The F7F Tigercat, which was derived from Grumman's first twin-engine fighter, the XF5F-1 Skyrocket, appeared as the result of a Navy request in June 1941 for development of a larger, twin-engine fighter for use on board the planned large aircraft carriers (Midway-class). The airplane was the first twin-engine fighter ordered in large quantities and the first carrier aircraft to incorporate tricycle landing gear. Built in single and two-seat variants, the heavily armed fighter served in ground support, night fighter and photo reconnaissance roles after World War II and in Korea.
Tigercat variants included :
Clean variant - No external stores. Note: the 'White 5' fictional variant depicts a basic 'racer' and so lacks guns & cannons.
Ferry variant - Carries three drop tanks for extended range.
Fighter variant - Carries one belly drop tank. The typical day fighter loadout.
Rockets variant - Carries one belly drop tank and eight underwing unguided rockets. The typical ground attack loadout. Note: due to an XP limitation, the rocket-equipped version lacks the ability to fold the wings.
Features :
- folding wings
- guns/cannons can be fired
- 'Rockets' variant has 8 shootable unguided rockets
- PBR materials/textures used throughout
- VR config file included, cockpit manipulators optimised for easy VR use
- FMOD sounds package with multi-stage engines, pilot's slide canopy muting, switch clicks and other unique cockpit sounds
- very detailed cockpit with numerous animations and mousable controls
- retractable crew steps
- togglable pilot figure
- canopy glass rain and ice effects (XP12)
- animated cowl flaps
- animated tail hook
- animated oil cooler exit doors on wings
- authentic flight model with checklist
- 4 unique flight models (.acf files)
- 25-page illustrated User Operating Manual
- source texture files avaliable for livery artists
Требования
X-Plane 11 OR X-Plane 12
Separate installers for each sim version are provided.
Beautiful plane and loots of systems accurately designed.
There are firing weapons that can actually fire at virtual targets(rockets, bombs, guns)
A very realistic model and fun to fly.