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Title: Light Relief?
Post by: EHM-1703 Philip on July 17, 2007, 05:24:45 pm: Fancy trying your hand a new flight sim?????

Click HERE (http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/)

;)
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Post by: EHM-1612 Paolo on July 17, 2007, 05:57:04 pm: Well I did 49.215m?? ;D
Who's gonna beat my record? ;)
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Post by: EHM-1617 Iain on July 17, 2007, 06:17:00 pm: (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/iainfs/EHM/untitled.png)
Which was shortly followed by...
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/iainfs/EHM/untitled2.png)

EDIT: And then...
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/iainfs/EHM/untitled3.png)

EDIT: And then...
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/iainfs/EHM/untitled4.png)

OK, OK, I'll stop now :)
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 17, 2007, 07:16:03 pm: I know I shouldn't but couldn't resist it....

(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/EHM2029/fsscr125.jpg)
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Post by: EHM-1009 Kevin on July 17, 2007, 07:16:58 pm: just had numourous attempts and got this score

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z125/KMBOOTH/paperplane01-1.jpg)

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z125/KMBOOTH/paperplane02.jpg)

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z125/KMBOOTH/paperplane03.jpg)
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Post by: EHM-1703 Philip on July 17, 2007, 07:40:33 pm: OMG, I've created a monster!!!!! HAHAHAHA, glad you like it!
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Post by: EHM-1612 Paolo on July 17, 2007, 08:09:21 pm: Ohhh Cmon! You can't humiliate me like that! :]
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Post by: EHM-1953 Daniel on July 17, 2007, 08:43:32 pm: i've got one throw at 80 :8 the rest between 2 and 8 though :| haha
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Post by: EHM-1365 Ben on July 18, 2007, 01:36:15 am: Thanks for the distraction, Phil! :%

(http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7510/fsyx3.jpg)
;)
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 18, 2007, 02:02:38 pm: This must be pretty popular....

Already at 109m and yet not worthy of a classification whatsoever.

I think the hint is for the plane to do many loops above the chimney so as to gain speed and possibly a little height.

(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/EHM2029/record.jpg)

Any tips welcome
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Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on July 18, 2007, 02:51:45 pm: i havent got over 5 metres yet??? is there a trick to this? :o
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Post by: EHM-1821 Javier on July 18, 2007, 03:07:42 pm: i only got 70+ metres, how do you guys get to 100? :]
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 18, 2007, 03:34:45 pm: As said by others earlier there are a total 4 main factors:

1. Launch speed: Dictated by how quickly you drag the plane to the 'release line'
2. Launch Angle: Try to have a mildly downward angle to counteract the plane's natural tendency to gain height upon launch
3. Ceiling Fan: This fan acts the opposite way to a normal fan, in that it pulls the plane up rather than push it down
4. Chimney: The chimeny outside produces thermals (naturally) and can help the plane perform a couple of loops and gain height and lateral speed

Any other tips most welcome

Phil: You have spawned the devil. Next thing you know we'll be publish a paper plane's 'Flying Manual'. :]:]:]
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Post by: EHM-1657 Jay on July 18, 2007, 10:43:30 pm: (http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7554/untitledpw3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Too funny little game :)
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Post by: EHM-1871 Patrick on July 20, 2007, 12:25:00 am: Light Relief!!!!

tried this with a few guys at work earlier today and one guy ended up smashing his mouse on the floor (lmao) :>

all I could muster was this......

(http://us.f13.yahoofs.com/bc/43ea9c5em87a65d1e/bc/EHM/101.036.jpg?BCzsKoGB3YhB7aZT)

btw how you guys make your image show in the post??
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 20, 2007, 05:55:51 am: Quote
Originally posted by EHM-1871 Patrick
btw how you guys make your image show in the post??

Hi Patrick,

I got some of my colleagues stuck on this one too! Quite funny seeing them get really absorbed.
Anyhow, the most common way to do this is to use on of the image depository sites such as photobucket or imageshack etc.
One registered you get a handy page for uploading your pictures. Once the piccies upload, then each of them has a link in several codes to easily copy and paste (links for BBCode, HTML etc.)

That's the easiet way I can think of. Unless some of our brains find a way to make a direct link to yahoo's pictures...
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Post by: EHM-0654 Jean on July 20, 2007, 12:50:52 pm: Patrick,

Specifically, put [ img] and [ /img] (without the extra spaces) around the URL to embed the image rather than a url.

Murray (home tommorrow, boo!)
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 20, 2007, 01:40:26 pm: Quote
Originally posted by EHM-0654 Jean
Murray (home tommorrow, boo!)

On the plus side, you can assume your own account (hopefully) and be back as Murray once more.
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Post by: EHM-1883 Matt on July 20, 2007, 07:41:39 pm: I'm not getting anywhere. My best is 10nm. How do you get it out the window?
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Post by: EHM-1343 Jonathan on July 20, 2007, 07:47:08 pm: your not strong enough matt...
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Post by: EHM-1883 Matt on July 20, 2007, 07:48:33 pm: update: just tried it again, luckily got it out of the window and got it to 50nm. I think I'm starting to pick it up
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Post by: EHM-1358 Tim on July 20, 2007, 08:12:07 pm: 50 Nautical Miles!!!!

Impressive. ;D
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 29, 2007, 03:59:27 pm: Well,

after exhaustive tests and a bit of a tweak, it looks like the best that you can get is 114.734.
So far 5 friends got exactly the same...

(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o9/EHM2029/NewPicture.jpg)

The tweak is to take the plane to very left edge, take the cursor out of the flash animation, and then, bring it around the flash to point at the exact point of release for maximum speed.

Let me know how it goes....
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Post by: EHM-0654 Murray on July 30, 2007, 01:00:53 pm: Haven't beaten 108.891M yet myself, and the "trick" is to *NOT* loop-the-loop at all (let alone twice, great way to ruin an otherwise good throw...) Sotiris, your launching technique definitely helps with the longer throws. Just to help the rest of us, are you leaving the plane at the very top of the screen, or slightly down a bit, or what? And in terms of the "launch", where do you bring the mouse pointer back in.

Personally, I've been putting the plane about halfway between the dado rail and the ceiling, and I launch with the pointer a little above the skirting (otherwise it hits the floor if you're lower on the launch point)
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Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on July 30, 2007, 02:05:41 pm: OK,

you're right Murray.
My previous tips were not so helpful although that was my knowledge at the time.
The way it's achieved now is as follows:
Place the plane very top and very far left. Almost to the point where it disappears from view.
Release point: above the skirting board is:
a) A couple of thin lines just above it
b) A rather thick darker strip
c) A thinner dark strip

Release at the top of the second thick dark strip.
It should work.

Btw, they have launched a variant with the same underlying fundamentals (even the background noise is the same) but the distances achieved are much higher. So far at 146 meters.