One of the models I've spent the most amount of time working on, I put to practice everything i've learned plus a few new tricks in order to get this model as close to the real one as possible. as usual, the FDE's were done using the 1% process, the textures are amazing, and the panel rocks too. the visual model i did paying attention to all details available from pictures and walkaround notes. a great deal of research went into this model.
The Meteor would never have been built if the Gloster Pioneer had not proved successful. Only two E28/39's (unofficially known as the Gloster Pioneer) were built but they proved the viability of the turbojet as a power source for a fighter aircraft and paved the way the jet age to begin in Britain. The specification for the E28/39 was issued to Gloster's in February 1940 and the aircraft was designed by George Carter, Gloster's chief designer. Building of the aircaft began in great secrecy at Hucclecote but was soon moved to Regent Motors in Cheltenham as it was considered more secure. While the aircraft was being built its first engine the W1X was also under construction for use in the first taxi trials.
On the 7th April, 1941 W4041 the first E28/39 was moved to Hucclecote for taxi trials complete with a fake wooden propellor on the nose to disguise its uniqueness. The trials were successful with several hops being achieved of 100 - 200 yards even though the grass surface was not an ideal surface. Following these tests the aircraft was moved to RAF Cranwell for the fitting of the W1 flight engine which was lighter and constructed of materials of a higher standard.
The first official flight took place on the evening of the 15th May 1941 as the weather earlier in the day was unsuitable. The pilot P.E.G Sayer took off after a ground run of about 600 yards after running the engine up to its maxium of 16,500 rpm. After he landed 17 minutes later he reported that he had found the aircraft to be incredibly quiet, vibration free and easy to control. Sayer flew the aircraft for a further 10 hours in the next 13 days without any need to remove the engine covers including one flight of almost an hour with its maximum fuel load of 81 gallons and on another flight reached 25,000 feet.
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--DOWN TO BUSINESS--
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This is a whole new plane, the visual model was made from scratch, help was provided by a variety of websites and people who had seen and dealt with the real Pioneer.
**The FDE's were done using the 1% method
**Super detailed textures.
**Accurate paintscheme.
**Custom panel.
**Fully functional VC gauges.
**Pilot's head moves freeley and naturaly.
**Specular shine.
**Detailed pilot figure and overall visual model.
**Gauges are visible from the spot plane view, you can actually see them work as you fly.
**Splash Screen included.
**Reflective Textures.
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--INSTALLATON--
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**Unzip and move the Gloster Pioneer folder to your main FS2002|AIRCRAFT folder.
**Unzip the Effects and Gauges.zip file.
**Move the contents of the Gauges folder to your main FS2002|GAUGES folder. DO NOT UNZIP THE CAB FILE LOCATED IN THE GAUGES FOLDER ALONG WITH THE OTHER GAUGES, JUST MOVE IT LIKE YOU WOULD DO WITH ANY OTHER REGULAR GAUGE.
**Move the contents of the Effects folder to your main FS2002|effects folder.
**Unzip the SplashScreen.zip to a temporary folder, select your version of sim and select your favorite splashscreen and rename it dlgsplash.bmp and move it to your main FS2002|UIRES folder and dont forget to back up the original before you install the new one. DO NOT TAMPER WITH THE SPLASH SCREEN, OR THE FORMAT WILL BE CHANGED, JUST RENAME IT.
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--THANK YOU'S--
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This plane was made possible with the help of many friends, I want to thank you all for your help. I wanna thank Craig Bielat for his help with the VC and his ever lasting patience while teaching me how to do the FDE's the 1% way, I want to thank Warren Wright for his help with the panel research and odd-ends, I want to thank the guys over at the Simviation Forums for their help and advice, I want to thank Paul Rebuffat for fascilitating the CFS3 pilot figure for me to edit and use in FSDS, also to Gramps for helping me convert the pilot to FSDS and his patience with assorted problems, Rick Piper also played a very important role here, he taught me how to get the glass to look realistic in FSDS, thnx rick! Tony Marinac did an outstanding job with the textures...also thnx to Fern Marques and Eduardo Fadul for doing the beta testing and final flights, their patience was infinite with this project...this project sure brought the comunity together.
THANX A LOT GUYS!!!!
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--LEGAL CRAP--
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The files contained within this ZIP should not harm your machine in anyway, and if it does
(very unlikely) WE ARE NOT responsible in any way!!
The files contained here are of FREEWARE distribution only and is prohibited by law to make
money out of them without our permission. so dont play smart!! (specially FSPLANET!!!!)
This model can be uploaded to ANY FREEWARE server and proper crdeits should be given to the
authors.
If you want to modify these files and ditribute them, before you do anything contact us!!!
so we know what you are doing.
Repaints and mods are welcome, as well as missions and the rest involving this aircraft as
long as we are given credit for the original files and it is kept FREEWARE.
