FSX: The 1940 Fokker T.5 bomber released

And I thought the first beta version many moons ago was already impressive..... :dizzy:

The only thing I could nitpick (And it really is a tiny thing..) might be the colour of the fire extinguishers. Not sure if those were already red in those days. Seems green or brass was mostly used in the WW2 era.
 
Great news!


The T.5 is ready for (final) beta! I intend to gather the same team as in the last beta (september 2016!), but feel free to join. Just let me know.


Few pics for fun:
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It's over six years now that I started the project. It's been a long journey, with a lot of things passing by in my personal life. Yet, I am very proud on the final result! I learned to appreciate the airplane through this process. However, in Dutch aviation history, the plane is not very popular and mostly put aside as "flying coffin" or "worthless".


Regards, Daan
 
Lang gewacht, stil gezwegen, nooit gedacht en ..............

Ja, ècht waar ??????

En nog vòòr Sinterklaas ????

WOW !!

hertzie
 
Hey Daan,

I would love to try to convert this magnificent bird to MSFS and test her in that sim for you. But of course, there are real guru's on this site that could do it for you!

Priller
 
I have been following this project for years here and am very happy to see it ready to fly. Would love to help test.
 
I have to say, that looks fantastic! As far as manufacturers are concerned, I like the little details. Like how the doors on a SAAB 900 cut into the sill to make entry and exit easier and less messy in the snow or the rear view mirror on my GTV6 isn't rectangular, but a trapezoid to perfectly frame the rear window. On the Fokker, I like how the instrument panel is offset to the right so the pilot can see through the nose glazing when taxying. (At least it looks like that's possible. I'll have to wait until I'm in the VC to know for sure!)
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A good wine get's even better with age.

6 Years in the making, and now ready for beta testing. I am excited to take this one in the air once released (I am not a good beta tester).

The pics speak for themselves, so great job, Daan.
 
Priller said:
Hey Daan,

I would love to try to convert this magnificent bird to MSFS and test her in that sim for you. But of course, there are real guru's on this site that could do it for you!

Priller
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That would be great.

I took your conversion of Daan's Fokker D.21 to the air in FS2020 last night. And I had so much fun, that I didn't realize it was 3:15am by the time I looked at the clock, whoops.

Would be great to add this bomber to the hangar.
 
I have a question for Daan and Huub: how did these babies perform in WWII?

I hope they were less of a disaster then the Fairey Battles that we had! ;)

Priller
 
Hi Jan,

Well, the story of the T.5 is interesting. In short.
The project started from the specifications by the army for a "Luchtkruiser", an armed, long-range patrol plane.
Through the design process, the design made quite some evolutions, some designs are reminiscent of later, well known British bombers.
The concept "Luchtkruiser" appeared to be not very realistic, and the airplane became a bomber. Still, some remnants of the first specification are present.

During the invasion, a number of them were broken or in maintenance (only 16 have been built actually!). Few were operational, but with these few, they flew some well-known missions.
The one that interests me the most, is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SihtzhCiVIU&t=131s

But in the end, none had real succes. A number were destroyed, or crashed, and one or two were confiscated by the Germans. There are actually photographs of a T.5 with swastikas, Balkenkreuzen and a German registration.

Daan
 
Jan,

The performance of the Fokker T.V can be compared with the Vickers Wellington. Nice aircraft for their expected role, but they don't stand a change when flying without the cover of darkness or a heavy fighter escort. The Dutch Fokker T.Vs had none of these, so they simply didn't stand a chance.

As Daan already explained the aircraft was originally designed for a completely different role. When you realise that the Netherlands remained neutral during the first world war, it isn't that strange they wanted a long range aircraft to patrol the borders. When the Netherlands started to realise that they would be dragged into the next war, they started to build up their defence force, however too late and too few.

Below a picture of one of the captured T.Vs Daan was mentioning. There were 5 captured and 4 ended in Luftwaffe service. The fifth was cannibalised for spare parts.

Cheers,
Huub

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