IJN_A6M2_21 2024-11-09
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A slight offset would show more of the shape of the fuselage and still show the engine face pretty well.
A rather amusing thing is that I got a bit lazy when I was working on my first P-47 Thunderbolt and didn't create a texture for the engine face at all. It was just black. It remained that way for a couple years until someone who retextured my model put an edited photograph of a real R-2800 there and I decided to draw one of my own (finally).
A rather amusing thing is that I got a bit lazy when I was working on my first P-47 Thunderbolt and didn't create a texture for the engine face at all. It was just black. It remained that way for a couple years until someone who retextured my model put an edited photograph of a real R-2800 there and I decided to draw one of my own (finally).
Yeah that would work and if a photo like the pilots wife or girlfriend a simple black and white normal picture of her not half naked would give you that authentic feel. This panel was created from the overhauled TBD1 and it's for that aircraft. Can be downloaded from the B24 guy's resources here.
I know there are lots of downloads for CFS2 on this site. When Captain Kurt pointed me to the Merlin P-40s, I downloaded about a dozen aircraft in all but have not installed any up to this point. I am trying to avoid getting too distracted from my own projects.
After all, I just spent a couple months in a back and forth discussion about a modern aeroplane I really didn't care much about.
Although I had played CFS2 before, I didn't have it as a convenient installation. The recent purchase for installation on my Game Machine was a very good idea. Last night I poked around at the stock P-38F to see how they handled the panel. Looks like I need to figure out how I am going to handle a "Magnetic Compass".
As for wives and girlfriends' photographs on the instrument panel, I am not a big fan of those. It is hard to argue what the actual aircraft panel looked like. As for the personal photographs, that is just a matter of aesthetics and there was probably a reason if there was a blank spot on the panel. Was there a placard for an instruction of some kind that was normally there?
After all, I just spent a couple months in a back and forth discussion about a modern aeroplane I really didn't care much about.
Although I had played CFS2 before, I didn't have it as a convenient installation. The recent purchase for installation on my Game Machine was a very good idea. Last night I poked around at the stock P-38F to see how they handled the panel. Looks like I need to figure out how I am going to handle a "Magnetic Compass".
As for wives and girlfriends' photographs on the instrument panel, I am not a big fan of those. It is hard to argue what the actual aircraft panel looked like. As for the personal photographs, that is just a matter of aesthetics and there was probably a reason if there was a blank spot on the panel. Was there a placard for an instruction of some kind that was normally there?
Airplanes have came a long way in CFS2 although they have been good for a long time they are getting better and better. Aircraft ,panels, scenery, ships are super duper great now. Back in the day if you found something that looked decent it would be a frame rate hog and to make matters even worse many planes the landing gears would appear to be up even though they was not on the ai planes behind you on the runway. Pictures on panels are just a personal thing. Either you want one or you don't. There was a cover on the tmd1 panel where the picture is but no gauge. most panels have no room for pictures.
Well, a lot of panels DO have room for a picture of some kind.
Just as an example, on the late model P-38 Lightning, above the Boost Gauge and Tach, there is a little instruction placard with limitations on Flap deployment, Maneuver Flap Deployment, and Gear Down speeds. A cheesecake photo of a reclining beauty would easily fit there.
There is often an area with the radio callsign printed and of course in CFS, we don't need no stinkin' placards or callsigns, right?
I did a search for the TBD instrument panel and it does look like a very strange one. Bet you can't beat the one on the Blohm & Voss BV-141B for weird though.
Just as an example, on the late model P-38 Lightning, above the Boost Gauge and Tach, there is a little instruction placard with limitations on Flap deployment, Maneuver Flap Deployment, and Gear Down speeds. A cheesecake photo of a reclining beauty would easily fit there.
There is often an area with the radio callsign printed and of course in CFS, we don't need no stinkin' placards or callsigns, right?
I did a search for the TBD instrument panel and it does look like a very strange one. Bet you can't beat the one on the Blohm & Voss BV-141B for weird though.
The Blohm und Voss BV 141B-0 was a most odd asymmetrical design.
The single BMW 801 engine was offset to counteract engine torque and probably did it a bit too well.
There is only so far you can offset the engine and not have it get in the way of things.
As you might imagine from the appearance, the view from the cockpit was quite good to the right, not so good to the left and there was a lot of glass and framing all around. There was a row of gauges between the front and top windows and a console off to the left with various controls.
My understanding is that this is where the Star Wars folks got their idea for the B-Wing bomber.
The -0 designation meant that it was a pre-production series and probably not more than 20 of them were ever built.
- Ivan.
The single BMW 801 engine was offset to counteract engine torque and probably did it a bit too well.
There is only so far you can offset the engine and not have it get in the way of things.
As you might imagine from the appearance, the view from the cockpit was quite good to the right, not so good to the left and there was a lot of glass and framing all around. There was a row of gauges between the front and top windows and a console off to the left with various controls.
My understanding is that this is where the Star Wars folks got their idea for the B-Wing bomber.
The -0 designation meant that it was a pre-production series and probably not more than 20 of them were ever built.
- Ivan.