FM-1 Wildcat by Captain Kurt
This is a new model of the GM FM-1 Wildcat for CFS 2.
Grumman's Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat, but General Motors continued producing Wildcats for both US Navy and Fleet Air Arm use. From 1943 onward, Wildcats were primarily assigned to escort carriers ("jeep carriers") as larger fighters such as the Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair were needed aboard fleet carriers, and the Wildcat's slower landing speed made it more suitable for shorter flight decks. At first, GM produced the FM-1. The FM-1 was very similar to the F4F-4. It had the same folding wing, used a 1200 HP Pratt & Whitney R-1830-86 air cooled radial engine. The only major change was that the six guns of the F4F-4 were reduced to four .50 caliber Browning M2 machine guns. The ammunition per gun was increased from 240 rounds in the F4F-4 up to 430 rounds in the FM-1. This was done in response to requests from navy pilots, who preferred the longer firing time provided by the four gun configuration, (originally used in the F4F-3). Production later switched to the improved FM-2 (based on Grumman's XF4F-8 prototype) optimized for small-carrier operations, with a more powerful engine, and a taller tail to cope with the torque.
The first FM-1 flew on 31 August 1942. 838 were supplied to the USN and the British received 312 FM-1s as the Martlet V in 1942/43 and 340 FM-2s as the Wildcat VI. In January 1944, the FAA dropped the Martlet name and the type was designated as the "Wildcat V."
The texture supplied is: "wht E10" 15392 A trainer operating from NAS Norman, Oklahoma for much of the War.
To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.
Credits
Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tanks, bomb racks, VC, most paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
Shessi: Pilot figure
Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Microsoft: Gauges and .air file
AliCat: Oxygen meter gauge
UncleTgt: External textures
This file and all it contains is FREEWARE only and may not be posted on sites where a fee is required nor may it be included in any commercial package.
I welcome any comments, repaints, panel re-do, use in freeware missions and campaigns, DP edits, etc. Please just keep the credits intact and let me what you've done so I can enjoy your work too. kschwabauer@outlook.com
Cheers
Captain Kurt
Uploaded to SOH by
UncleTgt
SEP 2023
This is a new model of the GM FM-1 Wildcat for CFS 2.
Grumman's Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat, but General Motors continued producing Wildcats for both US Navy and Fleet Air Arm use. From 1943 onward, Wildcats were primarily assigned to escort carriers ("jeep carriers") as larger fighters such as the Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair were needed aboard fleet carriers, and the Wildcat's slower landing speed made it more suitable for shorter flight decks. At first, GM produced the FM-1. The FM-1 was very similar to the F4F-4. It had the same folding wing, used a 1200 HP Pratt & Whitney R-1830-86 air cooled radial engine. The only major change was that the six guns of the F4F-4 were reduced to four .50 caliber Browning M2 machine guns. The ammunition per gun was increased from 240 rounds in the F4F-4 up to 430 rounds in the FM-1. This was done in response to requests from navy pilots, who preferred the longer firing time provided by the four gun configuration, (originally used in the F4F-3). Production later switched to the improved FM-2 (based on Grumman's XF4F-8 prototype) optimized for small-carrier operations, with a more powerful engine, and a taller tail to cope with the torque.
The first FM-1 flew on 31 August 1942. 838 were supplied to the USN and the British received 312 FM-1s as the Martlet V in 1942/43 and 340 FM-2s as the Wildcat VI. In January 1944, the FAA dropped the Martlet name and the type was designated as the "Wildcat V."
The texture supplied is: "wht E10" 15392 A trainer operating from NAS Norman, Oklahoma for much of the War.
To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.
Credits
Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, drop tanks, bomb racks, VC, most paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
Shessi: Pilot figure
Morton: 2D F4F instrument panel modified
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Microsoft: Gauges and .air file
AliCat: Oxygen meter gauge
UncleTgt: External textures
This file and all it contains is FREEWARE only and may not be posted on sites where a fee is required nor may it be included in any commercial package.
I welcome any comments, repaints, panel re-do, use in freeware missions and campaigns, DP edits, etc. Please just keep the credits intact and let me what you've done so I can enjoy your work too. kschwabauer@outlook.com
Cheers
Captain Kurt
Uploaded to SOH by
UncleTgt
SEP 2023
