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Nieuport N 17/23 Familly for ThirdWires First Eagles The Great Air War 1918
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File version 2.0 release date 15.11.2010
 
This package contains flyable 5 Nieuport 17 and 3 Nieuport 23 plane with cockpit
 
about authors:
Flight model peter01, member of CombatAce.com
3D Model and textures Monty CZ, member of CombatAce.com
any sugestions can be posted at combatace forum.
any changes of this file must be authorized by authors
contact us at combatace.
 
thanks to :
 
MontyCZ and Texmurphy for the original Nieuport 17
 
Whiteknight06604 for the N17 with uper gun
 
Aligator devil for is cockpit works and upgrade and hangar
 
peter01 for is flight model
 
 
please direct any questions about this mod to me at the below places.
 
 
instalation:
 
just drop in the C:\Users\username\Saved Games\ThirdWire\FirstEagles2
 
 
 
Technical data of the real plane:
 
Nieuport 17
 
Type single-seated fighter
Power plant one air-cooled Le Rhone 9J (9-cylinder radial engine)
with 110 HP (80.9 kW) alternatively
a Le-Clerget engine with 130 PS (95.6 kW)
Year of construction 1916
 
Perfomance
 
Maximum speed 177 km/h from ground proximity to an altitude of 2,000 m
Rate of climb climbs to 2,000 m altitude in 5.30 min
Ceiling 5,300 m
Operational range 250 km
Endurance 2 hrs
 
Weight
 
Empty weight 374 kg
Take-off weight 565 kg
 
Dimensions
 
Length 5.77 m
Height 2.44 m
Wing area 14,75 qm
Span 8.17 m
Crew 1 person
 
Useful load/armament
one or two Lewis machine guns or one Vickers
machine gun. Fixedly mounted on the fuselage and
firing in synchronization through the propeller arc.

********* The Battle of Caporetto **********
 
*Version 2.0*
 
By quack74
 
November 2010
 
This download contains a new campaign data.ini and Config.ini for the "Battle of Caporetto" campaign made by quack74.
 
The upgrade to 2.0 contains German air units that participated in the great battle. Along with a few aces.
Most of the markings are not historically accurate due to lack of detailed information and photographs. The names of the aces are accurate. All the units that I have included are accurate.
 
**You MUST have "The Battle of Caporetto" Version 1.0 (the original download, part1 and part2) for this to work properly**
 
These German units were sent to reinforce the Austrian campaign against the Italians soon after the collapse of the Eastern (Russian) Front. These units would start to appear in September of 1917 and last till the end of February 1918.
 
Jagdstaffeln (fighters):
 
Jasta 1 - Albatros D.V
Jasta 31 - Albatros D.III
Jasta 39 - Albatros D.IIIOAW
 
FeldFleigerAbteilung (ground attack):
 
FFA.2
FFA.14 - All DFWC5
FFA.17 -
FFA.39
 
Kampfgeschwader 4 units (bombers):
 
Kagohl 19
Kagohl 20 - All AEG G.IV
Kagohl 21
 
 
Also included are one more French air unit and one more Italian air unit.
 
French: Escadrille N392 (N24bis) standard markings
 
Italian: Squadriglia 79a (N27) Camouflage pattern with four known aces, including one ace skin.
 
Enjoy everyone, quack74
 
 

This is Part2 of the "Battle of Caporetto" campaign, Version 1.0, done by quack74
 
Part2 contains all the ENEMY (Austrian and German) aircraft files. Except for the Decal folders. They are all in Part1 download.
These files could not be included with Part1 only because of size.
After dowloading both Part1 and Part2 you should merge the two together to keep it all organized before installing. It could be confusing if you dont. Just copy all the aircraft files in the /Objects/ Aircraft/ folder from Part2 and paste them into the / Objects/ Aircraft/ folder in Part1. It's that easy.
 
Enjoy, quack74

The French had three versions of the Strutter. The 1A2 for recon and artillery spotting, and two bombers, the 1B2, which carried a gunner, and the 1B1 which had only the pilot. The French prioritized delivery of the 1A2. The 1A2 Strutters, like the English 9400 series, had a fuel tank between the pilot and the observer. Consequently the 1A2 had greater range than the 1B2 and 1B1, which carried internal bomb bays in that same area.
 
France began building Strutters under license in April 1916 to replace obsolete Farmans and Caudron G-4s. As the first French built Strutters were tested ten months later in February 1917, a 1B2 Strutter broke up in mid air. The British insisted over stressing by the pilot caused the crash but the French demanded a total design review. The review resulted in few changes, but French built Strutters were not put into combat until the Spring of 1917, when they were significantly outclassed by enemy aircraft.
 
Bombing squadrons were routinely equipped with a mix of the 1B2 and 1B1 variants. and the 1B2 was often used to escort the 1B1. I find no evidence that the French mounted any external stores on the 1A2 or either of the 1B Strutters.
 
The French produced approximately 4,500 Strutters through April 1918. Some American units were provided with French built Strutters, which they intensely disliked, in part because they were initially delivered without weapons. All versions of the Strutter had air brakes on the inboard lower wings, which are not operational on the model; these brakes were often not favored by the aircrews because they created “mushy” handling. Many pictures of Strutters nosed over, perhaps document this characteristic.
 
The flight models attempt to reflect the known variations in the French aircraft.
 
The windscreens on French Strutters were different (some would say more graceful) than the British. That, unfortunately has not been modeled in this version. Dagaith, my original partner in this project left to join the army before the 1A2 model was started. Perhaps one day I will become sufficiently adept with 3dMax to make the adjustment, but that is not possible today. I'd love to have some help with that, if there is someone interested who can make 3dMax sing and dance.
 
 
 
We may eventually have a 1B1 Strutter, but, meanwhile there are production delays. . .
 
Thanks to Dagaith for the original model, Peter01 for the flight model, Laton for the additional LODs, , Gustav for conseils français, as well as beta testing by Southside Bucky (for the original English versions) Panama Red and Ojcar, who prompted me to get this bird out of the coop.
 
The included skin sets for the 1A2 depict aircraft flown by two French Escadrille, Sop 226, with silver dope and Sop 284, which operated 10 camo 1A2s from March 1918, the date the unit was formed, until the end of the war. Some sources incorrectly depict the Esc 226 aircraft in clear doped linen or light yellow dope, a mistake I made before discovering more recent and authoritative information. There are two files sets, on for FE2 and another for all previous versions of FE. Just drop them in and go.
 
 
 
 
sinbad 3 Nov 2010
 
 

This is a small collection of photos about WWI Austro-Hungarian and Italian aces to put into the "PilotData" folder.I done this work for a little update about the mod "Battle of Caporetto" by quack74 and also for remember the brave pilots which fought during this war.
With the photos you will find also information about the pilots,I hope you like them.
 
Greetings,
Ice Man
Teo

Here's a little bit of fun for Halloween.
 
I first saw this D.VII marking in a German magazine published in the late 1930s. Later I found it had also been included in a Windsock Datafile Anthology vol III.
 
August Hartmann served late in the war with Jasta 30, after that unit had moved on from the Pfalz D.IIIa and the orange diamond markings that are probably better known than the yellow fuselage and tail seen here. Some believe the nose and tail colors were orange because the previous markings featured that color, but a British intelligence officer reported that the fuselage was brown and the nose and tail were yellow.
 
 
 
 
After only a few weeks service, Hartman was wounded and never had any confirmed victories, so, you can conclude that the witch either helped or saved him!
 
There are two files sets, one for FE and the other for FE2. Just drop the appropriate file set in the Objects folder and you should be good to go. Both the FE and FE2 file sets include Halloween Fokker D7 Loading screens. All you need to do to get rid of them is delete those files. If you have special loading screens for the D7, back those up before installing. If you rely on the stock loading screens, those will reappear as soon as you delete the special Halloween screens.
 
Enjoy!
 
sinbad
 
 
 
 
 

This is a Nieuport 16 of the RFC in mid 1916.
 
A handfull of these Nieuports were painted in this two-tone camouflage of brown and olive green.
 
No.2 and No.11 squadrons would be equipt with these such Nieuports.
 
Ace Albert Ball would be one to fly Nieuport A134 with No.11 Squadron.
On June 2, 1916 he would down a Roland C.II and an Aviatik two-seater.
The following day of June the 3rd, Ball would be armed with Le Prier rockets and attack an
observation balloon near Pelves.
 
 
Enjoy, quack74
 
 

This is a pack of No.60 Squadron S.E.5 and S.E.5a skins.
 
The "Early" skins are from mid July to the 26th of August, 1917. Red=A flight, Yellow= B flight, and Blue=C flight. Markings were on the nose, wheels, and fuselage.
 
The "Mid" skins are from the 26th of August, 1917 to the 22nd of March, 1918. A white disc just aft of the fuselage roundel and on the upper fuselage
decking just behind the cockpit. The wheels displayed the flight colors. A=Red, B=White, and C=Blue