Grumman Hellcat
F6F-5 VBF-87
CFS3 - V4.00.168
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
Gregory Pierson's Version 4.0 first released in August 2006 represents a complete update of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line Process (1%ALP). Compared to our previous efforts, 4.0 is an order of magnitude improvement and a closer step towards our goal of producing aircraft that perform within 1% of the real aircraft. For additional info on Version-4 flight packages see the included AvHistory - Version-4 1%ALP text file.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. No skins for AvHistory aircraft, other then those based on stock MS CFS3 visuals, maybe offered for download with our written permission.
Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
F6F-5 HELLCAT
VBF-87 - Pacific
This aircraft was built by GregoryP using version 4.00.168 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. It is based on the outstanding F6F-5 visual created by Anthony GRAMPS Sullenger.
Nigel 'ndicki' Dickinson created the VBF-87 which flew from the USS Ticonderoga in May 1945. THis aircraft was the 10,000th Hellcat built by the Grumman Aircraft Company
The "O-1 Driver" effects team installed the lights & exhaust flames.
In early May, 1945 the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV14), the Big T, stood out to sea off Pearl Harbor and shaped a course to the war zone in the western Pacific. Aboard was the 10,000th Hellcat fighter built assigned Air Group 87. After a short stop at Ulithi atoll in the western Caroline Islands, to join Task Force 38.4, It transited to Okinawa, where VBF-87 first tasted combat.
When Okinawa had been secured they moved offshore from the Japanese home islands, where they remained, making frequent strikes against airfields and anything that moved. After the atomic bombs were dropped and the surrender signed, the Ticonderoga entered Tokyo Bay to join the Battleship USS Missouri.
Much has been made of the Corsair's 20 mph speed advantage over the Hellcat, thing is late in the war, Grumman was given an F4U to test, and Chance Vought an F6F. Grumman discovered that, in side by side flight, although their airspeeds were identical, the F4U was reading 20 mph faster! The reason? The airspeed sensors were placed differently on the two aircraft.
Grumman came up with an F6F-6 late in the war, which outperformed the Corsair, but it was never put into production because the great F8F "Bearcat" was nearly ready, and it was decided not to change the production line for what would be a very brief run.
Few variants because the standard version was so successful. Grumman produced 7,868 units beginning in April 1944. Credited with 5,156 air-to-air kills (over 75% of all USN).
F6F-5 VBF-87
CFS3 - V4.00.168
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
Gregory Pierson's Version 4.0 first released in August 2006 represents a complete update of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line Process (1%ALP). Compared to our previous efforts, 4.0 is an order of magnitude improvement and a closer step towards our goal of producing aircraft that perform within 1% of the real aircraft. For additional info on Version-4 flight packages see the included AvHistory - Version-4 1%ALP text file.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. No skins for AvHistory aircraft, other then those based on stock MS CFS3 visuals, maybe offered for download with our written permission.
Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
F6F-5 HELLCAT
VBF-87 - Pacific
This aircraft was built by GregoryP using version 4.00.168 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. It is based on the outstanding F6F-5 visual created by Anthony GRAMPS Sullenger.
Nigel 'ndicki' Dickinson created the VBF-87 which flew from the USS Ticonderoga in May 1945. THis aircraft was the 10,000th Hellcat built by the Grumman Aircraft Company
The "O-1 Driver" effects team installed the lights & exhaust flames.
In early May, 1945 the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV14), the Big T, stood out to sea off Pearl Harbor and shaped a course to the war zone in the western Pacific. Aboard was the 10,000th Hellcat fighter built assigned Air Group 87. After a short stop at Ulithi atoll in the western Caroline Islands, to join Task Force 38.4, It transited to Okinawa, where VBF-87 first tasted combat.
When Okinawa had been secured they moved offshore from the Japanese home islands, where they remained, making frequent strikes against airfields and anything that moved. After the atomic bombs were dropped and the surrender signed, the Ticonderoga entered Tokyo Bay to join the Battleship USS Missouri.
Much has been made of the Corsair's 20 mph speed advantage over the Hellcat, thing is late in the war, Grumman was given an F4U to test, and Chance Vought an F6F. Grumman discovered that, in side by side flight, although their airspeeds were identical, the F4U was reading 20 mph faster! The reason? The airspeed sensors were placed differently on the two aircraft.
Grumman came up with an F6F-6 late in the war, which outperformed the Corsair, but it was never put into production because the great F8F "Bearcat" was nearly ready, and it was decided not to change the production line for what would be a very brief run.
Few variants because the standard version was so successful. Grumman produced 7,868 units beginning in April 1944. Credited with 5,156 air-to-air kills (over 75% of all USN).
