baffmeister

Someone put together a little PTO campaign with a list of required aircraft and ground objects so it might be worth a look. I don't recall what terrain it was meant for. [from the guy that doesn't even have a PTO install yet]

I don't understand any of that stuff but, do you have DX-9 installed?

In SF2, maybe simulated geosynchronous spy satellites?

Funny you should ask that. I was just recently messing around with my own long term F-101 FM which uses a pitch up effect. If you have the original FM you probably want to check the StallMoment=whatever entry for the inner and outer wing panels. They are typically in the 0.000 to -0.002 range. To generate a pitch up, you can bump the numbers up to something considerably higher. I was using StallMoment=0.08 on the inner [forward] wing panel and StallMoment=0.000 on the outer wing panel which gave an interesting pitch up effect. I was on the verge of doing an informal release of my RF-101 FM but decided to re-think the whole pitch up issue. The effect is just a simplified work around and doesn't really reflect the actual aerodynamics of the VooDoo pitch up, plus the Voodoo had roll and pitch limiting systems as well as a stick pusher to avoid pitch up so it might actually make more sense to try and simulate a stick pusher effect, with a large nose down [negative] StallMoment. Unfortunately, from past experience with the F-104, I've never been able to get a convincing stick pusher effect.

I've been finding some issues with the RAF bomb series. In my WW2 weapons folder I have folders called RAF50, RAF100, RAF250, RAF500 and RAF1000. Some have excessive weights and some have mixed up full names. The RAF series have their own lods. I also have some other bombs called UK250lb, UK500lb and UK1000lb. This series doesn't have lods in the folder and appears to use the stock TW UK bomb data. The weights etc. look fine but the dimensions are much different. I'm in the process of putting together a Typhoon FM and will be adjusting the Tempest load out as well so was wondering if someone could check the RAF series bombs in their WW2 install and see if they have the weight and naming errors as well. Not sure where I got either of these bomb series from but they may not be up to date. I could just fix the RAF series but that requires some research so would be interested in any suggestions from the weapon experts regarding the most realistic bombs to use for WW2 RAF use.

This FM is for Veltro2K's Typhoon 1B bubble top, available here: https://combatace.com/files/file/14738-hawker-typhoon-mk-ib-bubble-top/ Besides the FM/Data.ini, you will also find a new cockpit.ini with a position adjustment and a new loadout.ini. I've also included a couple of WW2 bombs as well as a bomb pylon that's being used to address a model issue, more info below. NOTES: The Typhoon had a very thick wing, with a thickness/chord ratio similar to the Hurricane. To get started on this FM I imported some of the data from my Hurricane FM and it seemed to work quite well so I ended up just making a number of edits to get the desired behavior. Actual high quality data available is quite sparse so it's based on mostly anecdotal information. Turn rates are better than the P-47D-40 but similar to the Tempest and FW-190 so you will want to keep the speed up. When doing a Soviet style turn time test I got about 24sec. Some adjustments have been made to the Sabre engines WEP table so the Tempest will be getting that update as well. The maximum roll rate for the Typhoon was rather poor at about 55deg/sec at 250mph. Quite a large "spread" in the various speed charts I was looking at. With this one you can expect about 345mph at sea level and about 395mph at 18000ft. In general, its about 20-30mph slower than the Tempest at all altitudes. BOMBS: Two bombs included, one 500lb-MC and one 1000lb-MC. These came in various Mark numbers but I don't see much point in having more than one of each. In general, the MC [medium capacity] series had an explosive/total weight ratio of about 50%, with different fin, fusing and attachment set-ups for the various marks. From some relatively light weight research, it seems the MC series was developed in 1942 and became available in 1943. No idea what the end service date is. The Typhoon data.ini has a length restriction for the bombs to make the later TW UK bombs unavailable. BOMB PYLON: To address a strange weight distribution issue when carrying bombs, I've put together a work-around. The bomb pylons are installed as no weight, no jettison, specific station Drop Tanks! When doing a strike or anti-ship mission the new loadout.ini will include the bomb pylons as well as the new 500lb-MC bomb. This setup works fine but just remember, if you ever want to change the loadout manually, don't forget to include the pylons when carrying bombs. If desired, engine exhaust and prop inertia effects can be activated by removing the double slashes from these entries: ExhaustEmitterName=//CleanExhaustEmitter and MomentOfInertia=//8.0 Here's the data.ini and assorted bits: Typhoon1B-0.95.zip

More "Heavy Metal" although it's 1 ton lighter than a P-47D-40, with both at typical clean combat weight.