[achtung]

ROFL... actually, my recent e-mails I've attempted have been bounced back... mailer daemon failure.  Perhaps they had to change it... 

http://volition-inc.com/Contact/

I think they don't want people e-mailing them directly anymore.

You could always call them though, I provide no guarantee you'd get past the receptionist.

[Topgun]

the guy who did the tables at Volition could ask

You mean takashi?

He downgraded his Volition involvement on GW so that he did a 'internship' at Volition.  Course I could PM him on GW with your request if only to get his response 

please do! I wonder how he will react?

Takashi/ oh, i don't talk to those guys any more... but if you want I can make my own ulssys (bad spelling on purpose) just after I finish my shined Kato \takashi

[Snail]

I can tell you now it will be almost identical to that.

[peterv]

This is a Ulysses i've made as a basis for a modification i have in mind. I know it is not a great model, not even a prototype (it's the official fighter whith some work on it) but i think we can use it until a better one appears.

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[Solatar]

That's actually not a bad start, but like you said it could use some work.

[Snail]

The Ulysses is seriously going to need a better cockpit.

[peterv]

The Ulysses is seriously going to need a better cockpit.

 :nod:I agree. Any suggestions?

[Snail]

An unconventional one at least. Maybe something like the 2001: A Space Odyssey EVA pods.

[Solatar]

As is there's really no visibility in the cockpit. You can't see sideways through the wings and you can't see above you because of the roof. While I like the design of the fighter, it doesn't seem logical to design such a cockpit.

Maybe there's something with Terran space superiority fighters (minus the all purpose Apollo). The Myrmidon has a similar cockpit problem.

[peterv]

obviously the visibility is the major problem. The side glasses allow some side visibility but there is no solution frot the back and the above. I'm thinking to solve this with an external cockpit model which will have  "installed" monitors in the roof and the back side off the cockpit

[Solatar]

I just find it interesting that the Ulysses has this problem as well as the ship designed to replace it (the Myrmidon).

You'd think the dogfighters would have the best visibility, not the worst. Or perhaps both the Ulysses and Myrmidon share a pilot "sitting" position other than the standard cockpit chair setup (standing or otherwise).

[peterv]

Well, beauty is usualy in trouble. I'm working on it but i don't think i can avoid the "sitting" position, mainly for conventional reasons.

[Mars]

Maybe the actual window view is supported by a projection?

[bfobar]

When I look at that cockpit I imagine the pilot straddling something, like he's in an enclosed motorcycle, or one of those membari fighter positions where you lay on your stomach.

[Snail]

When I look at that cockpit I imagine the pilot straddling something, like he's in an enclosed motorcycle, or one of those membari fighter positions where you lay on your stomach.

That makes sense.

[Droid803]

Oooh. That'd be interesting.

[peterv]

So far, the "enclosed motorcycle" layout is the only solution. The position where the pilot is laying on his stomach is uncomfortable 'couse the pilot will have to look straigt ahead.

[bfobar]

I would be uncomfortable like spending a long time on a racing superbike (which i understand isn't very pleasant compared to sitting in a mercedes benz e class or something). Of course the ulysses handles like a crotch rocket, so maybe it fits.

[bfobar]

here is a drag racing motorcycle.


and here is a track motorcycle.

I try to imaging the bike minus the front fork and rear tires to see how much volume the position would take up.

[peterv]

Consessive position for the front-side-rear view, but try to look upwards sitting like this.