Fairey Firefly

Really looking great Doug! The wing fold animation looks spot on. That is not an easy fold to animate....when Baldy did his CFS2 version, he said that getting the wing fold animation was the hardest part...and he had a fair number of models under his belt before doing the Firefly.

OBIO
 
Nice throaty sounds and very cool animations for the flaps. Now I can see why we don't have too many of these planes in FS.

WH
 
Looking Great Doug :applause:, by the way, what paint scheme are you planning to the Firefly?, any chance it being the one from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum :icon_lol:
 
Fnerg, I read the whole thread. You're amazing. Your first airplane. You kidding?

You're doing an outstanding bit of work. Nice to see it happen from conception.

And, like all the others watching you progress, I'm excited!

Please take your time.

After watching your 2nd video..life is in your hands. The animations flow so smooth.

And the sounds are really making it come alive! :applause:
 
WOW!!! :applause::applause::applause: Very nice Doug. My first model was a box with wings. Your Firefly is an outstanding work in progress and those sounds are superb!

Looking forward to this "magnificiant beast".

BB686:USA-flag:
 
Doug,

First, OUTSTANDING model!! The animations are great. The only request I would make is to separate the front and rear canopy operations to two exits not one linked animation. This is an awesome project! You've done a wonderful job with this. The last video looked and sounded so real! Thanks for your hard work.

Dave

I stand corrected on the aft canopy!!! I had thought it wrong but I was wrong!!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cana...97068/L/&sid=09c66ff39781ebc3b9c054baab43a6f3

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK--...69309/L/&sid=09c66ff39781ebc3b9c054baab43a6f3
 
I hope that the following comment is helpful.

I understood, and I could be wrong, that the rear seater canopy only opens on the port side, from the centreline top (as shown in the animation) outwards and downwards to port canopy cill. The present 'clamshell' effect shown in the animation might be incorrect?
 
You might be correct Hobby as I have my suspicions about this too. I've only seen a couple photos where one window is open, I've never actually seen both sides opened. From my visits to the Mk IV at the Warplane Heritage Museum, I've only been able to observe the latches. Still doesn't confirm if both sides open or not. I'm just now waiting on a reply from a Firefly mechanic in Australia, perhaps he can fill me in on this and a couple other things. Cheers.
 
Wow WH those are awesome! The first illustration, the flaps, that's the gold stuff right there! :applause::jump: Thanks.
 
We must now wait for Australia!

The photos I have do show a mounting step for the rear cockpit sticking out of the port fuselage just below the rear cockpit. I can find no photo which clearly shows a similar step on the stb'd side.

However your Australian contact should not only provide the answer but also possibly a photo or drawing illustrating whether the rear cockpit canopy opened like a clamshell or just to port. It may be that normal practice when the acft was on the ground or deck was to open the port rear canopy but if one had to bail out perhaps the canopy was opened like a clam - think about the radio op having to leave the acft should it have to ditch due to a faulty catapult launch or a failure to 'trap' a wire and going over the side.
 
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