Chance Vought Crusader F8E(FN) 14F 1973

Chance Vought Crusader F8E(FN) 14F 1973

A Chance Vought Crusader F8E(FN) naval aircraft, French Navy, Flottille 14F, 1973.Reskin by Papou with permission.
It is used on American and some French aircraft carriers and operates on invisible track. It will function on my Aircraft Carrier USS CVN 68 Nimitz, <kuid2:60238:38623:1> for take off and landing.

The aircraft has an automatically operating landing gear. This retracts at takeoff speed set in the script, and lowers at speeds below that setting. The speeds for tilting, landing gear retraction on takeoff, and afterburner speed may be altered in the string table above - speeds are in kph. It does not have an operating interior, but does have various exterior views based on an invisible interior, use the [ and ] keys from the interior view.

The aircraft will load missiles (products) to the hardpoint pylons on the side of the fuselage, these are animated. You can alter or delete the mix of missiles in Surveyor - use the ? button. The choice is from Paveways, Sidewinders, Python 5, Maverick, Pheonix, or Sparrow missiles.

Some of my airports will load or unload products on aircraft. The missiles will not be unloaded at an airport, but if you come in clean, the airport will upload missiles to the hardpoints for use.

The aircraft has a number of animations that can be operated by keyboard keys, or the Aircraft Action Trigger, kuid:76656:24050, when placed on track and set to the correct number:

- horn sound H key is a machine gun firing, or trigger setting 1;
- fire the Sidewinder missiles - use the B key, or trigger setting 2;
- flare the aircraft for takeoff or landing, V key or trigger setting 3;
- tyre smoke on landing, use trigger setting 4;
- activate flares from the rear of the aircraft, use trigger setting 6;
- tail hook deployment, use trigger setting 7;
- set speed to zero (after landing, to stop aircraft), trigger setting 9;
- wing folding, use trigger setting 11;
- bolter, overshoot of arrester wires on carrier, use trigger setting 12.

Military and commercial aircraft sometimes use the same keys and trigger settings for differerent animations. If you find conflict on the same route, set the train priority of the Action trigger for a particular aircraft to a different value to differentiate.

Author: Ian Manion (Vulcan)

Chance Vought Crusader F8E(FN) 14F 1973
• aircraft96.gse 3.01KB
body
afterburner-afterburner.texture.txt 57 bytes
afterburner.im 2.76KB
afterburner.tga 64.04KB
afterburner2.im 1.95KB
afterburner_missile.im 2.76KB
afterburner_takeoff.im 2.76KB
base.im 1.64KB
base.kin 14.92KB
base_old.kin 14.27KB
body.texture.txt 27 bytes
body.tga 3.00MB
catapult.im 2.16KB
catapult.kin 28.34KB
chute.texture.txt 28 bytes
chute.tga 25.04KB
crusader.im 138.98KB
env_metal.bmp 12.05KB
env_metal.texture.txt 32 bytes
flare0.im 5.31KB
flare0.kin 23.23KB
flare_base.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_base.tga 4.04KB
flare_refl-flare_refl.texture.txt 55 bytes
flare_refl.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_refl.tga 4.04KB
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 13.04KB
interior.texture.txt 31 bytes
interior.tga 3.00MB
missile1.im 1.95KB
missile1.kin 58.86KB
pilot_f16.texture.txt 32 bytes
pilot_f16.tga 193.04KB
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
shadowblack.tga 812 bytes
tailflare.im 5.15KB
tailflare.kin 23.25KB
tailflashers.im 1.43KB
tailhook.im 5.68KB
tailhook.kin 28.34KB
wheels.im 90.25KB
wheels.kin 97.31KB
wingflashers.im 1.64KB
wingflashers.kin 19.81KB
wingfold.im 7.43KB
wingfold.kin 19.81KB
• chutesnap.wav 61.59KB
• config.txt 15.02KB
• flaps_motor.wav 497.29KB
• flare.wav 24.46KB
• launch.wav 679.46KB
• missile5.wav 658.33KB
• preview.jpg 11.59KB
shadow
shadow.im 1.33KB
shadow_full.im 13.94KB
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
shadowblack.tga 812 bytes
• tyres.wav 56.96KB