AW38 Whitley MkIII and V by UnlceTgt!

[UncleTgt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - British

Description: AW38 Whitley MkIII by UncleTgt

This is a conversion of Ted Cook's Whitley MkI for CFS 2. It is meant to represent the MkIIIs that were used on leaflet raids during the "Phoney War", & later used for training at OTUs & Parachute Schools. This is a complete aircraft.

The airfile was created by Peperez, & adopts the distinctive "nose-down" attitude in level flight.

The panel is a direct copy of Shessi's Whitley MkV panels, all I've done is to make it WIN 7 friendly.

The sound is aliased to the C-47 Dakota

The textures are:

77 squadron RAF, October 1939
KN-Q was shot down by light AA during a "Nickel" mission dropping leaflets over Germany mid-October 1939. It was 77 Squadron's first loss of the War.

Central Landing School Ringway Manchester 1941
The first GB Paratroops experimented with a variety of ways of exiting aircraft, & determined the least risky way was through the hole in the floor where the useless ventral turret used to be.

The dp includes exhaust effects, & several weapon loads.

Weapons used are:
Shessi's Leaflet weapon from his Whitley MkV.

Bismark13's 250lb bomb from his Beaufighter packages.

Jim Jacobsen's paratroops, resized & recompiled (20% smaller) so they fit inside the Whitley fuselage.

The leaflet & paratroop weapons are included in this pack.

To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.

Thanks to

Ted Cook for a great aircraft, & his willingness to support converting them for use in CFS2.

Shessi for his work at bringing older models up to code, & inventing novel solutions so CFS2 can simulate such a wide range of combat operations.

Peperez for helping with the challenge of making a more accurate airfile.

Bismark13 for his 250lb bomb.

Jim Jacobsen for his innovative solution to the problem of depicting paratroops within CFS2.

Kelticheart for his exhaust effects, & inspiration for the propeller bitmaps.

This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions

UncleTgt,

JAN 2015

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit AW38 Whitley MkIII UT.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[UncleTgt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - British

Description: AW38 Whitley MkVb Freighter by UncleTgt

This is a conversion of Ted Cook's Whitley MkVb for use in CFS 2. This is a complete aircraft.

The airfile was created by Peperez, & adopts the distinctive "nose-down" attitude in level flight.

The panel is a direct copy of Shessi's Whitley MkV panels, all I've done is to make it WIN 7 friendly.

The sound is aliased to the P-38F Lightning.

The texture is a BOAC freighter used for night-time runs between Gibraltar & Malta during 1942. Aircraft sometimes arrived over the Island whilst air raids were in progress. The conversion was not very successful, with a so-so payload to fuel ratio, & in the hot temperatures they suffered from engine cooling problems. They were quickly replaced on this route once US Lend-Lease Hudsons became available, & moved to UK-Sweden routes, or domestic UK routes.

To mimic the cargo weight I resized the FDG C-47 cargo crates (-20%) so they would fit inside the Whitley's fuselage & recompiled with a new name (sml_cargo_boxes)

To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.

Thanks to:

Ted Cook for a great aircraft, & his willingness to support converting them for use in CFS2.

Shessi for his work at bringing older models up to code, & inventing novel solutions so CFS2 can simulate such a wide range of combat operations.

Peperez for helping with the challenge of making a more accurate airfile.

The Fightertown Design Group for their C-47 cargo payloads.

Kelticheart for his exhaust effects, & inspiration for the propeller bitmaps.

This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions

UncleTgt,

JAN 2015

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit AW38 Whitley Vb UT.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Rami]

John,

What can I say??? Simply an outstanding job. High class, top-notch. It really is hard to believe we've come so far with this sim!