CFS Percival Proctor Mk IV.
Royal Air Force - United Kingdom.
The Percival Proctor was a British trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War. The Proctor Mk IV was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane with seating for four.
The Proctor was developed from the Percival Vega Gull in response to Air Ministry Specification 20/38 for a trainer and communications aircraft. The prototype aircraft first flew on 8 October 1939 and the type was put into production for the RAF and RN.
The prototype was tested as an emergency bomber during 1940 but this idea was abandoned as the invasion threat receded. F. Hills & Sons of Trafford Park near Manchester built 812 Proctors of several marks between 1941 and 1945.
The Proctor was initially employed as a three-seat communications aircraft (Proctor I). This was followed by the Proctor II and Proctor III three-seat radio trainers.
In 1941, the Air Ministry issued Specification T.9/41 for a four-seat radio trainer. The P.31 originally known as the "Preceptor" but finally redesignated the Proctor IV was developed for this requirement with an enlarged fuselage. One Proctor IV was fitted with a 250 hp (157 kW) Gipsy Queen engine. This was used as a personal transport by AVM Sir Ralph Sorley but production models retained the 210 hp (157 kW) motor of earlier marks.
At the end of the war, many Proctors of the early marks were sold on to the civil market. The Mk IV continued in service with the RAF until the last was withdrawn in 1955.
In 1945, a civil model derived from the Proctor IV was put into production for private owner, business and light charter use as the Proctor 5. The RAF purchased four to be used by air attachés.
The final model of the line was the solitary Proctor 6 floatplane sold to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1946.
(Source: Wikipedia on line)
General characteristics
Crew: 2/1
Capacity: 1/2
Length: 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
Wingspan: 39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
Height: 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Empty weight: 2,375 lb (1,075 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 3,500 lb (1,588 kg)
Powerplant: 1× de Havilland Gipsy Queen II driving a 2-bladed propeller, 210 hp (157 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 139 knots (160 mph, 257 km/h)
Cruise speed: 122 knots (140 mph, 225 km/h)
Stall speed: 42 knots (48 mph, 77 km/h) (flaps down)
Range: 435 nm (500 mi, 805 km)
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,265 m)
Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
FS98 Aircraft Designers: : Frank Elton & PEGASUS AVIATION DESIGN.
RAF BMP textures and DP for CFS: Edmundo Abad Jan. 2011.
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I have included a damage profile for use with CFS1, with ficcional armament of 2 wings .30 machine gun and bombs.
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Installation CFS
1. Unzip to Temporaly directory "Proctor.zip".
2. Copy "Proctor" folder to X:\CFS\aircraft directory.
