The 1980’s. General Dynamics’ most famous aircraft, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, is now an international 4th generation fighter aircraft, not only spanning the North American continent, but also the South American continent, The European and Asian continent.
The state of the art design grants the aircraft and sleek and beautiful design, but the F-16 not only has the looks, but also the capabilities needed to exceed both Air to Air and Air to Ground aircraft and more.
Nimble, Agile, Fast, Fierce, many names, one aircraft. The F-16 Fighting Falcon.
And as war technology advances, so does the F-16.
The fourth iteration of the F-16, the F-16A/B Block 15 coupled along with the Operational Capability Upgrade, brings a lot the fight, Including a new horizontal stabilizer design for increased maneuverability, a much capable AN/APG/66 version 2 radar for increased reliability, the new secure Have Quick II secure UHF radio for a 100% secure communication between the pilot and mission elements, and much more.
The F-16, Just got better.
It’s not a contradiction, It’s the F-16.
Hello Pilot! And Welcome To The F-16A/B 3D Cockpit Project!
This is my attempt at creating the legendary Block 15 of the F-16 family, With a HQ model and HD textures, This project aims to give you the best experience the F-16 has to offer and also a nice new challenge at getting used to the almost complete new cockpit layout of the Block 15.
Progress
Center Console: 95%
Pedestal: 95%
Canopy: 80%
Left Consoles: 100%
Right Consoles: 100%
Seat: 90%
UV Mapping Textures: 0%
Overall Progress Percentage: 80%
F.A.Q.
When will it be released?
It’s quite hard to really say, Since I’m doing it when I’m free and want to ensure it’s a quality 3D model, I’d say in 3 to 4 weeks :p.
Will you model the back seat in the B variant?
Right now, It’s a no, there’s no twin seat player modality in BMS MP so it’ll be useless to create a part of a cockpit that will never be seen by normal means and will have an impact in performance, although this might change if future releases allow for twin seat flight.
Will it include the original avionics of the A/B models?
This is a feature that at least myself can’t include due to the lack of coding knowledge I have and the lack of avionics documentation, but if someone does it, I’ll gladly include it.
What can I do to help the development of this project?
Any Info/Photos/Videos/Sounds of the F-16A cockpit are appreciated!
Once done, will it be included in the Vanilla BMS on the next version?
I’m not in the BMS Dev team, so no, at least no by me, but if the dev team wants to include it, they have my full permission to include it and modify it (if necessary for implementation).
Will you include a complete pilot model? E.G: moving arms?
Since in 4.34 and upwards the pilot model can be toggled on and off, I’ll try to make working moving arms that moves with the throttle and stick.
Will it include an external model?
No, that is already covered by JanHas exceptional F-16A model, If you want to have the external model, Then JanHas’ website is where you should go
Will you release preview like version for us to test in-game?
Yes, When I reach a point where I believe in-sim feedback is needed for further corrections, I’ll release test versions.
