So, how many here fly this beautiful ship, anyway?

PilatusTurbo

PilatusTurbo

members+, Fighter Fanatic
Just finished another little half hour hop around, and figured I'd see how many fly this ship regularly. It's totally earned a permanent place in my hangar, as my #1 biplane. It's got speed and power for maneuvers,
or just enough to gently put around. Detailed to the gills, and even a realistic and fully castoring tailwheel.
Lord, I love taildraggers that handle correctly on the ground. :d :ernae:

Couple shots from that last flight.

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Thanks for reading, all :bump: :ernae:
 
Robert Sanderson make some really great models! Although his Stearman perhaps the best one, I personally prefer to fly with some amament ;)

His Stearman cropduster package can be found here <== link. The paint is included.

Huub

Hurricane Mk.IID by Robert Sanderson

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That crop duster is one of my favorites out of Robert Sandersons work. It's in my hanger. They're all great models :ernae:
 
Huub, I must admit something here. From the day I joined at SOH, I tried to look at every post I could. Something made me hone in. And, I learned after following many of your posts, that you always share what you feel to be the best of the best in the freeware world. And surprisingly to me, it stands to be true!! I've downloaded most everything you've led me to. And, I haven't been let down yet.

I read and replied to this topic. Several hours later, here I am. I had to come back here and find the links to the Hurricane. Once I did, I loaded it up in the sim. Right off the bat I was impressed. Mr Sanderson (I've said this before) was an exceptional modeler. I was amazed how realistic the 2D and VC were in this model. Almost everything click-able. So much so I was getting confused. Even the flight dynamics are excellent. When the engine conked out it really caught me off guard. I had to ditch it...lol. :icon_lol:


I just want to extend my thanks to you for doing this as I am fairly new to this stuff. But the more I play, the more I enjoy.

Thanks for sharing

OleBoy
 
I agree to you completely, OleBoy!
Concerning Huub's proposals and Robert's Hurricane as well.

I purchased a payware rendition of the Hurricane once, hoping that it might be slightly 'better' than Robert's.
Result is: Logging time in this payware model tends to about one hour, stagnating...
 
Thanks for the nice words Oleboy and WBK. I always wondered what happened with Robert Sanderson. We have had some e-mail exchange years ago and it suddenly went quiet. I knew he had contact with several SOH members outside the forums. so perhaps somebody knows what has become of him.

Oleboy, when you like Robert's Mk.IID Hurricane you should try his Sea Hurricane as well. (link). Remeber to use oxygen when needed or you will pass out......

Huub
 
I really enjoy Mr. Sandersons work. I saw there was a "C" version in the archives here. Well, there was anyway. When I clicked on it all I got was an error. And Google led me right back here with every search.

While Googling I found several topics related to Robert, so I started reading this one to learn about him. http://forums1.avsim.net/lofiversion/index.php/t72229.html

Roberts work is very interactive. My problem, I never read the manual. I just get in and start flipping switches. Haha!! :kilroy:
 
Now someone will maybe enlighten me and tell me why so few repaints are available :confused: because it is one of the finest freeware bird I know.
 
Corsair 14F said:
...tell me why so few repaints are available ...
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I just discovered the paint kit within the Ib civil version.
The personal Hurricane of a certain Air Vice Marshal (widely known for his immaculate white flightsuit) has been on my wishlist for a very long time and will hit the skies over Britain as soon as my "Yellowknife AI madness" will allow... :jump:

Cheers,
Markus.
 
I have three things to say here:
- PilatusTurbo: THANK YOU for showing me this plane. Believe it or not, I didn't know about it ! :ernae:
- Huub Vink: THANK YOU for the link :ernae:
- Robert Sanderson and his team: THANK YOU for such a great, amazing freeware addon :ernae:

The plane works perfect in FSX Acceleration. I'll tweak the prop later, for now I just have to fly it more :jump:

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That was my goal, to hopefully show a few who hadn't seen it, and then bring attention back to it. It's one of the most fun flying experiences I've had in years.

I've been searching for my good ol' radial engined, biplane for some time, that has all the goodies. This one pretty much has it all.

Here's my goodie list :d: No particular order, more of an order of the greatest planes I like from each category, so don't think I'm putting one above another. :d

1. This Stearman: Biplane Category

2. Milton and Team's D18: Twin engine Category--And it's a taildragger!! :d

3. Realair SIAI Marchetti SF.260: Aerobatic Category; Taildragger or Nosewheel

4. The ever-venerable P-51B/C from Warbert's Team: WWII Fighter Category; The P-51 Flight Leader pack simply is the best and most realistic rendition of a P-51 I've seen to date

5. I'm not sure, I'm still looking for one more bird to fit into my top 5. Probably FSD's T-38, which I just don't fly enough. :)
 
The community definitely gained a lot during the limited time that Robert was making and releasing aircraft for FS. I still recall that he came onto the seen rather surprisingly with his first screenshots of his at the time almost complete Hurricane IIA. When it was released, it definitely led the way as far as detail and accurate flight experiences for a WWII fighter - and it only got better. It was the first time I could fly a WWII fighter in FS, and it reacted exactly the same way as the actual flying notes I had on the Hurricane. I still get depressed when I recall that he had what I believe was a Spitfire Mk.V being built to the same level as his other work - though it never was shown to the public nor released.
 
Bomber_12th said:
The community definitely gained a lot during the limited time that Robert was making and releasing aircraft for FS.

I still get depressed when I recall that he had what I believe was a Spitfire Mk.V being built to the same level as his other work - though it never was shown to the public nor released.
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That's too bad. One can only imagine. Thanks for sharing this. I just hope everything in his world is well
 
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