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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Anthony Releases Freeware Tiger Moth!!

Here is G-AAMY adapted from a Gypsy Moth featured in in the film Out Of Africa. During the filming the registration was changed to G-AAMT. Evidently the real G-AAMT crashed in the 30s and they chose to use that registration in the filming so the plane would be untraceable. But now with the internet for airplane geeks like us we can find this stuff out :D I will upload G-AAMY and N82DS here when the server is back up.

here is the actual plane
http://avia-dejavu.net/photo%20G-AAMY.htm

here is a beautiful flying scene from the movie
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Cheers
TJ
 
MirageIII2009 said:
Hey Benoit,
If you take a look at that video, (RealAir Spitfire) @ 0:45, you'll have an idea how to use this lovely old style compass which is in the Spit as well as in many other british airplanes of that time.
Maybe that can help! :ernae:
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Hello Mirage,

Thank you very much for this useful video about the RealAir Spitfire. Great work. Bravo

I have found a pdf document about the P-type compass used on british warplanes.

http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/downloads/6d_miscellaneous.php

We can found informations about the use of P-type compass.

A question for Anthony. Is it possible that for plane build in south hemisphere the compass needle use cross side pointting North and in the North hemisphere the airplane compass use the reverse convention (cross side pointing to the South)? From the laws of physic there is no problem of having one or the other convention. It is only a question of the maagnetization of the needle.

Have a good day

Benoit
 
Hi Benoit

I'm not going to claim to be an expert on vintage navigation equipment but from what I can gather the P8 compass has the cross on the needle pointing north (makes no difference whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere). I have made my Tiger moth v1.1 compass operate much like the one on Dave Garwood's Auster so if he's wrong then so am I :) . This is different to the one in the realair spitfire where the cross points south (which is how I had it in v1.0).
 
anthony31 said:
Hi Benoit

I'm not going to claim to be an expert on vintage navigation equipment but from what I can gather the P8 compass has the cross on the needle pointing north (makes no difference whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere). I have made my Tiger moth v1.1 compass operate much like the one on Dave Garwood's Auster so if he's wrong then so am I :) . This is different to the one in the realair spitfire where the cross points south (which is how I had it in v1.0).
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The Spitfire and the Tigermoth compass works the same way. On the Spitfire, the arrow points North, on the Tigermoth, the Cross points North. Rotate the bezel so that the N sign is aligned with the cross (on the tigermoth) and read the heading facing the white line. :ernae:

realair%20compass.jpg

ants%20tiger%20compass.jpg
 
Thanks

Since I downloaded it I find myself flying it more than anything else and I usually am not the type to fly slow and low. The flight dynamics are incredible and there is no sweeter plane in my hanger when it comes to slipping in for a landing or just flying with my rudder pedals.

You have serious talent. :salute:
 
havent uploaded it yet, I was going to wait until the file server was back up but if you really want it, PM me your email and I'll shoot it over to you.

Cheers
 
Thanks HenryW

Thanks for this beautiful repaint Henry! Did you ever upload the Swedish and Belgium repaints?

Cheers,
Huub

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MirageIII2009 said:
The Spitfire and the Tigermoth compass works the same way. On the Spitfire, the arrow points North, on the Tigermoth, the Cross points North. Rotate the bezel so that the N sign is aligned with the cross (on the tigermoth) and read the heading facing the white line. :ernae:

realair%20compass.jpg

ants%20tiger%20compass.jpg
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The TigerMoth compass is correct. I have always tried to figure out why they did that, with the cross on the opposite side. It looks like an upside down cross to me, lol.. (eeks). But if you think of it as a sword pointing at a target, blade tip first, then you can remember it that way.

Its correct on the TM. The Spitty has it backwards. Mind you, the Spitty compass looks correct, but it isnt.

You can see this on other vintage gauges from back then. Seems it was for a short while a constant 'symbol' for direction pointers and later just became a needle instead, like a VOR heading needle.


Bill
 
Well, I did it. I am now a proud owner of a Tiger Moth.

If there are awards, this little jewel deserves one. The model craftsmanship, textures, bump mapping, handling and flight performance are just plain awesome, no pun intended.

What a beauty and a jewel to fly....

Love that engine sound as well. You can almost sense the amount of power it has.

Very very nice plane.

:applause: :medals: :applause:



Bill
 
Same here Bill,
I am not a great fan of low and slow, but there are some aircraft that can push you in that direction. . .to enjoy the laid back experience that used to be commonplace. Anthony's Tiger Moth is one of those airplanes. It's beautifully modeled, smooth head animations that look very natural, great sounds and brings you very close the experience of real open cockpit flying. I'm glad I took a chance and gave this one a try. Well done Anthony!!:salute:
 
Yes, thank you to everyone who has posted nice comments about the Tiger Moth. Extra thanks go to all the people who helped me by providing info about the Tiger Moth (including how the compass works :) ). Credit for the sounds go to Bill Putnam who was kind enough to let me use his gypsy major soundpack. Even more thanks to all the great repainters who have made such wonderful paints.
 
Yea, I know this is an old thread, but I have to jump in and congratulate Anthony as well. Upon my trip back from my Europe tour, I landed at Goose Bay, and have decided to fly back to Ohio in all my older more simple aircraft, like my new Golden Age Stearman, and that Tiger Moth I downloaded and had not flown yet.

Well, I just did get in that Tiger Moth, and man, what a beauty this aircraft is, and freeware none the less. Just remarkable, and flies absolutely incredible.

Just cannot say enough, I'm going to have to do a couple more legs in this one before I reach the shores of Lake Erie I am sure. Well well done Anthony....just remarkable.

....as a side note, a couple other freeware aircraft I flew through England, (hitting up Falcons scenery's along the way), was Dave Garwoods Auster J1. Man, that is another real beauty. Then I took off in England and came back to Canada in Jan's (SectionF8) NA F-86 Saber, another incredible piece of work. This community is blessed to have folks such as yourselves that give so much to this hobby. Well done all of you.
 
Hi Antony,

I am amazed! The compass resolution looks higher on your compass than the Real Air Spitfire compass! I take that to mean the your overall aircraft quality is higher than real airs spitfire!

B.T.W. How is the Tecnam p.2002 sierra coming along?:wavey:
 
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