Douglas C-47 Skytrain Exterior Base Pack 1.0
(25 February 2011)

Included in this FSX package is a World War II model with H aerials and a 
post-war model with beacon lights and curtains. The models have been set up 
to use the flight dynamics and VC of the default FSX DC-3. There are two 
textures, one representing a camouflage RAF Dakota (painted by "Squirrel") 
and one representing a white/polished-metal VC-47. Custom animations by 
Hansjoerg Naegele, models by Manfred Jahn.

INSTALLATION

(1)	Extract the zip to a temporary folder or open it in Windows 
Explorer. 

(2)	Copy the folder "Douglas C-47" to your "Flight Simulator 
X\Simobjects\Airplanes" folder.

In the aircraft selection menu the two variants will show up under "Douglas 
C-47 Skytrain".


NOTES 

(1)	With engines off and parking brake set, the port passenger/freight 
door can be opened and closed by pressing Shift-E. The second freight 
door opens on pressing Shift-E-2 (that is, press Shift-E, release 
keys, then press 2 briefly). Steps appear on Shift-E-3.

(2)	The post-war model (C47_2) comes with two beacon lights which have to 
be activated in the [lights] section of the aircraft.cfg for them to 
work. For owners of A2A Shockwave lights, suggested settings have been 
included.

(3)	Cowl flaps open in intervals on pressing Shift-Ctrl-V and close on 
Shift-Ctrl-C (these are default keys). Generally speaking, open cowls 
when the engines need cooling and close them when not. This is for 
appearance' sake only, the settings have no effect on flight dynamics 
or engine temperature in the current setup.

(4)	Another reminder, landing lights swivel up/down on pressing Shift-
Ctrl-Num8/Num2 respectively (default keys).

 
CREDITS 

I want to thank the members of Tom Gibson's Calclassic forum at 
http://calclassic.proboards55.com for many suggestions and pointers. Special 
thanks go to Volker Boehme, Stefan Werner, Piston Paul and Nikko for 
detailed pictorial materials, to Al for advice on SDK matters, to Rob 
Cappers for FSX texture tips, to Hansjoerg Naegele for custom XML code, and 
to "Squirrel" for research and texture testing during the development phase.


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25 February 2011

Manfred [dot] Jahn [at] uni-koeln [dot] de