Also new from Team Orion is the release of their newest LiPo battery, the 2400mAh Experience LiPo Power Battery. Consisting of 2-cells, this 7.4 volt pack has a 20C rating and shares the same high quality Kokam cells as the 3200, 3600, and 4800 that Team Orion has already released. With a MSRP of $59.99, this is one of the easiest and safest way to get into LiPo batteries.
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Team Orion 2400mAh Experience LiPo
I’m trying to resolve the pilot/canopy visibility issue on my Fw190. As I stated in my post: “In exterior views in 8.64, the pilot is visible but the clear canopy is invisible, yet in v9 its just the opposite. I could not find transparency values that would make both visible.”
I realize that Jacques Brault’s “misc body #20 for the canopy” tip might solve this, but I opens a can of worms considering what’s already been done. I would need to reshape the fuselage to get rid of the existing canopy, change cockpit bodies and alter the visual texture regions, at least. Wait a second . . .
Question 1: Could I simply make the transparent misc body 20 and place it over the existing fuselage canopy, thus “overriding” the fuselage underneath it and making the pilot fully visible?
Anyways . . .
The pilot is a v8 misc object yet the cockpit.obj is v7. It seems from the following comments at the Fw190 post that the two can be combined:
MacRulesII – “I have never been able to get pilot objects used as misc objects to be visable (in exterior views) through the transparent canopy in v8.64. I usually use them as cockpit objects and place them within the viewpoint limits in planemaker. In this case I assume they would have to be incorporated into the existing cockpit object.” Thaeris – “Take heed to MacRulesII’s suggestion for implementing the pilot and cockpit shell into the cockpit object-I guarantee that this will work should you do it.” I tried importing the cockpit misc bodies and the pilot object into a new acf in PM and saving as 1OBJ, but that doesn’t work. I’m hoping that somehow the two can be merged, easily resolving the pilot visibility issue.
Question 2: Is a 3D app required to do the above or can it be done with PM/text editor?
Question 3: Will the pilot animations be retained, either way?
Question 4: If a 3D app is the only way to merge them and keep the pilot animations, is there someone who would be willing to do it?
Perhaps a brief examination of the Fw190 would help. It can be found here:
http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?autoco…e=5199&st=5
Thanks. 
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Cockpit transparency issue
Team Orion have announced the upcoming release of some new team clothing that includes a new t-shirt and hooded sweater. Both garments are made from black cotton and both feature a large Team Orion logo across the chest, offset so that it goes under the left arm. The hooded sweater sees the logo more offset than on the t-shirt while both logos are printed in grey and white which gives the clothing a bold look. Available in the usual range of sizes.
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Team Orion HipShot Hoodie & T-Shirt
Ultimate Racing have have released this Green Clean gel, a hand cleaner gel that eliminates fat and dirt lodged in the skin, which does so with irritation. It contains pine and coconut oils, lanoline and cleaning particles that drag dirt, combining great cleaning with the necessary hygenic safety.
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Ultimate Racing Green Clean gel
Carvair was built out of DC-4. It kept the wing and engines, but the nose was replaced with a bigger one, including nose door and cockpit up in the hump above nose door – the prototype for 747.
There are said to be a number of propeller car ferries, including Bristol Freighters.
Can widebody jetliner holds be used as car ferries? Like B747, B767, A380?
I gather that the holds are low. Maximum height of 163 cm, for all widebodies between 767 to 747.
This means that sedans can be put in holds, and so can limousines – but SUV-s and most crossovers are too high. Rolls-Royce is barely low enough.
Do passenger airlines normally offer car tickets?
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Car ferries