Project Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter

[Buck Rogers]

Over 10 years on the forum and my namessake is still not in the Orbiter skies. So here is the Thunder Fighter.

External model finished (blender "graduation"). Orbiter import fully functional.

Working on the cockpit

 

[misha.physics]

Will it be based on the Vessel Builder module or its own *.dll module?

 

[Buck Rogers]

Vessel Builder

thankfully I don't think I need a .dll for this one

This is the version without VC (VC is at about 30% completion, but stormy seas ahead, it might be a while before I have it finished)
So if anyone wants to take it for a spin...

Requires Vesselbuilder

shft+G = lower gear
ctrl+shft+G = raise gear

shft+K = open canopy
ctrl+shft+K = close canopy

alt+B = beacons

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Actually, someone has already released a Thunder fighter add-on, although I'm not sure how well it will function in the current version of Orbiter. (Then again, I use Orbiter 2010.)

 

[Buck Rogers]

Bummer
do so dislike reinventing the wheel! Must be something seriously up with my search fu
But there's something nice about doing something completely from scratch, and this is for 2016(+) and will have more features.

Progress is slow, but a little update:
I've decided to go Orbiter user extra friendly, after analysing/researching cockpits I came to the conclusion that you can't have enough, and big enough, MFDs

and there's the back seat...

 

[Buck Rogers]

HUD, MFDs fully functional, I don't think I can implement the other instruments as easily as I thought in VB so they'll remain cosmetic for now, the manual overide works though
And now mostly texturing