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Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:01 am
by eno
1910-20+
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1930-40+
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1950+
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cont..... pt2

enjoy
eno

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:09 am
by Hagar
Nice idea Eno. ;)

PS. The good old Tiger Moth first flew in 1931.

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:13 am
by eno
OOoooOOO did it ...... the author of this download has livery for 1927 on this aircraft ... thanx for pointing out the mistake  ;D

cheers
eno

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 3:37 am
by Hagar
The original RAF Tigers were all silver & later all yellow. The camo markings would not have been used until the outbreak of WWII. This example looks around the 1941 period. http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04FS/aircraft/dh82/dh82SS.htm

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 5:14 am
by ozzy72
'Fraid Doug is right Eno, that is indeed the case. However some lovely shots, but I'm not to sure about the mirror look windows in your Dak ;) ;D

Ozzy

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 6:04 am
by eno
That was off the old graphics card ozzy ...... I havent flown it with the new one yet  ;)

cheers
eno

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 6:18 am
by Hagar
'Fraid Doug is right Eno, that is indeed the case.

I like to think I know a bit about the dear old Tiger Moth. I worked on them every day for a number of years & also learned to fly on them. My feelings for the Tiger are much the same as yours for the Spitfire. ;)

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 8:34 am
by ozzy72
I know Doug ;)
I like the old Tigers, beautiful planes, they and the Stearmans are my favourite biplanes. I could happily spend days pottering around in FS in them ;D
Now if I could just get my paws on a real one........

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 8:47 am
by Hagar
I know where there are enough parts to build at least 8 brand new Tiger Moths. :o Mind you, it would cost you a fair bit. At one time you could get one in airworthy condition for around

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 10:17 am
by AuMaV
Hey Hagar
have you flown Bill Lyons Moth in Fs9? Its my fav mount at pressent:)
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If you havn't got it,its now freeware at
http://www.avsim.com/
Look for tiger4free.zip
Regards
MaV

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 10:38 am
by Hagar
Thanks Mav. I never tried it as it's not visually accurate. This might seem picky but having worked on them I'm familiar with every nut & bolt. I prefer John Woodside's version. http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04FS/aircraft/dh82/dh82SS.htm
This looks & feels right to me. After waiting several years for a decent FS version of the Tiger I couldn't believe my luck. With the included Mike Hambly sound package you can almost smell the oil. :D

PS. John told me he still flies some of the Tigers he modelled so he's more familiar with the old girl than I am. ;)

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 11:14 am
by AuMaV
Hi Again
Ive only had a 45 min hop in 1 many many moons ago so I'm no expert :)
I'm downloading John Woodside's  moth pack now but remember flying it in fs2002
Have a fly in Bills,I dunno there something about it that just feels right:) (not sure about the thing on top of the fuz near the tail:) ) Also I vaguely remember you building a fsds ver way way ago ya ever finish it?
Regards and thanks
MaV

Re: Potted History of Military flight (pt1)

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 11:45 am
by Hagar
Have a fly in Bills,I dunno there something about it that just feels right:) (not sure about the thing on top of the fuz near the tail:) )

Those are the anti-spin strakes. They weren't fitted to earlier models & my old boss always said they weren't necessary. One of our club aircraft never had them fitted & we never had any problems. John's package features both versions.

Also I vaguely remember you building a fsds ver way way ago ya ever finish it?
Regards and thanks
MaV

Fancy you remembering that. LOL :D
I forgot all about my version when I tried John's. No contest.
Then my HD fried & I lost the source file along with all the others. My own fault for not backing up regularly. >:( ::)

Good to see you MaV. ;)

PS. No disrespect to Bill Lyons. I have a lot of respect for him &