Spad54
SOH-CM-2026
This is a complete new build. I think the only re purposed parts are the windshield frames and main wheels.
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This is a complete new build. I think the only re purposed parts are the windshield frames and main wheels.
Spad54
SOH-CM-2026
It will include the 450 Pratt and 300 Lycoming, just not sure yet whether the release will be one huge package or multiple smaller ones like we did with the Great Lakes. We will be developing the N2S on floats and A crop duster.
heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
oh that's the best news I've had in WEEKS !!
One of these days I'm going to have to learn how to do repaints in FSX, only because there are so many terrific paint schemes for the old PT's whether civilian or from their service record..
Thanks for the update, Paul - I can't wait to see them flying
One of these days I'm going to have to learn how to do repaints in FSX, only because there are so many terrific paint schemes for the old PT's whether civilian or from their service record..
Thanks for the update, Paul - I can't wait to see them flying
cavaricooper
SOH-CM-2023
Most interested in the FDE... Dave Eckert’s was superb, the Vertigo one not bad... if she flies like a Bozendorfer I’m in! 
Carl
Carl
Spad54
SOH-CM-2026
Hey Spad, I just started my new job working in the Headquarters of the Collings Foundation, where we have two Stearmans on site. If you need any photos for further reference or to corroborate modeling and cockpit choices let me know and I can snag them on my lunch breaks!
Any assistance would be appreciated. I'll pm you.
blanston12
SOH-CM-2025
Looking forward to this new version.
Not that long ago I was looking for a Stearman and went through a couple different versions before I found the VertigoStudios version that I was happy with, but a true P3D4 compatible version will be very welcome.
Not that long ago I was looking for a Stearman and went through a couple different versions before I found the VertigoStudios version that I was happy with, but a true P3D4 compatible version will be very welcome.
heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
@ Spad - It might be a reference to a German WWII pilot (can't remember which one) who made the disparaging comparison of the Stearman to their Bucker Jungmann trainers - said the big clumsy Stearman flew like a grand piano compared to the nimble Jungmann
It might have been Udet or Rall who said it - after the war and after he'd had a chance to fly the Boeing
It might have been Udet or Rall who said it - after the war and after he'd had a chance to fly the Boeing
Spad54
SOH-CM-2026
Progress Update
While the VC continues to be developed the exterior of the PT-17 is complete. This is the clean version a slightly distressed livery is being developed. We've come to the decision that the Naval variant will be modeled as the PT-13D - N2S-2 with the Lycoming R-680-17. Here is the PT-17 in FSX
While the VC continues to be developed the exterior of the PT-17 is complete. This is the clean version a slightly distressed livery is being developed. We've come to the decision that the Naval variant will be modeled as the PT-13D - N2S-2 with the Lycoming R-680-17. Here is the PT-17 in FSX
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binarkansas
SOH-CM-2022
Another must buy for me. I have every flight sim Stearman I can find. Stearmans have a special place in my heart. My dad put over 5000 hours on them during his life as an ag pilot. Sometimes I think half my wasted youth was spent sitting on the top wing holding the gas nozzle, letting the air from the idling engine cool me off a little from the hot Arkansas summers. From the photos it looks like the new model has a slightly more rounded fuselage than others I've seen, this one seems to capture the shape I remember. Thanks for continuing to produce these great Golden Age aircraft.
bwb
bwb
RjSchreiber63
Members +
She is looking very pretty indeed
Agreed!!!!
to get this one !
tgycgijoes
Members +
Waiting is soooo hard
Looking forward to your release. I also started with Dave's in FS9 and my good fs buddy who is now flying with the angels used to do multiplayer together in FSX in them all over North Carolina low and slow. Great job! I did a WASP repaint of it from photos and shared it online in AVSIM with his permission but it got lost somehow.
Note: If you want to see the Navy's Primary Flight Training movies in the Stearman you can purchase the complete set with manuals from Zeno's Warbirds. Also used to find them on utube as well as a few contemporary ones. I have the complete set and enjoy watching them. How I learned how to fly it back when. Here is the link for the POH in pdf:
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/stearman-n2s-4-manual-link.20421/
Looking forward to your release. I also started with Dave's in FS9 and my good fs buddy who is now flying with the angels used to do multiplayer together in FSX in them all over North Carolina low and slow. Great job! I did a WASP repaint of it from photos and shared it online in AVSIM with his permission but it got lost somehow.
Note: If you want to see the Navy's Primary Flight Training movies in the Stearman you can purchase the complete set with manuals from Zeno's Warbirds. Also used to find them on utube as well as a few contemporary ones. I have the complete set and enjoy watching them. How I learned how to fly it back when. Here is the link for the POH in pdf:
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/stearman-n2s-4-manual-link.20421/
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