F4 Phantom Thunderbirds 2

F4 Phantom Thunderbirds 2

A McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom aircraft used by the US Air Force Thunderbirds. 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 fuel tanks (products) to the various pylons. Initially it is fully configured. You can alter or delete the mix of tanks on load hardpoints in Surveyor - use the ? button. Fuel tanks are used for long flights. During aerobatic shows, the plane is left clean.

Some of my airports will load or unload products on aircraft. The fuel tanks will not be unloaded at an airport, but if you come in clean, the airport will upload fuel tanks 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:

- 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;
- reduce aircraft speed for landing so the wheels lower, 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.

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.

F4 Phantom Thunderbirds 2
• aircraft93.gse 2.90KB
body
afterburner-afterburner.texture.txt 57 bytes
afterburner.im 5.18KB
afterburner.tga 64.04KB
afterburner2.im 1.95KB
base.im 1.52KB
base.kin 11.45KB
body.im 173.42KB
body2.texture.txt 28 bytes
body2.tga 3.00MB
catapult.im 7.57KB
catapult.kin 4.46KB
chute.texture.txt 28 bytes
chute.tga 25.04KB
dragchute.im 35.65KB
env_metal.bmp 12.05KB
env_metal.texture.txt 32 bytes
figure3.texture.txt 30 bytes
figure3.tga 769.04KB
figure_russian.texture.txt 37 bytes
figure_russian.tga 769.04KB
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 13.04KB
green_glass.texture.txt 34 bytes
green_glass.tga 13.04KB
grey.texture.txt 27 bytes
grey.tga 13.04KB
main_usnavy.texture.txt 34 bytes
main_usnavy.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
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 812 bytes
tailhook.im 10.84KB
tailhook.kin 28.34KB
wheels.im 65.92KB
wheels.kin 51.40KB
wingfold.im 7.13KB
wingfold.kin 39.34KB
• chutesnap.wav 61.59KB
• config.txt 16.22KB
• flaps_motor.wav 497.29KB
• launch.wav 679.46KB
• missile5.wav 658.33KB
• preview.jpg 5.87KB
• readme.txt 3.37KB
shadow
shadow.im 1.33KB
shadowblack.texture.txt 34 bytes
shadowblack.tga 812 bytes
• tyres.wav 56.96KB