The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy. The delta wing Skyhawk, powered by a single turbojet was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company (later McDonnell Douglas and finally Boeing). The initial designation was A4D under the Navy's designation system, and A-4 Skyhawk after 1962.
Type | Military aircraft |
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Author(s) | Lewis Magruder, Dean Baunton, Jim Wilson, Andy Ross, Vivian Meazza |
FDM | Unknown |
--aircraft= | a4f, a4, a4-uiuc |
Status | early-production |
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Aircraft help
See A-4F Skyhawk Operations Manual for the main article about this subject. |
C | Catapult launch command |
L | Carrier launch-bar engage |
o/O | Hook up/down |
Ctrl-B | Toggle airbrakes |
Ctrl-K | Toggle spoilers |
Ctrl-J | Deploy drag-chute |
J | Jettison drag-chute |
j | Repack drag-chute |
Development status/Issues/Todo
Outside:
- cockpit instruments can be seen through aircraft hull
- pilot is not solid
- flaps are not solid
- flaps are animated, but the shape of the wing does not change when flaps are extended. This means we have 2 flaps. One that is animated and another one that is not animated.
- rudder, ailerons and pitch elevator are not animated
- no cockpit light at night visible
- no aircraft light available
- aircraft has no wheel well area for the landing gears
- no jetstream visible
- nozzle do not change shape when changing thrust - they don't
- there are no flaps when using reverse thrust - it hasn't got reverse thrust
3d Cockpit:
- no cockpit light at night available
- no rudder/stick control in 3d cockpit available
- no rudder control pedals available
- no switches and levers available
- no elevator trim control available
- brake signal light does not light when pressing the brake key
- cockpit instruments look flat, they don't have a 3d look.
- cockpit is not textured
- no pilot present in 3d cockpit
- cockpit window has no windscreen wipers
General:
- engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound
- engines can't be turned off
- no hud available
- aircraft is not set on the correct elevation when starting flightsgear (gears are approximately 0.40 m below the ground)