CFS3 Reggiane 2000
CFS3 - V2.83.59
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
All the planes 1% listed for download are qualified for use in our AvHistory William Tell Meet Air Combat Ladder. For information and to get the sign up sheet for the ladder please go to the LINKS section at http://www.avhistory.org
CFS3 Reggiane 2000
This aircraft was built by Bill "SPITFRND" Wilson using version 2.83.59 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. It is based on the 3D model created by and painted by Corrado La Posta. Please see the original readme file for more information.
Corrado painted this plane in the represent the red 5 aircraft assigned to the 377a Sq., 23° Gr. C.T. based in Sicily in August 1941. Squadron 277 was formed out of Squadron 74 with consisted of just 6 Re 2000s. Squadron 277 was stationed at Comiso, later moved to Trapani-Milo, both in Silicy. Sq. 277 had as an emblem the owl on the moon in the red triangle. There were a number of different camos in this squadron. In particular the cowlings painted in different colors for the different sections (4 planes each), black, yellow, white, half-yellow, half-white, and according to some sources red.
The Reggiane 2000 was designed in 1938 by Roberto Longhi in reponse to the Italian air force (Regia Aeronautica) quest for a new mono wing fighter. Longhi had been lured back to Italy from the US aircraft industry and the design was influenced considerably by the Seversky P-35. The engine was also derived from the same plane, as a license-built version of the Pratt & Whitney.
The first protype flew in 1939. The Re 2000 was quite manuveral and mild mannered with no real handling vices. In mock combat, the aircraft was found to be superior to the Bf 109E in air combat in all respects except the dive. Nonetheless, it suffered from early structural deficiencies and it lost out in competition to the Macchi C.200. While Italy only ordered a small number of the initial production, other nations showed interest and it was sold in greater numbers to Sweden and Hungary. Even Britain had a pending order for 300 when the war broke out.
The Reggiane 2000 was finally adopted for "operational testing" by Regia Aeronautica in 1941. It was first used by the "Sezione Sperimentale Reggiane", within 74a Squadriglia (23° Gr., 3° St. C.T.) based in Sicily and formed to test the aircraft. This unit was disbanded to become the 277a Sq., still within 23° Gr. C.T. The 277a Sq. was primarily engaged in convoy escort and naval reconnaissance and fighter duties and ground attack over Malta.
The initial Re 2000s were supplimented with the Grande Autonomia (GA) version. The GA version featured an extra fuel tank in the fuselage, improving the already good range, and an all-metal "hump" shaped to improve rear vision in place of the rear cockpit windows. It also adopted the improved P.IX Bis engine.
The Re 2000 suffered from its inferior armament and relative vulnerability to hostile file. It carried an armament of 2 x 12.7 mm Breda_SAFAT machine guns mounted in the nose and a small bombload under the wings.
The Reggiane 2000 Falco also spawned a number of more successful offspring, including the Re 2001/2002 and the Re 2005 Sagittario. Some Re 2000s were modified for naval capabilities (with provison for folding wings, hook, etc...).
The preceding text includes original and edited material provided by Bill Wilson from the following sources: Aircraft of WWII, Steward Wilson; The Hamlyn Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of WW II, David Mondey; The Illustrated Directory of Fighters, Mike Spick; and Isloliti4gatti, http://www.isoliti4gatti.com/.
CFS3 - V2.83.59
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
All the planes 1% listed for download are qualified for use in our AvHistory William Tell Meet Air Combat Ladder. For information and to get the sign up sheet for the ladder please go to the LINKS section at http://www.avhistory.org
CFS3 Reggiane 2000
This aircraft was built by Bill "SPITFRND" Wilson using version 2.83.59 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. It is based on the 3D model created by and painted by Corrado La Posta. Please see the original readme file for more information.
Corrado painted this plane in the represent the red 5 aircraft assigned to the 377a Sq., 23° Gr. C.T. based in Sicily in August 1941. Squadron 277 was formed out of Squadron 74 with consisted of just 6 Re 2000s. Squadron 277 was stationed at Comiso, later moved to Trapani-Milo, both in Silicy. Sq. 277 had as an emblem the owl on the moon in the red triangle. There were a number of different camos in this squadron. In particular the cowlings painted in different colors for the different sections (4 planes each), black, yellow, white, half-yellow, half-white, and according to some sources red.
The Reggiane 2000 was designed in 1938 by Roberto Longhi in reponse to the Italian air force (Regia Aeronautica) quest for a new mono wing fighter. Longhi had been lured back to Italy from the US aircraft industry and the design was influenced considerably by the Seversky P-35. The engine was also derived from the same plane, as a license-built version of the Pratt & Whitney.
The first protype flew in 1939. The Re 2000 was quite manuveral and mild mannered with no real handling vices. In mock combat, the aircraft was found to be superior to the Bf 109E in air combat in all respects except the dive. Nonetheless, it suffered from early structural deficiencies and it lost out in competition to the Macchi C.200. While Italy only ordered a small number of the initial production, other nations showed interest and it was sold in greater numbers to Sweden and Hungary. Even Britain had a pending order for 300 when the war broke out.
The Reggiane 2000 was finally adopted for "operational testing" by Regia Aeronautica in 1941. It was first used by the "Sezione Sperimentale Reggiane", within 74a Squadriglia (23° Gr., 3° St. C.T.) based in Sicily and formed to test the aircraft. This unit was disbanded to become the 277a Sq., still within 23° Gr. C.T. The 277a Sq. was primarily engaged in convoy escort and naval reconnaissance and fighter duties and ground attack over Malta.
The initial Re 2000s were supplimented with the Grande Autonomia (GA) version. The GA version featured an extra fuel tank in the fuselage, improving the already good range, and an all-metal "hump" shaped to improve rear vision in place of the rear cockpit windows. It also adopted the improved P.IX Bis engine.
The Re 2000 suffered from its inferior armament and relative vulnerability to hostile file. It carried an armament of 2 x 12.7 mm Breda_SAFAT machine guns mounted in the nose and a small bombload under the wings.
The Reggiane 2000 Falco also spawned a number of more successful offspring, including the Re 2001/2002 and the Re 2005 Sagittario. Some Re 2000s were modified for naval capabilities (with provison for folding wings, hook, etc...).
The preceding text includes original and edited material provided by Bill Wilson from the following sources: Aircraft of WWII, Steward Wilson; The Hamlyn Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of WW II, David Mondey; The Illustrated Directory of Fighters, Mike Spick; and Isloliti4gatti, http://www.isoliti4gatti.com/.
