Savoia Pomilio SP.3 --- RELEASED

[+Laton 4]

Something for you to chase down in Bort's aircraft

 

The Savoia Pomilio SP.3

 

Model & FM by Laton

Skins by v. Deutschmark

 

 

**Thanks to the SFP1 Dev A-Team (capun, CB Productions, Charles, Kesselbrut & The Wrench) for kindly providing the front gunner 3D Mesh**

 

 

 

 

She's equipped for bombing and ground attack as well as balloon-busting (but get in close - you only have a few shots).

 

Fast, especially if you're in an early war fighter, but with an upper wing-tank that's vulnerable and can have spectacular results if you can hit it.

 

 

Available at CombatACE.

 

More skins to come from v. Deutschmark and the Release pack also includes a full set of templates for anyone who wants to do their own skins.

Edited May 5, 2007 by Laton

[+v. Deutschmark 69]

(S!) ALL hi ;-)

 

This is a SP3 4531 Star, Italian Air Service Caporetto around 1917/18.

As you can see from the photo with this skin documents it was destroyed

When the axes powers overran the drome it was part of during the dark days

Of Caporetto, SP3 pilots loved their SP3s so much that even when new machines

Arrived at the frontline the SP3s where not given up by their cures and where in

Service right up to 1920, the first fight that an SP3 had was with two Albatros D3

Where the SP3 downed both machines, it was not till a month later from its arrival

At the frontline that the first SP3 fell to the guns of an Albatros D3, SP3 pilots reported

That their SP3s where good dog-fighters and bombing platforms, this plane was also the

First that the Italian Air Service had their first great bombing campaign with.

If you would like to know more about the SP3, look for Windsock vol 19, #3, May/ June 2003, Part two by Alberto Casirati.

To the best of my knowing this is the first time that an SP3 has ever been in a flying sim.

 

 

 

This is a SP3 4658 Little Man, Italian Air Service Sq 26a Caporetto around 1917/18.

The art work on the nose of this plane was that of a comic character by author

Oronzo Marginati called ( Come ti erudisco il pupo ) in English is

( how I teach to the baby ) I call him ( Little Man )

This plane was around during the dark days of Caporetto the fate of this plane is Unknown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work

With him again on this plane and for bringing the SP3 to this sim.

Its been a great working with you.

 

Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his

Profile in of this plane.

 

Special thank you to my friend Robert Karr for allowing me to put his

Art work in of this plane.

 

Special thank you to my friend Diego Fernetti for allowing me to put his

Cockpit art work in of this plane.

 

Special thank you to my friend and historian Alberto Casirati for helping me

With the colors of this plane wile doing this skin.

 

 

 

Enjoy!!! ;-)

 

your friend in the FE sky

von Deutschmark

[JediMaster 451]

Gotta love the lumbering beasts!

[+whiteknight06604 934]

Great stuff guys,Thank you.

[Guest Charles]

Very nice addition to FE, thanks Laton.

It flies nicely, and looks great.

 

Very much looking forward to your Fokker E.III, BTW.

Edited May 6, 2007 by Charles

[+Laton 4]

Very nice addition to FE, thanks Laton.

It flies nicely, and looks great.

 

Very much looking forward to your Fokker E.III, BTW.

 

Cheers,

 

Now the SP.3 is out I'll be back onto the E.I/II/III/IV series

 

The model itself is almost done, have to add the rigging and a few details.

 

Then I'll start in on the pit.

 

Edit to add:

 

Mapped & in-game shots

 

 

 

Edited May 6, 2007 by Laton

[+v. Deutschmark 69]

(S!) ALL hi ;-)

 

I had many PMs where I was asked about skinning like what do you

Use, how do you go about it from the start and so no, the last question

Was how long does it take you….. ho boy…. I probably should had said

Ask my wife…… well anyhow… that SP3 base skin that you are

Looking at has about 120 hours in it not including the reaching time.

 

 

your friend in the FE sky

v. Deutschmark

[dsawan 624]

Tend to get ctd's with it in army-co-op and bomb target. anyone else?

[+Laton 4]

Tend to get ctd's with it in army-co-op and bomb target. anyone else?

 

Is it happening at a specific point? Dropping bombs, landing?

[dsawan 624]

more like midway thru the flight or random. It ctd when switching views. let me play some mroe with it to see exactly.

[+Laton 4]

It could be a similar problem to the one that you sometimes get with the A-Team Camel.

 

Have a look in the FlightEngine.ini file (you may need to extract it from the FlightData.CAT) and check the GraphicsSettings section.

It should look like this:

 

[GraphicsSettings]

ZBufferDepth=24

MaxVertexCount=16384

MaxIndexCount=32768

MaxTextureCount=16384

MaxModelType=2048

MaxMeshPerScene=2048

MaxModelPerScene=4096

MaxLightPerScene=1024

AspectRatio=1.333333

MinPixelSize=1.0

Edited May 6, 2007 by Laton

[+peter01 2]

Superb stuff Laton and John, thank you very much for this plane - an excellent one all round, and good choice...how many games have this!!!!

[+peter01 2]

Sorry, should be Laton and v. Deutschmark!

[Firecage 1]

Hey great plane! Very nice target and its catches fire so easy ....

 

Kudos You all have been on fire with these new planes.

Edited May 8, 2007 by Firecage