I'm building the best simulator model I can of the Lanc. I'm 8 months into what now looks to be a two year project. I'm retired now and can afford the time. My target simulators at present are two of the Aerofly technical simulators from Germany, particularly the new Aerofly 5. The model will be at 1:1 scale within the sim and is pushing the existing boundaries by a factor of 2. The wingspan of the Lanc at 102 ft is twice that of the largest model yet seen. So the technical performance parameters I have to calculate are far away from the norm.
The model will certainly look good; but it has to fly well too. I need to give parameters for the main components which include moments of inertia, strength and flexibility of the joints. For these I need the component weights I am requesting. See the attached Explanation.zip (I had to remove two diagrams from this DOC file to reduce the file size - sorry)
I have a first pass model flying in the sim. See Image100.jpg. I want users to feel the size of the aircraft.
The 3D model is being drawn in Metasequoia. See Image120s.jpg. This is what I have been doing the last eight months!
The fuselage interior will be as complete as I can make it and will be visible from all angles at the user's election. See Image114.jpg.
It was a problem to find the dimensions of the various electronic instruments. But thanks to Chris Goossens I have the dimensions. He also gave me good quality hi-res photos of the faces of these. With a little bit of smoke and mirrors which I greatly enjoy, I have produced 3D models of these from the flat 2D photos. See 'Draw Gee 3V small.jpg'.
A record of my work, the trials and tribulations are in 'AFPD Lancaster: Work in progress' topic in the Hangar sub-forum of the Lancaster-Archive Forum at
Lancaster-Archive Forum • View topic - AFPD Lancaster: Work in Progress
There is a lot more stuff in that forum which I think would be of great interest.
Well Flyboy, does that answer your question?
My best to all
Mike