Stonehouse Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 Possibly not new news? I came across this article from 2nd half of last year recently while doing some information searches. Apparently a forgotten cache of 22000+ engineering plans and drawings on aperture cards for the Mossie was found Sept 2017. Anyway the aircraft manufacturer (think it was Airbus) donated them to a charity which is restoring a Mosquito to flying condition. All the cards have been digitised already according to posts at http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/cache-secret-wartime-plans-discovered.html Be nice to think of ED or a third party doing a full study sim of the Mosquito one day. Perhaps the stuff above would help.
the_soupdragon Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 How about this. DCS uses those plans and documents to create a mossie for DCS then they donate a percentage of each sale of "DCS Mosquito" to the charity building the real mossie. Sounds like a win win win to me :) SD [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Rangi Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 I think VEAO was our only hope of a dcs mossie in the not too distant future, now all hope is lost. I do agree these plans will be useful for the 3d part of a dcs module, however that is the easy bit of making a full fidelity module. Great idea to link donations to sales, but I can't see anyone stepping up to do this module for at least 5 years or so. PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
Burning Bridges Posted February 20, 2018 Posted February 20, 2018 Flying a Mosquito in DCS would be fantastic!
gordon200 Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I happen to be friends with Mr Ross Sharp, Director of Engineering & Airframe Compliance The People's Mosquito. He's former Curator for the RAF Museum and a wealth of knowledge. Recently retired due to health issues and living in the US. He sent me a pdf of the current Mossie Bites, The Quarterly Journal of the Mosquito Club.Mossie Bites Issue 2 Jan17 Final.pdf Asus ROG Maximus Hero Z690-E, i9-13900KF, RTX 4090, Trident Z Neo 64Gb (4x16) DDR5 6600 C32, EVO 980 Pro 2Tb M.2 Nvme SSD, HP Reverb G2, VKB Gunfighter Modern Combat Pro, MFG Crosswind pedals, Virpil MongoosT-50 throttle, Corsair 7000D Airflow Case, 1200W Asus Platinum G+ PSU, Win10 Pro 64 bit
Stonehouse Posted February 23, 2018 Author Posted February 23, 2018 Really interesting reading, particularly the Malayan Emergency article. Thanks.
Weta43 Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 Nice for DCS cause it only has one 'pilot' and a navigator Cheers.
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