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.

12/02/2012

Added a little more detail....

Another milestone has been achieved. Barring some further texture work, the Nose landing gear is complete.
It has taken many months, hundred's of hours, and a little bit of bad language, but i have carefully added as much detail as i can to really set this landing gear apart from most others. It is mechanically accurate, and contains a lot of animations for structure's large and small.








Click on the photo's to see them at a higher resolution.

As you can see in the pictures above, there is a massive amount of detail to be seen, all of it is accurate to my knowledge, and systems like the uplock unit and hydraulic ram for the aft doors are fully functional.

Many of the surfaces have been textured with ambient occlusion baked in. This gives ray-traced shadows and shading, which really adds to the look of the model and enhances the detail.

I'm also working on a method to make the tyres squash at the bottom with varying pressure from above. More on this later if i can make it work well.

That's all for now, hopefully the next update won't take as long. If anyone has any questions or comments, please e-mail me or use the comments form.

Thanks for looking.

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