A2A Simulations P-47 Video Teaser and a few screens

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Lewis-A2A

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Hello Ladies and Gents,

Hope you are all in the party spirit and not getting too excited with a certain liquid drug :friday:

Anyway to help celebrate here is a quick vid showing just some of the WIP features of the new razorback.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vv1pRSuC7Ys&feature=channel_page
Watch in HIGH DEFINITION
 (Once the YouTube video comes up, click on Watch in HD, then the FULL SCREEN icon)

Ive added a few screenies to the post as well.



Have a happy new year and dont party to hard!

Heres to a wonderful '09 of simming innovations!:ernae:



 
That video is something...I like the first part with the pilots hands and arms moving....nice touch. I just have one complaint. You need to send me a copy of her ASAP so I can really test it out:icon_lol:
 
Outstanding video. I love the sounds with the canopy open. Can't wait :jump:
 
She is looking very sharp, and the new features sound very interesting. I am definitely looking forward to its release!

If I could add a small criticism, she should have some steel on her belly though. :)
 
Bomber, that steel plate is unique to that bird, prolly a new repair on that bolt. Im fac yt looking at it, it is not standard at all and looks like a mash up to get something workable there.
 
Well you are talking about the most accurately restored P-47 on the planet (it is far from being a 'mash up' - years of research and attention to detail went into that particular restoration), and it is more than just one plate - most of the belly is made up of steel plate. It is actually rather common knowledge that the P-47 had quite a bit of steel plate lining the bottom of the aircraft, so I am surprised not to see it. Though not that big of a deal, it also wouldn't be that hard to add.

If I do get it, I can of course just add it in myself. :)
 
Bomber, all I can see is the most accurately restored Bubbletop, not Razorback. Photos from the era rather doesn't show that plate on Razorbacks and I could find a half dozen of Bubbletops without it either. I tend to Lewis: a repair, maybe even common but not mandatory. Let's wait for ICDP - the (self) rivet counter and painter in one person.

BTW, Happy New Year

regards
ROB
 
Frankly I am taken back by hearing this...like the Mustang and P-38 and other American aircraft of the time, stainless steel was required, a construction order, to be placed over the alclad aluminum in regions surrounding and just behind the exhaust, where the temperatures were in excess. In the case of the P-47, this stretched from the panels just behind the engine exhaust all the way back and around the turbo-supercharger exhaust, and out slightly onto the wings. Whether it was the razorback P-47D or the bubbletop, they were both produced identically. Calling it a repair is just the easy way to try and explain it away - having it not show up in old photos makes a lot of sense, because they are often hard to make out anyway, and the panels in question aren't always so dark - I really didn't mean for it to go this far, and it doesn't matter really what is done - some panel darkening isn't going to change much, I just thought it might provoke some reasoning, but it is not the reasoning I had expected to hear. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
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I have spent some considerable time researching P-47s, so I just can't help it, though I will not continue on this any more. To me, when I do any P-47 repaints, these steel plates actually add some character I think. I am looking forward to seeing some large screenshots of the cockpit, and experiencing the new features!
 
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