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F6-F aircraft

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Helldiver

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The latest issue of Flight Journal has a nice close up of a F6-F with a nice showroom shine. Just as it should be. It shows the reflection of the clouds and skyline. The wings capture the reflections of the stars and bars and the aircraft number on the fuselage.
I don't see this on Real Flight's version of the Hellcat. It has a dull satin non - reflecting finish on it.
I don't know where they ever got the hard points inboard of the landing gear to place their bombs. We had hard points out side of the landing gear.
Most common is 250 gallon centerline tank that was hard wired into the plane. The pilots could not drop it. Out board of that would be two droppable tanks of 150 gallons.
For some reason, the hatch, where the starter cartridges are stored, pops open with the cowl flaps. The frame work around the cockpit is scant in thickness.
It's pretty good for a foreigners version of the aircraft but it still needs a lot of work
 
Thanks for the review!
checks in the mail
sorry sense of humor gets the best of me
from time to time
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Helldiver said:
The latest issue of Flight Journal has a nice close up of a F6-F with a nice showroom shine. Just as it should be. It shows the reflection of the clouds and skyline. The wings capture the reflections of the stars and bars and the aircraft number on the fuselage.
I don't see this on Real Flight's version of the Hellcat. It has a dull satin non - reflecting finish on it.
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in my opion the real flight hellcat is overly shiny, i know the late hellcats where painting in gloss, and might have been kept spick and span on some ships, but in all the photos i've seen they've all got a reflitivly mat finish.

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Like any aircraft of that type, they come out of the paint shop with specular shines and after a while being exposed to the sun and elements they oxidize into more of a matte finish. I used to work in a aircraft paint shop for a year many moons ago and saw the different degrees by which finishes were affected in this manner. After that, I became heavily involved in fine scale plastic modeling/airbrushing and found myself in many discussions on how to model certain paint effects onto the model subject and properly weather it. More or less the same when it comes to painting these FS models. How much of which stage of the paint's life do you want to model in?
 
Just a comment..sometimes we forget that most of the textures and effects applied to a given model are limited to sim´s engine..in this case, FSX is a huge leap forward in comparison with FS9, but it does have it´s limits, and it fails miserably trying to represent REAL LIFE effects, but is stellar in giving a very close rendition...
Prowler
 
For one thing your talking about pre 1944 three toned paint jobs.
The U.S. Navy found that he aircraft's speed went up with a shiny surface. I'm taking about the all blue surfaces.
As far as exposure, the aircraft's life would be three to six months and it went back into A&R for reconditioning.
I was stationed in Florida where the sun is merciless. You never saw a dull paint job on a Hellcat sitting around anywhere. Nor did I ever see them on the carrier.
 
I visited your town a few weeks ago Bob. We stayed in Peabody and visited Salem, Newburyport, Gloucester, and Rockport. Had a good time in spite of soggy weather.

Jim
 
I lived in West Peabody for 26 years. I was raised in Salem and Beverly. You were here at the worst of the summer. Summer happened this week and right now it's 86 degrees and sunny.
 
Helldiver said:

I don't know where they ever got the hard points inboard of the landing gear to place their bombs. We had hard points out side of the landing gear.
Most common is 250 gallon centerline tank that was hard wired into the plane. The pilots could not drop it. Out board of that would be two droppable tanks of 150 gallons.
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Are you so sure about this?

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They clearly look like they are inside of the wheel well.
 
I've seen a coupla hundred Hellcats and started up probably a hundred or so but there's always something I never saw before. I never saw bombs mounted that way and it would take some doing to tie into the wing spar. It certainly was not popular with the troops.
Chief, when you were in Newburyport did you visit Plum Island airport?
 
Helldiver said:
I've seen a coupla hundred Hellcats and started up probably a hundred or so but there's always something I never saw before. I never saw bombs mounted that way and it would take some doing to tie into the wing spar. It certainly was not popular with the troops.
Chief, when you were in Newburyport did you visit Plum Island airport?
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There were lift points there for jacks, and the bomb mounts bolted into the jack points. It was standard on all F6F's, but they served more of a fighter roll then ground support, so I can see it not being used often for bombs, but it was used often for drop tanks to extend range.
 
Chris H said:
So this comment doesn't irk anyone else? :mad:
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only by the definition of foreigner
i believe us Brits had a version
maybe he meant Portuguese?
no disrespect there either
as i stated
one must have a sense of humor
or just bang your head on a wall
H:kilroy::kilroy:
 
Helldiver said:
I've seen a coupla hundred Hellcats and started up probably a hundred or so but there's always something I never saw before. I never saw bombs mounted that way and it would take some doing to tie into the wing spar. It certainly was not popular with the troops.
Chief, when you were in Newburyport did you visit Plum Island airport?
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No, I regret that I didn't get to the Plum Island airport. I did see signs though. :)

Jim
 
Some good info and pretty pics but has anyone actually flown the Real Flight F6 yet? Comparisons to A2A and other warbirds? Performance,sounds?

I am either getting this one or the F-102 that just came out.
I left behind all my cold war era jets with FS9 so I am puliin towards the Delta.
 
JIMJAM said:
Some good info and pretty pics but has anyone actually flown the Real Flight F6 yet? Comparisons to A2A and other warbirds? Performance,sounds?

I am either getting this one or the F-102 that just came out.
I left behind all my cold war era jets with FS9 so I am puliin towards the Delta.
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I have the Real Flight Hellcat and am 100% satisfied and I am pretty hard to please.
 
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