time, the prospect of adding custom images to the “clipboard” on the left side of the panel is just too tempting to ignore. The very idea that you can have imported imagery in the cockpit, in X-Plane no less! is just fundamentally new and COOL! But could I get it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1128&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/working-with-the-an-148-part-iv/

Scenery of the Week V – A quieter week on the scenery front this time, but we’d rather have quality versus quantity. TGPY Maurice Bishop International, Grenada Available here: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=11595 Camilli De Bellis continues to improve her skills exponentially, as evidenced by this huge and detailed effort. Her note “Yes! I like details.” is definitely followed through here. After trying scenery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1155&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/scenery-of-the-week-v/

Mine’s bigger than yours! Yes, well, it might be… it’s at least bigger than my last monitor, forlorn and to the left. It was “only” 21.5 inches, whereas Mr IMAX is 27. I’d been delaying a new monitor purchase, but Chip’s references to his own huge one (gawd, MONITOR) got me thinking. Plus the fact that the Aussie dollar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1174&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/mines-bigger-than-yours/

New Developments in Sound for Xplane + CF104 Video The improvements in sound technology and techniques in ‘gaming’ are well known. Almost any state of the art PC or console game now has immersive, 3D sound, including crisp environmental effects like crickets, rustling trees and distant gunfire (always in that combination for some reason!). As a relative newcomer to Xplane, I didn’t really notice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1180&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/new-developments-in-sound-for-xplane-cf104-video/

We’re both ‘in the wars’ Hi, just a short note to alert you that Chip will be offline for a week or 3 (his words), as he is undergoing an operation. Best of Luck Buddy!! Open conjecture as to the nature of his op (he’s famously secretive) is more than welcome, it might cheer him up during his recovery. I’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xplane10.wordpress.com&blog=13719699&post=1208&subd=xplane10&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> http://xplane10.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/were-both-in-the-wars/