FS2002 De Havilland Tiger Moth - DH82 K4242, R5130 and DE208. Royal Air Force
Version 2.0
Sounds by Mike Hambly.
Model, panel & Animation by John Woodside.
bones@mcb.net
Created with GMax.
This aircraft is Freeware.
It may not be sold for any reason or in any form.
You may repaint this model and upload it to any free internet site
as long as John Woodside is credited for the original model.
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Upgrade changes
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The release of the MakeMDL SDK has enabled further work to be developed from the original Tiger model. The major additions are the inclusion of a virtual cockpit and the animation of control wires, control column and rudder pedals. Engine controls in spot plane mode and VC mode are also animated.
In the process of creating the VC the original model was refined further (the VC gives a very close view of the immediate cockpit area in biplanes and all too readily highlights any flaws!). Much revision of bitmaps was also necessary - there is little that has not been altered from the first design.
Although I have had some requests to improve the panel layout I do not intend to do so. The panel instruments are, with the exception of the modern compass, exactly as fitted to the Tiger Moth and are in keeping with this period aircraft. For those who cannot live without an AH or RoC indicator it is an easy matter to alias the aircraft to another FS panel.
Installation for FS2002
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1. Unzip & copy the extracted Tiger Moth folder into your 'FS2002\Aircraft' folder.
2. Move the gauge files 'DHasi_kts.gau and DHasi_mph.gau' from the Gauges folder into your 'FS2002\Gauges' folder.
These gauges provide the option of an ASI in knots or mph via a simple edit of the panel.cfg file. See below.
3. Fs2002 users can delete the CFS2 folder and the gauges folder (once the gauges have been copied over!).
CFS2 users
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Install as above but move the files in the CFS2 folder into their proper places. The DP files should be moved into the root DH82 folder. The CFS MDL files should replace the default FS2002 MDL files in the Model (DH82), Model.1 (DH82Y) and Model.2 (DH82T) folders.
Not all animations work in the CFS2 models. Users may find the stick is locked in the forward right corner. This does not affect the flying controls themselves which should activate as normal.
The Tiger panel makes use of the FS2000 Hurricane and Spitfire gauges which Microsoft unfortunately did not ship with FS2002. These files are too big for me to include here but can be obtained from the major FS sites.
After installing the aircraft you can choose whether to use the ASI calibrated in knots or mph. Open the panel.cfg file and scroll down to the lines that read:
In the case above the mph gauge is enabled in FS2002. To swap this for the ASI in knots simply remove the // characters and add them to the line you wish FS to ignore. You cannot have both active - one MUST include the // characters.
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Flying the Tiger Moth
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Details on flying the Tiger Moth are available from the aircraft checklists.
The aircraft does not have a visible throttle or mixture in the cockpit but both work correctly. It also has no visible magneto switches as these were mounted on the outside of the aircraft! To start the engine either use CTRL + E or switch on the magnetos with M + + and hold down until the engine fires.
This aircraft is not fitted with brakes or flaps. It has ample rudder control for steering on the ground but I would advise against taxying too close to buildings or other aircraft! On final approach the aircraft can be sideslipped very effectively to lose height.
Like the real aircraft this Tiger model has a very sensitive rudder. If you dislike having to maintain continued rudder input I would suggest you enable the Auto-rudder feature of FS2002.
Airframe drag is almost correctly modelled, although biplane dynamics are hard to emulate in FS2002. The aircraft does not increase speed rapidly in a dive - but it loses speed rapidly when you close the throttle!
Credits
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My special thanks to Mike Hambly for his new Gipsy Major sounds for FS2002. Mike has produced an overwhelming number of sounds for FS98/FS2000 and FS20002 and we would all be the poorer without his incredible contribution to our hobby.
My thanks also to Frank Elton for his superb FS2000 DH Leopard Moth - the inspiration behind this venture. I have used Frank's Leopard Moth ASI as the model for the Tiger ASI gauges. I have also used his DH emblem for the wheel hubs - not historically accurate but too nice to exclude. Manufactureres emblems were allowed on RAF aircraft until just before WW2 but DH only put these on the interplane struts.
All other gauges used are default Microsoft gauges that come with FS2000 or FS2002.
Thanks are also due to Stuart McKay from the DH Moth Club who kindly answered a barrage of questions on the technical aspects of the Tiger Moth and whose book "The Tiger Moth" proved an invalueable resource.
Thanks are also due to the beta testers at Magrathea and to Scott Kiefer for suggesting, and then testing , the CFS variants.
My thanks also to Gerry Winskill who persuaded me to include the yellow 1937 model of the aircraft. It would be a much poorer offering without this version.
