Chubby but sexy.. Gannet AEW.3

[hairyspin]

I stand corrected! Must remove my Falklands-era shades, no disrespect to the Sea King guys.

 

[Daube]

Many thanks to Rob Richardson for this little gem. For some reason, I didn't like the first Gannet that he made. But this one looks better, I like it.
Small test on the French carrier Clemenceau. Notice the launch cable appearing when activating the launch assistance from FSX Acceleration
Unfortunately, the default Acceleration catapult is too strong so the plane gets too much speed. Easier, but not so realistic. I'll have to check if it can use the launch gauge from the Etendard (so that the guys on the deck give me the "go" signal, too).

 

[Flyboy208]

Fantastic screenshots Daube ! Love this aircraft Jens, looking forward to your repaint! Mike

 

[JensOle]

Great shots! They really show of the shape of the Gannet. The original textures looks good from a little distance (almost photoreal), but to me they are a bit to blurry up close.

 

[dvj]

[SUB]Chubby but sexy? Heidi Klum this is not. [/SUB]

 

[hae5904]

I'll have to check if it can use the launch gauge from the Etendard (so that the guys on the deck give me the "go" signal, too).

The RFN gauge works with every naval plane, sure makes naval flying on and off an aircraft carrier more realistic. :salute: (And will also give you the number wire you caught when trapping.)

Cheers,
Hank

 

[Daube]

But.... I got the wire number displayed when I made my landing on the carrier.... does that mean that the Gannet is already using the correct gauge ?

 

[jetstreamsky]

no, I had to add the gauge manually, works great, need to find some better sounds though.

 

[lazarus]

Great looking paint

Digressing to the AN/APS-20 for a moment. There was a data link early on in the radars life, albiet a bit cumbersome. A video camera was positioned to look at the scopes, and the image was transmitted back to a specialist recieving station on the parent ship. Given the state of the art of the day, the apparatus weighed a few thousand pounds, and had a MTBF measured in minutes at times, but was workable. The Radar itself was resonably reliable by the standards of the day, ameniable to upgrades to the TX/RX drivers, and had a tremendous power output, even by 1970's standards, and was able to burn through jamming in the hands of a skilled operator. I worked with a few Argus scope wizards back in the 70's, and was suprised at what some of the old hands could do with the box-when the electrons were warm and well fed- while newer, 'modern' solid state sets were a blizzard of strobes and snow. Some intresting reading:

http://blog.usni.org/tag/project-cadillac

Some good sounds for the chunky girl would be welcome. The exsisting ones seen to be missing some...grunt. But most of the 'Heavy' turboprop sounds don't really seem 'heavy' enough. I've been using a pack for the CV580 in the Gannets and Wyvern, which has some 'bottom' in it- modified so that the ships band strikes up 'Heart of Oak' on shutdown!

 

[jetstreamsky]

Well this video at 4 mins onwards gives an idea of the sound for a single engine run

 

[dhasdell]

Only the British could design something like that

An earlier Fairey aircraft, the Barracuda, apparently inspired an American naval aviator to comment that the "The Limeys will be building airplanes next."

 

[JensOle]

The Chubby lady has been released, enjoy!