F4 Phantom Thunderbirds 5 startup

F4 Phantom Thunderbirds 5 startup

A McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom aircraft used by the US Air Force Thunderbirds, startup model. Reskin by Papou with permission.

It operates on invisible track. It is set up for carrier operations.

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 various pylons, including the animated ones. Initially it is fully configured. You can alter or delete the mix of missiles on load hardpoints in Surveyor - use the ? button. The choice is from the Sidewinder, Sparrow, Maverick, on the wing animated hard points and fuel tanks or cruise missile on the centre hardpoint. Some missiles cannot be loaded to some points, eg, the fuel tanks are too heavy for the wing tips. See the included Readme file for additional information on hard point location.

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:

- to start engines, press the B key or trigger setting 2. An engine start rule is also available for AI;
- fire missiles, H key, sequential firing;
- flare the aircraft for landing or on takeoff, use the V key, or trigger setting 3;
- tyre smoke on landing, use trigger setting 4;
- drag chute deployment on landing, use trigger setting 5;
- issue tail flares, use trigger setting number 6;
- deploy tail hook for carrier landing, use trigger setting number 7;
- catapult launch, use trigger setting number 8;
- trapping on landing (instant stop), use trigger setting number 9;
- wing folding, use trigger setting number 11;
- bolter - overshoot arrester wires, relaunch - use trigger setting number 12;
- set speed to 40% of maximum speed, for landing approach, trigger setting 14.

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 for a particular aircraft to a different value to differentiate.

Author: Ian Manion (Vulcan)

F4 Phantom Thunderbirds 5 startup
• aircraft186.gs 19.53KB
body
afterburner-afterburner.texture.txt 57 bytes
afterburner-afterburner_op.texture.txt 60 bytes
afterburner.im 5.19KB
afterburner.tga 64.04KB
afterburner2.im 2.78KB
afterburner_op.tga 49.04KB
base.im 1.52KB
base.kin 11.45KB
body.im 122.90KB
catapult.im 7.59KB
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 1.94KB
figure3.texture.txt 30 bytes
figure3.tga 769.04KB
figure_russian.texture.txt 37 bytes
figure_russian.tga 769.04KB
flare_base.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_base.tga 13.04KB
flare_refl-flare_refl.texture.txt 55 bytes
flare_refl.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_refl.tga 4.04KB
flashers.im 1.46KB
flashers2.im 1.71KB
flashers2.kin 19.83KB
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 13.04KB
main_aust.texture.txt 39 bytes
main_thunderbird.tga 3.00MB
missile.im 21.54KB
missile.kin 39.33KB
missile3.im 1.81KB
missile3.kin 39.33KB
missile4.im 1.81KB
missile4.kin 39.33KB
missile5.im 1.81KB
missile5.kin 39.33KB
mist-mist.texture.txt 43 bytes
mist.im 6.88KB
mist.tga 32.04KB
night-night.texture.txt 45 bytes
night.im 5.17KB
night.tga 512.04KB
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
shadowblack.tga 1.79KB
tailflare.im 5.33KB
tailflare.kin 27.40KB
tailhook.im 34.84KB
tailhook.kin 28.34KB
wheels.im 65.98KB
wheels.kin 51.40KB
wingfold.im 7.13KB
wingfold.kin 39.34KB
• chutesnap.wav 61.59KB
• config.txt 19.61KB
• engine.wav 170.82KB
• flare.wav 24.46KB
• gun3.wav 86.17KB
• launch.wav 679.46KB
• missile5.wav 658.33KB
• preview.jpg 5.85KB
shadow
shadow_inv.im 1.33KB
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