FA-18A Hornet Blue Angels No 2

FA-18A Hornet Blue Angels No 2

An FA-18A Hornet Fighter aircraft in the U.S.Navy aerobatic team Blue Angels colours. 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.Reskin by Papou from the original model, with permission.

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 and landing gear retraction on takeoff 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 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:

- horn sound H key is a machine gun firing, or trigger setting 1;
- 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
- night lighting uses the L key, no trigger key ; See my wepages for further details.

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.

Note the model engine specification is set up for operation in TC3. Original settings for acceleration and deceleration suitable for TRS2006 will not allow the aircraft to accelerate in TC3 - the settings have been increased by a factor of 4. If you find the aircraft accelerates too fast in TRS2006, reduce these setting to one quarter of their value.

Author: Ian Manion (Vulcan)

FA-18A Hornet Blue Angels No 2
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• aircraft63.gs 12.59KB
• chutesnap.wav 61.59KB
• config.txt 10.54KB
fa18_body
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afterburner.im 5.17KB
afterburner.tga 64.04KB
afterburner2.im 1.95KB
blueangels2.tga 3.00MB
body.texture.txt 34 bytes
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chute.texture.txt 28 bytes
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dragchute.im 35.65KB
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flare_base.tga 4.04KB
flare_refl.texture.txt 33 bytes
flare_refl.tga 4.04KB
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 13.04KB
grey.texture.txt 27 bytes
grey.tga 13.04KB
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pilot3.texture.txt 29 bytes
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probe.im 3.61KB
probe.kin 7.24KB
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
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tailhook.im 6.36KB
tailhook.kin 14.27KB
wheels.im 87.32KB
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fa18_shadow
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• flaps_motor.wav 497.29KB
• flare.wav 24.46KB
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• preview.jpg 16.08KB
• tyres.wav 56.96KB