This new Spitfire Mk V package includes four Mk V variants in 13 authentic paint schemes, featuring incredibly detailed cockpits, exacting flight dynamics and realistic Merlin engine sounds:
• Mk Va (2)
• Mk Vb (4)
• Mk Vb tropical (3)
• Mk Vc clipped wing (4)
Many consider the Spitfire Mk V the ultimate Spitfire, with its new 'Merlin 45' engine delivering a combat-rated 1470 hp, much improved performance compared to previous variants, and service in tropical climates, desert campaigns in Africa and the tropical conditions of the Pacific Theatre.
The Mk V was the most numerous Spitfire variant, and by the end of production a total of 6,487 had been built or converted from Mk 1 standard. The Mk V could carry bombs, be fitted with a 'slipper tank' to extend its range, and turned into a tropical version with the addition of the ungainly Vokes sand filter housing.
FEATURES OVERVIEW
• 13 authentic liveries
• Extremely high quality interactive 3D Virtual cockpit - every switch, knob and lever works, most with bespoke animation code
• Great sounds of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine
• Canopy jettison feature
• Highly detailed texture mapping without compromising frame rates - shadow texturing where appropriate
• Layered paint kit included
• Highly tuned Spitfire flight dynamics
• Comprehensive manual
• Animated pilot figure
• Detailed Merlin engine visible
• Engine start battery trolley
• Engine start smoke effects
• Multiple view points
MODELS
The exteriors models have been built according to the most accurate plans available to achieve accurate profiles and shapes, specular and bump mapped where appropriate.
• Mk Va eight -gun wing
• Mk Vb cannon wings
• Mk Vb Tropical filter
• Mk Vc four-cannon wings (clipped)
ANIMATIONS
• Cockpit drop down door
• Engine starter battery trolley
• Opening radio compartment with radio set sliding out
• Animated pilot figure
• Canopy jettison feature
• Sliding canopy
• Undercarriage
• Wing top undercarriage status indicators
• Fully animated control surfaces - flaps, rudder, elevators, ailerons, trim tabs
INCLUDED AIRCRAFT
Mk Va
• W3185 D-B ‘Lord Lloyd’ - flown by Wg Cdr Douglas Bader, OC Tangmere Wing, August 1941
• R7335 AH-J - flown by Flight Commander Finn Thorsager of the Norwegian 332 Squadron, RAF Catterick 1942.
Mk Vb
• W3238 PR-B - 609 Squadron RAF, 1942
• BM144 RF-D - flown by Flt Lt Jan Zumbach, No 303 'Polish' Sqn, May 1942
• X4272 SD-J - 501 squadron, June 1944
• RS-T - flown by Wing Commander Robert Stanford-Tuck (29 recorded kills) who flew with his personal initials as squadron codes
Mk Vb Tropical
• EJ-G - 127 Squadron RAF, 1943
• 308th Fighter Squadron USAAF, 1943
• BR562 X-R - flown by Flt Lt Ray Hesselyn RNZAF, No249 squadron, July 1942, Malta.
Mk Vc (clipped wing)
• EP120 AE-A - Canadian squadron Mk Vc
• BM181 AX-D - USAF Mk Vc
• AB509 JM-C - 142 Squadron RAF, June 1944
• AR 614 DU-Z - 312 Czech Squadron, 1942
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
• Flight Simulator X (SP2 & DirectX 10 Preview compatible)
• 2.5GHz PC or any Dual Core
• 512Mb RAM
• Windows 7, Vista or XP
• 128Mb 3D graphics card
• 710 Mb hard drive space
