FS2004 Savoia Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero SERVICE PACK 1 (v.02)
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It was the most important Italian bomber of World War II, this tough three-engined aircraft established a reputation that contrasted with most Italian weapons of the day, and it was flown with courage and skill. SM.79s served widely in the normal bombing role, but it is as a land-based torpedo bomber that the type deserves its place in military aviation history, being regarded by many as one of the finest torpedo bombers of the war. In spite of its cumbersome appearance and outdated construction, with an internal provision for 2,750 lb (1,250 kg) of bombs, supplemented by under fuselage rack for a torpedo, the S.M.79 was a rugged, reliable multi-role medium bomber which did quite a bit of damage in the face of heavy opposition. About 1,300 production models were built over a nine year period. The SM.79 had a distinctive 'hump' on the upper forward fuselage, which housed both the fixed forward-firing heavy machine-gun and the dorsal gunner's position. Its appearance earned the aircraft the nickname 'Gobbo Maledetto' ('Damned Hunchback'). During the last phases of the war the surviving SM.79s were converted into various versions of utility transports and used in that role until 1952.
4 UPGRADED+1 NEW Hi-Res GMax models (5 different versions) feature the usual moving parts, such as all flight controls, props pitch and leading edge flaps. Eleven (11) different liveries (6 R.A., 1 A.N.R., 1 I.C.A.F., 1 Post-war A.M.I., 2 Spanish Nationalist Air Force). VC only. This plane was developed for FS9, but it works (it seems without problems) either in FSX.
Created by Manuele Villa & ItalianWings , February 2008. Installation instructions included.
2) Unzip the file 'sm79_SP1.ZIP' to a temporary folder.
2) Copy / move the contents of the 'Aircraft' folder into your FS9 "Aircraft" (or 'Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes') folder.
3) Copy all the bitmaps contained in the 'texture.193' folder ("Savoia Marchetti SM-79 MVG" folder) in the other texture folders (7) WITHOUT overwriting the contained files. Copy the same bmps in the texture folders (3) contained in "Savoia Marchetti SM-79 Bis MVG" folder WITHOUT overwriting the contained files.
4) Copy / move the contents of the 'Gauges' and 'Effects' folders to the FS9/FSX "Gauges" and 'Effects' folders, overwriting when requested.
5) You're done. Good luck flying the upgraded SM.79!
- 4 Upgraded GMax models : fixed landing light's problems and some mapping details in precedent release.
- 1 New GMax model : "Racer" version, I-12 (I-ROTR), the only "production" SM-79, a modified bomber, used in the "Istres/Damascus/Paris" race (20/21 August 1937).
- 11 liveries (5 New : 4 Regia Aeronautica and 1 Italian Co-belligerant Air Force).
- Revised Sounds
- Revised SM.79M CFG & AIR files
- New SM.79Bis CFG & AIR files
- Revised Gauges & Effects
- Paintkit
TIPS
1- This plane was developed for FS2004, but it works (it seems without problems) either in FSX. Tested without problems on 3 different platforms (FS2004/Windows XP & FSX/Windows Vista).
NOT TESTED in FSX-SP1-ACCELERATION.
2- Many instruments are in metric units.
3- The working way of the throttles is peculiar to the Italian built aircrafts of the time, that is the movement is reversed, with the idle full forward and the max full backwards.
Original CFS3 GMAX model by Luca Festari and Pietro Zazzetta (Italianwings).
CFS3/FS9 conversion, models modifications, VC rebuild (where necessary) and animations by Manuele Villa.
Original textures/paintkit by Alessandro Biagi (Italianwings) & Manuele Villa.
Paints by Manuele Villa.
Prop textures by Bob Rivera.
Flight dynamics by FSAviator.
Gauges: many of the Italian gauges in this panel were created from scratch or radically modified from freeware items by Manuele Villa, other gauges are from Stefano Meneghini (PCMENEG) and Hauke Keitel (KeDI), Bitmaps for some gauges by Alessandro Biagi (ItalianWings).
Handling notes and tutorials by FSAviator.
Aircraft descriptions and history by Manuele Villa and FSAviator.
Sound by Stefano Meneghini
SPECIAL THANKS:
To Mr. Luca Festari, Mr. Pietro Zazzetta & Mr. Alessandro Biagi (Italianwings), FSAviator, Mr.S.Meneghini and to my Greek friend Mr.N.Daskalakis for their precious help. A Very special thanks to ALL the Sim-Outhouse members for their support and suggestions.
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