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FS Aircraft Preview Denel Aviation Cheetah C by Jason Ashworth
(Previewed April 2003)
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Between time spent working on his thesis project for his Masters in Engineering
(see where he works) Jason Ashworth has been working
on finishing his Denel Cheetah C. Three versions will be available: "Clean",
with empty outer wing missile rails; "Bomb Payload", loaded with wing tanks and eight
bombs; and "R-Darter", loaded with a pair of air-to-air missiles. Jason
is working on some final touches and the instrument panel (in conjunction
with Jens-Ole Kjølberg of Norway). If all goes well, we should begin
seeing these aircraft starting to be released very soon (early May?).
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Here is Jason's Cheetah C taking off in "clean" configuration. As he does with
all of his FSDS designed aircraft, he has made this series fully animated including
compressible landing gear, moving gear doors, control surfaces, ...
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... and airbrakes. The very effective braking chute is deployable and the exhaust
petals move as thrust changes. He has included a good-looking afterburner effect as well.
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This version, know as the "R-Darter" is similar to the "clean" version except that it
carries a pair of Denel Kentron R-Darter missiles. Also known to the SAAF as the
"V4", this is a beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile.
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Think fast! Is he turning away from you or into you? It's not too
difficult to tell from this distance but try it from a mile away (in CFS2 perhaps?). Jason
has applied his usual great finish to the textures with plenty of attention to
the details. This air-to-air camouflage includes the false canopy on the
bottom.
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The "Bomb Payload" version will carry eight practice bombs. There are
two on the centerline pylon, one each on the wing root pylons, and two each
attached below the wing tanks. There's still room on the outer
pylons for a pair of air-to-air missiles.
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