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The excellent Ki-44 Shoki ,available here at SOH. Wonderful having such quality aircraft for the PTO.
The excellent Ki-44 Shoki ,available here at SOH. Wonderful having such quality aircraft for the PTO.
Excellent action shot ! Awesome !
Now THAT is definitely not an early Spit :') late Mk V or is it something different altogether??Originally Posted by gecko
It's the cockpit view from this beauty that Steve has recently added to the Mk.V project. It is a very late Spitfire LF.Mk.VB of the clipped, cropped, and clapped variety and includes a few modifications introduced in its service career. It is powered by the low-altitude Merlin 45M, and uses the late six-stub ejector exhaust typically found on Seafire Mk.IIIs and late Spitfire Mk.VCs. There's the Rotol constant speed propeller with its jablo blades which, as you can see in the above shot, will shear off instead of bend when you belly it in. It also has the internally mounted armored windshield and small round mirror which was standard on the Mk.VC but also installed on late production Mk.VBs. Stresses incurred over the course of a long frontline career have necessitated the installation of wing stiffening fences on the upper surface of the wing, and somewhere along the way it got a new horizontal stabilizer and elevator with enlarged elevator mass balances that started appearing on the last production batch of the Mk.VC. The cockpit reflects typical late Mk.V features like the Mk.II* Reflector Gunsight and a fuel pressure warning light in place of a gauge. The mixture control is fully automatic in this version, meaning it automatically switches between AUTO-WEAK and AUTO-NORMAL settings based on boost pressure and the mixture control in the quadrant was disabled or removed. She's quite a different animal than the early production Mk.Vs we started the project with. The engine is boosted to +18lbs in this version instead of a max of +12lbs, but it won't maintain it past 5,900ft in level flight and will hold +12lbs to only about 11,000ft vs 18,000ft on a standard Merlin 45. The clipped wings improve the roll rate, but the resulting higher wing loading causes airspeed to decay faster in a turn and it can't turn as tight. It will tend to stall out of a high-g turn sooner than the standard wing variant will. Adjust your tactics accordingly!
A Spitfire LF.Mk.VB in D-Day markings is a seriously photogenic aircraft.
This screen shot is beautifull.
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Another great part of the AS series for the PTO,the AeroSim Ki-44 2c. Highly recommended.
Really enjoy this classic, Fw-190A-8/R2 JG 300
Well, I want it on my HD and installed in ETO... So quit playing with that poor Jerry pilot and finish the bloody kite, for crying out loud!
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Can't wait for the new Mk V's. Very exciting news !
Speaking of Spitfires,Here's a 1% 4GB RL Spitfire F. Mk IXc in MAW...
MAW pictures are always welcome!
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MAW and MAW 1943 are some of my favorites ! Heck they are All my favorites !
So many wonderful quality aircraft for MAW. I enjoy them all !Thanks to all who make MAW so wonderful !
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That Mk.IX looks good over the desert!
Mk.V is on it's way, we really are in the closing stages now.
Another to tide you over...
As I think most people around here are aware, the LF prefix assigned to some variants of Spitfire has to do with having an engine tuned for low altitude, rather than the common misconception that it refers to clipped wingtips. As if to prove the point, quite a few of the clipped wing Mk.Vs actually had a Merlin 46 installed, which was tuned for high altitude work. In fact, the Merlin 46 had the best high-altitude performance of any single-speed supercharged engine in service with any nation. PK-T of No. 315 (Polish) Squadron was one such aircraft.
That Spitfire is gorgeous to look at ,and i'm sure they will be a blast to fly ! Can't wait !
Love those "Red Tails" !
One of my personal favorites of CFS3, the SJE Fw-190A package.Very well done and thanks to all responsible !
This Spit srceenshot is fantastic!
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Always thought that white-nosed 190 scheme was rather striking.
Thanks Loic - yours in the not too distant future!
Meanwhile my previously seen P-38J/L is nearing completion in the development phase. Just a fictional placeholder skin at the moment.
Definitely an improvement skinwise and I'm curious what you have done to the rest of the aircraft! BTW, the 3D model itself would really benefit from an update but that's a completely different undertaking (look at the tips of the wings and horizontal stabilizer!).
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Love seeing the P-38 getting some much needed attention. With the wonderful skins and realistic flight dynamics they ought to be fantastic, as in all the work you do. Regards,Scott
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