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SAAB JAS39C/D

Actually, the Gripen is designed for point defense. The F-16 is more of an offensive weapon. That may have more to do with why it doesn't take extra large loads.
 
Naruto-kun said:
Actually, the Gripen is designed for point defense. The F-16 is more of an offensive weapon. That may have more to do with why it doesn't take extra large loads.
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True, albight they are both mutli-role fighters their creation had different initial purposses
 
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Bit by bit she seems to get together... very slowly indeed:

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Althought there is still a lot to do and adjust!
 
so as it turns out some JAS39Cs have this forward placed pylon (starboard side, under the engine intake). It seems that the Swedish, South African and Hungarian air force do but the Czech does not have this pylon. This will therefor require me to make one model with and one without this pylon.

Now time to get working on the Mauser BK-27's fitting. After that I'll probably to figure out what the area behind the fore-plane looks like and model it before moving on the gears....

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BTW notice how good I am with painting on the front wheels :rotfl:
 
She looks awesome!!!

BTW, concerning the pylon, maybe try it with a visibility tag, and control it by a pop-up screen ;)

Anyway, nice to see all the progress going, while I'm still looking for time to finish my model :p

Cheers,
Daniël
 
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so as it turns out some JAS39Cs have this forward placed pylon (starboard side, under the engine intake). It seems that the Swedish, South African and Hungarian air force do but the Czech does not have this pylon. This will therefor require me to make one model with and one without this pylon.
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No need for two models. Simply associate the LITENING station with a payload station in the aircraft.cfg and make it appear when said payload station has a certain amount of weight assigned by means of simple visibility code.
The same also applies to any other external loads.
 
Nice works !!!

better if focus on 1 model as base, either do both single seater and double seater. time saving.
 
kalong said:
better if focus on 1 model as base, either do both single seater and double seater. time saving.
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True and I am actually doing that. Whenever I finish a part on the C version I either append and fit it to the D version or I make the same part on this version, if it is different from the C verion's part. The model's match up pretty well and at the moment I am hopefull I could include the NG versions at some point in time to get that Força Aérea Brasileira Gripen nicelly covered. The NGs will appear the same on the exterior as its predecesors but will have numerous internal upgrades. All that need to be done is add an air intake on the vertical stabalizer and add two fuselage pylons... Anyhow back to work, got some issues to solve regarding custom axis-rotation!
 
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Yes, the C/D version include retractable refeuling probes to meet NATO reqruirements. It hasn't been fully animated yet.
I had some issues animating the flexible part which i shoupd animate using armatures. However the animation didn't export so I just wrote it on a post-it, stuck it to my desk surface and now it's sitting there for me to solve it. :rotfl:
 
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Currently a lack of information is, unfortunatelly, holding this project back a lot....
 
Currently a lack of information is, unfortunatelly, holding this project back a lot....
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What kind of intel / facts /material do you need Frits? Perhaps I can help?
 
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