1918 Sopwith T1 Cuckoo, Torpedo Biplane
This model is for use with Microsoft Flight Sim 2004 and was made using Abacus Flight Sim Design Studio v2.24. A version for CFS2 is also available.
The Cuckoo was designed towards the end of the Great War and much of its potential was not utilised. It has been suggested that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour during WW2 was based around the British attack of the Italian Fleet in Taranto the previous year. However, the Royal Navy Grand Fleet had a plan to attack the German High Seas Fleet at harbour, the planned date being overtaken by the signing of the Great War armistice, and many suggest this was the actual plan that formed the basis of the Japanese attack years later. The plan called for 121 Cuckoos to attack the Fleet, the aircraft being carrier based. It is unknown how successful this undertaking would have been but with the aircraft carrying no guns, just one torpedo, it would have been an eventful attack for the pilots! Without its torpedo the Cuckoo was quite an agile aircraft and capable of competing with many of the current fighters.. it needed to be.
This is a multi res model, and includes the following parts:
Fully animated surfaces
Breaking parts
Rolling wheels
Folding wings (SHIFT + F operates in on my set up, may be slightly different on others)
Animated pilots head and scarf
Moving controls in virtual cockpit
Multi resolution torpedo included
Two colour schemes
My thanks go out to James Banks for the excellent work with the conversion of the airfile and config for this sim.
By Stuart Green
This model is for use with Microsoft Flight Sim 2004 and was made using Abacus Flight Sim Design Studio v2.24. A version for CFS2 is also available.
The Cuckoo was designed towards the end of the Great War and much of its potential was not utilised. It has been suggested that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour during WW2 was based around the British attack of the Italian Fleet in Taranto the previous year. However, the Royal Navy Grand Fleet had a plan to attack the German High Seas Fleet at harbour, the planned date being overtaken by the signing of the Great War armistice, and many suggest this was the actual plan that formed the basis of the Japanese attack years later. The plan called for 121 Cuckoos to attack the Fleet, the aircraft being carrier based. It is unknown how successful this undertaking would have been but with the aircraft carrying no guns, just one torpedo, it would have been an eventful attack for the pilots! Without its torpedo the Cuckoo was quite an agile aircraft and capable of competing with many of the current fighters.. it needed to be.
This is a multi res model, and includes the following parts:
Fully animated surfaces
Breaking parts
Rolling wheels
Folding wings (SHIFT + F operates in on my set up, may be slightly different on others)
Animated pilots head and scarf
Moving controls in virtual cockpit
Multi resolution torpedo included
Two colour schemes
My thanks go out to James Banks for the excellent work with the conversion of the airfile and config for this sim.
By Stuart Green
