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Fokker S.14 Machtrainer

PhantomTweak said:
That was always a dream of all the maintenance guys I knew/worked with. The engineers who designed American planes, generally, didn't think about maintenance at all. They made their design, and assumed the plane would continue to function, the way they designed it, forever. Since maintenance was never consulted during the design phase, it led to some real interesting situations, both in the hangar, and at the I-Level (intermediate level maintenance). After all, what did all those guys with dirt under their finger-nails knew?? They weren't ENGINEERS, so they had no right to input to the plane's design, right?

But, as we used to say, College education to break 'em, high school education to fix 'em. Seems a bit bass-ackwards, don't it?

One notable exception, and it may be because the original designers were British, was the Harrier. When they were bringing it to the US forces, a huge number of design changes were made. My Father-in-Law was part of the team working on it, after he got out of the Navy, and he was an experienced maintainer, and Maintenance Chief. He recommended, and got through, a number of changes, making maintenance much easier over-all. He wasn't the only one performing in this role, either. There was a surprisingly large number of similarly skilled persons filling similar roles in the various Maintenance disciplines.
I've been told it's a dream, over-all, to work on.

Obviously, S.14 Machtrainer was designed in a similar vein! Good indeed!

Have fun. Looking forward to seeing this plane come out :)
Pat☺
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Nice to read your post Pat!

What I've always been wondering is the engine configuration of the BAC Lightning. I keep recalling the legend that, when the upper engine needed replacement, the lower had to be removed as well. Though I don't know if that's true.

I remember a F-86K pilot complimenting the US (cockpit) designs. Apparently they were much more spacious than the British ones.

Interesting, as a side note, is that I just keep comparing this Machtrainer and the Hawker Hunter. Somehow they look the same for me.:dizzy:
 
Dutcheeseblend said:
Modelled most parts of the MLG wheel bay structure.


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And after the modelling, the texture wrapping has to be done following by texturing........ Still a long way to go!
But so far it looks pretty nice!


Cheers,
Huub
 
I remember a F-86K pilot complimenting the US (cockpit) designs. Apparently they were much more spacious than the British ones.
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I am not very familiar with British planes, other than the Harrier, so I can't really say for sure, but the US cockpits are designed around the "average" pilot. Thus, they're crowded for the big guys, and the little guys need to run the seat all the way up to be able to see out.
The pilot size seems to be limited by the ejection seat's capability, actually. Too heavy, or too light, and the seat won't work properly. They just have to try and live with the rest of the cockpit.

What I've always been wondering is the engine configuration of the BAC Lightning. I keep recalling the legend that, when the upper engine needed replacement, the lower had to be removed as well. Though I don't know if that's true.
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Apparently, according to Wiki, that IS just that. A legend. Not an accurate one, either:
For removal the lower No.1 engine was removed from below the aircraft, after removal of the ventral tank and lower fuselage access panels, by lowering the engine down, while the upper No.2 engine was lifted out from above via removable sections in the fuselage top.
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Very similar to the Harrier, actually. The Harrier's engine is changed by removing the entire wing structure, which is designed for easy removal, and lifting it out. There are specially designed lifts for both items, making it easy. They get the Airframes and Powerplants Airframes section to lift the wing off, and then Powerplants shop lifts out the engine. After removing the various piping and electrical connections, of course. Apparently, another relatively easy task.
Sounds like the Lightning has a similar methodology (big word for the week! :dizzy:) for the upper, No.2 engine.

Have fun, all! Sorry for the hijacking. Shutting up, now...
Pat☺
 
Here's the flap actuation line (and aileron control cables). The only remaining parts here are the flap actuation pushrods, between the axle and the flaps themselves. That depends on some Inverse Kinematics so will pass later.


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Hi,
IK, This is something that I have trouble achieving with Blender and the export module. I look forward to your first achievements.
JMC
 
Looks promising Daan :encouragement:. And knowing your education I can imagine you consider the S.14 is quite fascinating, but please also try to stay focused on the T.V, as it has propellers....... :biggrin-new:

Cheers,
Huub
 
Machtrainer FS9 to P3D4/5 conversion

Hi friends of historic planes

What a pity, the project was cancelled. But at least, there was already a model of the Machtrainer S-14 for FS9/FSX and I converted it to P3D5.
The original authors, David and Emile, gave me permission to publish the converted model.

You can get it from my website, under "Conversions". There´s a zip with the Trainer version and one with the prototypes.

https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods


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Even the original is very nicely modeled, however was there ever a version to didn't have the pilot body in the VC?
 
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Even the original is very nicely modeled, however was there ever a version to didn't have the pilot body in the VC?
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I don´t know, since I newer used it in FSX or even FS9, which I gave up 2006 already and the plane was first published in 2015 according to it´s documentation.

In this new compile, the pilots are only visible in outside view. I couldn´t implement the weight activation within MCX, so let them just be active all the time, in the outside model. The interior is free of pilots. :encouragement:
 
Thank you for this great Fokker. It converts quite easily to native FSX with McX, except maybe something weird with inversed aileron actuator. But no big deal really. Nice VC.

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Scenery: NL2000 at and around Woensdrecht EHWO
 
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