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Released!! F9F Cougar by Rob Richardson
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Roger beat me to making this a sticky. Ed, do you have a link to the F9F Cougar?
Rob's Homepage Download the F9F 8 HERE
Rob's Homepage Download the F9F 8 HERE
Mike71
SOH-CM-2026
From someone who has quite a bit of time in the Cougar, I have to say this is a remarkable piece of work, and much of the detail of this technological dinosaur is craftily represented.
A couple of quick points, in no way criticizing this marvelous model -
1. The speedbrake system is very accurate - forward and aft (flap trailing edge) sections work properly. However, when the flaps were lowered, the fuselage set retracted flush and the aft set faired to become part of the inboard (under the fuselage) flap section to become one singe unit (per side). These fuselage sections are perfectly modeled.
2. The gear system works correctly, with the inboard doors closing after gear extension, an open first on retraction. This was a problem In real life on a heavy weight, high temp takeoff because the drag increase was momentary but noticeable at the first part of gear retraction.
3. The hook was dropped by pulling on the "U" shaped handle (actually took three pulls!). The "stinger button" below the hook handle raised the hook to the horizontal position by the hydraulic snubber under the tailpipe, which also acted as a tailskid (lowered and retracted with the gear), and is accurately modeled by Bob. The stinger position still had the hook point sticking a tailhook length back from the tailpipe but horizontal, and had to be pushed forward into the fully retracted position by a flight deck crew.
4. The two sets of aux air doors on the top of the fuselage served a plenum chamber for the dual faced centrifugal compressor disk of the J-48. These doors were spring loaded and modulated to gradually open in proportion to airflow demand when insufficient flow to the compressor was caused by high power settings and/or low airspeeds.
5. With the flaps down, the horizontal tail was conventional, where the elevator moved and the basic tailplane neutral position was set with elevator trim. When the flaps retracted, the whole tailplane become one "flying tail" unit.
This in no way a criticism, just some technical insight into an airplane that had many strange design features, not the least of which was that it was a typical Grumman tank as far as sturdiness was concerned
A couple of quick points, in no way criticizing this marvelous model -
1. The speedbrake system is very accurate - forward and aft (flap trailing edge) sections work properly. However, when the flaps were lowered, the fuselage set retracted flush and the aft set faired to become part of the inboard (under the fuselage) flap section to become one singe unit (per side). These fuselage sections are perfectly modeled.
2. The gear system works correctly, with the inboard doors closing after gear extension, an open first on retraction. This was a problem In real life on a heavy weight, high temp takeoff because the drag increase was momentary but noticeable at the first part of gear retraction.
3. The hook was dropped by pulling on the "U" shaped handle (actually took three pulls!). The "stinger button" below the hook handle raised the hook to the horizontal position by the hydraulic snubber under the tailpipe, which also acted as a tailskid (lowered and retracted with the gear), and is accurately modeled by Bob. The stinger position still had the hook point sticking a tailhook length back from the tailpipe but horizontal, and had to be pushed forward into the fully retracted position by a flight deck crew.
4. The two sets of aux air doors on the top of the fuselage served a plenum chamber for the dual faced centrifugal compressor disk of the J-48. These doors were spring loaded and modulated to gradually open in proportion to airflow demand when insufficient flow to the compressor was caused by high power settings and/or low airspeeds.
5. With the flaps down, the horizontal tail was conventional, where the elevator moved and the basic tailplane neutral position was set with elevator trim. When the flaps retracted, the whole tailplane become one "flying tail" unit.
This in no way a criticism, just some technical insight into an airplane that had many strange design features, not the least of which was that it was a typical Grumman tank as far as sturdiness was concerned
falcon409
SOH-CM-2026
Shoot, sorry Tom, did forget the most important part, lol. . .thanks for getting the link up.
Happy Birthday Rob! You made me very happy with this one! Your best model!
Cees
Cees
gray eagle
SOH-CM-2026
Tailhook engagement
Happy Birthday and thank you for the cougar
Happy Birthday and thank you for the cougar
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HarleyDude
SOH-CM-2023
Rob, Thanks for the Cougar, great ride, completed carrier quals with no problem. A Happy Birthday to you and many more. Best Wishes, Harley Dude
Bjoern
worst developer ever
Happy birthday, Rob! And thank you!
Looked for a cockpit familiarization video on Youtube, but only found one about the Blue Angels from back when.
If someone mods PutPut's R3Y,, you can do some period-accurate AAR in the Panther:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvZ54xL0pE
Looked for a cockpit familiarization video on Youtube, but only found one about the Blue Angels from back when.
If someone mods PutPut's R3Y,, you can do some period-accurate AAR in the Panther:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvZ54xL0pE
strykerpsg
SOH-CM-2026
Beautiful model Rob. Happy birthday! Thanks for your fantastic warbird.
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Jafo
SOH-CM-2024
I must be doing something wrong: after a few minutes the engine stops, though I have enough fuel. Fuel flow is on and there is no overheating. I fly it in FSX.
Cees
Cees