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[MDIvey]

Matt

 

[MDIvey]

Matt

 

[Radioman123]

Some Screen shots of my P-40 in development

Here are some screen shots of my P-40 in the early development phase. I am testing the flight characteristics and working an intercept. Still a lot to do including a 3-3 cockpit but it looks promising.

 

[MDIvey]

That's looking really nice Radioman.

Matt

 

[MDIvey]

Matt

 

[MDIvey]

Matt

 

[MDIvey]

Matt

 

[b52bob]

vflightair twinkee on sale this w/e for 20 bucks. As always a great plane for a great price

 

[Bjoern]

Thanks for the reminder. Just got the brand new VSKYLABS He-162 and the Olixsim Lodestar which are also on sale at the moment.

 

[Radioman123]

P-40E WIP shots

Here are a few more shots of the P-40E work in progress. Still lots to do -- maybe by Christmas time. This aircraft is patrolling the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland. AI is flying one of the aircraft and I am flying formation at 310 mph at 12,000 ft. The textures are just temporary textures. I am trying to get the mesh correct and add animations. The cockpit is only 2-D at this point but I started with a series of cockpit shots from a museum P-40E and it certainly has the right feel. I still need an oxygen mask for the pilot. You can black out at 12,000 ft.

 

[MDIvey]

One of my favourite aircraft Radioman...particularly in RAF desert scheme with teeth.... it suits it so well

I'm liking what I've seen of version 11.50 of XP... Vulcan mode smooth as silk on my rig and it all looks great. I Like the cloud reflections on water especially...

Matt

 

[Bjoern]

Here are a few more shots of the P-40E work in progress. Still lots to do -- maybe by Christmas time. This aircraft is patrolling the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland. AI is flying one of the aircraft and I am flying formation at 310 mph at 12,000 ft. The textures are just temporary textures. I am trying to get the mesh correct and add animations. The cockpit is only 2-D at this point but I started with a series of cockpit shots from a museum P-40E and it certainly has the right feel. I still need an oxygen mask for the pilot. You can black out at 12,000 ft.

Nice PBR on the wings in the first shot.

 

[Radioman123]

P-40E WIP shots

I just converted over to 11.50 with Vulcan and it is looking great on both the P-40E and the B-26B. I am getting 120 frames per second and it is very smooth. I have finally got the P-40E air parameters worked out where it seems to fly close to spec and it is a lot of fun to fly. However, it is a WWII fighter and it can bite you if you are not paying attention. It is actually surprising to fly. Below 15,000 ft and below 250 mph it seems to out perform both a Bf-109 and a P-51D. It is certainly not a high altitude aircraft as it really struggles above 20,000 ft.

 

[Bjoern]

Wiki says that the critical altitude of the "E" was around 12000 ft.

And interestingly enough, soviet P-40 drivers say that it was indeed a match for Bf-109s until the later stages of the war.

 

[Bjoern]

VSKYLABS' He-162 is a boatload of fun and only costs $25 at the moment! And it can kill its pilot by all means possible.

 

[Radioman123]

Wiki says that the critical altitude of the "E" was around 12000 ft.

And interestingly enough, soviet P-40 drivers say that it was indeed a match for Bf-109s until the later stages of the war.

A lot of Bf-109 F/G drivers found that out the hard way by getting into a turning fight with a P-40.

You are correct that the critical altitude for a P-40E is around 12,000 ft which is to say that is where the engine can generate max power for that altitude. It is due to the Allison Engine with a single stage supercharger. The Merlin versions (P-40F and P40L) had a critical altitude of around 20,000 ft.

The P-40 service altitude is actually around 29,000 ft. I would not try to dog fight at that altitude. All you can do is dive.

The Allision P-40s were optimized to operate from 11,000 ft to around 16,000 ft. Unfortunately, the air war in Europe and the Med was from 10,000 ft up to 26,000 ft. P-40 drivers oftentimes had to withstand an ambush attack from somebody higher up. If they survived the initial attack, they could out turn and outdive just about anything. (Note: the exception is the Japanese Zero, which could out turn almost anything at speeds under 150 mph.)

Reading the history of the airwar in the Med, the Allied solution was to put up some Spitfire Vc's , IX's or VIII's at much higher altitudes to take care of any would be attackers. That changed everything.

 

[MDIvey]

I'm hoping to soon be able to show you some shots of my Brewster Buffalo, being brought to XP11 by Dom Henry. I didn't want to show it to you until it was approaching the final stages of development but I think we're getting there. In the meantime...

VSL He162... not the kind of afterburner you want...too heavy handed on throttle

Khamsin B-17

Khamsin B-25

Matt

 

[MDIvey]

Shinden

X-Trident Tornado

Sea Hawk

MLADG Yak3

Matt

 

[MDIvey]

WIP.This is the RAF Buffalo. There are USN paints, Dutch paints and now a Finnish paint (Dom posted a shot of that in in the thread "what did you fly today" over on x-plane org). The last build I had had a switch that changed features of the external model between the RAF B339E and USN F2A-2. Dom is now working on an additional switch option for the Finnish paint. I will show some of the others when I get the next build. This is the default repaint...488sq RNZAF, Squadron Leader Noel Sharp, Singapore 1941.

Matt

 

[Bjoern]

A lot of Bf-109 F/G drivers found that out the hard way by getting into a turning fight with a P-40.

Then again a turning fight in a 109 is always in invitation to that.

Are you planning on doing other P-40 models as well?

VSL He162... not the kind of afterburner you want...too heavy handed on throttle

Slow and easy does it.

Save for the horrendous fuel consumption at low level, I found the 162 not really difficult to fly when enough common sense was applied.