Still some left to do but thought I'd post a little advert. The modeling is approximately 95% complete, have some small details to add yet and some VC work. Still need to create the panel config and the flight files. I owe Andrew Wai a small bitmap first - he got my FSDS2.24 running again after a power failure left me unable to open it. Thanks Andrew.
Cheers,
Captain Kurt
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"Fly, you fools!" Gandalf the Gray
Magnificent Kurt - thanks very much!
Superb CK, good looking model and great tex..love it!
Cheers
Shessi
Many thanks Captain for this lovely bird to come, as usually top class!
Cheers
Martin
OOOOWWW... HOW NICE!!!!!!!
hertzie
Very nice and most welcome. Thanks Kurt!
Sweeeeet! Thanks!
Looking Good!!!
A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - World War I
Description: The Rumpler C.IV, along with the DFW C.V and LVG C.V, was one of the more important aircraft of the German Air Service in WWI. The Rumpler C.IV was a two-seat aircraft, designed for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and occasionally light bombing. It was able to reach ceilings higher than intercepting Allied fighters allowing it to reach far behind Allied lines without losses, but was not very maneuverable. Aileron control forces were heavy and it was slow to respond. Crews were warned not to attempt any turn until reaching full speed and at least 500 meters AGL. Early version suffered from a structurally weak rear fuselage until later versions reinforced it with plywood sheeting. Nevertheless crews appreciated the aircraft because it was relatively invulnerable to interception, had long range and high speed for the time.
It was produced with three different engines. The most numerous was the 260hp Daimler-Mercedes D.IVa, which had an unusual installation of a pronounced tilt to the right.
Beginning in 1916 through to July 1918, an approximate total of 1150 were ordered from Rumpler, and licensed contractors Bayerisch Rumpler Werke and Pfalz.
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The model, textures. panel and air files are by Captain Kurt. The pilot figures were developed from Wolfi's freeware Japanese pilot .fsc source file. The prop spinning texture is by Kelticheart.
German 12.5 kg PuW bombs are from the 'Aerocrate Misc. Uires and more.zip' by Gary Aumaugher
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/freeflight/Areo_Misc.zip
Gauges are by Martin Klein, Bastian Hundt, and Horst Weingärtner.
To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Rumpler C.IV
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
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Cheers,
Captain Kurt
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"Fly, you fools!" Gandalf the Gray
Thx Kurt
You're turning out to be quite the modeler!!!
Nice...
Cheers mav
Well done Captain, a lovely bird with a nice livery, congrats!
A perhaps sharp question, do you know what was the kind of vertical board between the flieger and the beobachter?
Keep on this good work, cheers
Martin
Last edited by Captain Kurt; June 1st, 2021 at 13:15.
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Kurt,
Very nice aircraft modeling, well done!
"Rami"
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Thanks guys.Originally Posted by Klein
Well done Captain, a lovely bird with a nice livery, congrats!
A perhaps sharp question, do you know what was the kind of vertical board between the flieger and the beobachter?
Keep on this good work, cheers
Martin
Martin,
It was a gun ring trim vane, evidently to keep the gun from swinging in the slipstream while the observer was occupied with camera or bomb sight. (not always fitted)
Cheers,
Captain Kurt
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"Fly, you fools!" Gandalf the Gray
Another Goodie! Thank You!
Thanks for the explanation Kurt
Cheers
Martin
Very nice CK, some lovely touches eg the wire stay supports at the ends and tail skid base. Engine detail is great, tex spot-on...and you know what I'm like for a good crew, and these are very good
Mind you, I'd hate to fly the thing with a dirty great exhaust one side, a large engine in the middle and a huge radiator on the other!
Cheers
Shessi
Beautiful work Kurt. Thanks! Amongst the great details is the flare rack. Is it possible to make the flare rack as a separate object, available to add using the DP?
Ravenna
That's a whole 'nother learning curve. Learning how to make bgl objects is on my list, but I haven't tackled it yet.
Cheers,
Captain Kurt
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"Fly, you fools!" Gandalf the Gray
Hi Kurt & Mike,
I separated the flare rack and pistol from the aircraft and made a BGL file, but the textures have to be remapped. I'm afraid I'm not up to that yet.
On another subject, if you want to start the engine manually, you need to open the air file, expand item 505 and set the auto mixture to true.
Speaking of the engine, you made a beautifully detailed job of it Kurt.
Kevin
Last edited by kdriver; June 4th, 2021 at 08:11.
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Kurt,
Very nice job on this model, it's really interesting to fly. Thanks!
"Rami"
"Me? I'm just a Sea of Tranquility in an Ocean of Storms, babe."
My campaign site: http://www.box.net/shared/0k1e1rz29h
My missions site: http://www.box.net/shared/ueh4kazk3v
My scenery site: http://www.box.net/shared/knb1l0ztobhs2esb14rb
Kevin, that sounds just the ticket. Our German air fleet will soon have a new accessory to their wardrobe.
Any chance Martin might do the mapping for the bgl?
If it can help, I'll do it with the greatest pleasure, tell me what you would like to do
Have a lovely week-end, cheers
Martin
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