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Flight Replicas P-40N Released [Payware}
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Beautiful work there Mike and FR Team:salute:
Hey Mike, I know you have an E in the works which is awesome. Have you considered doing the P-40Q, its sort of an oddball and probably not much info available out there on it so it likely would be difficult to research. I think Tim Conrad did one a long while ago for FS2k2. Still it is a very nice looking airplane, pretty much on par with a P-51 performance wise I think.
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Hey Mike, I know you have an E in the works which is awesome. Have you considered doing the P-40Q, its sort of an oddball and probably not much info available out there on it so it likely would be difficult to research. I think Tim Conrad did one a long while ago for FS2k2. Still it is a very nice looking airplane, pretty much on par with a P-51 performance wise I think.
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fsxar177
Long-Time Enthusiast
Beautiful work there Mike and FR Team:salute:
Hey Mike, I know you have an E in the works which is awesome. Have you considered doing the P-40Q, its sort of an oddball and probably not much info available out there on it so it likely would be difficult to research. I think Tim Conrad did one a long while ago for FS2k2. Still it is a very nice looking airplane, pretty much on par with a P-51 performance wise I think.
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Would certainly be well worth the effort, in my opinion. I'm not sure if #82 - NX300B was one of the two K's, or the modified N? nevertheless, then designated XP-40Q, Skip Ziegler squeezed into the '47 Thompson, and competed for a few laps, before having to bail out on the 13th lap of the race! I believe by then, it was the only 'Q' in existence?
- Joseph
Nice work Barnes, I found some pictures of this same aircraft and just started putting the camo together. Switching to a different paint. Really appreciate your work and posting the preview. Don't want to duplicate. A definite download once you are done.
Sorry about that Stovall - you should carry on - you will probably do it better. Im about to try and get the elevators to line up with the tail planes - its more like doing a jigsaw puzzle with this kit rather than a straight forward repaint. So much time wasted. Moan Moan moan!
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
I've been working on Chris Prevost's P-40N that is based at the Napa Valley airport, complete with its recently added shark mouth.
rgatkinson
Charter Member
Repaint - WIP
Very much enjoying this aircraft. To my mind the P-40 just looks right and fires the imagination. Congrats to all who helped to produce and test the package.
Now, here's a pic of a very early WIP. It's taken me ages to align things around the nose. Mostly due to my lack of practice but partly due to the paint-kit layout as well. But hell, I'll get there in the end - I hope.
Best regards Taff
Very much enjoying this aircraft. To my mind the P-40 just looks right and fires the imagination. Congrats to all who helped to produce and test the package.
Now, here's a pic of a very early WIP. It's taken me ages to align things around the nose. Mostly due to my lack of practice but partly due to the paint-kit layout as well. But hell, I'll get there in the end - I hope.
Best regards Taff
This is one beautiful aircraft! I'm having a blast flying this on new FTX Global with good landclasses.
I was just wondering, if N-series has the same electric aileron trim system that P-40B/C had? Clearly, this model hasn't any aileron trim dial sort of thing, but there aren't any switches in the cockpit either, at least I can't find any. Aileron trim still works from my joystick hat nicely, where I've set it in my configuration.
I was just wondering, if N-series has the same electric aileron trim system that P-40B/C had? Clearly, this model hasn't any aileron trim dial sort of thing, but there aren't any switches in the cockpit either, at least I can't find any. Aileron trim still works from my joystick hat nicely, where I've set it in my configuration.
Bradburger
Charter Member
The P-40N had just a fixed tab on one aileron that was adjusted on the ground before flight.
I think on some of the later N versions, they put back the electric aileron trim.
Cheers
Paul
I think on some of the later N versions, they put back the electric aileron trim.
Cheers
Paul
Barnes, there is no way I could do that scheme better. Again I am looking forward to your download and flying your version. I have shifted in another direction and also working to understand the paint kit. It is a really well done kit and should produce some fantastic repaints. Yours and John's are examples of this. Looking forward to all future works of art.
fsxar177
Long-Time Enthusiast
So far, very satisfied with this product!
Inside and out, a work of art! The sounds are quite good, but particularly the external set.
I have been getting most of my time in the late/lighter variants.
One thing that's standing out so far, and I may be missing something, but my max level TAS so far has been around 334-340mph, with these lighter aircraft. Even with a light load, can't seem to muster more, so I seem to fall short of the 378mph mark. Cruise speeds at cruse settings also a bit under the #'s. Any insight from the Beta team? If I make 57" up to around 9K, and run the between about 2550, and 3000 RPM...These are my maximum performance figures. Tried at 16k as well, but was making considerably less power.
- Joseph
Inside and out, a work of art! The sounds are quite good, but particularly the external set.
I have been getting most of my time in the late/lighter variants.
One thing that's standing out so far, and I may be missing something, but my max level TAS so far has been around 334-340mph, with these lighter aircraft. Even with a light load, can't seem to muster more, so I seem to fall short of the 378mph mark. Cruise speeds at cruse settings also a bit under the #'s. Any insight from the Beta team? If I make 57" up to around 9K, and run the between about 2550, and 3000 RPM...These are my maximum performance figures. Tried at 16k as well, but was making considerably less power.
- Joseph
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
MenendezDiego
Charter Member
John...you're making this very hard for me. Not only do I still need to buy those P-51's, but now a P-40? You're too good 
Amazing looking aircraft!
Amazing looking aircraft!
Very much enjoying this aircraft. To my mind the P-40 just looks right and fires the imagination. Congrats to all who helped to produce and test the package.
Now, here's a pic of a very early WIP. It's taken me ages to align things around the nose. Mostly due to my lack of practice but partly due to the paint-kit layout as well. But hell, I'll get there in the end - I hope.
Best regards Taff
Great choice Taff - keep going - it will all look good at the end! LOL
This aircraft is wonderful. I've been flying around the Solomons for the frist time after a long break again and it's really a joy! Thanks for the good work, Mike!
Cheers,
Mark
Cheers,
Mark
Performance fine tuned, will send the new files to Mike within the next few hours but I haven't found any test flight or performance table that results in any higher speed than 352mph (9000ft).
greenie
SOH-CM-2022
Love this but just one thing , if I may . I know Mike is looking for problems . The engoine sound ( which is fantastic) but I am not hearing any difference in engine sound at the top end . It sounds the same to me at 50" @ 3000rpm as it does at about 30" @ roughly 2,000rpm . Please tell me I'm wrong because the rest is totally enjoyable
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
Here's a work in progress on a depiction of Chris Prevost's P-40N. I need to align the tail number on the right side (and the tail numbers themselves should be bigger), probably increase the exhaust staining a bit, and make some new prop textures.
The aircraft today is based at the Sonoma Valley airport, with Chris Prevost's other warbirds (which includes the most spectacular F3F). The aircraft originally served in the Pacific with the 7th FS, 49th FG, and was one of a few P-40's flown by Lt. Ray Melikian, who was credited with downing three aircraft - two Zeroes and a Betty bomber, all while flying P-40's. Later, while being flown by Lt. Marion Hawke, the aircraft was substantially damaged when it collided with a P-47 while attempting to land at the Iron Range Repair Depot in Queensland, Australia. The aircraft remained abandoned at the old airfield until being recovered in 1973. The airframe passed through several hands over the years, including Charles Darby and Judy Pay. In 2000, the project was listed for sale and purchased by Chris Prevost, who then had the aircraft shipped to the Sonoma Valley airport where the restoration to airworthy began. Doing much of the work himself, over almost a decade, Chris Prevost flew the aircraft for the first time in January 2009. The aircraft was finished in the basic markings it originally carried, consisting of mainly just factory markings and the cowling number as originally applied when it served in the 7th FS, however recently a shark mouth has been applied (perhaps to coincide with another shark-mouthed P-40 which recently also now calls the Sonoma Valley airport home).
The aircraft today is based at the Sonoma Valley airport, with Chris Prevost's other warbirds (which includes the most spectacular F3F). The aircraft originally served in the Pacific with the 7th FS, 49th FG, and was one of a few P-40's flown by Lt. Ray Melikian, who was credited with downing three aircraft - two Zeroes and a Betty bomber, all while flying P-40's. Later, while being flown by Lt. Marion Hawke, the aircraft was substantially damaged when it collided with a P-47 while attempting to land at the Iron Range Repair Depot in Queensland, Australia. The aircraft remained abandoned at the old airfield until being recovered in 1973. The airframe passed through several hands over the years, including Charles Darby and Judy Pay. In 2000, the project was listed for sale and purchased by Chris Prevost, who then had the aircraft shipped to the Sonoma Valley airport where the restoration to airworthy began. Doing much of the work himself, over almost a decade, Chris Prevost flew the aircraft for the first time in January 2009. The aircraft was finished in the basic markings it originally carried, consisting of mainly just factory markings and the cowling number as originally applied when it served in the 7th FS, however recently a shark mouth has been applied (perhaps to coincide with another shark-mouthed P-40 which recently also now calls the Sonoma Valley airport home).
