After a number of comments and feedback on the release of the TPA D.H.88 Comet, there were a number of users who felt it was too tricky to get used to the flaws of the airframe. This mod simplifies the components and dulls a number of the major flaws inherent in the design of the comet by DeHavilland:
Gear retraction speed has been increased to be 10x faster - it now only takes 30 seconds, instead of 5 minutes!
Shock absorption - ALL parts of the aircraft can now take MUCH higher contact loads without causing a crash.
Centre of Gravity - ALL fuel tanks have been moved to the centre of the aircraft - now they will BARELY effect the CG of the aircraft in flight so you will not tip-over when taxiing, or have to control how much/where you fuel is throughout the flight.
Mixture control - Automatic mixture control of both engines has been enabled so you do not need to lean the aircraft for correct mixture at altitude allowing for maximum fuel efficiency and power all the time! (Mixture controls still move, however will only allow for 'ON' or 'OFF'.
Faster high-speed handling - I have raised to controllability limit to make the handling sharper at higher speeds.
I have produced this mod due to those having difficulties adapting to the 1934 variant of the comet i have produced. PLEASE BE AWARE that i do not 'support' this mod in any way except making it flyable. There ARE animation issues as a result of the changes made, and a large chunk of the fun of flying such a vintage machine is taken away with these comforts. I will continue to update this when required if i end up modifying the flight model or engines in the future, however this will not be updated to fix graphical or animation issues as a result of my time being better spent on improving the development and realism of the main 1934 version of the aircraft itself. As a result i hope, and strongly suggest that you do your best to avoid installing this mod as the main version will, in my opinion always be 1000x more fun in every way!
Known Issues:
Gear wheel continues to rotate fo the full 5 minutes, even though the gear now only takes 30 seconds
Right fuel selector doesn't do anything
Mixture controls still move but do not effect the engines at all
The landing gear animation still requires about 5 minutes to retract. I was hoping for the 30 seconds listed in mod details.
1 years ago
I didn't adjust the animation times for that from memory as it would require extra changes to the other model files which just made it alot more work if I needed to update it each time
1 years ago
Shepbur
LCMoore
Works perfectly, looks great
and is a great upgrade for the plane.
It is compatible with SU11,
thanks for that
1 years ago
Quassel89
Thank you for giving us the choice! You rock, just like your plane!
2 years ago
fosheem
Great Work , Nice Aircraft
2 years ago
HeroicalyInsane