Good lord what was that?

[Casualcas 830]

I want this in MSFS

"you ever flown one of these before?"

"Nope"

 

[Quasimodo 505]

Its one of these:

And yes I've flown one! 🤣

[Casualcas 830]

Yeah I think it's close but not quite. Lol

[GlideBy 324]

Double folding wings, at body and half way down the wing.  And able to unfold in flight.

Is there a real glider that can do that?

[reignman40 450]

Interesting. Using a C-17 or some other large cargo aircraft looks like a fun (and more expensive) way of getting your glider up in the air 🤣 

[Casualcas 830]

Yeah, a bit excessive,  isn't it? Lol

Curious if MSFS will have gliders 

Edited February 3, 2020 by Casualcas

[Quasimodo 505]

3 minutes ago, Casualcas said:

Curious if MSFS will have gliders 

It will be very interesting if they do. With the 1000 point FDE and the new atmosphere, I think that a glider would offer the best possible test of fidelity to the simulation.

[Casualcas 830]

Especially with the air currents simulated

[tweekz 2,165]

4 minutes ago, Avidean said:

It will be very interesting if they do. With the 1000 point FDE and the new atmosphere, I think that a glider would offer the best possible test of fidelity to the simulation.

Ohh yeah... 🙂

We know that they plan on doing nice airflow simulations (ridge lift). If they'd still implement somewhat natural thermals (above dark ground textures for example), that would be a gliders paradise.

Edited February 3, 2020 by tweekz

[Quasimodo 505]

And thermals capped by Cu and tilted downwind. And cycles of course. They should really be getting me to test this stuff for them! 😒

[Bottle 663]

Old news

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia’s-bizarre-‘sveno’-mothership-bombers-could-launch-fighters-their-wings-59282

[Casualcas 830]

5 minutes ago, Bottle said:

Old news

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia’s-bizarre-‘sveno’-mothership-bombers-could-launch-fighters-their-wings-59282

And that is relevant to this bond glider because....

 

[Quasimodo 505]

1 hour ago, GlideBy said:

Double folding wings, at body and half way down the wing.  And able to unfold in flight.

Is there a real glider that can do that?

Yes there is but only fold not unfold. You have to exceed the VNE to activate it.

[Nedo68 533]

i first have to see the new Bond sorry

[Bottle 663]

21 hours ago, Casualcas said:

And that is relevant to this bond glider because....

 

Aircraft launched from other aircraft.