Hello officers,

I wanted to address a question that has been popping up a few times lately regarding KK pilots' planes. The question is, "Why do some KK planes have moving parts, while others don't". I'm not sure which of you understands the workings of the files or not so I'll give a quick description and then await comments.

Air files control all the performance aspects of a plane. Horsepower, weight, stall speed, pitch, roll, brakes, etc. Air files must always be stock cd camel. .dp files control all damage to aircraft as well as weapons systems and flash points. They must always be stock, unless a gun is in a different position (i.e., the Neuiport 28). Then the flash point is changed to match the end of the gun barrel (this doesn't effect performance).

Then there is the .mdl (model) file. This is the APPEARANCE of the plane. This is how you can make some planes have moving parts. As far as I know, just affecting the appearance of a plane is okay within KK personal planes. If all planes used the sopwith.mdl file, all planes would look exactly like a Sopwith, no Albatross, no Fokker, etc...

You can take a .mdl file from any plane and change it to look pretty much what you want if you know how. In this way you can get some very interesting looking and authentic looking/performing WWI craft (even though they may be made from WWII .mdl).

You can also take any plane, change the .air and .dp file and it will still look like the original plane, but act and react just like a Camel. This is how Doggers, Sneaky's, Brogeos, mine, and a couple other of my repaints have been done recently. I'm hoping this isn't a problem at all. Blackie's Albatross was also done this way, the .mdl file must be modified to create a different looking plane.

Is this clear, or does it need clearing up? I'd like to post it somewhere so those pilots who have questions about it can go read it. It's a very hard thing to explain online, especially if you have no experience with repaints or plane creation, and when you're trying to fly!….LOL

Please let me know what you think. Have a good day gentlemen.

Regards,

Duke