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| Category: Orbiter - Spaceships | |
| Explorer 1 Add-on for Orbiter |
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File Description:
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into space on January 31, 1958. Following the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency was directed to launch a satellite using its Jupiter C rocket developed under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the assignment to design, build and operate the artificial satellite that would serve as the rocket's payload. JPL completed this job in less than three months.
The primary science instrument on Explorer 1 was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit. Once in space this experiment, provided by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa, revealed a much lower cosmic ray count than expected. Van Allen theorized that the instrument may have been saturated by very strong radiation from a belt of charged particles trapped in space by Earth's magnetic field. The existence of these radiation belts was confirmed by another U.S. satellite launched two months later, and they became known as the Van Allen Belts in honor of their discoverer.
Explorer 1 revolved around Earth in a looping orbit that took it as close as 354 kilometers (220 miles) to Earth and as far as 2,515 kilometers (1,563 miles). It made one orbit every 114.8 minutes, or a total of 12.54 orbits per day. The satellite itself was 203 centimeters (80 inches) long and 15.9 centimeters (6.25 inches) in diameter. Explorer 1 made its final transmission on May 23, 1958. It entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up on March 31, 1970, after more than 58,000 orbits. The satellite weighed 14 kilograms (30.8 pounds).
| Filename: | Explorer_1_Addon_for_Orbiter.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 27th September 2004, 16:24:14 |
| Downloads: | 1,258 |
| Author: | Jim Williams |
| Size: | 565.57 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Original Aircraft | |
| Piaggio P-149D FS-X DX9 Edition |
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File Description:
This is a re-edition of the Piaggio P-149D with FS-X retail\SP1\2\Accel DX9 compatibility (DX10 users need to convert textures). The original model for FS-2004 is MN_P149D.zip + P149_FIX.zip available on AVSIM & www.mariopilot.6x.to. P_149_fix.zip is already included in this FS-X update.
The Piaggio P-149 is a trainer-laison aircraft. It first flew in June 19th, 1953. I'ts a development of the P-148 model, with increased seat cpacity, tricycle retractable landing gear and a more powerful engine, featuring a three-bladed constant speed propeller. It was mainly used by German Luftwaffe as a training aircraft, that oredred 75 examples in 1955. Later in 1957 another 190 were manufactured under licence by Focke-Wulf. The D version is the one employed by Luftwaffe, while later some few P-149CH variants were used by Swissair as flying schools, and a few P-149U variants, with a new tailplane section to allow more rotation clearance on takeoff were used by Ouganda's Air Force. The P-149 Has a seating capacity of 4 with some examples being certified for 5 (both cases including pilot) and it's fully aerobatic, having G-limits set at +7\-4.5. After training activities ceased with Luftwaffe, several are still flying under civilian operators. This gMAX model features completely 3-D virtual cocpkit and cabin with advanced night lighting and custom special effects, plus a sound package recorded from the real thing. Simulates all systems onboard the real aircraft, coming with panel instructions. Flight Dynamics are built using only real data based on the 1% spreadsheet plus lots of manual tweaking for fine tuning. Read Notes before flying please... Enjoy!
Notes and documentation are the htm files in the P-149D aircraft folder.
| Filename: | Piaggio_P149D_FSX_DX9_Edition.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 11th October 2008, 13:10:16 |
| Downloads: | 7,237 |
| Author: | Mario Noriega |
| Size: | 16.61 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Scenery | |
| Nanisivik CYSR and Arctic Bay CJX7 in Nunavut, Canada |
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File Description:
Nanisivik is an airfield in the north of Baffin Island, 470 miles north of the Arctic circle. It was built to service a zinc and lead mine that was opened in 1976 as Canada's first Arctic mine, now closed and dismantled. The deep water Strathcona Sound has been ear-marked by the Canadian government for development as a naval base, so I have left the large ore storage shed and the jetty in place. The airfield is at 2,106 feet on the top of the Borden Peninsula hills with a lighted 6,400 feet of 150 feet wide gravel runway runway aligned 11/29. There is a terminal and other maintenance buildings, and First Air have a building there from when the mine generated a lot of traffic and jets were used. Arctic Bay is a village 11 miles west of Nanisivik airfield with a population of around 690 which also uses the Nanisivik airfield. There is another gravel strip much closer to the village that is called Arctic Bay CJX7, but this is smaller with only 1,500' of 50' wide gravel and has no facilities of any sort. The village is partly dependent on visiting sports hunters and other limited tourist visits. At almost 73 degrees north the average year will have only four or even three months where the average high is above freezing. The buildings on the field have been modelled specifically for this scenery, and as in real life there is only JetA available. The AI visiting aircraft are a Kenn Borek Twin Otter and a First Air 42-300. As Nanisivik is in the "Northern Domestic Airspace" the runway is signed in "true" bearings and not magnetic as magnetic compasses become unreliable close to the magnetic pole.
| Filename: | Nanisivik_CYSR_and_Arctic_Bay_CJX7_in_Nunavut_Cana.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 28th May 2011, 19:59:18 |
| Downloads: | 495 |
| Author: | Roger Wensley |
| Size: | 2.64 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - AFCAD Files | |
| Linden Airport (KLDJ), NJ v1.1 |
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File Description:
Located 01 miles SE of Linden, New Jersey on 188 acres of land, Linden Airport is a public asphalt strip 4137' in length. Numerous changes have been made to this airport to bring it closer to its real-life counterpart including proper non-precision runway markings for R09 while only basic markings are used for R27; The 4-box VASI has been accurately located; the traffic pattern height has been adjusted; All 130 tiedown locations have been accurately placed. RAMP_GA spots are taken by static aircraft (all of which have collision disabled) so they should not be selected unless you want to start inside another aircraft! RAMP_GA_SMALL spots can be occupied by aircraft with wingspans up to 40 feet and RAMP_GA_MEDIUM spots can be occupied by aircraft with wingspans up to 60 feet. There are 4 open hangars labeled as GA_DOCK. The main hangar (NW Parking) can hold aircraft with wingspans up to 60 feet. The three smaller hangars (SW Parking) can hold aircraft with wingspans up to 35 feet. The W Helipad start location will put you in front of the smaller main tarmac hangar within the coned-off section. Fuel is only available by taxiing to a stop in front of either fuel tank to the west of the main tarmac. No AI aircraft will spawn in the SW Parking area.
Scenery constructed with use of satellite images/streetview/aerial photos - the author has not been there in person.
This scenery is meant to be used in conjunction with MegaScenery Earth New York 005. It is not required, but apron use is minimized to allow satellite scenery to show through as much as possible, and objects are placed based on the MSE textures - lack of it may make scenery look out of place.
| Filename: | Linden_Airport_KLDJ_NJ_v11.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 28th June 2011, 00:03:41 |
| Downloads: | 511 |
| Author: | Drew Sikora |
| Size: | 1.23 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| McDonnell Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk version 1.1 |
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File Description:
FS 2004 A-4 Skyhawk Packages Version 1.1
This package incorporates all known revisions. No other supplemental files are required for this version.
Instructions
There are three separate packages that comprise this release.
A-4C
A-4M
TA-4J
The files are packaged so that all you'll need to do is unzip the package directly into your FS2004 Aircraft folder. Each package has both panel and sound files included. There is a folder with the panel documentation included in each package.
The A-4C Package includes A-4E's and A-4F's. The A-4F's in this group include a Blue Angels and a VFC-12 Omar. Neither had the "humpback" electronics installed.
The A-4M Package includes both Navy and Marine Corps versions. The Navy versions are A-4F's with the "humpback".
The TA-4J package includes both training versions and three versions used as "Aggressor" aircraft such as those portrayed in the motion picture "Top Gun".
Credits
The visual models were designed by Kazunori Ito. The panel was designed by Jean-Pierre Langer and Arne Bartels. The FDE's were created by myself utilizing Gerry Beckwith's Air Wrench. The Paint schemes are my creations.
Notes for Repainters
I've included layered paint kits in each package. I had to create these as the original releases did not include them.
All of the components in this release are Freeware. They are for your personal use. Please do not upload them anywhere.
Sources for Repainters
http://a4skyhawk.org/
This is a huge Skyhawk resouce.
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-USA.html
A great source for accurate colors.
http://www.tlai.com
This is a link for two useful fonts: Amarillo USAF and Long Beach USN.
The fonts are payware, but are essential for authentic repaints.
http://www.cybermodeler.com/index.shtml
Another useful source of information.
Michael Verlin
[email protected]
September 16, 2012
| Filename: | McDonnell_Douglas_TA4J_Skyhawk_version_11.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 16th September 2012, 16:24:56 |
| Downloads: | 331 |
| Author: | Michael Verlin Kazunori Ito Jean Pierre Langer |
| Size: | 24.08 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk version 1.1 |
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File Description:
FS 2004 A-4 Skyhawk Packages Version 1.1
This package incorporates all known revisions. No other supplemental files are required for this version.
Instructions
There are three separate packages that comprise this release.
A-4C
A-4M
TA-4J
The files are packaged so that all you'll need to do is unzip the package directly into your FS2004 Aircraft folder. Each package has both panel and sound files included. There is a folder with the panel documentation included in each package.
The A-4C Package includes A-4E's and A-4F's. The A-4F's in this group include a Blue Angels and a VFC-12 Omar. Neither had the "humpback" electronics installed.
The A-4M Package includes both Navy and Marine Corps versions. The Navy versions are A-4F's with the "humpback".
The TA-4J package includes both training versions and three versions used as "Aggressor" aircraft such as those portrayed in the motion picture "Top Gun".
Credits
The visual models were designed by Kazunori Ito. The panel was designed by Jean-Pierre Langer and Arne Bartels. The FDE's were created by myself utilizing Gerry Beckwith's Air Wrench. The Paint schemes are my creations.
Notes for Repainters
I've included layered paint kits in each package. I had to create these as the original releases did not include them.
All of the components in this release are Freeware. They are for your personal use. Please do not upload them anywhere.
Sources for Repainters
http://a4skyhawk.org/
This is a huge Skyhawk resouce.
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-USA.html
A great source for accurate colors.
http://www.tlai.com
This is a link for two useful fonts: Amarillo USAF and Long Beach USN.
The fonts are payware, but are essential for authentic repaints.
http://www.cybermodeler.com/index.shtml
Another useful source of information.
Michael Verlin
[email protected]
September 16, 2012
| Filename: | McDonnell_Douglas_A4M_Skyhawk_version_11.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 16th September 2012, 16:25:35 |
| Downloads: | 403 |
| Author: | Michael Verlin Kazunori Ito Jean Pierre Langer |
| Size: | 22.68 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications | |
| McDonnell Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 1.1 |
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File Description:
FS 2004 A-4 Skyhawk Packages Version 1.1
This package incorporates all known revisions. No other supplemental files are required for this version.
Instructions
There are three separate packages that comprise this release.
A-4C
A-4M
TA-4J
The files are packaged so that all you'll need to do is unzip the package directly into your FS2004 Aircraft folder. Eack package has both panel and sound files included. There is a folder with the panel documentation included in each package.
The A-4C Package includes A-4E's and A-4F's. The A-4F's in this group include a Blue Angels and a VFC-12 Omar. Neither had the "humpback" electronics installed.
The A-4M Package includes both Navy and Marine Corps versions. The Navy versions are A-4F's with the "humpback".
The TA-4J package includes both training versions and three versions used as "Aggressor" aircraft such as those portrayed in the motion picture "Top Gun".
Credits
The visual models were designed by Kazunori Ito. The panel was designed by Jean-Pierre Langer and Arne Bartels. The FDE's were created by myself utilizing Gerry Beckwith's Air Wrench. The Paint schemes are my creations.
Notes for Repainters
I've included layered paint kits in each package. I had to create these as the original releases did not include them.
All of the components in this release are Freeware. They are for your personal use. Please do not upload them anywhere.
Sources for Repainters
http://a4skyhawk.org/
This is a huge Skyhawk resouce.
http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-USA.html
A great source for accurate colors.
http://www.tlai.com
This is a link for two useful fonts: Amarillo USAF and Long Beach USN.
The fonts are payware, but are essential for authentic repaints.
http://www.cybermodeler.com/index.shtml
Another useful source of information.
Michael Verlin
[email protected]
September 16, 2012
| Filename: | McDonnell_Douglas_A4C_Skyhawk_11.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 16th September 2012, 16:33:17 |
| Downloads: | 452 |
| Author: | Michael Verlin Kazunori Ito Jean Pierre Langer |
| Size: | 26.47 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| YKEB Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
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File Description:
YKEB Kellerberrin was modelled at the request of Councillor Cole. In this updated version, the silos have been added and the landclass for the town south of the highway has been masked giving a more realistic impression from the air. Kellerberrin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 205 kilometres east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway. The railway line from Northam to Southern Cross was constructed through here in 1893-94, and this section opened for traffic in 1895. Kellerberrin was one of the original stations when the line opened. By 1898 there was a demand for small blocks of land in the area, and the government surveyed a number of 20-acre lots the same year. The area was gazetted as Kellerberrin townsite in 1901, and the government soon made more land available for settlers. Early settlers from 1890 to 1910 from Ireland settled in the area of Kellerberrin and Wittem. Their family name
was English. A road was named after this family. The name Kellerberrin is Aboriginal, and is derived from the name of a nearby hill. The hill was first recorded as "Killaburing Hill" by an explorer in 1861, but in 1864 the explorer Charles Hunt recorded it as Kellerberrin Hill. One source claims that Kellerberrin is the name for the fierce ants that are found in the area, while another gives it as meaning "camping place near where rainbow birds are found" - kalla means camping place or place of, and berrin berrin is the rainbow bird. (repeating the name makes it plural) It also serves as a stop on the Prospector and Avonlink rural train services. REQUIRES Blencowe_LibraryKit.zip
REQUIRES blencowe_librarykit_309494.zip (Available HERE)
| Filename: | YKEB_Kellerberrin_Western_Australia.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 28th February 2013, 13:52:02 |
| Downloads: | 246 |
| Author: | Alan Blencowe |
| Size: | 2.69 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| INS Vikramaditya |
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INS Vikramaditya was commisioned into the Soviet Navy as Baku in 1988. It is the third and final remaining Kiev class carrier, the other two being Admiral Kuznetsov and Lioning. Like Lioning, Vikramaditya was purchased from Russia but that is pretty much where the similarity ends. The Chinese quietly bought Varyag under the guise that it would be converted into another floating hotel or casino as had been done several times in the past; then, almost to everyones surprise, they re-built and announced they had an aircraft carrier. India contracted with Russia to complete the refit which began an epic saga of international proportions that encompassed espionage, honey traps and logarithmically expanding budgets. Originally promised for 2008, the latest quotes expect delivery in October/November 2013.
I think the carrier looks very sporty or yacht-like, with the ski-jump bow and the oversized island which has been criticized for being too far into the middle of the deck; it is said to be India's final non-indigenous warship and future flagship to serve for the next 20 to 30 years.
This model is intended for placement with AI Carriers, by Lamont Clark. It has animated radars, working cables, catapults and deck lights. The IFLOS is calibrated, but the catapults will only activate if the airplane deploys a launch bar. The Vikramaditya uses retractable chocks to allow aircraft to develop full thrust, but I could not find a way to lock an aircraft to represent the STOBAR configuration without using catapults. I did not define the elevators because they do not operate and are in the middle of the deck. There are two ships included for escort, the INS Talwar and a Russian Fregat II class ASW destroyer. They have hard decks and night lighting, animated radars, funnel smoke, etc.
| Filename: | INS_Vikramaditya.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 23rd August 2013, 21:43:41 |
| Downloads: | 1,002 |
| Author: | Rick Keller |
| Size: | 18.58 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator X - Scenery | |
| US Navy Collection, with Flyable UAV |
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Unfortunately the Navy has cancelled or scaled down most fleet week celebrations around the nation. With this collection, you can stage your own!
Among the latest and hottest additions to the US Navy arsenal is the LCS. Two versions have been developed, the trimaran corvette by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin's version, which promise to give a double black eye to Al Qaida, Somali pirates, or anyone else that opposes Freedom and Independence. Also are included in this package are the Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Fitzgerald, the Ticonderoga class cruiser Lake Champlain and two Oliver-Perry class frigates, FFG-58 Samuel B Roberts and FFG-60 Rodney M Davis. The centerpiece of the fleet is LHD-2 USS Essex and thanks to Arno's fantastic ModelConverterX, Essex is able to feature a highly detailed deck packed with 7 F-35b JSF, 6 MV-22 Osprey, 5 CH-53 and 2 Seahawks. Finally, SSN775 Texas, as part of the collection is available for patrol. All ships have landable decks, night lights and animation effects. Texas as a submarine is more of a boat, I believe, but it has navigation lights and wake effects.
I have also included another hot Navy addition, the RQ-8 fire Scout. There are two versions, a static RQ-8b lashed to the deck of Independence and an RQ-8c with the Flir Brite Star electro/optical turret which I have made flyable, largely for absence of deck space to place it as static.
Make no mistake that the Essex model is very resource intensive, with all it's polygons and what have you. The night lighting is stunning (imo) but seems to have an even heavier effect, you've been warned..
| Filename: | US_Navy_Collection_with_Flyable_UAV.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 19th October 2013, 20:27:36 |
| Downloads: | 1,291 |
| Author: | Rick Keller |
| Size: | 96.89 MB |
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