Me too - in Clostermann's The Big Show, the pilots referred to their Spitfire V's as 'clipped, clapped and cropped' - clipped wings to improve roll rate together with single-stage supercharger to help combat the FW190's at low-level.heywoooodIf we’re taking a minute to conduct a poll on clipped wings vs full elliptical wings on the Spitfire (or Jug)
I’ll vote full elliptical every time.
And "clapped" referred to the fact that the clipped wings often were retrofitted to battle-weary (clapped out) full span Spits.
After a couple of trips around Duxford, I like this plane a lot. If I have to pick a personal favorite, I'd lean toward the Aeroplane Heaven Mk.I, for its better modeling of the braking, engine management, and cantankerous handling of the original. The real Mk.V was a bit more refined, but the FR model is very easy to start, taxi, and fly with expected behaviors and no surprises. Questionable decisions like the one to give the P-40N no prop pitch control have been avoided here. Visually it is very nice, inside and out, and I appreciate the attention to accuracy in the external textures compared with some products we have seen recently. The price point is frankly too low for the value that you get. This is easily a $20 or $25 plane. I suspect that FR may be reaching for a broader market here. With other Spits already available, this may cater to players with less experience who are likely to be lured by the price point relative to its competitors. If so, FR may have hit a home run, as those players will receive a delightful handling plane and it is still authentic enough for the more demanding crowd. I will be using it a lot and hope it sells well.
August
I just saw this in the marketplace. Wonderful! I was really happy to see that the Aboukir Trop variant is a part of the pack. That is not one that I have often seen represented in Flightsims.
The weathering /wear in that VC is just perfect. It is so often overdone, but Mike always gets it just right. A beautiful model.
first paint nearly there, but I still need to find the gun textures...
Screenshot (2796) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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VC (00002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC (00003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC (00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC (00006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC (00007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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VC VS(00001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC VS(00003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
two aircraft of 1435 squadron, Malta 1942, one in PRU Blue, the other in Extra Dark Sea Grey
VC VS(00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC VS(00005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC VS(00006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
VC VS(00007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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Lovely work both of you.
D(0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
D(0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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JanKees and Zsolt, great work!
GL-E (00005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
GL-E (00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
GL-E (00002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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indeed, I finally managed to get some paint on a tropical version
now for the real colors:
GLE 01 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
GLE 05 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
GLE 07 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
GLE 08 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
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I'm on duty today, but I can't wait for tomorrow
185 sqn (00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
185 sqn (00005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
185 sqn (00000) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
185 sqn (00006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr
and a link: https://flightsim.to/file/72866/supe...dron-gl-e-gl-n
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