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F/A-18C Cockpit - Virtual Blue Angels


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Due to popular demand following our recent movie, here is a closer look at the new Virtual Blue Angels F/A-18C cockpit. It is roughly at the "Pre-Alpha" stage, with several enhancements yet to come, but it is far enough along for us to be flying with it, and to make the odd movie with it! :)

 

18 months in the making, this mod is based off all new geometry, and uses no tricks or third party programs - just pure Lock-On modding. :)

 

F-18 Features include:

 

F/A-18 HUD


  • Working velocity vector, pitch ladder, VSI, Baro Alt, Airspeed, Mach, G, AOA, Angle of bank indicator, E-bracket, heading indicator
  • Wheels up and wheels down modes

 

Three working DDI displays


  • DDI 1 includes FCS status display and Electronic Attidude Display Indicator
  • DDI 2 includes Engine Monitor Display
  • DDI 3 includes Horizontal Indicator

3D geometry including knobs and switches

 

Warning / Information lights


  • Fire, APU Fire, Speed brake, Master caution, Landing gear, Flaps, Radio "button", Inverted fuel pump, hook

Working gear handle, hook handle, throttle, stick, moving ejection handle

Blank displays when engine off

Working Angle of Attack Indexer

 

Working Integrated Fuel / Engine Indicator


  • Includes RPM, Temp, Fuel Flow, Nozzle position, oil pressure
  • Includes Internal fuel quantity, external fuel quantity, bingo, local time

Standby instruments


  • Working ADI, Airspeed indicator, Altimeter, VSI, compass

Moving park brake and seat arm levers

 

Blue Angels specific features include:

Center mounted Stopwatch

Stick spring

Smoke lights

Inverted fuel pump switch

Inverted fuel system lights

Pilot with Blue Angels uniform

 

More features to be added in the near future include Radalt, remaining warning lights, 3D switches and knobs on side panels, and more!

 

Mod created by:

 

 

Bob "Kato" Tyler


  • Detailed Geometry
  • Digital Display indicators
  • Head Up Display
  • Textures
  • Animations
  • Port into FC2

"Beaker"


  • Canopy Geometry
  • Canopy Textures
  • Texture color correction

Tom "Racer" Mihelich


  • Initial Geometry

Here are some pics:

 

F-18_Cockpit_VBA10.jpg

 

F-18_Cockpit_VBA3.jpg

 

F-18_Cockpit_VBA4.jpg

 

F-18_Cockpit_VBA5.jpg

 

F-18_Cockpit_VBA7.jpg

 

F-18_Cockpit_VBA8.jpg

 

 

Here's a movie: :)

 

For those who can't view the youtube version, here's a link to the video on Vimeo:


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Wow. A MIG 21, F16, and now this. Flaming cliffs is about to have a flood of new aircraft to play with. I love the modders great work!

 

I just wish these jets could get added instead of using one of the jets we have now. That is some nice work you guys did on this bird :thumbup:

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Good work.

Question. The given cockpit purely flight or allows to battle operations on attack of the air and land targets?

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Good work.

Question. The given cockpit purely flight or allows to battle operations on attack of the air and land targets?

 

No, I don't have any plans to add missiles or bombs - everything takes so long to do, that by the time I had all that working, ED will have released their own F-18 with clickable cockpit that will work with new weapons that don't exist yet for the current F-15/A-10. Then you wouldn't want this cockpit anyway :lol:

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Wow! Very nice!

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By becoming a member of the VBA. ;)

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