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Fire jumpers for the DH Buffalo

Fnerg

Fnerg

SOH-CM-2023
Hi guys, Happy holidays. I am trying to figure out positioning on a model and I need help to tell me what these numbers mean.

I am adding parachute jumpers to the DH Buffalo. The file I downloaded was by Heather Sherman called smkjmp2.zip. In the read me she lays out a few options for various aircraft cfg's. The Buffalo being a recent release, is not listed of course but I thought I would take the closest instance of a rear door exit and apply it to the CFG. I therefore used the C-130 option however the jumpers exit from mid space. So, my question, can anyone tell me what direction the numbers represent so I can trial-and-error the jumpers to appear at the rear opening of the aircraft? Thanks.

//For the DC-3
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=3,-17.86,-5.28, fx_fallsw5.fx

//For the DeHavilland Twin Otter
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=3,5.86,-5.28, fx_fallsw5.fx

//For the Junkers JU-52
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=3,-5.86,-5.28, fx_fallsw5.fx

//Mike Stone's C-130
[SMOKESYSTEM]
smoke.0=3,-17.86,-0.00, fx_fallsw5.fx
 
Someone more knowledgeable will likely come along with the 100% solution shortly, but I'd be thinking the sequence would be longitudinal then vertical but note that it's from the a/c reference point and that may be different for each a/c and not the a/c c of g.

Might be easier to try Milton's "use a light method" - testing the location with a light instead of the effect until you get it right (test with time set at dusk to make seeing easier), then removing the light and inserting the jumper fx.
 
Forgot to mention that the vertical can't be maneuvered via the aircraft.cfg's smokesystem. Vertical is set in the effect file. The two perimeters you can adjust via the cfg are longitude and latitude.


PAD DHC-5 Buffalo jumpers

[SMOKESYSTEM] //vert/long/lat
smoke.0=0.00,-26.50,00.00, fx_fallsw5.fx //at approx140-150knts
 
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