FSX Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket_Early model v1

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FSX Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket_Early model v1 // by uenoshing February 4,2021 

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//------------------------------------------ABOUT THIS MODEL----------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSX Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket_Early model v1

This model is an early Douglas D-558-2 Sky Rocket at rollout.
The Sky Rocket rolled out on November 10, 1947.
The canopy was a smooth flush canopy with a beautiful silhouette integrated with the fuselage.
The smooth flush canopy seemed to have bad visibility and was replaced with a protruding canopy before the first flight on February 4, 1948.
As a result, the vertical stabilizer was affected and replaced with a taller vertical stabilizer.
Therefore, the sky rocket did not fly in this smooth flush canopy.

Another feature, the smooth flush mount air intake and the jet nozzle that exhausts diagonally downward, failed to demonstrate engine performance.
Therefore, early Skyrocket is a low-performance, unattractive jet airplane.
But I think it's a very ideal and beautiful aircraft design!

For Sky Rocket, whose main engine was a rocket engine, the jet engine was an auxiliary engine for takeoff.

So I think the smoothly mounted air intakes and jet nozzles are due to the reduced air resistance when using a rocket engine.

The rocket engine mount has a smooth cover.
Therefore, it looks like a very small white fish, "Salangidae", which Japanese people like to eat, and it is very cute.

The reason for built the early Sky Rocket is how does the view from the canopy with bad forward visibility and open ceiling look?
I wanted to see it.

Flying an aircraft with low engine performance and poor visibility is also a real pleasure of a flight simulator.

 

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For the XML gauge of the effect, Rob Barendregt gave me permission to use and modify the file.

His effect XML has been modified for Douglas D-558-2.

For the material of Douglas D-558-2, I referred to "Douglas D-558: D-558-1 Skystreak and D-558-2 Skyrocket (X-Planes Book 12)" by Peter E. Davies.

I used "Abacus FSDS v3.5" to create the model.
I used "AirWrench 2" for flight dynamics editing.
I used "FS Panel Studio" to arrange the VC gauge.

Gauges, textures and burner effects are all my jobs.
My FSX Douglas D-558-2 was completed because each Specialist and specialized computer-software existed.
I am grateful for all of this.

This model has not been confirmed to work with anything other than FSX ACCELERATION. Please use at your own risk.

//---------------------- PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS: DOUGLAS D-558-2 Number one--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Length: 42 ft (12.8m)  
Wingspan: 25 ft (7.6 m)  
Height: 12.8 ft 1 in (3.9 m)  
Wing area: 175 ft2 (16.26 m2)  
Empty weight: 7,914 lb (3,590 kg)  
Max takeoff weight: 10.572 lb (4,795 kg)    
Powerplant: General Electric J34-WE40 Turbojet, 3,000 lbf / SFC: 1.04 lb (lbf/h)
Max Speed: Mach0.85

//--------------------------------- STARTING THE ENGINE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

   My FSX Douglas D-558-2 can start the engine with VC.
   First look at the JPEG file "PANELTIPS D-558-2 Early model".
   It is an explanatory photograph of the switches related to the start of D-558-2.

1: There is a battery power switch at the top of the lower left panel on the front. Turn it on.
2: Turn on the generator switch at the bottom of the lower left panel on the front. If you forget this when you set the reality to hard, the battery will die mid flight.
3: There is an avionics master switch near the battery switch. Turn it on.
4: There is a turbojet engine start switch just around the wrist on the left console panel.
   Confirm that the fuel control switch is ON, and then turn the start switch ON.
   The turbojet engine will start soon.

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To install FSX Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket_Early model v1, unzip the "zue_d558-2early_v1.zip" file to a suitable location.
Copy the "Effects folder" and "SimObject folder" in the unzipped "zue_d558-2early_v1" folder to the main FSX folder.
You will find FSX Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket_Early model v1 in your Airplane folder.

 

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1: Developing a flight simulation model has many years of time, knowledge and technology accumulated. I hope you understand that point.
2: This package is freeware.
3: The copyrights of models, panels, textures belong to me.
4: No one can copy this file and upload this model to any website on the Internet without my explicit permission.
5: I do not permit commercial use and paid distribution of this package.
6: To modify the specification of the model or to distribute texture repaints, my permission is necessary, please contact me.
7: I made this model for FSX. I have not checked the operation except FSX.
8: I haven't had any problems with my computer using this package.
9: This model was created for my personal enjoyment. Please use at your own risk. I accept no responsibility in case of problems.

☆If you have any comments, please email me.

uenoshing / Kanagawa Japan 
mail: uenoshing@gmail.com 
http://uenoshing.hatenablog.com/

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