An early model Arado Ar 234A Blitz

***Shessi*** · July 11th, 2019, 12:05

Hi Folks,
At the other end of the war-time scale is this Arado Ar 234A. The B model wheeled Blitz has been done to death, BUT not the A skidded version. I've taken the wheeled B model, getting it into Fs9 and am converting it into an A skidded model. It will have quite a few animations, including RATO's which will be dropable and deployable retarding landing parachute and others.

I didn't realise when I started, that the cockpit of the early A model is quite different to the B model..so DOH! given myself even more to do (see pic below).

At the end we will have the A model and then a whole load of B models and Luft46 version.

Early shots...

Cheers

Shessi

**zswobbie1** · July 12th, 2019, 03:04

Wow, yet another great plane on the way.

Many thanks,

Regards
Robin

***mikezola*** · July 12th, 2019, 11:10

Thanks, Shessi, for all the new additions!

Out of curiosity- is this aircraft, and the 109s in the other thread, a result of your being able to convert (albeit laboriously) aircraft from Il-2 1946?

I was also wondering... do the 'Luft '46' versions of the Arado that you spoke of refer to, perhaps, a Ar-234C? Or perhaps, one of the swept-wing studies?

Thanks again! -Mike Z.

***Shessi*** · July 12th, 2019, 11:55

Hi Mike,
Yes it is, and the very skilled and generous people at IL-2 SAS.

There is the C2 four engined Ar234 which I'll do at some time. Once I have the 234A/B sorted for Fs9 ie all animated and tweaked to look good in our sims, we have the Ar234 ac platform for any of the developments and Luft46 projects etc.

Just a matter of time, and sanity levels..lol.

Cheers

Shessi

**darrenvox** · July 12th, 2019, 20:23

when i first found this post i couldn't tell what he was saying about making one but that's awesome that hes making one as ive been waiting years for that one!!

***huub vink*** · July 13th, 2019, 09:26

I had missed this announcement. Not bad for an aircraft with two engines and without propellers

Cheers,
Huub

**anels9** · July 18th, 2019, 15:59

That’s looks absolutely brilliant shessi! Eagerly awaiting this one. Will it have a custom sound?

**HorusJ** · July 18th, 2019, 19:46

Looks like fun! Can't wait to land it on skids having only landed the Arado on wheels in FS.
Correct me if I'm wrong but it took off on a detachable dolly right? If so Shessi will yours have that feature?

Joel

**zswobbie1** · July 18th, 2019, 21:50

Shessi, I'm sure that I speak for many FS2004 users....

Thanks so much for remembering us, & still keep on developing unusual aircraft for FS2004.
We really appreciate what you are doing for our hobby.

Regards,
Robin
Cape Town, South Africa.

***Shessi*** · July 19th, 2019, 03:12

anels9

That’s looks absolutely brilliant shessi! Eagerly awaiting this one. Will it have a custom sound?

Hi A, Funny you should say that, but manage to rip the riedel two stroke starter motor sound from IL-2, so I'm hoping to incorporate that with the jet sounds, other than that, it's just another early jet.....

HorusJ

Looks like fun! Can't wait to land it on skids having only landed the Arado on wheels in FS.
Correct me if I'm wrong but it took off on a detachable dolly right? If so Shessi will yours have that feature?

J, I had the same thoughts as you. I have been playing around with options and animations to try to work out a dolly-launch and skid-land system, but poor old Fs9 can't do that, due to limited options on contact points. So it's either an mdl with a releasable dolly, but landing on a skid some 10ft above the runway surafce (looks rediculous) OR no dolly but taking off and landing on the the skid on the runway surface. Although T/O on the skid is unrealistic (but doesn't look bad), it acts and looks more realistic when landing...so that's the way I shall go. BUT I may also do a dolly mounted version as it looks good.

Z, as always, appreciate the thoughts, thanks. Although I have FSX (not P3D), and with the Accusim stuff it's amazing, Fs9 still looks very good, fun and easy to mod...and I can easily get these items into CFS2.

Cheers

Shessi

**Hurricane91** · July 19th, 2019, 05:10

I have been playing around with options and animations to try to work out a dolly-launch and skid-land system, but poor old Fs9 can't do that, due to limited options on contact points. So it's either an mdl with a releasable dolly, but landing on a skid some 10ft above the runway surafce (looks rediculous) OR no dolly but taking off and landing on the the skid on the runway surface. Although T/O on the skid is unrealistic (but doesn't look bad), it acts and looks more realistic when landing...so that's the way I shall go. BUT I may also do a dolly mounted version as it looks good.

Shessi, with the two versions you speak of, would it be possible to take off with the dolly version, jettison the dolly, then change to the skid only version at some point during the flight?

**HorusJ** · July 19th, 2019, 17:55

Shessi.A no dolly version I would be very happy with.It would look kinda silly flying around with the dolly still attached

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J

**anels9** · July 23rd, 2019, 14:39

That’s looking great! With the break chute, what function are you using to deploy it? Water rudder would be good as it stops any aircraft from taking off

And will the rato have additional thrust via the use of the afterburner function, and will it have a gauge to automatically turn off after a certain amount of time or height?

**darrenvox** · July 25th, 2019, 01:24

Nicely done shessi

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***Shessi*** · July 25th, 2019, 11:42

Dm,
Yes of course for CFS2 as well. I don't know if I can get all the animations the same, but I think I can add some of the extras with the DP...we'll see.

DV,
Darren does this mean you're going to fly something other than a tubeliner or PFA ac?!!

Cheers

Shessi