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Airco DH.2 (RELASED)

48.8k Baldovino  6.4 years ago







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Quick but hard work. A complicate project for the wings structure, the tail and the 80 km of cable. :D But I managed it in a couple of days. :D

* INSTRUCTIONS *

There are only control bar, pedals, trim, machine gun and throttle. Needless to look for anything else.

* TAKE OFF *

Give full throttle and as soon as the tail rises, pull up gently. Sometime there is a little bit of unstability. The original do also, but belive me, in the model is not intended. :)

* LANDING *

Approach at low speed and just on the track bring the engine to zero. Be kind to the contact, even if the model does not have a tendency to plant itself as high as other replicas. The tail skid is modified via XML to have a strong braking effect when it touches the track. The brakes on the wheels are there, unlike the original, but if you use them a snout is almost certain.

* STALL *

Simply the model does not stall. If you remove the engine and hold pulled back the bar, the model descends gently to a horizontal position at about 62 mph. If you take a candle and just remove the engine at a speed close to zero, point your nose down and start gaining speed without any other problems.

* DIFFERENCES WITH THE ORIGINAL *

Some but not too many. The model is quite consistent with the real plane. I chose to put "fake" instruments instead of using the splendid Gestour mod to maintain maximum compatibility and the spirit of "Simple" Planes, but the look is globally correct.

The model should also work well on potato-computers and mobile devices. Let me know in the comments if you feel comfortable and more generally, even users of fast computers, what do you think.

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    48.8k Baldovino

    @Gestour My beautifull ignorance... I was convinced that a rev counter collecting data from "thrust" was easy. :D

    BTW thanks again for the instrument mod and the pilot one, I love them.

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    314k Gestour

    @Baldovino Anything is possible. I really wanted to do a tachometer, but ran into an issue getting the data from the game, I still have a lot to learn. Just as soon as I figure out how, I will make it.

    6.4 years ago
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    48.8k Baldovino

    @F4f879 you are welcome 😊

    6.4 years ago
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    21.8k F4f879

    Thank you! @Baldovino

    6.4 years ago
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    48.8k Baldovino

    @F4f879 You must write "! [] (imagelink)" (without spaces)

    6.4 years ago
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    21.8k F4f879

    but how does one post pictures on a forum post?

    6.4 years ago
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    21.8k F4f879

    looks awesome!

    6.4 years ago
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    48.8k Baldovino

    @Gestour In this original plane the right instrument it's a rev counter, and it's missing in the mod... do you think it's a possible add?

    6.4 years ago
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    48.8k Baldovino

    @Gestour Thanks mate.

    6.4 years ago
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    314k Gestour

    This is really nice!

    6.4 years ago