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===North American P-51D Mustang=== | ===North American P-51D Mustang=== | ||
Hal V. Engel has made some massive improvements to the [[P-51D Mustang|P51-D]]. Using NACA (the pre-cursor to NASA) published data, he's produced a very impressive [[JSBSim]] FDM. He's also made a number of improvements to the 3D cockpit and the engine systems. Those who enjoy their WWII warbirds will be very interested indeed. Your correspondent has still to manage a take-off from the runway without at least one bounce, but can report that the landing characteristics, while not benign, are at least manageable. This is an aircraft that will really repay some effort on the part of the pilot to get to know, and almost certainly represents the most accurate warbird FDM we have available. | Hal V. Engel has made some massive improvements to the [[P-51D Mustang|P51-D]]. Using NACA (the pre-cursor to NASA) published data, he's produced a very impressive [[JSBSim]] FDM. He's also made a number of improvements to the 3D cockpit and the engine systems. Those who enjoy their WWII warbirds will be very interested indeed. Your correspondent has still to manage a take-off from the runway without at least one bounce, but can report that the landing characteristics, while not benign, are at least manageable. This is an aircraft that will really repay some effort on the part of the pilot to get to know, and almost certainly represents the most accurate warbird FDM we have available. | ||
===AIM-9 Sidewinders on the F-14B Tomcat=== | |||
Guided missiles are now available for the Tomcat in Git. At the moment, only AIM-9s are fonctionnal. | |||
They lock on the nearest MP or AI target, like in the SEAM mode (Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode) and they follow a constant angle trajectory. When used with Bombable script they have a quite certain effect on the Zeros. When used against an MP aircraft, you will only see the missile explosion and a message whith the hit range can be displayed trough MP. The author, Xiii, would like to add this feature to the A-10 and maybe the f16 which both use the same nasal framework. But it may take a long-long time. (And don't forget to read the f-14b README.help prior to use the Sidewinders!) | |||
== Scenery corner == | == Scenery corner == | ||