Short Stirling for Microsoft Flight Simulator
The Short Stirling was the RAF's first operational four-engined bomber of the second World War and in its day it was reputed as an advanced and formidable aircraft.The Short Stirling was initially conceived in 1936 in reply to advances made by the Americans and Russians in the area of quadri-motor bomber technology. The first Stirling prototype was designed in 1938 and it eventually flew for the first time on 14th May 1939 but suffered a hard landing due to collapsed undercarriage, writing off the airframe and forcing a redesign in that area. Despite being hampered by a poor choice of wing design (too-short span) which limited the aircraft to medium altitude only, the Stirling went onto to play a major part in RAF Bomber Command's strategic air offensive until 1943, when it was switched to transport duties. Even then Stirling crews valiantly played a major role in the Arnhem landing after towing gliders to Normandy, and again during the Rhine crossing. Sadly, no Stirlings have survived to the present day.
Aircraft variants included :
- Stirling Mk.1 : W7451. 7 Squadron, RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England, early 1941.
Manufactured by Austin Motors, Longbridge, Birmingham.
- Stirling Mk.3 : EF411. 149 Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, late 1942.
Manufactured by Short Bros., Rochester, Kent.
- Stirling Mk.4 : LK117 570 Squadron, RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, 17 September 1944.
Manufactured by Short & Harland, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Features :
- PBR materials/textures used throughout
- VR tested
- Wwise soundscape, Hercules engine sounds, switch/knob clicks
- very detailed cockpit with numerous animations and mousable controls
- working Lorentz Indicator (uses DME/NAV1 LOC)
- togglable crew ladder
- togglable crew figures
- animated cockpit windows, bomb bay doors in both wings and fuselage
- animated cowl flaps
- authentic flight model
- 28-page illustrated User Operating Manual
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BUT.. One thing i am disappointed about there is no interactive checklist you have to use the checklist in the manual ( which is a very good manual admittedly) but its a pain having to toggle windows to read then execute it in the sim. Asobo/microsoft did a lovely in game checklist seems a shame to then ignore it, i will knock one star off for this otherwise this is a 5 star aircraft
add historically working Bomber sight and Optic to drop the Bombs.
For the Bombs add red smoke so the player can see where the Bombs hit.
After this we get a new gameplay in MSFS 2020 ;)
Windows and doors work fine and sounds are perfect.
Why 4 stars! Start-up sounds seem to lack base and authority, I am no Stirling expert but I feel as the engines start up sound is far too quick, especially for engines 2 and 3. Navigator's panel that sits behind and lower than the cockpit is not at the same standard as the cockpit itself.
Also, does not come with an in-game checklist. Not a deal breaker cause they have supplied checklist and document in the folder but for 30 euros, an in-game checklist would be nice to have.
I would say, only buy if you are into WW2 aircraft and like to have a bit of fun. Do not buy if you want a study level aircraft cause you will not get one!!
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