Flying Stations Swordfish

[Rich]

Released and now availiable at,

http://www.flyingstations.com/swordfish.html

Wheel and Float version carrier capable though the catlaunch has not been included as FSX launches the poor thing at nearly double its max speed, includes dropable bombs or torpedo and a batman to direct your landing.

[viking3]

Thanks for the HU.

Regards, Rob:ernae:

[CodyValkyrie]

YES! I have been waiting for a good Swordfish for some time. Thank you!

[Mathias]

Oh, great to see this one being released!
Downloading now, thanks guys!

[Rich]

Oh, great to see this one being released!
Downloading now, thanks guys!

With a lot of thanks to you Mathias for your part from all of the Flying Stations team.

[CodyValkyrie]

Make sure you grab Victorious. Perfect match.

[Roger]

Great stuff!:applause:
Got to wait until work's done before I can download.

[jeansy]

Sticky !!!!!


:ernae:

[CG_1976]

Yippeeee:jump::ernae::salute:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x311/thobin76/2010-1-25_1-41-47-631.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x311/thobin76/2010-1-25_1-43-31-221.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x311/thobin76/2010-1-25_1-45-47-374.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x311/thobin76/2010-1-25_1-47-11-230.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x311/thobin76/2010-1-25_1-47-52-151.jpg

[Rich]

For those to young or on the wrong side of the pond to know much about the Swordfish some interesting reading,

http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Swordfish.htm

[Rich]

There will be some tail lift when you catch a wire on a carrier, this was normal with tail draggers but you should not go over on to your nose, Seafires had their props shortened by approx 6 inches as so many were damaged by the tail lift effect.

[empeck]

Thanks!

Downloading now. :wavey:

[Henry]

Thanks!
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[dominikx]

THANKS I LOVE THIS PLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!
in polish :dzięki kocham ten samolot.
:applause::applause::applause::applause::salute:

[bruce448]

A couple of more shots

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Flying_Stations_swordfish_01.jpg


and a work in progress


http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Flying_Stations_swordfish_02.jpg


Bruce

[SkippyBing]

Bruce,

Nice repaint, was it based on Eagle?
Let me know if you have any snags with the paintkit, I made it after I'd done my repaints so I'm not 100% sure if it works!!

Skippy

Edit/ So if I read posts on our own forum I'd know it was based on Furious!!

[Kowalski65]

For some reason the landplane version doesnt appear in FSX for me :(
I may have to re download.The original installsation into my FSX install didnt work die to problems with a .mdl file,I had to install it inti a temp.folder & then cut & paste across.Anyoen get that problem,or should i re download?

[stiz]

lovley jubley!! :applause: :applause: :applause:

[SkippyBing]

Probably worth trying a re-download, although I'm the last person to ask considering the number of versions I have dotted around my hard drives!!

[IanHenry]

Well worth a read is War in a Stringbag by Charles Lamb telling of his wartime exploits in a Swordfish.

Regards,
Ian.

[Lewis-A2A]

The string bag book I have read is 'I sank the Bismacrk'

Brilliant book that deals with the Stringbag during the whole war and one pilots career, who it was found was the chap who managed to whack the torp into the Bismarck.

Downloading in a moment cant wait to fly this in FSX :ernae:

[Ian Warren]

Strange during the Christmas period i watch the old 'Sink the Bismark ' movie and i thought were the heck is a good Swordfish , i must keep thinking like that , it just pop outta no were , Bruce , love that shot leaving the carrier :applause:

[ananda]

Superb model Rich

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5408/sfish2.jpg


George

[Dain Arns]

Outstanding models. You folks should be very proud. :ernae:


For those to young or on the wrong side of the pond to know much about the Swordfish some interesting reading,

http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Swordfish.htm

Oh, some of us folks on the 'wrong' side of the pond know about the Stringbags. :icon_lol:
Their exploits were featured in one of the favorite "Dogfights" episodes.
The "Sink The Bismarck" episode is probably one of the best, for both Sea and Air battle re-creations.

For those folks that like to watch instead of read:

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[Cag40Navy]

SO MUCH FUN! thank you!:jump: :ernae: :applause: :engel016: :mixedsmi: :medals: :salute:

[Seaking055]

Skippy Bing..........great model, thanks for all your hard work on this one, it was a privilege being on the beta team, thanks to all other members of the Flying Stations Team in getting the fde and paint on the line ready to deploy.

[heywooood]

wow - nice model !

Thanks to all who worked on it and for sharing it :ernae:

[Rich]

Superb model Rich

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5408/sfish2.jpg


George

ananda, Superb indeed but I only did the FD and crash testing the model was done by Skippy Bing

[italoc]

Top quality :applause::applause:
Better than some paywares ... if you know what I mean !!!!!
:medals::medals:
Italo

[Ferry_vO]

Great aircraft!

Have missed a good freeware one since Fs2002! :applause:

[Mathias]

Great aircraft!

Have missed a good freeware one since Fs2002! :applause:

The model is from the same author, I think. :engel016::salute::bump:

[Ferry_vO]

The model is from the same author, I think. :engel016::salute::bump:

Yep! :d

One of my favourite aircraft when I first started MS Flightsimming!

[peter12213]

Thanks for this, she's one of the all time greats and I've been dying for one for ages!! :salute:

[dominikx]

It's realy cool but i don't know how drop a torpedo?
:medals::medals::medals:

[bruce448]

another one in the pipeline

November 1942, Operation Torch

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Op_torch.jpg

Bruce

[SkippyBing]

Bruce, love the Operation Torch textures, there really are a ridiculous number of schemes for the old bird!

Dominikx, there should be instructions for dropping torpedos in the read me, think it's on the last couple of pages somewhere, where I've dumped the contents of my brain into a word document basically.

[Stan V.]

Does anybody have a fix or replacement for the sound file? Mine has a noticeable annoying looping sound near full throttle? It looks and flies pretty well otherwise.

Stan V.

[Old Crow]

NICE !!! :jump:

Been hoping for one ever since the great Alphasim 2004 version.

Thank You :wavey:

[simkid22]

While going through some of my collection of aircraft profile websites i came across these. I like it with the sparrow! :icon_lol:

http://www.madoc.us/pictures/profiles/jh/899swordfish.jpg
http://www.madoc.us/pictures/profiles/jh/coral_sea_swordfish.jpg
http://www.madoc.us/pictures/profiles/jh/faireishi.jpg

http://www.madoc.us/profiles.html

some more authentic profiles:
http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/quarter2/swordfish.htm

[anthony31]

A great airplane and many thanks to the team responsible for putting it together and releasing it.

One thing I'd like to point out though. As the package uses an installer I installed it to a dummy FSX folder (I don't trust installers). Before copying from my dummy folder to my proper FSX I noticed it installed 9 new effects but I already had 3 of them in my FSX/effects folder. fx_obslight_white, fx_obslight_green and fx_obslight_amber. The thing that might be a problem is if someone runs the uninstaller it may remove this three effects files which I presume are used by some other aircraft or scenery.

[SkippyBing]

Anthony, Good catch, I'll change that in the next installer. It should only add effects starting with fx_fsXXXX, looks like I need to check out the dummy folder structure I've set up for making installers!

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[raptor19]

Flying Stations - Thanks for the model, another important gap filled!:ernae:

simkid22 - Thanks for the links to the profiles, very interesting!:jump::jump::jump:

[dominikx]

it don't have launch assistance but it super without this !!!!!!!!! :engel016:

[jimjones]

Really enjoying this nice plane. Thanks very much.

When I start one of the models with a torpedo showing, there is no torpedo. Should that show up automatically? The docs give an indication that stores and rear occupants are activated the same way. What way is that?

[ananda]

When I start one of the models with a torpedo showing, there is no torpedo. Should that show up automatically? The docs give an indication that stores and rear occupants are activated the same way. What way is that?
You need to create a flight with the Swordfish then save the flight with a name.

Close FSX and go to

C:\Documents and Settings\YourAccount\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files and open the .FLT file.

Edit the file and add:

[DroppableObjects.0]
ObjectSet.0=Torpedo_MkXII, 1

at the end of the file.

Re-start FSX and from the main screen, select "Load" and load the flight you edited.

[Rich]

it don't have launch assistance but it super without this !!!!!!!!! :engel016:


Launch Assist was left out since the FSX launch speed is way above the Swordfish max speed of 130 kts, more realistic to do free take offs.

[jimjones]

You need to create a flight with the Swordfish then save the flight with a name.

Close FSX and go to

C:\Documents and Settings\YourAccount\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files and open the .FLT file.

Edit the file and add:

[DroppableObjects.0]
ObjectSet.0=Torpedo_MkXII, 1

at the end of the file.

Re-start FSX and from the main screen, select "Load" and load the flight you edited.

Thanks, Ananda. Will give that a try. Saw that in the docs, but did not think one had to do all that just to get the fish to show.

It seem its all the young whippersnappers that have the answers>:icon_lol:

[peter12213]

Just add the correct weight to the payload section to get the torpedo or bombs to show, do what ananda said if you want it to be a droppable object!

Any sign of any repaints yet?

[bruce448]

Just add the correct weight to the payload section to get the torpedo or bombs to show, do what ananda said if you want it to be a droppable object!

Any sign of any repaints yet?


3 textures gone for upload, 820, 822 and 833 NAS

Bruce

[Henry]

Thanks Bruce! :applause:
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[bruce448]

820 NAS

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq305/WAFU448/swordfish_820NAS.jpg

Bruce

[Z-AZ1USN]

[DroppableObjects.0]
ObjectSet.0=Torpedo_MkXII, 1

I find that if I cange the 1 to a greater value i.e, 2, 3 or 4 ,
When I launch a torp It will auto reload another torp.
The effects of the dropped torp are great however, wish
it could produce a ka-boom (blast) upon impact with a ships
hull.

[Ferry_vO]

It appears the animation for the elevator trim is reversed? When trimming the nose down the leading edge of the elevator moves down while it should move up. :engel016:

[peter12213]

3 textures gone for upload, 820, 822 and 833 NAS

Bruce


Nice looking forward to those!

[bruce448]

Nice looking forward to those!


There should be another repaint ready tomorrow from my old squadron from many moons ago (820 NAS 1938 silver scheme).

[SkippyBing]

It appears the animation for the elevator trim is reversed?

:redf: Ahh yes, good spot! I'll fix that and hopefully have an update out in the next week or so if I can get my desktop working...

[bruce448]

Here's an edited version of the 1938 820 NAS Swordfish (a little bit more work to do and I'll upload it)

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq305/WAFU448/BM_Swordfish_edit.jpg

Bruce

[jimjones]

Just add the correct weight to the payload section to get the torpedo or bombs to show, do what ananda said if you want it to be a droppable object!

Any sign of any repaints yet?

Thanks Peter12213, that works fine and is easily done. Learned something about FSX....always more to know.

[bruce448]

Nice looking forward to those!


here's the link

Swordfish texture pack01 (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15767)

Bruce

[peter12213]

Yeah I got hem bruca and there great, thanks mate!

[Stan V.]

here's the link

Swordfish texture pack01 (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15767)

Bruce

I am having trouble downloading from SOH. If I click on this link (the one supplied by Bruce in this post), it takes me to the Latest Upload page and if I click on a link there it keeps repeating the Latest Uploads page. At no time can I start an actual download. Anybody else having this problem????

EDIT - Disregard this post - Just saw Harleyman's notice about dowloads being off for a week while the admins work on the server Sorry!

Stan V

[bruce448]

I am having trouble downloading from SOH. If I click on this link (the one supplied by Bruce in this post), it takes me to the Latest Upload page and if I click on a link there it keeps repeating the Latest Uploads page. At no time can I start an actual download. Anybody else having this problem????

EDIT - Disregard this post - Just saw Harleyman's notice about dowloads being off for a week while the admins work on the server Sorry!

Stan V



I'll try to make this one quick I'm off to Orlando for 9 days in a hour, you can download it from Simviation.com under FSX Vintage I don't have the link at hand sorry.


Bruce

[Stan V.]

I'll try to make this one quick I'm off to Orlando for 9 days in a hour, you can download it from Simviation.com under FSX Vintage I don't have the link at hand sorry.


Bruce

Not to worry - I know how to reach Simviation. Thanks a bunch, Bruce.

Stan V