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SENTRY : Aircraft of the NATO E-3A Component 1.0.0

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                                                                                      SENTRY:  Aircraft of the NATO E-3A Component
    Since 1983, NATO has operated international squadrons of E-3A Sentrys, commonly referred to as AWACS from Geilenkirchen AB. Registered in Luxembourg due to international law, the NATO AEW&C Force held watch during the final decade of the Cold War, participated in operations over the Balkans and Libya, and assisted with US homeland defense after the attacks on 9/11/01.

    During the late 1990s, the NATO Sentry fleet gained upgrades in line with the USAF's Block 30/35 upgrades. These included distinctive fairings on the aircraft chin, cheek and tail housing ESM equipment. The aircraft retained their original E-3A designations after the upgrades.

    For several years, retired 707 airliners were also operated as trainers to reduce E-3 flying hours and as transports to support NAEWF missions as well as other NATO missions when available. These aircraft were designated CT-49A and operated unti the mid 2010s.

            Included

This mod includes skin for the E-3A, an E-3A_98 aircraft with fake pilot upgrades and CT-49A trainer aircraft, as well as decals and a set of ESM pods for the newer E-3A

            Installation
unzip mod, add contents of "2 Mod Folder" to mod folder of your choice. allow overwrites

            Known Issues
- The Sentry aircraft pull hard to port (left) when taking off. This only occurs when the player is hand flying the aircraft, when  AI or autopilot flies this is not an issue
- The cockpit is not a great match for the aircraft, however SF2 does not support any of their (E-3 or CT-49) original missions as player flyable and they were originally intended to be eye candy. Until we get a 3d modeller that wants to do a new E-3 or even 707 proper pit, this is how it will be.

            Credits

BPAO                              707 model
The Mirage Factory     original E-3 mod and model
yakarov79                     NATO_AWACS pod model
Dave                               putting the bug in my ear to do more than just one squadron of new Sentry work
daddyairplanes            skins, tga work, research


I hope you enjoy this mod as much as i have enjoyed creating it, and thank you for downloading it.
Kevin Unruh
aka daddyairplanes
14 Jan 2024

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This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by myself.
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This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions.
See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions
Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact me first.
Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it.

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SIMULATORS, AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY ITSELF
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did u try trimming wheel right or: autotrim=true

i think i tried the command line in the options file in your mod root

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14 hours ago, Jon_Beers said:

did u try trimming wheel right or: autotrim=true

i dont recall any trim functions in SF2, aircraft specific or game overall

that said, it does takeoff properly in Autopilot and the AI

FMs are one of the dark arts of this hobby, with the simple fixes being insanely simple and the harder ones requiring a team up of Merlin and Gandalf to fix.

since no one has offered a fix (as in data.ini lines to adjust) in 9 years and since not to many fly it operationally (there is no player flyable operational mission ) i have admittedly not worked to fix it opting instead to warn the end user of the quirk

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oops...there is duplicate notificatios & i was trying to answer tthe first notification

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