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Posted: 07 May 2006, 02:27
by DispatchDragon
Alphasim
I think your missing the point - Dave wasnt saying you didnt make it realistic - just its a very simple panel for such a huge aircraft - I have always
been surprised at how small the flight deck proper is on the Mars - never mind that behind it is an area big enough to hold a garden party
Leif
Posted: 07 May 2006, 08:40
by AlphaSim
OK, fair enough. You are right, it is amazingly spartan for such a massive aircraft :shock:
Posted: 07 May 2006, 14:23
by Chris Trott
Is there any chance you guys could do a B-58 style "pro" version with working Flight Engineer panel in the future? It'd be cool to have a full fuel system and all those gauges in the back available to tinker with.
Posted: 07 May 2006, 17:17
by britishtourer
OK, I'm going to have to buy now! This, the cat and the lightnings!
Posted: 12 May 2006, 22:49
by ChrisHunt
Personally I think that there should be a bar on the Mars.
Chris
Posted: 12 May 2006, 23:02
by Garry Russell
ChrisHunt wrote:Personally I think that there should be a bar on the Mars.
Chris
That would be Mars bars then
Garry
Posted: 13 May 2006, 02:34
by Avant-Garde-Aclue
Today, 13th may, is the 30th anniversary of the Irish boat people leaving to go to Vietnam
Posted: 13 May 2006, 04:03
by airboatr
Garry Russell wrote:ChrisHunt wrote:Personally I think that there should be a bar on the Mars.
Chris
That would be Mars bars then
Garry
I was thinking of humorizing his statement by saying.
I hope they have the Bar built by the time I get a chance to ride the rocket that gets me up there. :dance: ... to Mars
it'd be the first "Mars Bar"
wonder if the tarts there are green?
and if they have all the right parts in all the right places
Posted: 13 May 2006, 23:15
by ChrisHunt
Room for a cup holder or two on that panel, don't you think? (Something to put the drinks on from the bar
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On a more serious note - since the 60's at least we have come to expect a panel full of gauges and switches and it does look a bit odd to have a panel with acres of nothing on it. Kind of reflects the way cars used to be in the 60's and 70's.
Regards,
Chris
Posted: 13 May 2006, 23:26
by Garry Russell
The Stratocruiser is much the same
Only a few dials on the panel.........btu the engineers station is something else crammed full.
I suppose wht you are seeing there is just the flight instruments and basic engine.
All the clever stuff is behind, somewhere but it will be there.
Garry
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