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Welcome to the July edition of the FlightGear Newsletter! June has seen more scenery work than new or improved aircraft. | |||
This month's newsletter marks a year since [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2009|the first issue]] was written! | This month's newsletter marks a year since [[FlightGear Newsletter July 2009|the first issue]] was written! | ||
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==In the hangar== | ==In the hangar== | ||
===Airbus A320=== | |||
After a couple months of dormancy, [[Airbus A320|A320]] development has been picked up by ''skyop''. The aircraft has largely been updated for FlightGear 2.0.0, with [[thrust reversal]], [[pushback]], [[Howto: Add contrails|contrails]], and a few bugs fixed here and there. You can follow further A320 development at [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5759 its forum thread]. | |||
===Bell P59 Airacomet and Bell 222 X=== | ===Bell P59 Airacomet and Bell 222 X=== | ||
''helijah'' created and pushed both P59 and Bell 222X onto Git. The Bell 222X FDM is still in development. More information and download at [http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/hangar.htm ''helijah's'' Hangar]. | ''helijah'' created and pushed both P59 and Bell 222X onto Git. The Bell 222X FDM is still in development. More information and download at [http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/hangar.htm ''helijah's'' Hangar]. | ||
=== | ===DeHavilland Canada DHC-7-150 Dash 7=== | ||
''Quadunit404'' has announced [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8805 intentions] to produce his first aircraft, the De Havilland Canada DHC-7-150 Dash 7, adding yet another member of the De Havilland Canada family to to FlightGear fleet after active development begins. Currently he is learning how to model using [[Blender]] and will be studying the FDMs of other turboprop regional airliners already in FlightGear to get an idea of how to write the FDM. | ''Quadunit404'' has announced [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8805 intentions] to produce his first aircraft, the De Havilland Canada DHC-7-150 Dash 7, adding yet another member of the De Havilland Canada family to to FlightGear fleet after active development begins. Currently he is learning how to model using [[Blender]] and will be studying the FDMs of other turboprop regional airliners already in FlightGear to get an idea of how to write the [[FDM]]. | ||
===Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor=== | |||
''simbabeat'' and ''jackmermod'' are working in improving the F-22 Raptor. The project is still at the modeling phase. For more information, see [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8960 the forum thread]. | |||
==BAE Hawk and T-45 Goshawk=== | |||
''Intel-Qube'' [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8960 is currently improving] the BAE Hawk and the T-45 Goshawk. The model is done, and to be done are the cockpit and other parts of the aircraft. Currently (until approximately the second week of August), the development is on hiatus. | |||
===SpaceShipOne and White Knight=== | ===SpaceShipOne and White Knight=== | ||
''helijah'' | ''helijah'' made some changes to the SpaceShipOne model including the [[FDM]], adding fuselage reflection effect and separating the SpaceShipOne and White Knight objects. The next step is to improve the SpaceShipOne model by adding wheels and moving parts. After that he will try to separate the two aircraft when in flight. | ||
==Livery database== | ==Livery database== | ||