I think that Messrs P and P are about to spend sometime chatting -- which means the towed arrays may have wires yet -- Keith has been working on this project for over a year and is still tweaking like crazy.
Not too sure about creating a tow wire that changes shape as it deploys - it certainly ain't out straight behind as with a Flag type drogue which has a lot of drag associated with it - it also changes with speed....... we also spent a lot of time & flight trials trying to find out why some tows would go around in circles behind the aircraft, sort of describing a cone with its centre axis angled down at about 30° - the heavier ones on 200 ft long cables causing the cable to hit the elevator. Our cable was only 3mm dia, so I think to show to scale would be difficult . Happy days.....
For anyone thats interested in Llanbedr and specifically the Jindivik program - Keith has sent me a monograph on Operation there . I will be posting it at The Pond later today (this evening your time ) when I get home from work
While thinking of things Llanbedr, here's a few screenshots of my revised version in FS9 as the defult is very bland. I have the UKVFR scenery and terrain mesh. The enhancements are made with E-Z scenery with some re-alignement of runways & taxiways with AFCAD. The tower is in the wrong place and of the wrong type, but that's the default and I don't have the skills to change it. I also added a non-real taxiway to assist my AI flights based here.
On the Pan at the north end with AI Sea Vixen, Devon and Canberra
The hangars on the pan
Arial view looking north
Arial view of the pan
Runway 36/18 with the AI Sea Vixen and Devon taxiing for departure, the Sea Vixen for a circuit and the Devon bound for Welshpool
Degsy, Now if one could marry your artwork with Just Flights British Airports...... I must say it brings back memories, but I have no Office!!!! BTW If you look at the satellite view of Llanbedr on Google maps you will see that there are unconventional markings on the main runway - 5 lateral stripes using Dulux vynil paint so that it did not destroy the friction qualities of the runway - which was special in that it had a very high friction over coat for the Jindi - it wore out tyres like mad. These stripes were added in the early 90's when Meteor WK800 was fitted out with forward looking TV cameras & a transmitter & we were experimenting with take offs & landings using the AGS, albeit not superimposed as in my model, although it would have been possible. The positioning of them was such that it allowed for the aircraft pitch attitude and camera angle so that it should touchdown at the 'normal' unmanned touchdown point that was nearly opposite each Pitch site (each pitch site was angled slightly which can be seen if you zoom in...). The Manned touchdown point was I think at the PAPI point.
If I remember correctly our Devon was raspberry ripple - we then had one of Farnborough/Boscombes noisy Pipers for a while - in raspberry ripple of course!
Has anyone done XX154 in raspberry ripple?
Regards
Keith