Possible new Caudron G.4 Bomber/observer

[aleatorylamp]

Hello Folks,
I was trying out the 1915 Caudron G.4 bomber-observer model I had made for FS98 twelve years ago, testing it for
bleeds, and despite all the struts, spars and wires, it seems they are within manageable limits, possibly even
being improvable.

I´m planning to rig up the Caudron G.4 for CFS1 by putting in the two swiveling Lewis machineguns it had, one firing
forwards and one backwards, and equip it with the bombload of 3 internal 83 lb bombs. The guns make this bomber
an excellent candidate to be used with TG2, so it should be fun.

As per one source:
" ... Bombs were dropped by the observer through metal trapdoor shaped like door of a rolltop desk. Observer, using
the "oculaire" or eyeball technique, could ease the door back to take pictures or drop 3 slender bombs that were hung
on leather straps in the cockpit. ...".

Then, from a technical point of view, this slow-flying aircraft (82 mph top speed) had very interesting engines, which
work nicely in the CFS1 .air file. They are Le Rhône rotaries, whose animation also comes through very well.

Driving 10-foot-diameter, fixed pitch wooden propellers, the engines were rated at 80 Hp at 1200 RPM, although factory
specs state that maximum performance was 92 Hp at 1300 RPM. The necessary engine and propeller adjustments in the
.air file yield a very satisfactory result at S.L. of 82.3 mph with 92 Hp at 1301 RPM and 28.9 Hg.

Its climbing and altitude performance (13000 ft ceiling) was also very appreciable for the time, and this also comes
through very well in CFS1.

Here´s a screenshot.
I expect there could be some interest for an upload...
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp