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|fdm = JSBSim | |fdm = JSBSim | ||
|status = | |status =Early production | ||
|authors =David Culp (FDM), Erik Hofman/Innis Cunningham/Capt. Slug (3D) | |authors =David Culp (FDM), Erik Hofman/Innis Cunningham/Capt. Slug (3D) | ||
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"In the mid-1950s, the USAF required a trainer with higher performance than the T-33 to better prepare student pilots for the latest tactical aircraft that were then coming into service. The aircraft chosen was the T-38A which offered high performance with low maintenance and operating costs. The T-38A became the USAF's first supersonic trainer." Source: [http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf11.htm NORTHROP T-38A "TALON"] | "In the mid-1950s, the USAF required a trainer with higher performance than the T-33 to better prepare student pilots for the latest tactical aircraft that were then coming into service. The aircraft chosen was the T-38A which offered high performance with low maintenance and operating costs. The T-38A became the USAF's first supersonic trainer." Source: [http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf11.htm NORTHROP T-38A "TALON"] | ||
FlightGear's T-38 is included in [[FlightGear 1.0 default aircraft]] and several previous releases. It can be selected from [[FlightGear Launch Control]] or with <tt>T38</tt> from the command line. The current model uses a 2D cockpit, and supports display of AI aircraft objects on an air-air radar screen. See the Aircraft/Instruments/radar.xml file for details, or fly the T-38 for a demo. Altough the real T-38 does not have radar, it was chosen here to be the demonstrator aircraft for radar. It also demonstrates how instruments can be minimized and maximized in 2D panels. | |||
== Development status/Issues/Todo == | == Development status/Issues/Todo == | ||
Outside: | '''Outside:''' | ||
* flaps are extended by default | * flaps are extended by default | ||
* first cockpit seat is not solid, it can be seen through the seat when looking from behind. | * first cockpit seat is not solid, it can be seen through the seat when looking from behind. | ||
* no pilot/co-pilot in cockpit visible | * no pilot/co-pilot in cockpit visible | ||
* aircraft has no shadow | * aircraft has no shadow | ||
* no aircraft | * no aircraft lighting available | ||
'''3d Cockpit:''' | |||
* no textures used | * no textures used | ||
* not stick, rudder, throttle gear and flap objects | * not stick, rudder, throttle gear and flap objects | ||
General: | '''General:''' | ||
* engines have no sound | * engines have no sound | ||
* engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound | * engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound | ||
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* no sound when toggling flaps | * no sound when toggling flaps | ||
== Related content == | == Related content == | ||
=== Related lists === | === Related lists === | ||
* [[Aircraft]] | * [[Aircraft]] | ||
* [[Aircraft Todo]] | * [[Aircraft Todo]] | ||
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[[Category:Aircraft]] | [[Category:Aircraft]] | ||
[[Category:Aircraft TODO]] | |||
[[Category:Military aircraft]] | [[Category:Military aircraft]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 4 May 2009
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| Type | Military aircraft |
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| FDM | JSBSim |
| --aircraft= | T38 |
| Status | Early production |
"In the mid-1950s, the USAF required a trainer with higher performance than the T-33 to better prepare student pilots for the latest tactical aircraft that were then coming into service. The aircraft chosen was the T-38A which offered high performance with low maintenance and operating costs. The T-38A became the USAF's first supersonic trainer." Source: NORTHROP T-38A "TALON"
FlightGear's T-38 is included in FlightGear 1.0 default aircraft and several previous releases. It can be selected from FlightGear Launch Control or with T38 from the command line. The current model uses a 2D cockpit, and supports display of AI aircraft objects on an air-air radar screen. See the Aircraft/Instruments/radar.xml file for details, or fly the T-38 for a demo. Altough the real T-38 does not have radar, it was chosen here to be the demonstrator aircraft for radar. It also demonstrates how instruments can be minimized and maximized in 2D panels.
Development status/Issues/Todo
Outside:
- flaps are extended by default
- first cockpit seat is not solid, it can be seen through the seat when looking from behind.
- no pilot/co-pilot in cockpit visible
- aircraft has no shadow
- no aircraft lighting available
3d Cockpit:
- no textures used
- not stick, rudder, throttle gear and flap objects
General:
- engines have no sound
- engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound
- no hud available
- no sound when toggling flaps
Related content
Related lists
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