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FlightGear Newsletter September 2011 (view source)
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== In the hangar == | == In the hangar == | ||
All the way back in May, we addopted a new status-rating system for aircraft. So far, only a few have actually been rated, as can be seen in the list 'hockenberry' set up at [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApzphjA4w05ndF94Y2F0bzJTbHQ5QTJXZXJRcUVRbWc&hl=en_US Google Docs]. If you're an aircraft developer and your aircraft is/are not on the list, please consider rating their status. All you'll need to know/do is described at [[Formalizing Aircraft Status]]. | |||
=== New aircraft === | === New aircraft === | ||
=== Updated aircraft === | === Updated aircraft === | ||
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=== New York City === | === New York City === | ||
[[File:Manhattan terrain.png|thumb]] | [[File:Manhattan terrain.png|thumb|Manhattan visualised by a handmade shapefile and OSM (rail)road data.]] | ||
You might remember the New York City project we mentioned in the [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2011#New York City|January edition]] of the newsletter. Several forum members started a collaborated effort to model the NY skyline. Altough the first results were promising, the number of contributions decreased over the past months. | You might remember the New York City project we mentioned in the [[FlightGear Newsletter January 2011#New York City|January edition]] of the newsletter. Several forum members started a collaborated effort to model the NY skyline. Altough the first results were promising, the number of contributions decreased over the past months. | ||
From this month on, new efforts are made, including | From this month on, new efforts are made, including handmade terrain for Manhattan. Please see if you can contribute a model or two. They don't have to be state of the art models; for a skyline mass is what counts most. See [http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10531 the forum] for more details. | ||
=== | === X-Plane's 8.50 data format trials === | ||
Some of you may know that we are using an "old" data format for airports in FG, which results in a poor visual rendering of taxiways | Some of you may know that we are using an "old" data format for airports in FG, which results in a poor visual rendering of taxiways at airports. It is currently impossible to make a round/curved taxiway, you have to use plenty of rectangular polygons to make it look curved. | ||
Well, maybe one day it will be over. [[User:Psadro gm|Psadro gm]] is working hard to experiment with 8.50 support in FG. Have a look at the first results in the [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13240&start=30 forum topic]. | |||
=== Airports === | === Airports === | ||
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== Wiki updates == | == Wiki updates == | ||
===New articles=== | ===New articles=== | ||
* [[ | * [[Places to fly]] is a revisited wiki version of the [http://www.flightgear.org/places.html flightgear.org/places.html] page, with pictures and airport charts. | ||
===New aircraft articles=== | ===New aircraft articles=== | ||
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=== FlightGear on YouTube === | === FlightGear on YouTube === | ||
* | * This nice [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4yMaszdQk aerobatic flight video] ([[Zlin 50 lx|Zlin]] at LFLG) was uploaded by a member of the [http://equipe-flightgear.forumactif.com/ P.A.F]. | ||
* CatchatyouFG uploaded a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5AMwjwvCvQ video] landing the [[Bombardier CRJ-200LR]] in US Airways Express livery at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in submission to Oscjag's monthly FlightGear community challenge. | * CatchatyouFG uploaded a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5AMwjwvCvQ video] landing the [[Bombardier CRJ-200LR]] in US Airways Express livery at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in submission to Oscjag's monthly FlightGear community challenge. | ||