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JYAI C-130J Specials

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Re: JYAI C-130J Specials

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I could do but how many times have you flown with a tanker in the last 12 months? It takes time to add, set up in scenery and test. It also adds polygons. It's really a question of the overhead v the sustained benefit to the user.
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John Young wrote: 09 Apr 2019, 09:23 I could do but how many times have you flown with a tanker in the last 12 months? It takes time to add, set up in scenery and test. It also adds polygons. It's really a question of the overhead v the sustained benefit to the user.
Well I can't speak for others but personally speaking I fly with them quite a lot since you can incorporate them into tacpack so you can spawn a tanker that will actually transfer you fuel. If I took an average over a month of flying most weekdays it'd probably be twice a week. I like it because it's challenging.

At the end of the day it's up to you of course John, would just be nice.

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Re: JYAI C-130J Specials

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OK if there is a demand for it, I can do it. The only other problem I think from Victor tanker experience, is that the parking radius has to include the trailed hose, even though it's not displayed on the ground. That makes it very big if I remember rightly.

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John, I have been curious to know if your AC-130 will have guns or just texture where the guns would protrude from the fuselage? Also, will the MC-130s have the modified nose?
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John Young wrote: 09 Apr 2019, 09:23 I could do but how many times have you flown with a tanker in the last 12 months? It takes time to add, set up in scenery and test. It also adds polygons. It's really a question of the overhead v the sustained benefit to the user.
I personally never fly with a tanker. 99.9999% of my flying is low and slow.

There are lots of tankers already out there. I would be happier with better frame rates.

One persons opinion.


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Flyerkg, my AC-130J has two sets of detailed 3-D guns plus all the other lumps and bumps that feature on this particular aircraft.

The nose on the MC-130J is no different to the other "J" models. The MC-130E/H had the "beaky" nose.

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Progress to date (FS9, FSX and P3Dv4 models), screen shots are FSX.

MC-130J Commando II (Mildenhall):

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C-130J-30Super Hercules (Yokota):

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AC-130J Ghostrider (Hulbert Field):

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Next job is to paint the full 13 x J-30 aircraft for Brent's in progress Yokota scenery. Then I'll make the KC-130J's and Harvest Hawks for Iwakuni. After that the EC-130J with it's lumps. bumps and fin aerials. The easiest will be the HC-130J for the USAF and Coast Guard and the WC-130J's of the Hurricane Hunters.

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Those look amazing John. Super excited about this project.
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John, Excellent photos! And thank you for the follow-up response to my questions.
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Looks superb John. It will be a pleasure to have them in my sim.
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These are definitely the "mutt's nuts" John. Fantastic work as usual.
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Those look awesome!!
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Wow!

I can't wait.

It is not possible to manufacture commercial model like this.

The ROKAF will also operate the C-130-30 model.

I want to paint & let's fly.

It's so cool.^ ^b
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Looks great! When its released RAF Brize Norton will have more AI flying out of it
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ConcordeBOAF wrote: 14 Apr 2019, 19:01 Looks great! When its released RAF Brize Norton will have more AI flying out of it
No sure, but I don't think these will add many to Brize Norton.

I don't recall John mentioning the C.Mk4 and C.Mk5 in the versions he said he was doing.

Designated Hercules C.Mk 4 (C-130J-30) and C.Mk 5 (C-130J) in RAF service, these aircraft have Inflight-refuelling probes installed as standard. The type’s improved range enables most sorties to be flown without the characteristic underwing fuel tanks of the legacy versions.
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He didn't but he might. Let me finish the USAF/USMC examples first and get them out. I'll take a look at the RAF ones after that and see what they involve. The refuelling probe and the missile warning sensors are not a problem, so it might be quite a straight forward job.

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Thanks John.
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:D :D I detect mission creep :D :D
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Possibly Pete, but perhaps more a patriotic inclination.
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It would be nice to see a new model for the RAF birds. But please don’t take that as a request :-)
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