FSX: The 1940 Fokker T.5 bomber released

Just recovering from a first-release-stress-day
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I detailed the engine cowling area and made the cowl flaps. I also added the exhaust and inlets.

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In the rear section, a door is provided as main entrance.

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The flaps have a strange configuration. The nacelle's rear end in fact blocked the inboard flap, so the cut that chunk of and attached it to the flap, basically. This is no fantasy! There are photographs where we can see the split.

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Thanks!

I made the cowl flaps/cooling gills and animated them (done using bones, hope it will work in FSX).

Closed:

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Open:

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After searching online for good references on these gills, I have the idea that the Bristol Blenheim has the same system.

The inner workings have to be made yet. This will be a bit of fantasy, there's no photo of the T.5 where we can see it. The only thing I know is that the gills were driven by a Rotax-engine N3 EC. Ah, and with Mollart linkages... So in fact, the maximum gill angle is 30 deg now, since I don't know that either.

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Nice progress this week! I learned rigging and tried to apply it on my Fokker T.5 main landing gear. After numerous trials, I finally got a true mechanical animation, so I'm happy about that.
There were sleeves around the actuators (as can be seen in my previous WIP images), but since they're difficult to rig (for me at least) and have a lot more vertices, I'm considering leaving them and use blank actuators instead.
Wheel still missing here. I should rig that too...

Gear extended:

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Partly retracted:

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Fully retracted:

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Next step, though incomplete, was the creation of the mid-section internals. I said: incomplete. Anyway...

Mid-section from the right. The arrows are for reference questions. So, if anyone has references on these positions... (take a look at the Nederlandse Luchtvaart Forum for special thread...)

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Seen from the nose section, aft. Note: cockpit is not equipped with an interior yet!

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Seen from above, the second pilot/gunner's station.

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Man, I love this so very much!
 
Ok, made my official first flight today! Since I never made the official D.21 first flight in fact, I now decided to do it a bit fancy :D Location is Eindhoven Welschap, made by Cees.

There she is, next to the civilian relative F.36.

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As you can see, I didn't configure the contactpoints yet. It is based upon the default DC3 now...

One more time. Basic material colors still, no texturing yet.

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Come aboard! The main entry was at the right side, behind the wing.

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This is what the cockpit looks at the moment. I made today the framework for the Solothurn cannon, to be placed in the nose cone.

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From the position of the tailgunner, one's got a very nice view. Here you see both the old Welschap and Eindhoven AB!

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Near Bergen, a shot from the tail gunner turret. Enough detail for the exterior model IMHO.
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Coming in at Welschap!

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The T.5 will now go the the hangar for modifications and further development!
 
Looks great Daan, but I don't think the bulkheads were visible behind the second cockpit? From drawings it seems there's a cover with a gun slot above an open space between the radios and the second cockpit.

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BTW Do you know what the contraption below the nose is in this drawing?
 
Thanks Ferry!

It's a good drawing, from a good resource. Herman Somberg was a factory artist for Fokker in the '30s. The drawing is not accurate at some points though. The contraption is, I believe, a measurement instrument's frame for the prototype, not present on the production models.

About the gun cover: thanks! You might have seen my request at NLV, it was also for information on this point. I have the drawing, but I totally missed it to use it for the rear gunner's station. I believe a same kind of cover was used on the C.X... There are AFAIK no photographs of the T.5 that show this place from above, sadly. So I think I'll adopt the drawing.
 
Daan,

That Eindhoven is from NL2000? The stock airport must be completely gone as far as I know.

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Finally I have been able to assemble the truss structure in the rear fuselage section. I want to thank my Dutch friend Mathieu for this.

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