INTRODUCING THE...

Bristol Scout

-By, PlanesOfOld-

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: DISCLAIMER : Not intended for mobile use!

!!VERY IMPORTANT FLYING GUIDE!!

-To make controlling the realistic rotary engine 'easier'-

• Go into options and set LandingGear to CapsLock.
• Be gentle...
• Give up hope of an efficient throttle system, this is a monosoupape rotary it has NO throttle, a total loss oil system and likes to spit boiling castor oil at your face!

-Controlling the engine-

• VTOL Is your fuel mix adjuster, it acts as a weak form of throttle and is used mainly for adjusting cruise speed.
• LandingGear Is your blip-switch It is your most effective form of throttle, it turns the engine on and off and should mainly be used on landing.

-Takeoff Procedure-

• VTOL Should be left in the middle.
• LandingGear Should be activated to start the engine.
• ActivationGroup: 8 Should be De-Activated to stop the engine spinning around weirdly.

-In Flight-

• VTOL Can be adjusted for preferred cruise speed.

• The scout is fully aerobatic!

-Landing Procedure-

• Land preferably on a flat grassy area.
• Approach: Shallow and low.
• To lose speed: Blip the engine by repeatedly tapping CapsLock.
• You can't mess it up unless you land upside-down.

-COMBAT-

• This plane is very agile and is armed with two forward firing lewis guns (with historically accurate firing characteristics!)

-THIS BUILD-

This is the third aeroplane in my !NEW! WWI series.

It was gathering dust for several months (I started it at the same time as the AVRO 504) after many frustrating attempts I finally fixed the diabolical handling issue that made it un-flyable turns out it was a messed up drag model!

It has 1061 parts!

-FEATURES-

• A replica 9 cylinder Clerget 9B rotary engine.
• Engine controls that are as realistic as I could get.
• A MAP
• Some fiddly dials that were very annoying to make.
• TWO BRASS SWITCHES!
• Nice rudder controls (a rarity)
• Two replica aviation lewis guns with cooling jackets removed
• MANY infuriating to make but pretty, WIRES!

-HISTORY-

-Design-
The scout was originally designed as a high performance sports aircraft, and at the start of the first world war it was the best performing aeroplane in Britain.
Impressed by the Bristol's performance the war office ordered 12 and the admiralty ordered 24 of them and they went into service with the RAC and the RNAS
Scout pilots armed their aircraft themselves, first with rifles on swivel mounts,
then with Lewis guns in various places.
Attempts were made to put a synchronized Vickers gun on the scout but the already small cockpit ended up being too small for most pilots to sit in as the mechanism pushed the instrument panel backwards. so most scouts were armed with Lewis guns firing outside the propeller, or like this one firing through the propeller, contrary to popular belief it is quite hard to shoot your own propeller off and a few holes didn't do much damage to the structural integrity of the prop. And to the WWI fighter pilot the advantage of having guns firing directly forwards outweighed the disadvantage of shooting your own propeller.

Firsts:
The scout was also the first aircraft (that wasn't a seaplane) to take off from a ship.

ENJOY! :D

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