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FM-2 Wildcat released by Allen!

Unc,
There you go with that whip again. I'm starting to feel like Al Pacino in the Godfather III, "Everytime I try to get out, they pull me back in". I reserve the "right" to do this one. Any and all others are yours. No promises on how soon. We'll just have to see what happens.
Bob
 

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Bub,

The field is clear, I'm up to my neck in lots of other stuff ATM. :untroubled::bee:

Hint - Would really like some more Okinawa/ Sakishima FM-2s :mixed-smiley-010:
 
Thank you Rami and Bub ! That's a nice addition to our plane collection, this bird will perfectly fit taking off from the deck of CVEs ! :applause:
 
Unc,
Ok, ok, you got me. Send me a profile or a picture and we'll see what we can do.
Bob

Roxanne,
Make sure you get the catapult feature. Makes taking off from the CVE's a lot easier.
 
Bob knows I wasn't disparaging his painting skills.
I was his researcher on some of his FAA Wildcat work for the Overhauled Stock F4F, so I know what an accomplished skinner he is, even if he doesn't.

The post was merely a reflection on how quickly UT can be at turning them out once he starts!
 
Been way from things for a while. Too much Zelda: Twilight Princess...

Anyway.... Some messing around with the blank I made for the Tri-Color and made it into a Far East Fleet Wilcat VI.
 
Ian,
First, thank you for the compliment. I appreciate it. Second, I took no offense to what was said in your post. I completely understood where you were coming from and what you meant. Third, I do tend to downplay what I do. The spray cans and masking tape is an example of interjecting a little levity. Sometimes I think we tend to be a little to serious in here. As you know, my avatar is example of that. That being said, thank you again. And, if you have any information on the Wildcat VI's that our "Uncle" is referring to, please send it along. I'm assuming that you still have my email address.
As always, Cheers,
Bob
 
I have noticed when I extend it, the tail hook actually comes completely off of the end of the plane.

Otherwise, it is a very welcome edition.
 
Well done allen and bub!!!!

Outstanding work. Just loaded her up and took a few test flights and a couple of QC flights. Easy to handle and land. And lethal to the opponent. Another great AC from your workshop!
 
BoeingvsAirbusNKL said:
I have noticed when I extend it, the tail hook actually comes completely off of the end of the plane.

Otherwise, it is a very welcome edition.
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:censored: run on animation error... I fix it and edit the uploaded. I post about that the fix has been done in this thread as well.

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Screen of the Far East Fleet Wilcat VI. Somthing about the Insignias seem off but I'm doing this as shown...

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I think that was used to keep them form getting shotdown. some of the others know more about the BPF. Could have also been an Aussie or maybe a Kiwi. That is purely a guess.
 
Hi Allen,

Looks fine to me. The profile you're working from has the outer white roundel rings a little too wide, I would make them thinner outlines.

The story of their development may help you understand the strange appearance:

In the Indian Ocean/CBI the UK learnt to eliminate the red colour from roundels or fin flashes quite quickly. They replaced them by overpainting the red with white, or extending the blue to leave a small dot of white in the centre. This produced a lot of variations in appearance. Later still, sometimes they reduced the size of insignia to half the size carried in the ETO or MTO, thus producing aircraft with "small" roundels. All of the FAA aircraft were in 2 colour camouflage, so the roundels still stood out against the grey, green & sky blue.

Then c. January 1945, the US lend lease aircraft supplied started arriving in theatre painted in overall Gloss Sea Blue, & the blue roundels became difficult to make out against the aircraft colour, looking like tiny white spots from a distance. So the Eastern Fleet (Indian Ocean) started to introduce a thin white outline to the roundels, just to improve the definition against the Gloss Sea Blue paint of the aircraft. It's something unique to this theatre & timeframe (JAN '45 onwards).

The attached is depicting an F6F Hellcat, but it illustrates the proportions quite well, especially if you compare it with ETO roundel sizes & proportions.
 
BoeingvsAirbusNKL said:
I have noticed when I extend it, the tail hook actually comes completely off of the end of the plane.
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Here's what I mean.
 

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Soon as you said there was a tailhook error I knew what it was. The tailhook is user animated from key 0 to 100 but it has an error with aircraft that use key 0 to 200 animations. Key 0 is landing gear up and 100 is gear down (also many other user animated parts as use key 0 to 100), 100 to 200 is for laning gear compression (gear moving up and down while taking off from rough land).

I had to add a index to the tailhook at 200 for all of the LODs and the prob was fixed.

Anyway. Updated BPF Wilcat VI.

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As dasuto247 asked. Yes I did edit the airfile but maybe it not quite FM-2 enough so I will be doing another update.

The only thing related to the airfile that wasn't in the pilots manual was the prop gear ratio but I did find it at http://www.enginehistory.org/Dataplates/Cyclone9/Cyclone9Dataplates.shtml It has a data plate of a R-1820-56 from a FM-2.

I droped the prop gear ratio and it had the right effects and done something I have never see before. I get not only better range using warp but a lot more range using warp. NEVER seen this before. I get a range of 849 miles if the player flew the whole way but warp is giving me a range of 1,173 miles. Range is from the 117 gal internal tank only. The 2 stock 58 gall drop tanks should just about double this.
 
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