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User created aircraft

By DavyWed, 06/30/2010 - 21:46

The beta containing the aircraft editor has been out for almost two months and already lots of add-on planes are appearing. I'm very pleased the editor has been so well received.

Airplane resources

The idea of this blogpost is to create an overview of airpanes that have been created and that I know of. I will try to update this post every once in a while with links to new planes. All these airplanes have been created and are being distributed by generous users, so feel welcome to express your gratitude to them.

And now for the list (in order of appearance):

Beta 2 of 0.1.3 released

By DavyTue, 06/15/2010 - 21:20

Today the second beta of the upcoming version 0.1.3 has been released.

After the first beta people could start building their own planes for R/C Desk Pilot and I was delighted to see the first planes appear! What's more, they are of great quality!.

Before I go further into this release, first a small list of changes:

Fixed a bug preventing the previous beta to run on low-spec systems
Fixed problems with the editor to create ultra micro models
Much improved weather/wind simulation (see below)
Added a slope soarer
Added support for different pilot positions and skies
Added a moving tractor to the scenery
For advertisers: location based ads: the in-game ads can now be based on user's location
Smaller fixes and improvements to both sim and editor according to user suggestions

Beta of 0.1.3 released (including editor)

By DavySun, 05/02/2010 - 21:39

After months of work, the first beta-version of 0.1.3 has been released!

This version includes support for add-on aircraft as well as an aircraft editor that allows you to build your own aircraft. New features include:

support for add-on aircraft
a new IC powered aircraft: the SF.260, including flaps and retractable undercarriage!
an unpowered version of the thermal glider, with glider towing support!
improved flight model
improved ground handling
an aircraft editor with detailed manual

You are free to build and distribute aircraft for non-commercial use. If you wish to use the sim or any aircraft for commercial purposes, please contact us at info@rcdeskpilot.com.

You can download the new version from the beta page.

Glider towing

By DavySun, 04/11/2010 - 22:59

While working on the editor I started wondering how people would fly their pure sailplanes without engines or slopes. The simplest thing would be to automatically launch them at altitude. I thought towing would be cooler.

Although both the graphics and the physics are very basic, it adds to the fun.

Aircraft editor preview

By DavyMon, 03/29/2010 - 22:29

It's been a while since my last blogpost and the reason is simple: I've been working hard on the aircraft editor!
At first I didn't think it would be much work: I already built a simple editor for building my own aircraft. But once I started working, it soon became clear that this would be a large task when done properly. An aircraft simply has too many parameters.

Anyway, most of the hurdles have been taken now and it's almost ready to go into public beta. You can do everything from within the editor except building the actual 3D model. But there are enough freeware programs to do that a lot better than I ever could.

If a picture says more than a 1,000 words than a video tells....