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Tom@Cr1-Software

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Hello.

There are many releases coming up from Cr1-Software soon. I took over SimtechFlight Design A few years ago and with it came all the older SimTech planes I was involved with back in the Simtech days. At that time I said I would re-release the old projects in much higher-better running editions. By the end of this year with fingers crossed they will all be re-issued to the community as freeware. You will only be able to get them from the Cr1-Software Web site and I will do the same level of customer service on them as I do with my payware.

Last week I released back to the community the Rata I-16 and the Dornier Do 335Edition 1.

This week I am attempting to released back to the community the revamped Fokker Dr1 in 23 liveries. Then the Handly Page Hp 400 ww1 bomber in one livery.
Then I will release to the community the Beech 17 Edition 1 and the La7 Edition 1. The P39 Air cobra is the only model I never worked on originally and the one in the most need of a up grade. If I can't up grade it to the standards I have set for Cr1 then I will build you a brand new one for fs9 and release it to the community as freeware.
As for the Do 335 Cfs 2 Edition I can make a few adjustments to get it into Cfs2 if you think it would be worthwhile. The Fsx Do 335 is still under development and will be of extreme detail and quality and will not be freeware.

I hope this answers some of your questions.

Thank you for the privilege to post.

Tom Wood
Lead Designer.
 
Tom,

Thanks for your updates to the old Simtech birds. I just got the little Polikarpov installed for some touring about Russia.

I'm sure that the CFS 2 Faithful would definately like to have the updated Do 335 for the Senior Sim. I still use the old one in my ETO installation from time to time, but I would enjoy a new one. As you remember, the CFS 2 planes benefit greatly from a multi-res model.
 
Thanks for the input. I still have the original cfs2 files so I can re-edit them to make a far better edition of the Do335 for Cfs2. Bear with me please as this one will have to wait till the end of the fs9 revamp schedule. As I'm just a one man operation here with the occasional visitor..so it takes me a bit to get the work load done. Any liveries you think would be needed just let me know, I will do my best to do them as accurately as possible for you.


Thanks for your support!
Tom Wood
Lead Designer.
 
Thank you very much for your generosity. I look forward to trying out these classics. I downloaded the Rata I-16 and liked it. I thought the video was pretty good also.

T.
 
Much appreciated, Tom. Really enjoy flying the Do-335 (Newest Version) and the Rata. :medals: Thanks for your generosity, mate.

BB686:USA-flag:
 
Wholeheartedly I say a major thank you to you Tom for your generosity. CFS2 lives on...and on and on...:salute:
 
Thanks Tom. You've always made great stuff for FS. Still have the P-39 installed in FS9 and fly it from time to time. And your new stuff for FSX is just as I expected - great!
 
Thanks for the info, Tom. Certainly a lot to look forward to. Especially, in my case at least, the re-release of the Beech Staggerwing. Absolutely one of my all time favorites.

LA
 
Hi Tom,

I very much like the Do335 by Simtech and still fly it in CFS2. When you have time in your schedule for a Do335 update, I surely am interested. Thank you for the consideration, and for all your sim work and contributions.

Best Regards,
O
 
+1 on the staggerwing.
Just installed the original v1 last night after many months of trying to find enough free drive space, and love it.
...That is when the tailgear doesn't collapse on engine start.
;)

MANY thanks for the awesome Simtech products over the years.
 
Finally had time yesterday to try out the Do-335 and like it a lot.
One small correction required, in the interest of being correct in every sense would be to the warning decal for the ejection seat.

The word for explosive charge in German is Sprengladung ... Just a minor typo to be sure. Just thought I'd let you know for your continued work on a FSX model or possible FS9 update.

Cheers
Stefan
 
Stefan I read somewhere the Do-335 used a compressed air charge to fire the ejection seat out of the aircraft. Can't decide which device I'd rather have under my backside - several thousand pounds PSI of compressed air, or a blank 37mm charge - either one is just as unpleasant. The early marks of the F-105 used the 37mm charge in the ejection seat and as a result these caused a number of compression fractures of the spine among the aircraft's ejectees. This actually resulted in the deaths of some as they could not walk or even crawl from their parachute landing sites, or from the trees where they were snagged - the enemy wasn't anxious to pick up or care for someone who had been crippled in this manner, and as far as I know none of the returnees in 1973 suffered from this injury. The AF pararescue people did recover some of the injured, which led to the discovery of the injury pattern. Republic Aviation altered the seats after this became known and installed rocket motors instead.
 
I only went by what I saw in the current freeware model released by Tom. He has a decal placed on the seat area, but the German writing on it is "incorrect"...
I think it said something like sperr ladung which while it consists of two individual words in my native language in this combination it does not make any sense.
Another portion of the ejection system on the Do-335 were explosive bolts required to get rid of the rear prop and the upper part of the rudder.
Not sure to which of these systems the decal refers but in either case the word for explosive charge in German is Sprengladung.

It is quite possible that the decal was intended to remind the pilot to get rid of the tail and prop first before riding out of the plane on his seat. It was only the second aircraft type to have such a system, the first being a Saab. I did find a reference to it being pneumatic as well but two others that refer to an explosive charge.

The lower half of the rudder cruciform surface was also jettison able if the aircraft was intended to be bellied in.
As far as I know the Pfeil also had leading edge de-icing systems and reversible pitch on the rear prop to help with braking after landing.

As with the 262 RLM and Hitler placed demands on the design that set it back many years and instead of getting a dominating fighter or night fighter it never did amount to much.
Not that I am complaining about the overall outcome :icon_lol:

:icon29:
Stefan
 
The do335 used the ejection seat, maybe set up with a rocket system or compressed air maybe a big spring...lol boing..., they also made it so that the ejection triggered the rear section of the plane to separate and fall away so the pilot wouldnt get hit by the prop or the tail. They used explosive bolts for that.
I hope to figger out how to model that for fsx.

Tom Wood
Lead Designer.
 
The airplane epitomizes brute strength in my opinion. Putting both engines on the centerline eliminated takeoff swing in the event of an engine failure. As far as I know the engines were counter-rotating as well. Of course, this could be achieved by mounting the rear engine backwards (facing to the rear), which would still let the rear prop turn in the direction opposite to that of the front engine, thus canceling out torque. No "left-handed" and "right-handed" engines like there were with the P-38. Like the Ju-88 it had annular radiators that at first glance made one think it had radial engines. There was a two-seat night-fighter proposed and which I believe you (Stefan)alluded to in your earlier post. Even with the "toasting forks" on the wings it would have achieved great speed and proven a match for the Mosquitos.

BTW I see someone got into the water somewhere in Germany (Stuttgart?) today and defuzed a WWII British 4,000-lb cookie lying in a river bed. I can think of better things to do than cuddle one of these things while I play with its 60-year-old fuze. Quite the coincidence the U.S. bomb, also a dud, was lying virtually alongside the English one.
 
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