Author: I. D'Attomo & G. Quai Date: 30 Jun 2008
FS2002/FS2004 Macchi MB.308. The Macchi MB.308 was a light aircraft produced in Italy in the late 1940s, one of the most prolific Italian-built types of the following decade. It was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tricycle landing gear and powered by a 85 HP Continental C-85 engine. Wooden construction throughout . The pilot and a the passenger or flight instructor sat side-by-side. The MB.308 was ordered in quantity by the Aeronautica Militare Italiana, Italian Air Force, which leased them out to some Italian aeroclubs. This is a full package, Aircraft and Panel, for FS2004, but it should work also in FS2002, except the GPS, to be displayed at 1024x768 resolution or more.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 16 Jun 2008
FS2002/FS2004 Shado Sky One / SkyDiver. Science Fiction Animation Plastic Model Series No.31. This is based on Gerry Anderson's TV Series "U.F.O.". Skydiver was an advanced attack submarine operated by SHADO in their war against the aliens. The front part of the sub was an aerial fighter, Sky One, which could launched from beneath the surface of the water to maintain secrecy and use the element of surprise in ambushing UFOs already in the atmosphere. Skydiver had about a four-man crew, with the captain usually serving as the pilot for Sky One, a twin-engine fighter. Its primary offensive armaments were two missile pods slung under the craft's small wings and four nose-mounted cannons.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 07 Jun 2008
FS2002/FS2004 Martin SP-5B Marlin. This was a twin engined piston powered flying boat entering service in 1951 and serving into late 1960s in service with the United States Navy for naval patrol. It also served in the U.S. Coast Guard and with the French Navy. 285 were produced overall. The Marlin was designed as a gull-winged aircraft to lift the engines and propellers high above the spray.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 25 May 2008
FS2002/FS2004 Yakovlev Yak-23 "Flora". This was the final iteration of the post-war turbojet designs beginning with the Yak-15 and continuing in the Yak-17 aircraft series. And this was a single-engine, single-crew jet-powered light-weight day fighter designed on a rudimentary fuselage. Two kinds of models, Clean and with wingtip tanks, and two kinds of paint examples, Russia and Poland, are included.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 13 May 2008
FS2002/FS2004 North American FJ-1 Fury. This was a single-engine, single-seat, low-wing carrier-borne jet fighter with short stubby wings looking much like a high-flying bomb. Its first flight was in 1947. And because its performance was disappointing only 31 were built and it had a brief service life. Two kinds of models, clean and with wingtip fuel tanks, are included.
Author: I. D'Attomo & G. Quai Date: 13 May 2008
FS2002/FS2004 Dassault Mercure, Air Inter. In 1967 Dassault decided to propose a competitor to the Boeing 737. This would attack this market segment by the upper end, with a 140-seat jetliner, compared to the 100-seat -100 and the 115-seat -200 Boeing 737 variants then in production. This aircraft would be an opportunity for Dassault to show the civilian market its knowledge of high-speed aerodynamics and low speed lift capability previously developed by producing a long line of jet fighters, such as the Dassault Mystère and Dassault Mirage aircraft. The model features very detailed moving parts and highly reflecting metallic skin. The panel layout has been taken from photographic material found in the net, with minor modifications. Included in this model there is also a very simple Virtual Cockpit, with working essential gauges and animated flight controls. This is a full package, aircraft and panel, for FS2004, but it should work also in FS2002, to be displayed at 1024x768 resolution or more.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 04 May 2008
FS2002/FS2004 Mothra. Science Fiction Animation Plastic Model Series No.30. This is based on the Japanese movie "Mothra". This is new version "mothra" that is possible a highspeed flight after 1996.
Author: Jim Jacobson Date: 21 Apr 2008
FS2002/FS2004/CFS2 Martin Mariner PBM-3C. The "PBM-3C", with initial rollout in late 1942 and a total of 274 built. It featured greater crew armor protection, twin gun front and dorsal turrets, an improved tail turret that retained a single gun, and the ASV radar and dome, though it appears that not all PBM-3Cs had the radar. Apparently many PBM-3Cs were fitted with an underwing searchlight in the field.
Author: Richard Alexander van Hien Date: 31 Mar 2008
FS2000/FS2002 De Schelde DS-21. Dutch company called Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde started an aviation department with the collapse of Pander & Zonen picking up that company's chief engineer in 1935. The aircraft had some unusual features. It was all-metal in construction, a reverse gull wing with twin booms. De Schelde S.21 single seat fighter It was powered by a 1,085 hp Daimler-Benz DB 600G 12-cylinder inverted V liquid cooled engine driving a pushed propeller via a shaft, which could be jettisoned in flight if the pilot had to bail out. The cockpit was extensively glazed giving the pilot a good field of view. Heavy armament was proposed for the aircraft with four 7.9 mm machine guns mounted on the side of the forward fuselage, a 23 mm forward firing cannon and one rear facing 23 mm cannon firing through the propeller hub, although how this was aimed is unclear. Only one prototype was built as the Germans occupied the factory in 1940. The aircraft was transported back to Germany where it was tested to destruction; it was never flown. It was calculated by the designer that the aircraft would have had a maximum speed of 590 km/h.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 28 Mar 2008
FS2002/FS2004 McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle. This is an extremely strong ground attack airplane that can have electronic equipment such as LANTIRN and AGP-70, and carry various armaments in any weather conditions. Non-guided weapon can be hit in high accuracy, and on the other hand, the point attack with precision-guided bomb, PGM, is also possible. According to a powerful all-in-one design defense system and a superior air-to-air performance, the ability can be demonstrated by being in not going in the hostility air area. The worst weakness is that the price is high. Six kinds of models, Clean / with pylon / with weapons / with CFT and pylon / with CFT and weapons / Full Equipment, are included.
Author: Richard Alexander van Hien Date: 28 Mar 2008
FS2002 Fokker T-V. The first T-V prototype flew in 1935. This type of aircraft was intended to protect a dedicated area. It had to be heavily armed and fast and above that it had to carry enough fuel to stay in the air for a long time. The Dutch Airforce ordered sixteen T.5's but when they were delivered the whole concept was outdated. Another task of the T.5 would have been that of a bomber and that remained as the majortask. However, just a few of them had bombracks, so this task also was not fully carried out. The aircraft remained in service until 1940.
