A quick update for you all.
Work has started on the electrical, fuel and hydraulics systems.
Who knew pouring over schematics was so much fun :/

Meanwhile the skinning team are doing an awesome job and we hope to post some pics soon.

Work on the manual has also started and you can expect some great work from our illustration designer.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1509016&postcount=84
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We are proud to present an awesome skin made by Blondie - Skin XX278 2012 Hawk Solo

I'm sure you'll agree he's done an awesome job!!

One small step for man, one giant leap for Ells!!

Who would believe that doing a 3 stage flaps switch was so hard.
Well let me clarify, I've never coded in lua before. My background is Web design and ASP, however all coding follows the same logic with different hooks.

After racking my poor little brain for the past two weeks, I had a eureka moment in the shower...

I figured out the logic and the hooks and now we have a fully functional 3 stage flaps switch, and of course working Gear buttons

Ok I know it's not much but for me was a big breakthrough.

At least I can crack on helping the team with simple little coding things.

YAY for me!!!
Hehe

I'll post a quick video up soon of a tour of the pit and some working stuff.

Chris

Well it's the moment you've been waiting for.
What does the Hawk cockpit look like in DCS: World?

Here you go:
http://youtu.be/TKYg8PBZaiM

As the disclaimer on the video says this is an early build and improvements to the model, textures and everything else you see are continiously being worked on, but please feel free to ask any questions about what you see.

Also don't forget to subscribe to the new channel to see updates we post up.

Enjoy,
Chris.

I've just added another video which shows the close up of the cockpit switch test system.
This will also show you some great attention to detail within the model.

Same disclaimer applies.

http://youtu.be/sMNIKaecDBc

Another short update.
Work has been going well on the SFM and trials last night were very impressive and even the trim functions are working very well.

But more excitingly work has begun on the Advanced Flight Model!!!
ED have given us access to AFM functions and after our engineers passed out with excitment they are starting to get to grips with way more physics stuff than my little brain can handle.

This is an exciting time for all dev teams and whilst none of us know how long it will take to develop an accurate AFM, you can bet it's going to be awesome when it's working properly.

We'll be releasing a short video soon showing off the cockpit and some functioning switches/buttons/gauges/dials.
Suffice to say that I flew around the map for about 6 hours last night just looking at the cockpit shadows as I banked around the sunlight and had a big grin on my face.

On the coding front, I've made good progress with basic electircal and fuel systems and now to get the engines started from cold
I'm sure our coders will rip my code apart for structure, but it's working, and I'm learning haha

Anywho I hope you enjoy the video when it's posted up.

Cheers,
Chris.
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Comrades, we have an opportunity for 9 of us to go online and perform the worlds worse Red Arrows display in history

Weekly update:
It's been a very quiet development week for me with Olympic fever going on here in London, go Team GB!!!

Our coder Yammo is back from holiday and has started to work on systems integration. Not much to show here yet apart from what you've seen in the videos.
We have 3 stages of development on systems:
1. Simple click a switch do something, turn something on, etc.
2. Link systems together, I.e. lights to electrical, engines to fuel, etc.
3. Build in full schematic systems for fuel, avionics, electrical, engines etc.

This approach allows us to get functions working one by one and is easier to debug.
If we started with no. 3 and built in all of the bus and busbar systems in electrical, it would be much harder to debug.

Crow has started on cockpit lighting and I can tell you flying around at night with side lights lighting up the panels is awesome.

Blondie and Crash are busy with new skins.

We're holding fire on the AFM at the moment to get the basic systems up and running so we can tie them into the AFM, although work is ongoing with Hawk aerodynamic data gathering.

Have a great weekend guys and I hope you're enjoying seeing London in all it's glory with the Games.
By the way, I spent 3 and a half years working on the Athletes Village building the apartment blocks the Athletes are staying in and am very proud to have contributed to something so amazing.

Team GB!!!

Perhaps DCS It's a Small World?

Oh wait, ED will NOT risk Disney's army of lawyers.

The Jedi Master

Brill, will buy it as soon as its available!
But, as others have said, DCS World needs to be true to its name, currently its just a very small and sadly boring bit of the world.

That Hawk needs to be taking off from RAF Valley, whipping across the Menai straits, up past Mount Snowdon and slipping down the valleys, for a simulated low-level attack on (I wont say the O word) avoiding interception by Typhoons whilst dodging along the Thames....

Cheers
Keith