Nieuport 12

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Nieuport 12

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The Nieuport 12 was an improved version of the Nieuport 10. It had a more powerful engine, a larger upper wing and a slightly larger tail plane. These features gave the plane the power and performance to fly as a two man fighter. I have fitted my model with an Etévé gun mount holding a Lewis machine gun in the back, and another Lewis gun on the upper wing for the pilot.

 

I have included three skinning options, identical except for the decals. The Italian Linen uses the Italian insignia and includes the red and green underwing panels. The Russian skin uses the Russian insignia and includes the roundels on the tail planes. The Standard Linen can be used for all the other Entente powers. This plane uses the national markings that come with First Eagles, so you can easily change nationalities (in the Standard Linen skin only.)

 

I have included decals for serial numbers which will be applied randomly.

 

 

Historical Notes:

The numbers are fictious, but in the correct range for most Nieuport 12s. British planes carried the serial number on the fuselage.

 

The Nieuport 12 wasn't used by the Italians, but I included the skin anyway.

 

The Etévé gun mount ring should be flush with the fuselage, but because of limits in the way the game animates objects, I had to raise it up to avoid it intersecting the plane when it moved.

 

 

Credits:

My thanks once again to Ojcar for making the excellent data.INI file for this plane.

My thanks to Nix for providing the engine sound file.

Thanks also to Nix, Sinbad, Whiteknight06604, and 33Lima who provided suggestions and resources for the Nieuport 12.

 

Version 2

Revised data file by ojcar improves performance and corrects hit box locations for the fuel tanks - corrects muzzle location for rear gun - engine sound added - thanks to Panama Red for testing

 

 

Installation Instructions:

For FE1: Unzip the file and move the folder named "Nieuport12" into the FirstEagles/Objects/Airplanes folder. You also need to move the sound file "clerget9b2m2.wav" into the FirstEagles/Sounds folder.

 

For FE2: Unzip the file and move the folder named "Nieuport12" into the FirstEagles/Objects/Airplanes folder. Then in the FirstEagles/Objects/Decals folder, create a new folder named "Nieuport12". Move the folder named "D" from the Airplanes/Nieuport12 folder into the Decals/Nieuport12 folder you just made. You also need to move the sound file "clerget9b2m2.wav" into the FirstEagles/Sounds folder.

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• Submitter
  Stephen1918
• Submitted
  08/22/2011
• Category
  Nieuport

 

[leodagan76 574]

Hi!

 

Thanks, it's a pretty nice plane! I'm starting with FE2, it's a very fun sim and very nice by adding some mods like this one.

 

However I experience a strange problem with the shadow of the Nieuport 12. The shadow size is constant, whatever the altitude. Any idea to fix it?

 

 

 

Thanks!

[Crawford 569]

Nothing like I've never noticed (nevertheless, I play in FE1, but not FE2). But if you suddenly decide to deal with this bug (the key word - if), it's possible that you also may want to tweak the elevator control cables? In fact, this plane’s elevator control cables pass through the horizontal stabilizer (as in other Nieuports).

[Crawford 569]

It looked something like this: