winterhunter Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 View File Atlas Cheetah C Introduction ------------ The Atlas Cheetah programme grew out of South Africa's requirement for a modern fighter and strike aircraft in the 1980s. There was a need for more advanced aircraft to attain an edge over the ever more sophisticated Soviet aircraft such as the MiG-23 being supplied to Angolan and Cuban forces in action against South African forces in the Border War. Furthermore, the increasing cost of maintenance due to sanctions and the age of the aircraft used by SAAF had to be addressed. The arms embargo imposed at the time by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 prevented South Africa from purchasing new aircraft from other countries, thus making an upgrade of existing aircraft the only option. By this stage, the South African aviation industry had reached the level of technical capability to make a large and sophisticated upgrade possible, leading the SAAF to make the only possible decision, to radically upgrade one of the existing types in service. At the time the SAAF's fast jet fleet consisted of Dassault Mirage III (EZ/CZ/BZ/DZ/D2Z/RZ/R2Z) aircraft and Mirage F1 (AZ/CZ) aircraft. Though the Mirage F1s were the most modern of the fleet, having been delivered from 1977 onwards, they were the primary element of South Africa's air defence and strike fleet and to withdraw them for an upgrade would have left an unacceptable gap in its air defence and strike capability. In addition there were already a few successful Mirage III upgrades from which to learn, such as the Kfir and Mirage III NG, so the SAAF's Mirage III fleet was chosen as the basis for the upgrade. (Source: Wikipedia) This mod, based on Mirage Factory's Mirage IIIE and using (temporarily) the cockpit from the Kfir C7, represents the ultimate evolution of the Mirage III family, the Atlas Cheetah C. Credits ------- Thanks to Olivier ANGUILLE and the whole of Mirage Factory for his great airplanes, as well as for his kind permission to distribute his model packed with my mod, making installation easy. My thanks also go to Anton Dyason from IPMS SA (http://newsite.ipmssa.za.org/) for his permission to use some of his pictures for the hangar screen. Submitter winterhunter Submitted 12/10/2008 Category Mirage and Kfir Quote
+SUICIDAL Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 winterhunter Thank you very much for this plane as you know was long awaited by all fans of the Delta ... Supplementing the family of MIRAGE ... a beauty very good details .... just try it subtracts the rest of the week ... Thank you Marcos "SUICIDAL" Canabal Quote
+ace888 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 You are the man "Winterhunter!" Thank you for your contribution. At last, the Cheetah-C! Quote
+lindr2 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 GooD! plane. But i found some minor bugs HUD folder missed!! http://depositfiles.com/files/2x65e264a in avionics Must be (for WOI, or oct patch) I can't send F-16A_radarPPI.bmp -> it's part of WOI, but you can extract this and move to WOE RadarAGTexture=cockpit\F-16A_radarPPI.bmp AvailableModes=SEARCH,TWS,STT,ACM,GM [RadarDisplayGM] And think this sound will be better WindSoundName=kfirairflow EngineSoundName=MirageF1_09K50_0 AfterburnerSoundName=MirageF1_09K50_AB DamagedEngineSound= AirbrakesSoundName=Airbrakes GearsSound=Gear EngineSoundPosition=0.0,-6.44,0.00 Quote
Wilches Posted August 10, 2010 Posted August 10, 2010 Terrific! I've been thinking on a way to make the gorgeous IAI Kfir CE and with some little tweaks on your "cheetah.LOD" like deleting the wing dogtooth extensions and canards. The nose should be a little longer as per photos below. It's quite clear that everything is set for the MF Kfir C.7. Check out the photos below! http://www.airliners.net/photo/Colombia---Air/Israel-IAI-Kfir/1585574/L/&sid=d454bbf30dd1331ea896fe30149fd8b5 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Ecuador---Air/Israel-IAI-Kfir/1268243/L/&sid=d454bbf30dd1331ea896fe30149fd8b5 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Ecuador---Air/Israel-IAI-Kfir/0950663/L/&sid=d454bbf30dd1331ea896fe30149fd8b5 Worth to try!! Cheers!!! Quote
Wilches Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 The IAI Kfir C.10! http://misfondos.com.es/images/wallpapers/kfir-c10-56807.jpeg http://misfondos.com.es/images/wallpapers/kfir-c10-colombia-146842.jpeg Quote
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