FA-18A Hornet Blue Angels N°3 startup

FA-18A Hornet Blue Angels N°3 startup

An FA-18A Hornet Fighter aircraft in US Navy Blue Angels colours, Aircraft N°3, startup model. Reskin by Papou with permission.

It operates on invisible track. The real aircraft has a top speed of 1960 kph and an all up weight of 29900 kg. The model is limited to a speed of 1440 kph.

The aircraft has an automatically operating landing gear. This retracts at takeoff speed (200 kph) set in the script. It lowers at speeds below 200kph. The speeds for tilting, fap retraction, landing gear retraction and on takeoff may be altered in the string table above - speeds are in kph. Landing speed in the string table is between 0 and 1 as a factor of full speed, not 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 and unload passengers at suitable airports.

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

- start or stop engines - use the B key;
- flare the aircraft for takeoff or landing, V key or trigger setting 3;
- tyre smoke on landing, use trigger setting 4;
- drag chute deployment for normal landing, use trigger setting 5;
- activate flares from the rear of the aircraft, use trigger setting 6;
- tailhook deployment for carrier landing, use trigger setting 7;
- Wing tips fold vertically for carrier parking, use trigger setting 8;
- trapping on landing (instant stop), use trigger setting number 9;
- deploy refuelling probe, use trigger setting number 10;
- folding wings, use trigger setting 11;
- bolter - overshoot arrester wires, relaunch - use trigger setting number 12;
- set speed to approx 40% of maximum speed, for landing approach, trigger setting 14;
- night lighting uses the L key, no trigger key ; See my wepages for further details.

Note: Shadow models are required but cannot be animated to follow aircraft animation in TS12. If you do not like the shadow showing on the body of the aircraft, in the config call up the shadow_inv.im file which is an invisible shadow.

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 trigger and the particular aircraft to a different value to differentiate.

Author: Ian Manion (Vulcan)

FA-18A Hornet Blue Angels N°3 startup
• aircraft204.gs 16.58KB
body
afterburner-afterburner.texture.txt 57 bytes
afterburner.im 5.17KB
afterburner.tga 64.04KB
afterburner2.im 1.95KB
base.im 1.53KB
base.kin 14.27KB
blueangels4.texture.txt 35 bytes
blueangels43.tga 3.00MB
body.im 179.10KB
body.texture.txt 35 bytes
body_swiss4.texture.txt 35 bytes
catapult.im 7.54KB
catapult.kin 7.25KB
chute.texture.txt 28 bytes
chute.tga 25.04KB
dragchute.im 35.65KB
env_metal.bmp 12.05KB
env_metal.texture.txt 32 bytes
exhaust0.im 4.48KB
flaps.im 5.95KB
flaps.kin 10.05KB
flapstipl.im 4.06KB
flapstipl.kin 7.27KB
flapstipr.im 4.27KB
flapstipr.kin 7.27KB
flare0.im 6.83KB
flare0.kin 23.25KB
flare_base.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_base.tga 13.04KB
flare_refl.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_refl.tga 4.04KB
flashers.im 1.46KB
flashers2.im 1.73KB
flashers2.kin 39.37KB
fueltank.im 15.35KB
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 13.04KB
grey.texture.txt 27 bytes
grey.tga 13.04KB
missile1.im 19.63KB
missile1.kin 39.35KB
missile2.im 20.14KB
missile2.kin 39.35KB
missile3.im 13.37KB
missile3.kin 39.35KB
night-night.texture.txt 45 bytes
night.im 5.17KB
night.tga 512.04KB
pilot3.texture.txt 29 bytes
pilot3.tga 193.04KB
probe.im 3.61KB
probe.kin 7.24KB
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
shadowblack.tga 1.79KB
tailhook.im 6.36KB
tailhook.kin 14.27KB
wheels.im 88.30KB
wheels.kin 128.78KB
wingfold.im 40.85KB
wingfold.kin 39.36KB
• chutesnap.wav 61.59KB
• config.txt 22.04KB
• engine.wav 170.82KB
• flare.wav 24.46KB
• launch.wav 679.46KB
• preview.jpg 10.46KB
shadow
shadow.im 18.09KB
shadow_inv.im 1.33KB
shadowblack-shadowblack.texture.txt 57 bytes
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
shadowblack.tga 1.79KB
• start.wav 170.82KB
• stop.wav 372.97KB
• turbine.wav 369.15KB
• tyres.wav 56.96KB