FS2004/FSX Persian Fury Biplane Warbird
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Perhaps the more interesting Furies were the export versions. Standard production Furies were exported to Yugoslavia, Norway, Persia, Spain and Portugal. In addition, some ex-RAF aircraft went to South Africa, where they were used against the Italians during World War II. Yugoslavia produced about 40 modified Furies with cantilever landing gear and more powerful engine, and some of these wound up with the Spanish Republicans, and when the war was over, with the Franco government. Some ex-Yugoslav Furies were used by the Italians as fighter trainers with mixed markings. The Persian Furies had Pratt & Whitney Hornet radials, but these were later replaced by Bristol Mercury engines for added performance. So favored were the Persian Mercuries by their pilots,that they were flown as late as 1943. The only Norwegian Fury, No. 401, used an Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIIA radial engine, however the results proved disappointing as the engine installation moved the c.g. forward resulting in a tendency of the airplane to nose over during taxiing. The Persian Hornet variants, installed with a metal Hamilton 3-blade propeller, also exhibited the same c.g. problems.

Bristol Mercury
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First manufactured: Bristol Airplane Company 1931
905 h.p. @2650 r.p.m.
9 cilinder radial; air-cooled
1520 cu. in, 1065 pounds
Variants
-Mercury VIII - 730 hp (545 kW) at 2,650 rpm for takeoff, 840 hp (625 kW) at 2,750 rpm maximum continuous power
-Mercury XV - 840 hp (625 kW) at 2,750 rpm at 14,000 ft (4,270 m) maximum power with 87-octane fuel; 995 hp (740 kW) at 2,750 rpm at 9,250 ft (2,820 m) maximum power with 100-octane fuel
General characteristics
Type: 9-cylinder supercharged air-cooled radial engine
Bore: 5.75 in (146 mm)
Stroke: 6.5 in (165 mm)
Displacement: 1,519 in³ (24.89 L)
Diameter: 51.5 in (1.307 m)
Dry weight: 1,065 lb (485 kg)
Components
Valvetrain: Four pushrod-actuated valves per cylinder, two inlet and two sodium-cooled exhaust valves
Supercharger: High-speed centrifugal, single-stage single-speed
Fuel system: Claudel-Hobson carburetor with automatic boost and mixture control
Fuel type: 87- or 100-octane gasoline
Oil system: Dry sump with one combination pressure/scavenge pump
Cooling system: aircooled
Power output:
840 hp (625 kW) at 2,750 rpm at 14,000 ft (4,270 m) maximum power with 87-octane fuel
995 hp (740 kW) at 2,750 rpm at 9,250 ft (2,820 m) maximum power with 100-octane fuel
Specific power: 0.65 hp/in³ (29.7 kW/L) with 100-octane fuel
Compression ratio: 7:1
Specific fuel consumption: 1.0 lb/(hp·h) (0.61 kg/(kW·h))
Power-to-weight ratio: 0.93 hp/lb (1.53 kW/kg)
-Mercury XX - 870 hp (650 kW) at 2,650 rpm at 4,500 ft (1,370 m) maximum power

Effects
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-On startup there is automatic engine smoke.

-Guns with flash, smoke and falling cartridges can be triggered with the standard Strobe key (O).
It is much nicer however if you put the FS2004 standard Strobe key (O) to the trigger from your joystick.You can change this in the Key menu.
It is a good idea if you replace the standard (L) key for lights by the L+CTRL, (normaly activating the landing lights only). This avoids you having to have all lights on when pulling the trigger.

Installation:
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-Unzip " Persianfury" into a temporary file and move the "Persianfury" folder into the main Aircraft directory.
-With slight mods the plane flies in FS2002 and CFS2 (Use MDLC program)
-Leave the ecFury.cab in your panelfolder.

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-Read instructions carefully when installing the gauges , say YES...when asked if the gauges sources should be trusted. If you say no....most of the gauges are not going to work !
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-Copy the effects into the Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator X\effects folder.
-Add the 20can.wav in your Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator X\sound folder.
ATTENTION :
-For FS2004, change the FS9_Wing_Guns.fx into fx_Wing_Guns.fx
-For FSX change the FSX_Wing_Guns.fx into fx_Wing_Guns.fx
-Sound is aliased to default Douglas_DC3 sound, but this can easily be modified if you like.

Flying the plane:
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Remember...this is an early fighter biplane! Manoeuvrability is good, but the plane has to be flown with care and good coordination between aileron/rudder and elevator. It rolls fine with aileron/rudder combination and is responsive to elevator. Nice flying aerobatics close to the tower !
Go to about 150 knots for a loop. Wing over, knife edge, segment rolls are all possible.
- Hold up elevator to start the engine, you have no brakes and the tailskid must firmly be on the ground to stop the plane.
- Take off at about 70, correct with left rudder
- Climb at 80, level at altitude, speed slowly builds up to 150 kts.
- Landing approach at 80, over the fence at 75, touchdown at 70. You may need some up trim for a threepointer.
- Hold up elevator for the tailskid to brake the plane when taxying.



CREDITS
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Special thanks to :
-GMAX for the drawing program and Microsoft for their makmdls.mdk.
-To Edward Cook who kindly sent me his original FSDS Fury source file and assisted me patiently with his advice.

LEGAL:
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The project is released as freeware. You may modify it and repaint it. You may upload this file to another website as long as it is not for profit.
You need the written permission of the original authors to use any of these files for commercial purposes, otherwise a simple credit would be nice. Non commercial repaints-remakes from the original file are welcome but I would appreciate very much receiving a copy of your model.
This file should not cause any problems with your computer, but I accept no responsibility if you think it does.


Happy Landings!!

A.F.Scrub
June 2008
Email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com