New Freeware Antonov AN-2

[Flyboy208]

Up at Avsim now,


New! Antonov An-2, v10


Images related to this file:


an2zh2010-4.jpg
an2zh2010-3.jpg
an2zh2010-1.jpg
an2zh2010-2.jpg

File Description:
Two models - wheeled and ski, 7 wheeled textures, 2 sky, wide-frame panel, Russian gauges, completely working VC, effects. Upgrade package 2008 with additions and corrections.



Filename: an2zh2010.zip
License: Freeware, limited distribution
Added: 9th January 2010
Downloads: 643
Author: Vladimir Zhyhulskiy, Roman E. Krauss
Size: 25556kb

Cheers! Mike :wiggle:

[Matt Wynn]

thanks for the HU, love the old AN-2

[Sid2008]

SPASIBA Vlad, SPASIBA.
Sid

[Daube]

Excellent !
I had the previous version, which was great. Can't wait to see it flying in FSX :)

[Tom Clayton]

And the page...
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=an2zh2010.zip

[Daube]

Ok I have installed this newest version, and made a very quick test flight.
FSX user be informed, some modifications are needed:
- the alpha channel of the glass texture has to be edited, else the windows will be opaque
- the alpha channel of the prop texture has to be edited too, for the same reason
- the starter torque parameter in the aircraft.cfg has to be increased to 1.2 (default value is 0.2), else the engine will simply never start

Very cool plane, I love it. Thanks Vlad !! :ernae:

[AussieMan]

I have just installed it in FSX. From the exterior view the windows seem to be a bit opaque but from in the cockpit the view outside is crystal clear.

Still got to do the cfg file yet.

Cheers
Pat

[Cees Donker]

Great plane! Beautiful rendition! It could do with a new prop blur by Cazzie, but for the rest: Wow!

:ernae:

Cees

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Yes: WOW!

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt112/wildbillkelso_berlin/anna_sokol.jpg

[Planes-11]

Yes: WOW!

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt112/wildbillkelso_berlin/anna_sokol.jpg

Bill that is a nice shot. Gives a feeling of "Being-There" kind of.

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Thanks, Mike.
But fortunately, I didn't have to go there to take this shot! :d

For those not too much accustomed to far-eastern locations:
It's UHMM Sokol-Magadan, available at
http://www.avsimrus.com (http://www.avsimrus.com)

[Z-claudius24]

Hi,

Very nice plane indeed .. different from the former version ...
Unluckely .. indeed the rendering-animation of the prp spoil a ltle this nice model :(

The old version

http://i46.tinypic.com/1xdkw.jpg

The new version

http://i49.tinypic.com/2lihh15.jpg

[Sid2008]

So I want to fire it up from a cold dark cockpit.

1. Batteries on
2. generator on
3. Mixture to full rich.
4. Throttle cracked open
5. Magento from 2 to both
then what??

Thanks,
Sid

[Cazzie]

Everything he does is top shelf! :applause::ernae:

Caz

[Daube]

So I want to fire it up from a cold dark cockpit.

1. Batteries on
2. generator on
3. Mixture to full rich.
4. Throttle cracked open
5. Magento from 2 to both
then what??

Thanks,
Sid

That's a good question.
I had the same exact problem, the magneto switch will not trigger any movement from the prop. I had to go with the keyboard. M to select the magnetos, then + + + + +....

[middle]

How the heck do ya get the wheelchocks to disappear?

[Daube]

Press CTRL+SHIFT+F4 to set the mixture to max ! The wheelchocks will dissapear ;)

[Cazzie]

claudius, I have done a new prop blur for the exterior, but all my tries at the VC blue come out looking alike.

Vlad already has a good prop animation ratio, but the blue prop going to black was just not right.

I have attach the new exterior prop blur below in the zip. I think you will agree it is far superior than the default.

Caz

[Z-claudius24]

Hi,

That's great.
Thank's. :ernae:

[PeteHam]

Thanks for the updated prop textures Cazzie :applause:
Pete.

[Cees Donker]

Thanks Cazzie!

:ernae:

Cees

[Wing_Z]

Better than I remember! :applause:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/fs92010-01-1122-01-23-92.jpg

And thanks for the prop, Cazzie!
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/CHARL_photos/SOH/fs92010-01-1122-02-42-45.jpg

[fleurdelys]

Very nice prop texture, Caz.

It complements this beauty very nicely...

Anybody know if the textures for the previous Colt would fit this baby or is it a new paint scheme altogether ?

OK ! I've found the answer to the first question and it is "NO" it doesn't fit ... Now, for the second part of my search...

Is there a paintkit in the house... :kilroy:

Cheers,

Fleurdelys

[Flyboy208]

I finally got around to doing some proper flights with both the wheeled & ski versions. Fantastic flying bird.

Thanks Cazzie for the prop mods!

Mike :applause:

[Flyboy208]

10 more screenshots ...

[dandog]

Grab the AN-2 by Xomer at Avsim RU (Talk about a nice VC). The sound file is awesome. You get all of the funky AN-2 startup sounds. If you've heard one start up, you know what I mean.

[Blackbird686]

Nice shots Flyboy....:medals:

I really like this latest AN-2, it's easy on frames, looks great and flies like the real 'bucket' that it is...lol:applause::applause:
Thanks Vladimir Zhyhulskiy and Roman E. Krauss fo this superb model, and thanks Cazzie, for the new prop. :icon29:

BB686:USA-flag:

[Alain_F355]

This soundfile on Flightsim is also very good:

Name: an2fxsnd.zip (http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=108967) Size: 1,566,914 Date: 02-13-2007 Downloads: 935
FS2004 Antonov AN-2 Sound Set Update, for use with AN-2_SND.ZIP (http://www.flightsim.com/file.php?cm=SEARCH1&fsec=0&fname=AN-2_SND.ZIP). Fixed version by Jakub Winiarski.

Last september I was passenger on a AN-2 in Lufthansa colours. Would be fun to be able to use the same plane in FS. If someone is looking for inspiration for a repaint, the paintscheme looks like this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Deutsche-Lufthansa-(Classic/Antonov-An-2T/1599257/&sid=954c3c8ba98be5fe68e578f8a2cac738

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Deutsche-Lufthansa-(Classic/Antonov-An-2T/1579690/&sid=954c3c8ba98be5fe68e578f8a2cac738

[Daube]

I wish Vladimir had modified the animations of this bird.
Currently, the external power unit appears depending on the level of the mixture. If it's at 0%, they appear, if it's at 100% they dissapear. Unfortunately, even when the mixture is a 90%, those objects are already there !
It makes it hard to fly at high altitude. As soon as you start lowering your mixture, your external view is screwed :bump:
Nothing critical of course, since the stuff is not visible from the VC. It's just that you have to put the mixture back to 100% everytime you want to make a screenshot :)