FSX Fouga Zephyr out!!

[sparouty]

Hello everybody!
Restauravia has just released the Fouga Zephyr V2.0!!
Congratulations to André for this great bird!! :applause:

You can find this little navy jet trainer here : http://royalefrenchnavy.gratisim.fr/index.htm
and soon on their website (http://restauravia.com/page2.html)
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I'm trying to package asap a release of the Clemenceau in order to allow you to fly this beautifull Zephyr without any bad crash detection...

Merry Christmas to everybody!!
Regards,
Sylvain

[Ferry_vO]

Thanks for the heads-up!


:jump:

[peter12213]

Thanks Sylvain been waiting for this baby for ages!:salute:

[big-mike]

Thanks for the Hu!
This is really an fantastic aircraft.
Nice to fly and great sounds,which changes when you open the canopy.
In my opion very well done flight dynamics.
Will take her often out of the hangar.
Michael

[Roger]

Excellent, thanks for the hu Sylvain! Great to see another quality freeware arcraft from our French friends!

[atf300]

can i presume the magister will follow a similar transformation?

[kilo delta]

C'est magnifique :salute::ernae:

[Anneke]

Very neat package! Nice aircraft, great manual, although not all nuts and bolts are described (e.g. super inflating) and a nice carrier tutorial. Former Zephyr instructor gives great info. Alround a great package! Nice and merci beaucoup :salute:!

[danyboy21]

C'est Noël ! ! !

Merci Sylvain et surtout à toute l'équipe RESTAURAVIA :wiggle:

[Dag]

Hi !

Many thanks for this, a great addon. You French people are really making superb addons these days, congratulations on the achievements :salute: Be careful with the throttles on this one.... I lost both engines at 7000ft AGL over mountains, managed to air-:wiggle:start
Have a good Christmas you all:jump:

Thanks

[calypsos]

Not had time to look at in sim yet, but on the instructions it says......

Not Compatable with FSX-SP2, I am guessing that means just NOT SP2 (without Acceleration).

The Magister was one of my all time faves in FS9, so this will be a great addition, thanks to all involved!

[sparouty]

...

Not Compatable with FSX-SP2, I am guessing that means just NOT SP2 (without Acceleration).
...

Hi,
This Zephyr was build with the Acceleration SDK and tested with Acceleration... I think that the author means that some feature may not work with SP2 or previous FSX release.

Anneke : we are lucky to have in our teams (Restauravia/RFN) some former pilots who gaive us a lot of priceless informations. Pilot manuals take different meanings when you have their explications...:ernae:

atf300 : I'm not in the secret of Restauravia discussions, but I'm not sure that the Magister is already planned... Certainly change is needed?...But I agree with you, it would be great...

Regards,
Sylvain

[Daube]

Encore une superbe realisation!
Merci Sylvain, et merci a l'equipe de Restauravia !
Meilleurs voeux pour la fin d'annee :ernae:

[Bruce Thompson]

Thank you for the HU and a great aircraft.

[Roger]

:ernae:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fouga-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/fouga-2.jpg

[kilo delta]

Granted.... it's not the correct model, but is anyone interested in painting a Zephyr as a Magister in Irish Air Corps "Silver Swallow" paint? :)

http://www.gaetanmarie.com/images/fouga/fouga-3.jpg

[Daube]

I have tested the beast and made some more screenshots to show the excellence of this model.

Of course I've been training my carrier landings with the Clemenceau. Somewhere in the nordic seas. The virtual cockpit has beautifull textures and is almost fully clickable.
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1373.jpg

With such a slow plane, carrier landings are done "finger in the nose", even on such a small carrier like the Clemenceau. This is my second attempt, on the first one I've been too cautious and overshooted a little...
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1374.jpg
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1375.jpg
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1376.jpg

I love the detail of that carrier!
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1377.jpg

The virtual cockpit has several subviews (A key). One of them is the backseat :jump:
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1378.jpg

And another one is the periscope view of the backseat :ernae:
http://sapdaube.free.fr/fsx/daube_image1379.jpg

An amazing quality for a freeware plane for sure. This plane is extremely pleasant to pilot, and quite rewarding too due to its lack of power. To me, it's kind of the Curtiss Jenny for the jets ;)

[atf300]

@daube: what was the periscope view used for in real life ?

[Daube]

I suppose it was meant to offer forward view to the instructor who was usually sitting in the backseat. Just a guess...

[kilo delta]

I suppose it was meant to offer forward view to the instructor who was usually sitting in the backseat. Just a guess...


Exactly that..same deal with the Magister

[heywooood]

great freeware with virtually no impact on frame rates - even with the Clemenceau in the vicinity...Very Nice

[delta_lima]

Nice screens all! -Roger - love the water, man! :)

The periscope, as has been pointed out, was for the purpose of intructor visibility during training flights. A number of the -UTI trainer and other 2-seat proficiency trainers from the soviet era had this as well - an alternative to a raised rear cockpit.

Another intriguing detail is that this plane - and its Magister sibling, both had no ejection seats! I think a later advanced version had them, but was never produced - but the standard Magister/Zephyr didn't. That's a motivation for getting the landings right ... :)

Merry Christmas!

dl

[jojohnson9]

This is an incredible aircraft. I am really enjoying "flying" and landing on the Clemenceau. One very large word of advice....****!!! Read the manual, all of it. It is essential for correct operation and getting full enjoyment of this plane. And you may not do dumb things. For example, the red handle on the right side of the panel is NOT for the landing gear. I tried it and jettisoned the canopy.
Thanks for the great Zephyr.

[Roger]

It's beautiful isn't it?:jump:

[bmd]

can i presume the magister will follow a similar transformation?


Hello,

There is already a FsX version of the Fouga cm170 magister available on simviation

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=fouga+fsx+chancel&x=0&y=0

Have a good day

Benoit

[kilo delta]

Hello,

There is already a FsX version of the Fouga cm170 magister available on simviation

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=fouga+fsx+chancel&x=0&y=0

Have a good day

Benoit

That's the original FS9 model..ported to fsx. :)

[ega]

Does work in FSX Sp2?

The Readme.txt file says it is for Acceleration only but I wonder whether this Fouga Zephyr works in FSX Sp2 without some funcionalities, of course.

Thanks

Edmundo

[bmd]

Does work in FSX Sp2?

The Readme.txt file says it is for Acceleration only but I wonder whether this Fouga Zephyr works in FSX Sp2 without some funcionalities, of course.

Thanks

Edmundo

Hello,

I have FsX / Acceleration but it has been tested by othesr on FsX/SP2 without problem. I cannot be 100% sure, because their are so many variants from one computer to another (operating system, graphic card, motherboard, etc) Try it. It is the best way to know if it work on your own computer.

Have a good virtual flight.

Benoit

[XLR8]

I downloaded this plane a couple of days ago. Nice plane. With that huge wing it make a person think how it could operate on a carrier. At first I thought it was a U-2 spin off. lol.

[delta_lima]

I downloaded this plane a couple of days ago. Nice plane. With that huge wing it make a person think how it could operate on a carrier. At first I thought it was a U-2 spin off. lol.


Much like the T-2 Buckeye, it didn't "operate" per se on full cruises and such. It was a carrier training aircraft, and would have come aboard when there were likely few aircraft on deck, much like T-2 and TA-4 carrier training was carried out in the US. To that end, folding wings and such were not functional requirements.

dl

[kilo delta]

Granted.... it's not the correct model, but is anyone interested in painting a Zephyr as a Magister in Irish Air Corps "Silver Swallow" paint? :)

http://www.gaetanmarie.com/images/fouga/fouga-3.jpg

No one interested in creating this repaint? :)

[mjrhealth]

go to paint . net and dowwnload pain.net, then get there paint shop psp plugin and give it a go. Ther are lots of tutorilas out there on how to do it. Take a few hrs of your time, then you can do any reapaint you like. Ivw done 3 so far and about to attempt another, being a while.