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.

02/07/2010

All The Drawings Were Wrong!

Aaarrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh

All of the drawings i have found so far have two major problems - the canopy, intakes and possibly the wings are set too far back!

I noticed this when i imported a photo of a Jaguar GR1 into planemaker to aid weapon placement for the drag and CoG tuning, things just weren't lining up! Then I tried overlaying each of the side profile drawings I have over a photo, and found the problem.

Its not turning out to be as big a problem as i make out. I have already made my own side profile drawing, from photos, and I'll do the top and bottom ones asap and then alter the planemaker model accordingly. Because the main structures are already built in planemaker it should not be too difficult to align everything properly.

All this in the quest for accuracy and realism. It will all be worth it in the end, I hope!

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