Greeting my little test subjects....

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:47 pm

I am working on a project that has been in the works for awhile now and I have finally got around to figuring out the technology to make it work. I am developing a sort of walk around for an aircraft (the test subject is the Collings Avenger since I have rediculous amounts of photos of it) It is in Beta at the moment but I want you, my merry band of enthusiasts, to check it out, critique it, let me know if you have problems with it, make suggestions and such, the Beta is not public yet and is only accessible through this link
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/NA ... round.html

The main hot spots are the turrets, the tail wheel and the tail hook. More will of course be added if this test is successful. You will also be able to chacge your viewpoint in the next version and in future versions you will be able to get into the rear fuselage.. So check it out and let me know what you think.

Cking · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:02 pm

Works fine for me!. I would love a good look at the wing fold mechanism and the accessorys on the back of the engine. But thats just me, some sort of engineering pervert!!!.

Rgds Cking

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:11 pm

Thanks Cking, I will see if I have some pictures of the wing fold mechanism. As for the accessories, I will keep my eye open for them. I can always add more items as they become available.

Eureka181 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:27 pm **Posts:** 182

Scott, I think it's fantastic! What a great idea!

You just need more detail shots. Otherwise it is great.

Do you plan on doing this for other aircraft?

Eric

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:33 pm

Eureka181 wrote:

Scott, I think it's fantastic! What a great idea!

You just need more detail shots. Otherwise it is great.

Do you plan on doing this for other aircraft?

Eric

Thanks, I plane on collecting much greater detail shots in the future. I have quite a few for that Avenger and will be adding them as time goes on. Now that I have the technique figured out (tried to avoid having to use flash or other plug ins) I will look at doing this for as many aircraft as I can before I go completely insane (which is why I switch bewteen projects for the site, to keep from going nuts)

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:58 pm

Good work, Scott!

I checked it out with IE, Opera and Firefox. Everything seemed to work the way you intended and loaded very fast.

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:02 pm

Thanks Eric, I appreciate that.

Eureka181 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:27 pm **Posts:** 182

Scott,

What software do you use for that? Fireworks?

Eric

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:04 pm

That is cool.

So are you going to be open to submission of photo esseys in the future for this? Like I need more reasons to take photes of aircraft, oh wait I have a 300gig hard drive to fill :twisted:

Steven M. Dennis · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:14 pm

Excellent idea Scott! I love it. You are setting yourself up for a whole lot more work this Winter......

This site is definitely getting to be THE one stop Warbird information shop.

Thanks for all of your hard work Mr. Rose!

Steve :wink:

Dave Hackett · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:24 pm

Scott I really love the idea. I agree with a few previous posts. I think one idea would be to have a profile shot, then a front and a rear shot with the highlights. Then you could do the gear bays, the retraction mechanisms, the prop, the cowl flaps, the gun bays, bomb bays, missle rails, drop tank rails, torpedo rails, etc. Could also have the mechanisms for the flaps, ailerons, elevator, and rudder. What I mean by the last is how they are controlled, ie push rod, cable, etc.

Maybe even an over head shot of some kind would be good.

Great job so far. Looking forward to seeing your next version.

dave

Just another thought, you could take some of the most obvious "what the heck is that" parts and put a brief description and the location for those people who really want to impress their girlfriends! Sort of like that P-40 coolant port that I just learned about a few days ago.

Steve · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:51 pm

Works great
good work Scott

Tulio · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:05 am **Posts:** 3236

Doesn't work for me, Scott.

I was able to see the tailwheel, but nothing else.

I can see the little hand when I scroll over the tailhook, but nothing else happened. No turret, nothing else.

Should I do something especific with my computer, so that the program will work correctly?

Your idea is great! I trust that you will develop it and will become the norm for other aviation web-sites.

Saludos,

Tulio

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:32 am

Tulio wrote:

Doesn't work for me, Scott.

I was able to see the tailwheel, but nothing else.

I can see the little hand when I scroll over the tailhook, but nothing else happened. No turret, nothing else.

Should I do something especific with my computer, so that the program will work correctly?

Your idea is great! I trust that you will develop it and will become the norm for other aviation web-sites.

Saludos,

Tulio

Make sure you close the close-up window before clicking on another area or the window will drop behind your browser and the next time you click it will go to the closeup window Behind your browser.

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:39 am

Dave Hackett wrote:

I think one idea would be to have a profile shot, then a front and a rear shot with the highlights.

We think alike it seems, check out version 1.1 which just went live
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/NA ... round.html

Dave Hackett wrote:

Then you could do the gear bays, the retraction mechanisms, the prop, the cowl flaps, the gun bays, bomb bays, missle rails, drop tank rails, torpedo rails, etc. Could also have the mechanisms for the flaps, ailerons, elevator, and rudder. What I mean by the last is how they are controlled, ie push rod, cable, etc.

I will try and add more and more detail shots as I sort through photos. I have alot of detail photos of the bomb bay and will expand that section soon. I also intend on having it set up so you could virtually climb into the aircraft. We'll have to see how that goes.

Dave Hackett wrote:

Maybe even an over head shot of some kind would be good.

That might be difficult but I'll see what I can do.

Dave Hackett wrote:

Just another thought, you could take some of the most obvious "what the heck is that" parts and put a brief description and the location for those people who really want to impress their girlfriends! Sort of like that P-40 coolant port that I just learned about a few days ago.

thats a good idea, and I'll see about implementing some of that on version 1.2

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