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D4Y Suisei

wolfi

SOH-CM-2025
Here is a first image from a “fuselage and wings animation” test flight. So far, everything works as it should. My big question is, was the center gear retractable or not, the drawings I have are not clear with it (the drawings show a plane with non-retractable Center gear) but there are inflight pictures with retracted c-gear also with fixed c-gear, that’s a bit confusing. It seems that this plane has a lot of different builds with different setups like the German ME109
So far, the fuselage, wings, landing gear and Bombay are ready. Also, the breaking parts and textures are done. The aircraft setup will allow to easy replace the engine with a later radial engine.
The canopy parts are still not ready and not textured. The cockpit will be the next great challenge to do.
wolfi
 

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Looking good so far Wolfi:ernaehrung004:
Also nice to hear you've one eye on the development of the airframe (radial engined D4Y2 etc.)

:monkies:
 
ASAP :untroubled: - but it will still take some time! I’m fortunately on Vacation now, so I can work the next two weeks on it daily (isn’t it scary? There is probably only one summer vacation left next year, before I got retired in 2024)

wolfi

here are a few more testflight pictures
 

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The outer aircraft is ready, inclusive the “birdcage” Canopy, I just started with the Cockpit. I added a simple Trainer paint to the aircraft.

There will be a Player and a AI version of this aircraft with different animations.
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a little update, the upper panel is ready but not textured, the guns are from another old project but fit perfect to the cockpit

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Just a question Did CFS2 have an “Inclinometer” Gauge? Like the picture below from a “game” aircraft

wolfi
 

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Wolfi,

Looking forward to this aircraft.

Can you repaint the stock gauge in the A6M2_Zero?

Andrew
 

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