Spinners

Find out what the mesh name (the part you want removed) is called using Mue's LOD viewer tool. Then in the main data.ini add a new component line using the next new number, for example: Component[010]=HidePart1 then add a little section to remove it. [AircraftData] . . Component[010]=HidePart1 [HidePart1] ParentComponentName=rwr_tail ModelNodeName=rwr_tail_ok DestroyedNodeName=rwr_tail DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE ​

​ Brewster F4A-1 Seabolt - VF-74, USS Bunker Hill, 1945

​ Republican Guard

​ A patchy Mustang

NACA's (forerunner of NASA) Richard Whitcomb came up the 'area rule' principle in December 1953. At the time it was highly classified. The best British example (and probably the earliest) is the Blackburn Buccaneer. Convair's designers must have wished that he'd tipped them off much earlier in the F-102's development as the Deuce's initial failure to go supersonic in level flight was an acute embarrassment to them.

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Boulton Paul Wulfruna Mk.lb - No.1 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1943 The 1939 Air Ministry specification F.18/39 (written around the Martin-Baker MB.3) called for a Hurricane and Spitfire replacement and stipulated a maximum speed of 400mph with a main armament of 6 x 20mm Hispano Mk.ll cannon. In early September 1939, at the outbreak of World War 2, Boulton Paul Aviation were approached by the Air Ministry and were asked to submit an insurance design to an essentially similar specification called F.18/40 but with an armament reduced to 4 x 20mm Hispano Mk.ll cannon. Boulton Paul's initial design submitted in January 1940 was a conservative-looking machine very much resembling a single-seat turretless Defiant and powered by the proposed Merlin 45 engine rated at 1,515hp although Boulton Paul soon realised that this was insufficient power for their design and also suspected that availability of any Merlin engine was always likely to be a problem. Boulton Paul bravely asked the Air Minsistry for permission to resubmit a new design to a later timescale utilising the promising new Bristol Centaurus 18-cylinder two-row radial that had been running on the bench since 1938 although development was deliberately slowed due to the demands for Hercules production. Permission was granted and the Boulton Paul designation of P.99 was given to the new design. Forecasting that production Centaurus engines would not be available until the middle of 1942 Boulton Paul's Chief Designer, John Dudley North, played a slightly longer game and set out to create an advanced fighter aircraft that broke with the traditions of the time. Even though the overall diameter of the Bristol Centaurus was just 6% greater than the earlier Hercules engine, North wanted a low-drag installation quickly settling on a rear-mounted 'pusher' design with engine cooling provided by narrow, obliquely mounted intakes on the fuselage side. The remainder of the P.99 design was equally advanced being of all-metal construction with a canard configuration wing and a retractable tricycle undercarriage. The pilot was seated in an enclosed but roomy cockpit in the centre of the fuselage with good forwards visibility from the cockpit (although largely restricted to the rear by the large main wing, engine and fins) and ahead of the pilot was the powerful four cannon armament in a slightly staggered installation. Despite the bombing of Boulton Paul's Wolverhampton works in early 1941, P.99 development moved smoothly through the Spring and Summer of 1941 although the advanced engine installation initially proved troublesome as it broke much new ground including the six-bladed propeller and extended drive shaft. Concurrently, Bristol Engines were working miracles in juggling Hercules production alongside development of the Centauraus and were able to ship prototype Centaurus IV engines to Boulton Paul during early 1942. This greatly assisted with design and installation and the Centaurus was especially neatly cowled with air outlets incorporating automatic sliding gills. By the Autumn of 1942 the first P.99 prototype was nearing completion and began ground-running trials during early December leading to the unfortunate discovery that the rear-mounted engine configuration caused cooling problems whilst on the ground - a problem that would follow the aircraft into operational service. Despite this, Boulton Paul were given a production order for 650 production P.99 aircraft and North's innovative design was officially bestowed with the unusual name of 'Wulfruna' as an historic nod towards Boulton Paul's Wolverhampton works. Continued problems with the Centaurus delayed the first flight of the prototype Wulfruna until February 1943 but the initial test flights were successful except for minor vibration problems with the propeller and extended drive shaft and the aircraft was soon demonstrating level speeds of over 440mph and a very fast rate of climb although the range was slightly down on the official requirements and Boulton Paul's own estimates. Production commenced during the Spring of 1943 and the Wulfruna Mk.l entered service with No.56 Squadron in August 1943 and No.1 Squadron in September 1943 with the latter operating the Wulfruna Mk.1b in the night intruder role during the winter of 1943-1944.

B-52's looked superb in this scheme - thanks Wrench!

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Bristol Basileus Mk.I - No.74 'Tiger' Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1937 The challenging Air Ministry Specification F.7/30 issued in 1931 called for a new interceptor-fighter for the Royal Air Force and demanded a top speed of at least 250 mph and an armament of four machine-guns. Going against the grain, two competitors boldly decided to ignore Air Ministry advice to use the new Rolls-Royce Goshawk evaporatively cooled in-line engine and proposed aircraft powered by alternative engines. Gloster elected to develop the SS.37, essentially an advanced version of the Gauntlet with a fully enclosed cockpit, single-bay wings, a cantilever main undercarriage and powered by an advanced version of the Bristol Mercury radial engine. First flown in September 1934 the SS.37 would become the Gloster Gladiator gaining an initial order for 23 aircraft to Specification F.14/35 in December 1934 followed by a more substantial order for 180 in September 1935. Meanwhile, Bristol chose to eschew their own Bristol Mercury radial engine (and also their Goshawk powered Type 123 design) and develop their advanced Type 125 design featuring the proposed Fairey Prince V-12 liquid-cooled inline engine in a clean, streamlined biplane design featuring an open-cockpit with single-bay wings and with all four machine-guns mounted in underwing gondolas. However, the adoption of the Prince engine would initially prove to be a nightmare for Bristol leading to them always running several months behind their rivals at Gloster. Nevertheless, the Prince engine was installed and test flown in a Fairey Fox II biplane in 1934 and then transplanted into the prototype Type 125 just in time for a maiden test flight from Filton on December 31st, 1934. During 1935 the Type 125, now named Basileus, slowly started clawing back some of the time lost to their nearby rivals up the A38 in Gloucester and Bristol were rewarded with an initial order for 60 production aircraft to Specification F.14/35 in March 1935 and with a further order for 140 aircraft in September 1935. Entering service with No.74 Squadron in March 1937 the Basileus was the last open-cockpit biplane fighter to enter service with the Royal Air Force and was quickly replaced in the home service by the faster. more heavily armed Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighters but two Basileus squadrons were used in the unsuccessful Norwegian campaign of 1940. The Basileus was also used with great success against Italian opposition during the North African campaign during 1940 and early 1941 before being withdrawn from service in April 1941.

Bristol Basileus Mk.1 - No.64 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1937 ​

I've gone from W8.1 to W10 on my laptop and I'm less than impressed but going from W7 to W10 on my desktop has been a much happier experience. @ Richo - I can't help with your compatability mode query but I'm using a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick in W10 with no problems with SF2.

Great work Ed! Thank you.

Saab J25A - F21, Flygvapnet, 1951 @ Veltro2K - Bravo Ed!

Veltro2K's Kyushu J7W1 'Shinden' masquerading as the post-war Swedish J25 interceptor fighter

Fox takes flight

Don't forget that the NF's had longer wings than the trainers (like your NF14).

Nope. Ed's already given us the answer. Mk.7's with the F.8 tail.

T.7?

BAC Thunderstrike S.1 - No.617 (Dambuster) Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1969

Isn't in the downloads? I think so.

Waco (Fairey) A2W-1A Gannet - NARW-77, US Naval Reserve, 1957

Fairey Gannet AS.1 - Irish Air Corps, 1960

DAT released the Gannet AS.1 yesterday - RN and RAN plus Marineflieger.

Cover your ears! And your eyes...