It's a strange organic-looking beast,; very interesting. And a pretty successfull design, or am I wrong?
As for its inspiration: Not surprised to hear about a German connection; the Me 163 Komet could be one of this big mama's babies: pointy nose, swept mid-fuselage wing, etc.
The resemblance goes much further than that. This was a large jet bomber with crescent wings & a T-tail which was unusual in 1950. It also has the bulbous nose & short nose-leg which was unique to the Victor & allowed access without use of a stepladder. Next time I see my friend I'll try to get more details & possibly a drawing.
No decent panel, eh? Too bad. I often DL stuff like this, then leave it alone because it's no good for anything but screenshots w/o a decent panel.
Everyone expects this as standard now. This was one of the best things about the more primitive days of FS98. IMHO
If it wasn't exactly how you wanted it you learned how to do it yourself. Creating panels was what got me started in the development side of this hobby & I haven't looked back since. Not much you can do about a DVC but you could always add extra view windows to the 2D panel. Even the default aircraft had this type of panel in FS2000 as the VC was done away with for some inexplicable reason. The DVC was re-introduced with FS2002 & improved on in FS9.
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And a pretty successfull design, or am I wrong?
The Victor was the second of 3 V-Bombers, the Valiant, Victor & Vulcan. It was never as famous as the Vulcan but actually outlived it in service. After being replaced by the Vulcan as a bomber it served as a tanker until 1993. It took part in the famous Black Buck missions during the Falklands War & the Vulcan couldn't have reached its target without it. The Victor also played its part in the first Gulf War. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/victor/history.html
The Victor was highly manoeuvrable as it was designed for stand-off bombing which involved a half-loop to release the Blue Steel bomb/missile. http://members.aol.com/nicholashl/ukspace/bsteel/bsteel.htm
I once saw this demonstrated at the Farnborough Air Show.
