The Jaguar project for X-Plane has been a long time in the making. The overall aim is to realistically simulate the Sepecat Jaguar aircraft in many of its guises and to a high visual quality.

I began developing this model back in 2007, and since then I have spent many hours, and a fair amount of money researching and gathering data to ensure the flight model is accurate as possible within the limitations of X-Plane.

Assistance has been sought from ex Jaguar pilots, and from current Jaguar technicians and museum restoration teams. Some very kind and skilled people have provided me with dimensions, access to a real Jaguar, and documentation to aid systems and flight modelling.

The entire flight model has been rebuilt multiple times, and the 3D model had a few iterations before good progress was made.

This blog will document the build process, and updates will be posted when decent steps are made.

This is a long term project, and it will be available to buy upon its completion.

28/05/2010

Post 1;

This is post number one on this new blog.

As it stands currently, I have three working Jaguar models, each with slightly different wing geometry, that I am testing in the sim to see which gives the most stable and balanced flight characteristics. I probably should have started this blog sooner to post about some of the aspects I have already completed. One of these is airfoils (or aerofoils if you are East of the 'Pond'!) I was able to gain access to some Jaguar maintenance documents, which list some very important data for sim development. From this info I have been able to develop an approximation of the airfoil sections used on the Jaguar, and therefore get the flight performance on track within the limitations of X-Plane of course!

More info will follow soon!
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