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Upgraded Bf109g-6 uploaded!

OK, so the moral of the story is the usual late-war mess!

Can you crank out a G-2/4 air file? Maybe slightly lighter (?) and perhaps without the GM-1?

In the meantime, I've uploaded Yellow 9 of I./JG 52, which flew against the USAAF raids on Ploesti. HouseHobbit is thinking of incorporating it into his Ploesti missions.

And there's a Bulgarian G-6 of 3/6 Orliak on the way... Again, for Ploesti.
 
No problem, the hard work is done already. GM-1 is no issue either, if you need one with it in the future I'll make one with it.

Was the G-6 actually any heavier than G-2/4 when you think of the actual aircraft and not the armament? CFS3 is smart enough to calculate the weight of the guns and ammunition into the flying weight.

Calculated with the same aircraft, 300 rounds, kilograms converted into pounds from weaponry XML values by the divider of 0.4536. The "starting weights" are from the game itself.

MG131:

6355lbs for full ammunition and no fuel, minus 138.6lbs for the machine gun ammunition, minus 74.85lbs for the machine guns, minus 92.4lbs for the cannon, minus 92.2lbs for the cannon ammunition = 5957lbs for the empty aircraft.

MG17:

6231lbs for full ammunition and no fuel, minus 40.1lbs for the machine gun ammunition, minus 55.1lbs for the machine guns, minus 92.4lbs for the cannon, minus 92.2lbs for the cannon ammunition = 5951lbs for the empty aircraft.

Now, I had the empty weight set at 5893lbs so there's about 60 extra pounds in both examples but for all we know it might be CFS3 using a different conversion value between pounds and kilograms. Actually scratch that theory, I'm calculating it...

MG131:

2871kg for full ammunition and no fuel, minus 62.886kg for the machine gun ammunition, minus 33.952kg for the machine guns, minus 41.9005kg for the cannon, minus 41.811kg for the cannon ammunition = 2690.4505kg for the empty aircraft.

MG17:

2826kg for full ammunition and no fuel, minus 18.198kg for the machine gun ammunition, minus 24.9774kg for the machine guns, minus 41.9005kg for the cannon, minus 41.811kg for the cannon ammunition = 2699.1131kg for the empty aircraft.

The bottom line, something in these figures doesn't quite match (I'm still suspecting less than accurate conversions) but what does match is the relative weight of the different ammunition options compared to each other. If, and I'm not sure if it is the case, the G-2/4 was structurally the same aircraft as the G-6 you don't need a new flight model at all - changing the guns will take care of the weight difference. If it wasn't I'll naturally tweak the weight a bit.

*disclaimer: this took an hour and a half to write and the "Submit Reply" button was hit at 0005 hours, miscalculations are very possible*
 
Impressed with your thoroughness and devotion to duty! Thanks! After that, I better had do a G-2/4, hadn't I!
 
Here's a Bulgarian G-6 of 3/6 Orliak. Uploading today.

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And a first European one, based in Germany - Ofw Alfred Surau of III./JG 3 in September 1943. Unfortunately, there is no convincing way to represent the spiral on the spinner; in my opinion, it's less shocking simply to leave it off than paint something unconvincing. Can't be helped...

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ndicki said:
Here's a Bulgarian G-6 of 3/6 Orliak. Uploading today.





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And a first European one, based in Germany - Ofw Alfred Surau of III./JG 3 in September 1943. Unfortunately, there is no convincing way to represent the spiral on the spinner; in my opinion, it's less shocking simply to leave it off than paint something unconvincing. Can't be helped...
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Hi Nigel,

Very impressive Gray/Green paint sheme, what a funny brush job to do in 2048 squares !

Alain95
 
Pixel by pixel! No, it was easier than it looks. The advantage of having a good paintbox... :wavey:
 
I'm glad I'm not flying Liberators to Ploesti... Between the Huns, the Bulgarians and now the Romanians, it looks bloody dicey!

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The Romanians didn't use them. Theoretically for tropical use only - and the Finnish Air Force!
 
I just downloaded this beautiful bird,
Thank You, It is Great..
Your bf 109's are wonderful to fly, and great to crash..
OPPPS..
Thanks again for this one..
 
lewis11777 said:
Very cool, I like the blue swastikas, are those luftwaffe?
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WHAT! If Rene hears that, he'll come after you with a logging saw! They're Finnish. The swastika pre-dates the Nazi one and has nothing whatsoever to do with it at all. In fact, the Finnish Air Force still uses the swastika, not on aircraft unfortunately - a decision imposed by the Allies at the end of the War - but on such things as unit flags and medals.
 
ndicki said:
WHAT! If Rene hears that, he'll come after you with a logging saw!
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Make that one of these and we're talking. Illustrated is the very same model I had as my sidearm during my own time as an NCO and yes, it is just as sharp as it looks.

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ndicki said:
They're Finnish. The swastika pre-dates the Nazi one and has nothing whatsoever to do with it at all. In fact, the Finnish Air Force still uses the swastika, not on aircraft unfortunately - a decision imposed by the Allies at the end of the War - but on such things as unit flags and medals.
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Very true. It came to Finland from count von Rosen who presented the newly born country with a Thulin Typ D in 1918. He had painted the blue swastika on the aircraft's wings as his own lucky symbol. And then the Nazis decided to destroy it for ever... the big difference being that the Finnish swastika is always set at a straight angle. Never tilted 45 degrees.
 
One thing is for sure, it is going to be alot more dangerous in the MAW poliesti missions from now on..Geting started on the upgrade..
Bravo Nigel, Thank you very much for all of this..
:salute::salute:
 
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