SWB Albatross Seaplane

'Victorian London and Mr Fogg drags his Albatross to the banks of the River Thames - there waiting are a mass of people waving their top hats and cheering, after carefully donning his flying hat - he sat heart thumping - this was unknown territory - this was flight!'

Falling somewhere between Phileas Fogg and Leonardo da Vinci this seaplane is of another era another more simpler time

its 'built-in-the-shed' feel with creaks and rattles belies its superb aeronautical physics

Beautifully balanced and flies like a dream - a mixture of balloon meets modern seaplane with a few wobbles and shakes along the way :)

This comes with a compass and (basic) Flying outfit - jacket scarfs, leather helmet etc that all will blow in the wind - its all modify so you can stretch it to fit bigger heads and mess with all the clothes - it just looks better when flying this to look like you would back then at the turn of the century but you can mix it with your own outfits of course

Pedal powered ;) this is not an acrobatic machine its what it is and it does what it does very well :)


Controls
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Forward arrow - fowards, this when held will keep you flying level and true without descending if you keep pressing it, let it go and it will slowly glide to earth
Back arrow - all stop
Left - left
Right - right
Page up - climb
Page down - descend
Turn off poseball - say '/1 hide' say '/1 show'
Compass is worn - its a heading hud and just a bit of fun with an olde world style design to get you in the mood

Clothes
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all clothes are mod - right click prims and stretch to fit
edit appearance to edit clothes layers

Take off
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Rez vehicle over the water - it will rez slightly above it - when you 'board' it it will descend to the correct level automatically - rez only where you have permission to rez and create objects - sit - press back key to ensure you are not moving - invite a friend or passenger to sit at this point
Press forward arrow to full speed - stay level - press page up and gently tap it until you leave the water then you may press it full on with forward arrow to climb

Sprays will trigger when you hit the water and stop when you take off

Thats all there is too it

Welcome to the 1800s :)

Have fun and Happy days

Surfwidow Beaumont

Places to Buy
Xstreet

SWB HYDROBOAT

Lesson



here is the model which mine is based on - and no other boat in sl there are similar boats but this is different in almost every aspect

here is the real thing
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=19QuL-G2AhY&NR=1

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ngQjkCsztz8

some beta testing video i made since this was made flame jet has been added
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHlmxeyLCKY

more on the boat
http://tinyurl.com/6z4vgg


All boats need a 'variable' to make them competitive - for sailing its the wind

for this its the turns and timing - its a lot of fun super stable - great sim crosser - if there are races hosted - maybe boogdolt or other places then free 60 min demos will be available free although this is really cheap for the full version which is mod and can be textured like in my lesson video - you even get a helmet and numbering system :)

its lots of fun so look out for races in the near future

Protesting in Second Life

Following the serious increase in charges for open space sims in secondlife many sailors who depend on the open waters for racing and friendship (common interest) have been protesting

here is the latest of three videos all of which are available from the same YT channel


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPLsoOUjBk - see my Hotlinks to the right hand column at the top for more

Copybot is back and strikes home

here is the copy made by oliver99 guisse - probably an alt

Just a note to say on the 5th of Nov My SWB MSST PICTURED HERE

http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=843086
was copied

fortunately CB cannot copy no mod/not trans scripts so it was a bit of a shadow of its former self - (no vehicle parts to rez) no lights no sounds no doors and other parts radar etc were missing too

but the 'overall' look is very similar obviously - and could be used for port or harbour decorative items

It was carried out by a german and he gave them away on his german sim for a short time before mobing on to his next conquest - a kindly german girl stuck her neck out to report this to LL and to me LL want me to fax them a DMCA Claim
http://secondlife.com/corporate/dmca.php
- but it maybe that their inventory has already been cleared as i was sent this
http://www.slinfo.de/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=306577#306577

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.slinfo.de/phpbb/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.slinfo.de/phpbb/viewtopic.php%253Fp%253D306577%2523306577%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

translated english version

in anycase although flattering - it is a bit stupid as if he had said - would you like to sell your msst on my german sim he could have had the real version in his harbour for free as a display :P

the individual has clearly visited sailing sims and harbours as this is where the boats was on display and i know the fizz and Bigcat is in Boogdolt for example and although unscripted its still bloody annoying :x\

Second Life Shadows - YAY :)

YAY

Couldnt resist Long Moonlite moonlight shadows over Hollywood X)

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/surfwidow/hollywoodmoonlightshadow1.jpg

SL SHadows

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vQAOcM8ZK2g
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fHjibHylkkU&feature=related

cool

If you want to try out shadows for yourself then download this viewer from Kirsten
thats the familiar viewer used in opensim
download the most recentone

http://www.armyof4.com/Kirstenlee/
http://kirstenleecinquetti.blogspot.com/
step-by-step
http://www.vintfalken.com/kirstens-viewer-sl-shadows-for-the-masses-with-good-enough-pcs/

you will need a 8 series NVIDEA graphics card or higher

and it doesnt work on MACS i dont think/believe

no this is not available on a LL release yet and Torley says it wont be for a while

you can do this yourself if you are into programming
http://svn.secondlife.com/trac/linden/changeset/575

Well i have mixed feelings about this - i think you just should watch it and decide for yourself :\

on Youtube from here
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BdTz6Ks_FUM
http://surfwidow.blip.tv/#1434764

Surf Jam

Wow what a weekend - after a Halloween Party Marathon see secondlifesailing on youtube for more on that there was serious protesting to be done over Linden Labs (owners of Second Life) and their new policy regarding the Open Sims

During all this i managed to squeeze in this - it was filmed at the Bisahra resorts and i am going for a lie down ;)

Click To Play

it is in 2 parts on yourtube whereas blip give you the full length - YT is better quality but blip has a bigger video - you takes your choice ;) X)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X2bQWaHawtA
http://blip.tv/file/1423790?filename=Surfwidow-MajiniEpic897.mp4