PONY3_Aracno

I approached your simulators during the Verona modeling fair. I did it with great discretion; without telling you that after all I was one who had spent three years on the 339 as an instructor in the Air Force. I felt a little embarrassed ... I was perhaps afraid of disappointing your expectations and maybe disfiguring at the controls, after a long time, even if in a "virtual" world. So to break the ice I returned to make myself alive with the reinforcements, also former soldiers, people of great importance, the friends Gigi Zanovello and Stefano Bernardini. It was a fantastic experience ... you welcomed us with great enthusiasm and a passion out of proportion. The work you did in that virtual world is incredible ... it brought me back to when I was "Bianco 38" and to the capriole in the Salento sky at the controls of a wonderful machine. But for me, the most beautiful thing, let me repeat it, is the charge of enthusiasm and pure aeronautical passion that surrounds anyone who comes close to your group and that made me feel on the skin that atmosphere that I lived as an instructor in Galatina in the midst of so many guys who finally realized their dream. Keep it up ! Cesare D'Eredità

E' uscito un articolo, a cura del tenente Colonnello Angelo Moneta, su DCS e sulla nostra MOD sulla "Rivista Aeronautica", ovviamente ne siamo particolarmente orgogliosi ....

ARTICLE ABOUT DCS AND OUR MOD ON THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ABOUT DCS AND OUR MOD ON THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE MAGAZINE We are happy to show you an article about our mod published by the magazine of the Italian Air Force: DCS, i.e. Digital Combat Simulator (http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com), is a flight simulator created to reproduce a digital battlefield able to host players specially in multiplayer providing the best virtual replica of military aircrafts, ships and vehicles with the relevant weapons for a complete simulation of the operative theatre. The basic platform of DCS is free to play and includes a big scenery of the Caucasus, Black Sea and a piece of the Georgia; in its free version, it is possible to fly the Russian Sukhoi SU-25 and the Mustang. Several aircrafts are available on-line, specially fighters with high performances, such as combat helicopters and other maps, in particular the Nevada, Persian Gulf and Normandy 1944 for people with the passion of the historic military simulation. For some time, it’s available online a version of the MB-339 for DCS created by the members of the Frecce Tricolori Virtuali association, a group of people with the passion of aviation, flight simulation and estimators of the PAN (Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale – in English “National Aerobatic Team”) which has the objective to reproduce in simulated version the teamwork, the bonds of friendship and the aerobatic flight of the Frecce Tricolori. (http://www.freccetricolorivirtuali.net for more info and to download the installer). Currently, the available version is called SFM, i.e. Simplified Flight Model, since it is based on a standard model modified by means the introduction of the characteristic dimensions of the aircraft and the main aerodynamic coefficients, such as other specific engine data. This has allowed to obtain a plausible and “dignified” flight model which however suffers of some limitations which don’t allow a precise simulation of all maneuvers and attitudes expected for the typical maneuvers of the Frecce Tricolori such as the “scampanata” (in English “tailside”) and the famous Lomcovak, the spectacular maneuver admired in a lot of airshows in which the aircraft rotates around the axes at an almost 0 velocity. Then, even moved by the never-ending desire of precision and improvement, and motivated by the success of the first version of the aircraft, the FTV developing team has decided to develop a model as accurate as the real aircraft re-elaborating totally the flight model, not starting by an existing base, but developing a ex-novo version with mathematical formulas and ad-hoc coefficients. This technique, similar to the one utilized by professional developers of commercial products, will allow the aircraft to reproduce all the complex maneuvers and the group to reproduce the complete program of the Frecce Tricolori. The improvements introduced in this new model, called “external flight model” or EFM, allow the aircraft to execute stalls and spin, to be affected by the presence of external payloads such as asymmetrical conditions, to be affected by the ground effect during the takeoff and landing, to be affected by aerodynamics effect when the landing gear is extracted or retracted or of other aerodynamic surfaces and other characteristics which make the aircraft very real to fly. Furthermore, the electrical and hydraulics system are reproduced such as the engine characteristics like the thrust, fuel consumption, etc. Furthermore, it has added the possibility to utilize in multiplayer both crew stations of the same aircraft sharing the flight controls, then passing the aircraft control in order to simulate the instructor and the student pilot In the new model, the graphical details has been improved such as the static ones with the improvement of some external and internal parts of the aircraft (more realistic if the VR is used) and the dynamic ones with various effects on the mobile surfaces, but also in the tire deformation under the aircraft weight or during the ejection sequence. The textures have been created with advanced rendering techniques which improve the realistic effect according the light and the materials. The first EFM release is expected within June on the FTV website. They will continue to develop the model until it is possible, adding new features and supporting the resolution of any bugs. In the substantial list of future works, it is possible to note the possibility to have the random failures on the systems and equipment, structural damages due to “high-G” or collisions, emergency simulations and so on. It is relevant the creation of particular weapons utilized by the armed version, created ad-hoc since not available in the weapon list of DCS. Particular attention has been done on the graphical rendering of the cockpit with the purpose to boost the usability for the VR users which in some models suffers of resolution loss which prevent the clear reading of the flight instruments. Currently, the aircraft can be used only on the map base or on the other extra ones since it is not possible the creation of personalized areas. Furthermore, the DCS capabilities such as the multiplayer stabilities do not indicate that the model will be reproduced or shifted on other simulation platforms in order to avoid the loss of the aircraft particular characteristics. Trying out the EFM version, despite it is a work in progress, it is possible to taste the product quality created by competent and passionate people which expresses in synthesis the profuse capacity and commitment in the creation of this detailed model in all points of view. If you have a computer “well equipped” for the flight simulators, I advise you to try it even though you never used DCS and, personally, I think you will be satisfied.

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We are working on our internet page, the download link will be available as soon as possible.

COMUNICAZIONE DI SERVIZIO Stiamo rinnovando il nostro sito, i download della mod saranno sospesi per una o due settimane a partire da oggi.

SERVICE COMMUNICATION We are working on our internet page, the download link will be unavailable for a week or two starting from today.

Per quanto riguarda il cockpit è in programma di rimettere mano a 3d e textures ma non sarà una cosa veloce, c'è parecchio lavoro da fare.

Che compaia in pausa è in qualche modo corretto ma dovrebbe restare solo se hai delle armi nei payload del MB.

Yes, there is a code fix for one of the last update and some minor issues corrected, but if your mod work fine you dont need to download version 1.03

Belin mi sa che ho fatto un casino, in teoria c'è solo in aggiunta il fix della riga GUN nel lua che causava il crash della mod con uno degli ultimi update, ma mi sa che avevo fatto qualche modifica temporanea all'installer parecchio tempo fa .... e ora non mi ricordo più cosa diavolo avevo fatto .... Datemi un po di tempo per scoprire che cosa ho combinato e vi faccio sapere.

Link ripristinati, grazie per la segnalazione.

Fixed, 1.02 back on line.

I'm afraid none of us uses it, could you send me the log file via PM?

We did a mistake, we will upload the correct version ASAP.

Finalmente inizia la fase di fine tuning dell'efm e del comportamento del motore, i test effettuati ci dicono che ormai resta la messa a punto finale e si può iniziare a finalizzare i lavori per il rilascio del prossimo update della mod. In questa fase abbiamo la fortuna di avere come tester ben tre piloti con esperienza su 339, uno dei quali è un ex pilota delle Frecce tricolori, e le loro prime impressioni sono state per noi del gruppo di sviluppo semplicemente entusiasmanti. Stalli, frullini e scampanate hanno tutte superato brillantemente i test come pure l'inviluppo generale di volo e sentirsi dire da piloti con simile esperienza "cavolo è proprio uguale!" è un'esperienza che da sola ripaga tre anni di lavoro, ve lo garantisco.

After verona we go back to work on the mod and finally start working on the fine tuning of the efm and the engine. Both flight physics and engine behavior are based on the data reported by the original manuals, on direct experiences of pilots and live footage. We also have the great fortune to be able to take advantage of three pilots with hundreds of hours out of 339, including a former pilot of the Frecce Tricolori, they offered to help us as EFM tester and already started the tests, and their first impressions went well beyond our expectations. We will keep you informed.

A great gift from a special friend.

Un regalo graditissimo da un caro amico.

I freni differenziati non ci sono nella mod attuale, li abbiamo implementati con l'EFM.