WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE Thank you for purchasing this item - We hope you are happy with it! ****************************************************************** If you have any problems with it, please contact us and we shall give you an answer as quickly as possible. This bundle is made of three zipped folders: AIRCRAFTS1 : ARADO AR 196, LOCKHEED P38 LIGHTNING, Me 262 AIRCRAFTS2 : Mig3, NAKAJIMA A6M2-N RUFE, P61, Zero A6M5 PILOTS : German pilot, Japanese pilot, Russian pilot, USAF pilot COPYRIGHT 2013 BY Eric Audibert and Alain Bouchet ( Nationale7 ) You must maintain all copyright notices on all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. These models are a property of Eric Audibert and Alain Bouchet ( Nationale7 ). DO NOT REMOVE TEXT FROM THIS MODEL ! DO NOT sell, resell, and distribute this model in any form / media without our permission ! DO NOT Provide any free download of this model in any web site or electronic devices without our permission ! DO NOT modify and use any part of this model without our permission ! System requirements : PC/MAC and compatible software versions Vue8 or greater Installation instructions: Check that you have the total control on your program. Unzip and paste EACH FILE somewhere in your hard drive IN THE APPROPRIATE FOLDER. ALL PROPELLERS CAN ROTATE AND THE LANDING GEARS CAN BE PULLED IN OR OUT. Airplanes informations: The Arado Ar 196 was the standard seaplane on all the major warships of the Kriegsmarine. Its main mission was to provide light air cover for the ship and do reconnaissance job or serve as gun observer. While in most respects the Ar 196 is not a formidable aircraft, for a seaplane it's performance exceeded it's Allied counterparts. In addition to reconnaissance, the Arado-196 also served a multitask role, including sea-rescues, coastal patrols, inserting agents behind enemy coastal lines, and even in combat situations. With its heavy armament of two forward firing 20 mm cannons, twin 7.92mm rear machine guns and two 50-kg bombs, the Arado-196 can intercept and attack lone Allied aircraft. Constructed primarily of metal framework, the Arado-196 was of modern design utilizing an enclosed cockpit and twin floats to aid in its stability. The floats were fitted with rudders and also served as extended fuel tanks and storage space for other emergency provisions. The extended fuel tanks enabled the scout plane to remain in the air for up to four hours at a time, which for scout planes was a more important factor than long range. A nine cylinder BMW radial engine producing a high power output of 960-hp also placed the Arado-196 as the fastest in its class. Coupled with a sound airframe design, it also had the highest ceiling height compared to its British and American counterparts. This is of innumerable advantage, as a greater ceiling height enabled the crew to scout over greater distances. The Arado-196 served in all maritime theaters of war with operations ranging from the Arctic to the Black Sea. It also served with coastal units in Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania and the Mediterranean. Any of them were caught at the end of the war and served in allied armies.The Arado-196 was built by Fokker and SNCA. For the propeller rotation, use the PITCH dialog. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese, the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the mount of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories) and Thomas McGuire (38 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war. The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, the exhaust muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving, and could be mishandled in many ways, but the rate of roll was too slow for it to excel as a dogfighter.The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day.The Lockheed design incorporated tricycle undercarriage and a bubble canopy, and featured two 1,000 hp (746 kW) turbo-supercharged 12-cylinder Allison V-1710 engines fitted with counter-rotating propellers to eliminate the effect of engine torque, with the superchargers positioned behind the engines in the booms.Counter-rotation was achieved with the use of "handed" engines, which meant that the crankshaft of each engine turned in the opposite direction of its counterpart. It was the first American fighter to make extensive use of stainless steel and smooth, flush-riveted butt-jointed aluminum skin panels.[20] It was also the first fighter to fly faster than 400 mph (640 km/h). Over 10,000 Lightnings were manufactured in all, becoming the only U.S. combat aircraft that remained in continuous production throughout the duration of American participation in World War II. At the midday of 31 July 1944, the noted aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Night Flight, Wind, Sand and Stars and The Little Prince) vanished in his F-5B P-38J of the French Armée de l'Air's Groupe de Chasse II/33, after departing Borgo-Porreta, Bastia, Corsica. MOVING PARTS ( PITCH/ROLL/YAW ): FRONT WHEEL SHUTTER : CLOSE : 0/8/0 OPEN : 110/8/0 FRONT WHEEL : UP : 180/280/180 DOWN : 0/0/0 SIDE WHEELS : UP : 0/280/0 DOWN : 0/0/0 LEFT WHEEL SHUTTER LEFT CLOSE : 0/0/0 OPEN : 75/0/0 LEFT WHEEL SHUTTER RIGHT CLOSE : 0/0/0 OPEN : 285/0/0 RIGHT WHEEL SHUTTER LEFT CLOSE : 0/0/0 OPEN : 285/0/0 RIGHT WHEEL SHUTTER RIGHT CLOSE : 0/0/0 OPEN : 75/0/0 WARNING: due to the position of the plane on the ground with landing gears down, you must ROLL the whole plane to 355.5°. For the propellers rotation, use the PITCH dialog. The Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" (German for Swallow) was the world's first operational turbojet fighter aircraft. It was produced in World War II and saw action starting in 1944 as a multi-role fighter/bomber/reconnaissance/interceptor warplane for the "Luftwaffe". German pilots nicknamed it the "Sturmvogel" (Stormbird), while the Allies called it the Turbo. The Me 262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war due to its late introduction, with 509 claimed Allied kills against the loss of more than 100 Me 262s. The third prototype airframe became a true "jet" when it flew on 18 July 1942 in Leipheim near Günzburg, Germany, piloted by Fritz Wendel. This was almost nine months ahead of the British Gloster Meteor's first flight on 5 March 1943. Serial production did not begin until 1944. This delay in engine availability was in part due to the shortage of strategic materials, especially metals and alloys able to handle the extreme temperatures produced by the jet engine. Even when the engines were completed, they had an expected operational lifetime of approximately 50 hours; in fact, most 004s lasted just 12 hours. Operationally, the Me 262 had an endurance of 60 to 90 minutes. An experimental tactic was installing nitrous oxide injection. When chasing an Me 262, the pilot could press a button injecting nitrous oxide into the engine, producing a quick burst of speed. Slightly over 1,400 Me 262s of all versions were produced. As few as 200 Me 262s made it to combat units due to fuel shortages, pilot shortages, and the lack of airfields that could support the Me 262. Despite its deficiencies, the Me 262 clearly signaled the beginning of the end of piston-engined aircraft as effective fighting machines. Once airborne, it could accelerate to speeds well over 800 km/h (500 mph), over 150 km/h (93 mph) faster than any Allied fighter operational in the European Theater of Operations. 136 471 poygons Right wheel inside up and right wheel shutter closed all values are 0 Right wheel outside down : 90,0,0 and right wheel shutter open : 270,0,0 Left wheel enclosed an left wheel shutter closed, all values are 0 Left wheel outside down : 270,0,0 and left wheel shutter ope, : 90,0,0 Front wheel inside up, all values are 0 and front wheel outside down : 0,100,0 Front wheel shutter tall closed : 0,0,0 and font wheel shutter tall open : 270,6,5 Front wheel shutter small closed : 0,0,0 and font wheel shutter small open : 0,90,0 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3was a Soviet fighter aircraft used during World War II. On 22 June 1941 at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, some 981 were in service with the VVS, the PVO and Naval Aviation. The MiG-3 was difficult to fly in peacetime and much more so in combat. It had been designed for high-altitude combat but combat over the Eastern Front was generally at lower altitudes where it was inferior to the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 as well as most modern Soviet fighters. It was also pressed into service as a fighter-bomber during the autumn of 1941 but it was equally unsuited for this. Over time the survivors were concentrated in the PVO, where its disadvantages mattered less, the last being withdrawn from service before the end of the war. The MiG-3's top speed of 640 km/h (398 mph) at 7,200 metres (23,622 ft)  was faster than the 615 km/h (382 mph) of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2 in service at the beginning of 1941 and the British Supermarine Spitfire V's 603 km/h (375 mph). At lower altitudes the MiG's speed advantage disappeared as its maximum speed at sea level was only 505 km/h (314 mph) while the Bf 109F-2 could do 515 km/h (320 mph). Unfortunately for the MiG-3 and its pilots, aerial combat over the Eastern Front generally took place at low and medium altitudes where it had no speed advantage. The MiG-3's standard armament was one 12.7 mm (0.50 in) UBS machine gun and two 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine guns. T his was a rather light armament by international standards, for example most versions of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 that it encountered were equipped with one 20 mm (0.79 in) autocannon and two 7.92 mm (0.31 in) machine guns. To remedy this problem, 821 aircraft were built with one 12.7 mm UBK machine gun in a pod under each wing in mid-1941. This lowered its speed by about 20 km/h (12 mph) at all altitudes, which was unpopular with the pilots, some of whom removed the pods. One hundred aircraft were equipped with a pair of UBS machine guns in lieu of the ShKAS weapons. Another 215 aircraft also had just the UBS machine guns but were fitted to carry six RS-82 rockets. A total of 72 aircraft mounted a pair of 20 mm ShVAK cannon. A wide variety of armaments were experimented with by various units at the requests of their pilots or to make up shortages. On 1 June 1941, 1,029 MIG-3s were on strength, but there were only 494 trained pilots. Even with the MiG-3's limitations, Aleksandr Pokryshkin, the third-leading Soviet, and Allied, ace of the war, with 53 official air victories (plus six shared), recorded a number of those victories while flying a MiG-3 at the beginning of the war. Rear wheel inside: all values are 0 Rear wheel outside : 0,80,0 Left wheel enclosed an left wheel shutter closed, all values are 0 Left wheel outside down : 270,0,0 Rightt wheel enclosed an left wheel shutter closed, all values are 0 Left wheel outside down : 90,0,0 Aircraft rotation values on horizontal flight : 0,0,0 Aircraft on the ground when the wheels are out, rotation values are: 0,15.7,0 For the propeller rotation, use the PITCH dialog. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945 and by the Chinese of both the KMT and CCP from 1945-1956. In Japan it was unofficially referred to as both Rei-sen and Zero-sen. The official Allied code name was Zeke ( Hamp for the A6M3 model 32 variant ); while this was in keeping with standard practice of giving boys' names to fighters, it is not definitively known if this was chosen for its similarity to "Zero". A combination of excellent maneuverability and very long range made it one of the best fighters of its era. In early service the Zero gained a legendary reputation, outclassing its contemporaries. Later, design weaknesses and the increasing scarcity of more powerful aircraft engines meant that the Zero became less effective against newer fighters. With its low-wing cantilever monoplane layout, retractable wide-set landing gear and enclosed cockpit, the design was not only much more modern than any the Navy had used in the past, it was one of the most modern in the world. Small left wheel shutter closed : 0,0,0 open : 80,0,0 Under carriage left inside : 0,0,0 outside : 274,0,0 Small right wheel shutter closed closed : 0,0,0 open 280,0,0 Under carriage left inside inside : 0,0,0 outside : 86,0,0 Rear small wheel inside : 00,0 outside 0,38,0 Aircraft grounded when wheels are out : 0,13.4,0 For the propeller rotation, use the PITCH dialog. Nakajima A6M2-N: As evidence of Japan's long-standing plans for territorial expansion through the Pacific, it had been recognized that in the inevitable 'island-hopping' war there would be few ready-made air bases from which to provide air cover during the occupation of the smaller islands, and that the construction of runways would be impractical. Although equipped with almost a dozen aircraft-carriers, the Japanese would be unable to use them in support of every single island invasion. The A6M2-N floatplane was developed from the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Type 0, for the purpose of supporting amphibian operations and defending remote bases. It was based on the A6M-2 Model 11 fuselage, with a modified tail and floats. The aircracft was deployed in 1942, referred to as the "Suisen 2" ("Hydro fighter type 2"), and was only utilized in defensive actions in the Aleutians and Solomon Islands operations. Such seaplanes were effective at night in harassing American PT boats, and they were very difficult to detect, even with primitive radar. They would also drop flares to illuminate the PTs which were vulnerable to destroyer gunfire, and depended on cover of darkness. Since the boats left a phosphorescent wake which was visible from the air, they would leave their engines in idle to minimize this wake. The seaplane also served as an interceptor for protecting fueling depots in Balikpapan and Avon Bases (Dutch East Indies) and reinforced the Shumushu base (North Kuriles) in the same period. Such fighters served aboard seaplane carriers Kamikawa Maru in the Solomons and Kuriles areas and aboard Japanese raiders Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru in Indian Ocean raids. In the Aleutian Campaign this fighter engaged with Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. The aircraft was used for interceptor, fighter-bomber, and short reconnaissance support for amphibious landings, among other uses. Later in the conflict the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu ("Rex") aircraft based in Biwa lake in the Honshu area. A total of 327 were built, including the original prototype. For the propeller rotation, use the PITCH dialog. The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first operational U.S. military aircraft designed specifically for night interception of aircraft, and was the first aircraft specifically designed to use radar. The first test flight was made on 26 May 1942, with the first production aircraft rolling off the assembly line in October 1943. The last aircraft was retired from government service in 1954.The Black Widow effectively operated as a night-fighter by United States Army Air Forces squadrons in the European Theater, the Pacific Theater, the CBI Theater and the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. After the war, the F-61 served in the United States Air Force as a long-range, all weather, day/night interceptor for Air Defense Command until 1948, and Far East Air Force until 1950.On the night of 14 August 1945, a P-61B of the 548th Night Fight Squadron named "Lady in the Dark" was unofficially credited with the last Allied air victory before VJ Day. The P-61 featured a crew of three: pilot, gunner, and radar operator. It was armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano M2 forward firing cannons mounted in the lower fuselage, and four .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns lined up horizontally with the two middle guns slightly offset upwards in a remotely-aimed dorsally mounted turret. This turret was driven by the General Electric GE2CFR12A3 gyroscopic fire control computer, and could be directed by either the gunner or radar operator, who both had the aiming control and gyroscopic collimator sight assembly posts attached to their swiveling seats. The radar operator could rotate the turret to face to the rear, in order to engage targets behind the aircraft. Capable of a full 360° rotation and 90° elevation, the turret could conceivably be used to engage any target in the entire hemisphere above and to the sides of the XP-61. This spine-mounted dorsal remote turret could be locked forward to be fired by the pilot in addition to the 20 mm (.79 in) cannons. The two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-25S Double Wasp engines were each mounted approximately one-sixth out on the wing's span. Two-stage, two-speed mechanical superchargers were fitted. Turret can rotate from 0° to 360° and machine guns from 0° to 270°( from Horizontal to Vertical ) Frontwheel inside : 0,0,0 outside : 0,260,0 Frontwheel door left closed : 0,0,0 open : 60,0,0 Front wheel door right closed : 0,0,0 open : 300,0,0 Main wheel left inside : 0,0,0 ouside : 180,288,180 Left wheel door int closed : 0,0,0 open : 260,0,0 left wheel door ext closed : 0,0,0 open : 90,0,0 Main wheel left inside : 0,0,0 ouside : 180,288,180 Left wheel door int closed : 0,0,0 open : 90,0,0 right wheel dor ext closed : 0,0,0 open : 260,0,0 For the propeller rotation, use the PITCH dialog. Files list : WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE1 : Documentation : WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE License.txt WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE ReadMe.txt ARADO AR 196 LOCKHEED P38 LIGHTNING Me 262 WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE2 : Documentation : WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE License.txt WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE ReadMe.txt Mig3 NAKAJIMA A6M2-N RUFE P61 Zero A6M5 WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE3 : Documentation : WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE License.txt WW2 AIRPLANES BUNDLE ReadMe.txt German pilot Japanese pilot Russian pilot USAF pilot